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ADVISORSHARES TRUST
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Semi-Annual Report

December 31, 2021

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Letter from the CEO of AdvisorShares Investments, LLC

 

1

Shareholder Expense Examples

 

3

Schedules of Investments

   

AdvisorShares Alpha DNA Equity Sentiment ETF (SENT)

 

7

AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright ADR ETF (AADR)

 

11

AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright Alpha Equal Weight ETF (DWEQ)

 

14

AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright FSM All Cap World ETF (DWAW)

 

17

AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright FSM US Core ETF (DWUS)

 

18

AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright Micro-Cap ETF (DWMC)

 

20

AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright Short ETF (DWSH)

 

25

AdvisorShares DoubleLine Value Equity ETF (DBLV)

 

29

AdvisorShares Focused Equity ETF (CWS)

 

32

AdvisorShares Gerber Kawasaki ETF (GK)

 

34

AdvisorShares Hotel ETF (BEDZ)

 

37

AdvisorShares Newfleet Multi-Sector Income ETF (MINC)

 

39

AdvisorShares North Square McKee Core Reserves ETF (HOLD)
[formerly, AdvisorShares Sage Core Reserves ETF (HOLD)]

 

56

AdvisorShares North Square McKee ESG Core Bond ETF (MENV)
[formerly, AdvisorShares FolioBeyond Smart Core Bond ETF (FWDB)]

 

60

AdvisorShares Poseidon Dynamic Cannabis ETF (PSDN)

 

66

AdvisorShares Psychedelics ETF (PSIL)

 

69

AdvisorShares Pure Cannabis ETF (YOLO)

 

72

AdvisorShares Pure US Cannabis ETF (MSOS)

 

76

AdvisorShares Q Dynamic Growth ETF (QPX)

 

80

AdvisorShares Q Portfolio Blended Allocation ETF (QPT)

 

82

AdvisorShares Ranger Equity Bear ETF (HDGE)

 

84

AdvisorShares Restaurant ETF (EATZ)

 

88

AdvisorShares STAR Global Buy-Write ETF (VEGA)

 

90

AdvisorShares Vice ETF (VICE)

 

93

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

 

96

Statements of Operations

 

102

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

108

Financial Highlights

 

120

Notes to Financial Statements

 

132

Liquidity Risk Management Program

 

155

Board Review of Investment Advisory and Sub-Advisory Agreements

 

156

Supplemental Information

 

164

 

ADVISORSHARES TRUST

Letter from the CEO of AdvisorShares Investments, LLC

December 31, 2021

The year of 2021 was supposed to be getting back to normal with the world reopening from the global pandemic. While the stock market overall was strong, we never truly reopened, and the impact of new virus variants continued to have a damaging impact on the U.S. and global economies. While the stock market overall was positive, a global supply chain slow down had a corresponding effect on inflation, pushing the price of goods and services to increasingly higher costs. This, coupled with a labor shortage, also had the impact of driving wages higher.

In December, the Federal Reserve began communicating potential upcoming interest rate increases and the possibility of discontinuing their bond buying, bringing volatility into the market. Unfortunately, we believe this makes sense, as the market should not be trading at all-time highs during a global pandemic. As the Fed reverses course, investors should expect a corresponding negative effect on the stock market, though hopefully we will see dramatically improved metrics for the economy.

With the convergence of economic activity, Fed action, and upcoming mid-term elections in the United States, we expect 2022 to be a volatile year, with investors focusing on risk management.

In 2021, we saw significant growth driven by investors interest in cannabis investing. Despite the negative returns for cannabis stocks, investors continue to make new allocations to the cannabis sector as the fundamentals of the industry continue to dramatically improve. Additionally, fruition of the industry’s expectation of federal legalization would greatly improve the ability for cannabis companies to operate.

At AdvisorShares, we understand that our success is driven by the trust of our investors, and we appreciate your support. We will continue to seek to improve our existing ETF offerings, bring more innovative strategies and managers to our ETF line-up. As we begin the second half of our fiscal year, our commitment to our shareholders remains paramount. We wish you nothing but health, happiness, and prosperity as we move forward.

Sincerest regards,

Noah Hamman

CEO, AdvisorShares Investments

For more information on AdvisorShares ETFs, including performance and holdings, please visit www.advisorshares.com.

Investing involves risk including possible loss of principal. The Advisor’s judgment about the markets, the economy, or companies may not anticipate actual market movements, economic conditions or company performance, and these factors may affect the return on your investment. The prices of equity securities rise and fall daily. Foreign investing involves special risks, such as risk of loss from currency fluctuation or political or economic uncertainty. Investments in emerging or offshore markets are generally less liquid and less efficient than investments in developed markets and are subject to additional risks, such as risks of adverse governmental regulation and intervention or political developments.

There is no guarantee the Advisor’s investment strategy will be successful. When models and data prove to be incorrect or incomplete, any decisions made in reliance thereon expose the Fund to potential risks. In addition, the use of predictive models has inherent risk. Because predictive models are usually constructed based on historical data supplied by third parties, the success of relying on such models may depend heavily on the accuracy and reliability of the supplied historical data. The Fund’s particular allocations may have a significant effect on the Fund’s performance. Allocation risk is the risk that the selection of ETFs and the allocation of assets among such ETFs will cause the Fund to underperform other funds with a similar investment objective that do not allocate their assets in the same manner or the market as a whole. For a list of the asset class specific risks please see the prospectus.

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Letter from the CEO of AdvisorShares Investments, LLC (Continued)

December 31, 2021

Cannabis-Related Company Risk. Cannabis-related companies are subject to various laws and regulations that may differ at the state/local and federal level. These laws and regulations may (i) significantly affect a cannabis-related company’s ability to secure financing, (ii) impact the market for marijuana industry sales and services, and (iii) set limitations on marijuana use, production, transportation, and storage. Cannabis-related companies may also be required to secure permits and authorizations from government agencies to cultivate or research marijuana. In addition, cannabis-related companies are subject to the risks associated with the greater agricultural industry, including changes to or trends that affect commodity prices, labor costs, weather conditions, and laws and regulations related to environmental protection, health and safety. Cannabis-related companies may also be subject to risks associated with the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. These risks include increased government regulation, the use and enforcement of intellectual property rights and patents, technological change and obsolescence, product liability lawsuits, and the risk that research and development may not necessarily lead to commercially successful products.

The views in this report were those of the Fund’s CEO as of December 31, 2021 and may not reflect his views on the date that this report is first published or anytime thereafter. These views are intended to assist shareholders in understanding their investments and do not constitute investment advice.

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Shareholder Expense Examples (unaudited)

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur transaction costs and ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. The following example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars and cents) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other funds. The examples are based on an initial investment of $1,000 invested at July 1, 2021 and held for the period ended December 31, 2021, unless noted below for Funds not in operations for the full six month period.

Actual Expenses

The first line under each Fund in the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you incurred over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid” to estimate the expenses attributable to your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line under each Fund in the table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Funds and other ETFs. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs. Therefore, the hypothetical example is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

Fund Name

 

Beginning
Account
Value
7/1/2021

 

Ending
Account
Value
12/31/2021

 

Annualized
Expense
Ratio for the
Period

 

Expenses
Paid

AdvisorShares Alpha DNA Equity Sentiment ETF

 

 

   

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

Actual

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

1,001.20

 

0.95

%

 

$

4.79

(1)

Hypothetical (assuming a 5% return before expenses)

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

1,020.42

 

0.95

%

 

$

4.84

 

AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright ADR ETF

 

 

   

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

Actual

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

973.30

 

0.94

%

 

$

4.68

(1)

Hypothetical (assuming a 5% return before expenses)

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

1,020.47

 

0.94

%

 

$

4.79

 

AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright Alpha Equal Weight ETF

 

 

   

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

Actual

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

1,023.20

 

0.91

%

 

$

4.64

(1)

Hypothetical (assuming a 5% return before expenses)

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

1,020.62

 

0.91

%

 

$

4.63

 

AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright FSM All Cap World ETF(7)

 

 

   

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

Actual

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

1,048.10

 

0.88

%

 

$

4.54

(1)

Hypothetical (assuming a 5% return before expenses)

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

1,020.77

 

0.88

%

 

$

4.48

 

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Shareholder Expense Examples (unaudited) (continued)

Fund Name

 

Beginning
Account
Value
7/1/2021

 

Ending
Account
Value
12/31/2021

 

Annualized
Expense
Ratio for the
Period

 

Expenses
Paid

AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright FSM US Core ETF(7)

 

 

   

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

Actual

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

1,101.50

 

0.89

%

 

$

4.71

(1)

Hypothetical (assuming a 5% return before expenses)

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

1,020.72

 

0.89

%

 

$

4.53

 

AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright Micro Cap ETF

 

 

   

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

Actual

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

1,040.50

 

1.25

%

 

$

6.43

(1)

Hypothetical (assuming a 5% return before expenses)

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

1,018.90

 

1.25

%

 

$

6.36

 

AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright Short ETF

 

 

   

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

Actual

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

994.00

 

1.25

%

 

$

6.28

(1)

Hypothetical (assuming a 5% return before expenses)

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

1,018.90

 

1.25

%

 

$

6.36

 

AdvisorShares DoubleLine Value ETF

 

 

   

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

Actual

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

1,040.40

 

0.90

%

 

$

4.63

(1)

Hypothetical (assuming a 5% return before expenses)

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

1,020.67

 

0.90

%

 

$

4.58

 

AdvisorShares Focused Equity ETF

 

 

   

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

Actual

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

1,129.40

 

0.65

%

 

$

3.51

(1)

Hypothetical (assuming a 5% return before expenses)

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

1,021.91

 

0.65

%

 

$

3.33

 

AdvisorShares Gerber Kawasaki ETF

 

 

   

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

Actual

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

1,058.70

 

0.75

%

 

$

3.87

(2)

Hypothetical (assuming a 5% return before expenses)

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

1,021.31

 

0.75

%

 

$

3.80

 

AdvisorShares Hotel ETF

 

 

   

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

Actual

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

1,081.30

 

0.99

%

 

$

5.19

(1)

Hypothetical (assuming a 5% return before expenses)

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

1,020.21

 

0.99

%

 

$

5.04

 

AdvisorShares Newfleet Multi-Sector Income ETF

 

 

   

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

Actual

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

997.50

 

0.75

%

 

$

3.78

(1)

Hypothetical (assuming a 5% return before expenses)

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

1,021.42

 

0.75

%

 

$

3.82

 

AdvisorShares North Square McKee Core Reserves ETF(3)

 

 

   

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

Actual

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

999.60

 

0.35

%

 

$

1.76

(1)

Hypothetical (assuming a 5% return before expenses)

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

1,023.44

 

0.35

%

 

$

1.79

 

AdvisorShares North Square McKee ESG Core Bond ETF(4)

 

 

   

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

Actual

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

1,003.60

 

0.47

%

 

$

2.37

(1)

Hypothetical (assuming a 5% return before expenses)

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

1,022.84

 

0.47

%

 

$

2.40

 

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Shareholder Expense Examples (unaudited) (continued)

Fund Name

 

Beginning
Account
Value
7/1/2021

 

Ending
Account
Value
12/31/2021

 

Annualized
Expense
Ratio for the
Period

 

Expenses
Paid

AdvisorShares Poseidon Dynamic Cannabis ETF

 

 

   

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

Actual

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

782.50

 

0.99

%

 

$

1.09

(5)

Hypothetical (assuming a 5% return before expenses)

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

1,004.94

 

0.99

%

 

$

1.22

 

AdvisorShares Psychedelics ETF

 

 

   

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

Actual

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

558.20

 

0.99

%

 

$

2.26

(6)

Hypothetical (assuming a 5% return before expenses)

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

1,011.76

 

0.99

%

 

$

2.92

 

AdvisorShares Pure Cannabis ETF

 

 

   

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

Actual

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

642.10

 

0.71

%

 

$

2.94

(1)

Hypothetical (assuming a 5% return before expenses)

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

1,021.63

 

0.71

%

 

$

3.62

 

AdvisorShares Pure US Cannabis ETF

 

 

   

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

Actual

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

636.40

 

0.71

%

 

$

2.93

(1)

Hypothetical (assuming a 5% return before expenses)

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

1,021.63

 

0.71

%

 

$

3.62

 

AdvisorShares Q Dynamic Growth ETF(7)

 

 

   

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

Actual

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

1,086.60

 

1.15

%

 

$

6.05

(1)

Hypothetical (assuming a 5% return before expenses)

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

1,019.41

 

1.15

%

 

$

5.85

 

AdvisorShares Q Portfolio Blended Allocation ETF(7)

 

 

   

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

Actual

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

1,049.50

 

0.99

%

 

$

5.11

(1)

Hypothetical (assuming a 5% return before expenses)

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

1,020.21

 

0.99

%

 

$

5.04

 

AdvisorShares Ranger Equity Bear ETF

 

 

   

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

Actual

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

1,073.40

 

1.72

%

 

$

8.99

(1)

Hypothetical (assuming a 5% return before expenses)

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

1,016.53

 

1.72

%

 

$

8.74

 

AdvisorShares Restaurant ETF

 

 

   

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

Actual

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

963.60

 

0.99

%

 

$

4.90

(1)

Hypothetical (assuming a 5% return before expenses)

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

1,020.21

 

0.99

%

 

$

5.04

 

AdvisorShares STAR Global Buy-Write ETF(7)

 

 

   

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

Actual

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

1,037.30

 

1.85

%

 

$

9.50

(1)

Hypothetical (assuming a 5% return before expenses)

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

1,015.88

 

1.85

%

 

$

9.40

 

AdvisorShares Vice ETF

 

 

   

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

Actual

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

922.70

 

0.99

%

 

$

4.80

(1)

Hypothetical (assuming a 5% return before expenses)

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

1,020.21

 

0.99

%

 

$

5.04

 

____________

(1)     Expenses are calculated using each Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value for the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the six-month period).

(2)     Actual Expenses Paid are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value for the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect commencement of operations of July 2, 2021).

(3)     Formerly know as AdvisorShares Sage Core Reserves ETF.

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Shareholder Expense Examples (unaudited) (continued)

(4)     Formerly known as AdvisorShares FolioBeyond Smart Core Bond ETF.

(5)     Actual Expenses Paid are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value for the period, multiplied by 107/365 (to reflect commencement of operations of September 16, 2021).

(6)     Actual Expenses Paid are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value for the period, multiplied by 45/365 (to reflect commencement of operations of November 17, 2021).

(7)     The Fund invests in other funds and indirectly bears its proportionate shares of fees and expenses incurred by the funds in which the Fund is invested in. These ratios do not include these indirect fees and expenses.

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Schedule of Investments

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCKS — 98.0%

     

 

 

Apparel — 4.5%

     

 

 

Oxford Industries, Inc.

 

8,315

 

$

844,139

Steven Madden Ltd.

 

18,273

 

 

849,146

Under Armour, Inc., Class C*

 

46,088

 

 

831,427

Urban Outfitters, Inc.*

 

27,907

 

 

819,350

Total Apparel

     

 

3,344,062

Banks — 1.1%

     

 

 

SVB Financial Group*

 

1,196

 

 

811,175

Biotechnology — 4.3%

     

 

 

Blueprint Medicines Corp.*

 

7,468

 

 

799,897

Dynavax Technologies Corp.*

 

56,545

 

 

795,588

ImmunoGen, Inc.*

 

110,054

 

 

816,601

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

 

26,304

 

 

800,431

Total Biotechnology

     

 

3,212,517

Commercial Services — 1.0%

     

 

 

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.*

 

27,551

 

 

764,816

Computers — 9.8%

     

 

 

Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A*

 

3,958

 

 

810,401

ExlService Holdings, Inc.*

 

5,710

 

 

826,637

Fortinet, Inc.*

 

2,251

 

 

809,009

Globant SA*

 

2,641

 

 

829,512

Pure Storage, Inc., Class A*

 

23,995

 

 

781,037

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC

 

7,235

 

 

817,410

Varonis Systems, Inc.*

 

16,695

 

 

814,382

Vocera Communications, Inc.*

 

12,423

 

 

805,507

Zscaler, Inc.*

 

2,487

 

 

799,148

Total Computers

     

 

7,293,043

Distribution/Wholesale — 4.4%

 

 

 

Fastenal Co.

 

12,979

 

 

831,435

G-III Apparel Group Ltd.*

 

29,674

 

 

820,189

IAA, Inc.*

 

16,220

 

 

821,056

WW Grainger, Inc.

 

1,594

 

 

826,075

Total Distribution/Wholesale

     

 

3,298,755

Diversified Financial Services — 1.1%

     

 

 

Charles Schwab Corp. (The)

 

9,570

 

 

804,837

Electrical Components & Equipment — 1.1%

     

 

 

AMETEK, Inc.

 

5,615

 

 

825,630

Electronics — 1.1%

     

 

 

nVent Electric PLC

 

21,696

 

 

824,448

Investments

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

 

 

 

Entertainment — 2.2%

     

 

 

Everi Holdings, Inc.*

 

37,856

 

$

808,226

Red Rock Resorts, Inc., Class A

 

15,334

 

 

843,523

Total Entertainment

     

 

1,651,749

Food — 1.1%

     

 

 

Albertsons Cos., Inc., Class A

 

27,765

 

 

838,225

Hand/Machine Tools — 1.1%

     

 

 

Snap-on, Inc.

 

3,860

 

 

831,367

Home Builders — 1.1%

     

 

 

Skyline Champion Corp.*

 

10,426

 

 

823,445

Internet — 7.6%

     

 

 

Alphabet, Inc., Class C*

 

278

 

 

804,418

Criteo SA (France)*(a)

 

21,789

 

 

846,938

Mimecast Ltd.*

 

10,256

 

 

816,070

Okta, Inc.*

 

3,611

 

 

809,478

Perficient, Inc.*

 

6,052

 

 

782,463

Perion Network Ltd. (Israel)*

 

32,791

 

 

788,624

Uber Technologies, Inc.*

 

18,970

 

 

795,412

Total Internet

     

 

5,643,403

Leisure Time — 2.3%

     

 

 

Camping World Holdings, Inc., Class A

 

20,747

 

 

838,179

Vista Outdoor, Inc.*

 

19,635

 

 

904,584

Total Leisure Time

     

 

1,742,763

Pharmaceuticals — 2.1%

     

 

 

Alector, Inc.*(b)

 

35,632

 

 

735,801

Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.*

 

9,054

 

 

815,313

Total Pharmaceuticals

     

 

1,551,114

Retail — 13.3%

     

 

 

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.*

 

12,686

 

 

849,581

Boot Barn Holdings, Inc.*

 

6,655

 

 

818,898

Children’s Place, Inc. (The)*

 

10,289

 

 

815,815

Costco Wholesale Corp.

 

1,453

 

 

824,868

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.(b)

 

7,630

 

 

877,374

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

 

2,031

 

 

842,885

Kohl’s Corp.

 

16,146

 

 

797,451

Lithia Motors, Inc.

 

2,776

 

 

824,333

McDonald’s Corp.

 

3,061

 

 

820,562

Tractor Supply Co.

 

3,551

 

 

847,269

Ulta Beauty, Inc.*

 

2,035

 

 

839,112

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

 

4,862

 

 

822,310

Total Retail

     

 

9,980,458

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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ADVISORSHARES ALPHA DNA EQUITY SENTIMENT ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 


Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

 

 

 

Semiconductors — 19.4%

     

 

 

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.*

 

5,271

 

$

758,497

Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Ltd.*

 

13,479

 

 

816,288

Ambarella, Inc.*

 

3,917

 

 

794,720

Axcelis Technologies, Inc.*

 

11,292

 

 

841,932

Broadcom, Inc.

 

1,218

 

 

810,469

Diodes, Inc.*

 

7,332

 

 

805,127

Lattice Semiconductor Corp.*

 

10,212

 

 

786,937

MaxLinear, Inc.*

 

10,719

 

 

808,106

Microchip Technology, Inc.

 

9,266

 

 

806,698

NVIDIA Corp.

 

2,643

 

 

777,333

NXP Semiconductors NV (China)

 

3,519

 

 

801,558

Onto Innovation, Inc.*

 

7,997

 

 

809,536

QUALCOMM, Inc.

 

4,405

 

 

805,542

Semtech Corp.*

 

9,154

 

 

814,065

Silicon Motion Technology Corp. (Taiwan)(a)

 

8,679

 

 

824,765

Synaptics, Inc.*

 

2,827

 

 

818,445

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.*

 

13,866

 

 

795,354

Wolfspeed, Inc.*

 

7,255

 

 

810,891

Total Semiconductors

     

 

14,486,263

Software — 17.1%

     

 

 

BigCommerce Holdings, Inc., Series 1*

 

21,633

 

 

765,159

Black Knight, Inc.*

 

10,069

 

 

834,619

Box, Inc., Class A*

 

29,739

 

 

778,864

Confluent, Inc., Class A*

 

10,690

 

 

815,006

Coupa Software, Inc.*

 

5,089

 

 

804,317

Datto Holding Corp.*

 

30,571

 

 

805,546

Evolent Health, Inc., Class A*

 

30,311

 

 

838,705

HubSpot, Inc.*

 

1,203

 

 

792,957

Microsoft Corp.

 

2,403

 

 

808,177

Monday.com Ltd.*

 

2,662

 

 

821,813

PubMatic, Inc., Class A*

 

23,786

 

 

809,913

RingCentral, Inc., Class A*

 

4,259

 

 

797,924

Snowflake, Inc., Class A*

 

2,330

 

 

789,288

Sprout Social, Inc., Class A*

 

8,504

 

 

771,228

Veritone, Inc.*(b)

 

35,005

 

 

786,912

Workiva, Inc.*

 

6,026

 

 

786,333

Total Software

     

 

12,806,761

Investments

 

Shares/
Principal

 

Value

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

 

 

 

Telecommunications — 2.3%

     

 

 

Arista Networks, Inc.*

 

5,535

 

$

795,656

Calix, Inc.*

 

11,893

 

 

951,083

Total Telecommunications

     

 

1,746,739

Total Common Stocks (Cost $71,462,067)

     

 

73,281,570

MONEY MARKET FUND — 2.8%

 

 

 

Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio — Class I, 0.01%(c) (Cost $2,074,909)

 

2,074,909

 

 

2,074,909

 

Notional Amount

 

Contracts

   

PURCHASED PUT OPTIONS — 1.5%

   

iShares Russell 2000 ETF, expiring 03/18/22, Strike Price $205.00

 

$

22,714,000

 

 

1,108

 

422,702

iShares Russell 2000 ETF, expiring 03/18/22, Strike Price $206.00

 

 

21,279,800

 

 

1,033

 

412,683

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, expiring 04/14/22, Strike Price $425.00

 

 

17,807,500

 

 

419

 

261,875

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, expiring 04/14/22, Strike Price $430.00

 

 

3,569,000

 

 

83

 

56,938

Total Purchased Put Options (Cost $1,910,943)

 

 

   

1,154,198

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS — 0.5%(d)

   

Daiwa Capital Markets America, dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.05%, total to be received $157,671, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.00%-6.50%, 02/10/22-01/01/52, totaling $160,823)

 

$

157,670

 

157,670

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

8

ADVISORSHARES ALPHA DNA EQUITY SENTIMENT ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS (continued)

 

 

 

 

RBC Dominion Securities, Inc., dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.05%, total to be received $249,001, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.00%-6.50%, 05/15/22-12/01/51, totaling $253,980)

 

$

249,000

 

$

249,000

 

Total Repurchase Agreements (Cost $406,670)

 

 

   

 

406,670

 

Total Investments — 102.8% (Cost $75,854,589)

 

 

   

 

76,917,347

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (2.8%)

 

 

   

 

(2,104,242

)

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

   

$

74,813,105

 

____________

ETF — Exchange Traded Fund

PLC — Public Limited Company

*         Non-income producing security.

(a)      American Depositary Receipt.

(b)      All or a portion of security is on loan. The aggregate market value of the securities on loan is $1,504,059; the aggregate market value of the collateral held by the fund is $1,531,260. The aggregate market value of the collateral includes non-cash U.S. Treasury securities collateral having a value of $1,124,590.

(c)      Rate shown reflects the 7-day yield as of December 31, 2021.

(d)      Collateral received from brokers for securities lending was invested in these short-term investments.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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ADVISORSHARES ALPHA DNA EQUITY SENTIMENT ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Fair Value Measurements

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of December 31, 2021, in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels. Level 1 includes quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 includes other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk). Level 3 includes significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities.

Assets

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

Common Stocks

 

$

73,281,570

 

$

 

$

 

$

73,281,570

Money Market Fund

 

 

2,074,909

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,074,909

Purchased Put Options

 

 

835,385

 

 

318,813

 

 

 

 

1,154,198

Repurchase Agreements

 

 

 

 

406,670

 

 

 

 

406,670

Total

 

$

76,191,864

 

$

725,483

 

$

 

$

76,917,347

SUMMARY OF SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

% of
Net Assets

Apparel

 

4.5

%

Banks

 

1.1

 

Biotechnology

 

4.3

 

Commercial Services

 

1.0

 

Computers

 

9.8

 

Distribution/Wholesale

 

4.4

 

Diversified Financial Services

 

1.1

 

Electrical Components & Equipment

 

1.1

 

Electronics

 

1.1

 

Entertainment

 

2.2

 

Food

 

1.1

 

Hand/Machine Tools

 

1.1

 

Home Builders

 

1.1

 

Internet

 

7.6

 

Leisure Time

 

2.3

 

Pharmaceuticals

 

2.1

 

Purchased Put Option

 

1.5

 

Retail

 

13.3

 

Semiconductors

 

19.4

 

Software

 

17.1

 

Telecommunications

 

2.3

 

Money Market Fund

 

2.8

 

Repurchase Agreements

 

0.5

 

Total Investments

 

102.8

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets

 

(2.8

)

Net Assets

 

100.0

%

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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ADVISORSHARES DORSEY WRIGHT ADR ETF
Schedule of Investments

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCKS — 99.0%

     

 

 

Aerospace/Defense — 3.7%

     

 

 

Embraer SA (Brazil)*(a)

 

161,575

 

$

2,867,956

Airlines — 1.7%

     

 

 

Controladora Vuela Cia de Aviacion SAB de CV (Mexico)*(a)

 

73,634

 

 

1,323,203

Apparel — 4.5%

     

 

 

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (France)(a)

 

21,093

 

 

3,490,891

Auto Manufacturers — 5.8%

     

 

 

Tata Motors Ltd. (India)*(a)(b)

 

91,260

 

 

2,928,533

Volkswagen AG (Germany)(a)

 

53,705

 

 

1,568,186

Total Auto Manufacturers

     

 

4,496,719

Banks — 15.9%

     

 

 

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (Spain)(a)

 

313,377

 

 

1,839,523

Barclays PLC (United Kingdom)(a)(b)

 

140,545

 

 

1,454,641

BNP Paribas SA (France)(a)

 

44,728

 

 

1,556,087

Grupo Financiero Galicia SA (Argentina)(a)(b)

 

164,728

 

 

1,563,269

ICICI Bank Ltd. (India)(a)

 

115,404

 

 

2,283,845

ING Groep NV (Netherlands)(a)

 

136,502

 

 

1,900,108

UBS Group AG (Switzerland)(b)

 

92,446

 

 

1,652,010

Total Banks

     

 

12,249,483

Beverages — 2.9%

     

 

 

Diageo PLC (United Kingdom)(a)(b)

 

10,154

 

 

2,235,302

Biotechnology — 9.1%

     

 

 

Bicycle Therapeutics PLC (United Kingdom)*(a)

 

45,630

 

 

2,777,498

BioNTech SE (Germany)*(a)

 

9,589

 

 

2,472,044

Genmab A/S (Denmark)*(a)

 

45,069

 

 

1,782,930

Total Biotechnology

     

 

7,032,472

Building Materials — 2.7%

     

 

 

CRH PLC (Ireland)(a)(b)

 

38,882

 

 

2,052,970

Chemicals — 2.5%

     

 

 

Sasol Ltd. (South Africa)*(a)(b)

 

117,750

 

 

1,931,100

Commercial Services — 2.3%

     

 

 

RELX PLC (United Kingdom)(a)

 

53,631

 

 

1,748,907

Diversified Financial Services — 2.0%

AerCap Holdings NV (Ireland)*

 

23,704

 

 

1,550,716

Investments

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

 

 

 

Electrical Components & Equipment — 2.9%

ABB Ltd. (Switzerland)(a)

 

58,230

 

$

2,222,639

Healthcare – Products — 2.2%

     

 

 

Alcon, Inc. (Switzerland)(b)

 

19,698

 

 

1,716,090

Healthcare – Services — 2.3%

     

 

 

ICON PLC (Ireland)*

 

5,836

 

 

1,807,409

Iron/Steel — 5.9%

     

 

 

ArcelorMittal SA (Luxembourg)(b)

 

66,280

 

 

2,109,692

Ternium SA (Mexico)(a)

 

55,403

 

 

2,411,139

Total Iron/Steel

     

 

4,520,831

Metal Fabricate/Hardware — 2.2%

 

 

 

Tenaris SA(a)

 

81,525

 

 

1,700,612

Oil & Gas — 6.5%

     

 

 

Eni SpA (Italy)(a)

 

62,857

 

 

1,737,996

Equinor ASA (Norway)(a)(b)

 

59,108

 

 

1,556,314

Gazprom PJSC (Russia)(a)

 

187,676

 

 

1,724,742

Total Oil & Gas

     

 

5,019,052

Pharmaceuticals — 2.9%

     

 

 

Novo Nordisk A/S (Denmark)(a)

 

20,308

 

 

2,274,496

Semiconductors — 9.5%

     

 

 

ASML Holding NV (Netherlands)

 

6,219

 

 

4,951,194

NXP Semiconductors NV (China)

 

10,442

 

 

2,378,479

Total Semiconductors

     

 

7,329,673

Telecommunications — 5.6%

     

 

 

America Movil SAB de CV, Class L (Mexico)(a)

 

86,116

 

 

1,817,909

SK Telecom Co., Ltd. (South Korea)(a)(b)

 

34,609

 

 

923,022

Telkom Indonesia Persero Tbk PT (Indonesia)(a)

 

53,158

 

 

1,541,050

Total Telecommunications

     

 

4,281,981

Transportation — 5.9%

     

 

 

Danaos Corp. (Greece)

 

46,650

 

 

3,482,422

Diana Shipping, Inc. (Greece)

 

274,712

 

 

1,068,630

Total Transportation

     

 

4,551,052

Total Common Stocks (Cost $62,428,996)

     

 

76,403,554

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

11

ADVISORSHARES DORSEY WRIGHT ADR ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Shares/
Principal

 

Value

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 5.4%

 

 

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds FedFund Portfolio, Institutional Class, 0.03%(c)(d)

 

 

567,000

 

$

567,000

Federated Government Obligations Fund, Institutional Class, 0.03%(c)(d)

 

 

567,000

 

 

567,000

Fidelity Investments Money Market Funds — Government Portfolio, Institutional Class, 0.01%(c)(d)

 

 

335,000

 

 

335,000

Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund — Institutional Shares, Institutional Class, 0.03%(c)(d)

 

 

567,000

 

 

567,000

Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio — Private Investment Class, 0.03%(c)

 

 

648,138

 

 

648,138

Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio, Institutional Class, 0.03%(c)(d)

 

 

567,000

 

 

567,000

JPMorgan U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Institutional Class, 0.01%(c)(d)

 

 

567,000

 

 

567,000

Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds — Government Portfolio, Institutional Class, 0.03%(c)(d)

 

 

335,000

 

 

335,000

Total Money Market Funds (Cost $4,153,138)

 

 

   

 

4,153,138

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS — 8.2%(d)

BNP Paribas Securities Corp., dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.05%, total to be received $1,900,008, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.00%-6.50%, 01/27/22-04/20/51, totaling $1,938,000)

 

$

1,900,000

 

 

1,900,000

Citibank NA, dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.06%, total to be received $1,900,010, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 1.83%-6.00%, 07/01/24-08/15/51, totaling $1,939,750)

 

 

1,900,000

 

 

1,900,000

Investments

 


Principal

 

Value

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS (continued)

 

 

 

 

Daiwa Capital Markets America, dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.05%, total to be received $1,900,007, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.00%-6.50%, 02/10/22-01/01/52, totaling $1,938,000)

 

$

1,900,000

 

$

1,900,000

 

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.04%, total to be received $644,113, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.00%-6.38%, 01/31/22-12/01/51, totaling $656,993)

 

 

644,111

 

 

644,111

 

Total Repurchase Agreements (Cost $6,344,111)

 

 

   

 

6,344,111

 

Total Investments — 112.6% (Cost $72,926,245)

 

 

   

 

86,900,803

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (12.6%)

 

 

   

 

(9,711,053

)

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

   

$

77,189,750

 

____________

PLC — Public Limited Company

*         Non-income producing security.

(a)      American Depositary Receipt.

(b)      All or a portion of security is on loan. The aggregate market value of the securities on loan is $14,869,466; the aggregate market value of the collateral held by the fund is $15,291,986. The aggregate market value of the collateral includes non-cash U.S. Treasury securities collateral having a value of $5,442,875.

(c)      Rate shown reflects the 7-day yield as of December 31, 2021.

(d)      Collateral received from brokers for securities lending was invested in these short-term investments.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

12

ADVISORSHARES DORSEY WRIGHT ADR ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Fair Value Measurements

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of December 31, 2021, in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels. Level 1 includes quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 includes other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk). Level 3 includes significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities.

Assets

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

Common Stocks

 

$

76,403,554

 

$

 

$

 

$

76,403,554

Money Market Funds

 

 

4,153,138

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,153,138

Repurchase Agreements

 

 

 

 

6,344,111

 

 

 

 

6,344,111

Total

 

$

80,556,692

 

$

6,344,111

 

$

 

$

86,900,803

SUMMARY OF SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

% of
Net Assets

Aerospace/Defense

 

3.7

%

Airlines

 

1.7

 

Apparel

 

4.5

 

Auto Manufacturers

 

5.8

 

Banks

 

15.9

 

Beverages

 

2.9

 

Biotechnology

 

9.1

 

Building Materials

 

2.7

 

Chemicals

 

2.5

 

Commercial Services

 

2.3

 

Diversified Financial Services

 

2.0

 

Electrical Components & Equipment

 

2.9

 

Healthcare – Products

 

2.2

 

Healthcare – Services

 

2.3

 

Iron/Steel

 

5.9

 

Metal Fabricate/Hardware

 

2.2

 

Oil & Gas

 

6.5

 

Pharmaceuticals

 

2.9

 

Semiconductors

 

9.5

 

Telecommunications

 

5.6

 

Transportation

 

5.9

 

Money Market Funds

 

5.4

 

Repurchase Agreements

 

8.2

 

Total Investments

 

112.6

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets

 

(12.6

)

Net Assets

 

100.0

%

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

13

ADVISORSHARES DORSEY WRIGHT ALPHA EQUAL WEIGHT ETF
Schedule of Investments

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCKS — 99.9%

     

 

 

Apparel — 4.1%

     

 

 

Crocs, Inc.*

 

11,875

 

$

1,522,613

NIKE, Inc., Class B

 

11,384

 

 

1,897,371

Total Apparel

     

 

3,419,984

Auto Manufacturers — 2.3%

     

 

 

Tesla, Inc.*

 

1,812

 

 

1,914,885

Banks — 7.0%

     

 

 

Signature Bank

 

6,300

 

 

2,037,861

SVB Financial Group*

 

2,828

 

 

1,918,063

Western Alliance Bancorp

 

18,050

 

 

1,943,082

Total Banks

     

 

5,899,006

Commercial Services — 2.4%

     

 

 

S&P Global, Inc.(a)

 

4,333

 

 

2,044,873

Computers — 5.9%

     

 

 

EPAM Systems, Inc.*

 

3,480

 

 

2,326,206

Zscaler, Inc.*

 

8,065

 

 

2,591,526

Total Computers

     

 

4,917,732

Distribution/Wholesale — 2.5%

     

 

 

Pool Corp.

 

3,704

 

 

2,096,464

Diversified Financial Services — 4.8%

Apollo Asset Management, Inc.(a)

 

27,341

 

 

1,980,309

Nasdaq, Inc.

 

9,841

 

 

2,066,708

Total Diversified Financial Services

     

 

4,047,017

Electronics — 2.8%

     

 

 

Amphenol Corp., Class A

 

26,612

 

 

2,327,486

Engineering & Construction — 2.5%

 

 

 

TopBuild Corp.*

 

7,527

 

 

2,076,775

Insurance — 4.8%

     

 

 

Aon PLC, Class A

 

6,690

 

 

2,010,746

Arthur J Gallagher & Co.

 

12,000

 

 

2,036,040

Total Insurance

     

 

4,046,786

Internet — 2.1%

     

 

 

Etsy, Inc.*

 

7,959

 

 

1,742,543

Office/Business Equip — 2.5%

 

 

 

Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A*

 

3,540

 

 

2,107,008

Investments

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

 

 

 

Retail — 14.2%

     

 

 

Bath & Body Works, Inc.

 

28,131

 

$

1,963,263

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.

 

17,198

 

 

1,977,598

Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

 

4,030

 

 

2,274,250

GameStop Corp., Class A*(a)

 

10,921

 

 

1,620,567

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

 

4,880

 

 

2,025,249

Yum! Brands, Inc.

 

14,840

 

 

2,060,682

Total Retail

     

 

11,921,609

Semiconductors — 14.9%

     

 

 

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.*

 

18,482

 

 

2,659,560

Broadcom, Inc.

 

4,174

 

 

2,777,421

Lattice Semiconductor Corp.*

 

27,158

 

 

2,092,796

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

 

4,266

 

 

2,104,546

NVIDIA Corp.

 

9,722

 

 

2,859,337

Total Semiconductors

     

 

12,493,660

Software — 20.3%

     

 

 

Adobe, Inc.*

 

3,210

 

 

1,820,263

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.*

 

11,178

 

 

2,083,020

Cloudflare, Inc., Class A*

 

16,380

 

 

2,153,970

HubSpot, Inc.*

 

3,268

 

 

2,154,102

Intuit, Inc.

 

3,592

 

 

2,310,446

MongoDB, Inc.*(a)

 

5,060

 

 

2,678,511

MSCI, Inc.

 

3,138

 

 

1,922,621

ServiceNow, Inc.*

 

2,977

 

 

1,932,401

Total Software

     

 

17,055,334

Venture Capital — 6.8%

     

 

 

Ares Management Corp., Class A

 

23,756

 

 

1,930,650

Blackstone, Inc.

 

14,200

 

 

1,837,338

KKR & Co., Inc.

 

26,641

 

 

1,984,755

Total Venture Capital

     

 

5,752,743

Total Common Stocks (Cost $78,098,277)

     

 

83,863,905

MONEY MARKET FUND — 0.1%

 

 

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds Treasury Trust Fund Portfolio, Institutional Class, 0.01%(b)
(Cost $95,368)

 

95,368

 

 

95,368

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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ADVISORSHARES DORSEY WRIGHT ALPHA EQUAL WEIGHT ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS — 1.3%(c)

 

 

 

BofA Securities, Inc., dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.05%, total to be received $261,746, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 1.00%-5.00%, 09/01/28-01/01/61, totaling $266,980)

 

$

261,745

 

$

261,745

Daiwa Capital Markets America, dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.05%, total to be received $261,746, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.00%-6.50%, 02/10/22-01/01/52, totaling $266,980)

 

 

261,745

 

 

261,745

HSBC Securities USA, Inc., dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.05%, total to be received $261,746, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 1.88%-6.50%, 01/20/27-05/20/51, totaling $266,980)

 

 

261,745

 

 

261,745

Nomura Securities International, Inc., dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.05%, total to be received $77,594, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.00%-5.00%, 09/06/24-09/20/69, totaling $79,146)

 

 

77,594

 

 

77,594

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS (continued)

 

 

 

 

RBC Dominion Securities, Inc., dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.05%, total to be received $261,745, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.00%-6.50%, 05/15/22-12/01/51, totaling $266,980)

 

$

261,745

 

$

261,745

 

Total Repurchase Agreements (Cost $1,124,574)

 

 

   

 

1,124,574

 

Total Investments — 101.3% (Cost $79,318,219)

 

 

   

 

85,083,847

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (1.3%)

 

 

   

 

(1,165,128

)

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

   

$

83,918,719

 

____________

PLC — Public Limited Company

*         Non-income producing security.

(a)      All or a portion of security is on loan. The aggregate market value of the securities on loan is $7,676,139; the aggregate market value of the collateral held by the fund is $7,915,524. The aggregate market value of the collateral includes non-cash U.S. Treasury securities collateral having a value of $6,790,950.

(b)      Rate shown reflects the 7-day yield as of December 31, 2021.

(c)      Collateral received from brokers for securities lending was invested in these short-term investments.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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ADVISORSHARES DORSEY WRIGHT ALPHA EQUAL WEIGHT ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Fair Value Measurements

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of December 31, 2021, in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels. Level 1 includes quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 includes other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk). Level 3 includes significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities.

Assets

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

Common Stocks

 

$

83,863,905

 

$

 

$

 

$

83,863,905

Money Market Fund

 

 

95,368

 

 

 

 

 

 

95,368

Repurchase Agreements

 

 

 

 

1,124,574

 

 

 

 

1,124,574

Total

 

$

83,959,273

 

$

1,124,574

 

$

 

$

85,083,847

SUMMARY OF SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

% of
Net Assets

Apparel

 

4.1

%

Auto Manufacturers

 

2.3

 

Banks

 

7.0

 

Commercial Services

 

2.4

 

Computers

 

5.9

 

Distribution/Wholesale

 

2.5

 

Diversified Financial Services

 

4.8

 

Electronics

 

2.8

 

Engineering & Construction

 

2.5

 

Insurance

 

4.8

 

Internet

 

2.1

 

Office/Business Equip

 

2.5

 

Retail

 

14.2

 

Semiconductors

 

14.9

 

Software

 

20.3

 

Venture Capital

 

6.8

 

Money Market Fund

 

0.1

 

Repurchase Agreements

 

1.3

 

Total Investments

 

101.3

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets

 

(1.3

)

Net Assets

 

100.0

%

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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ADVISORSHARES DORSEY WRIGHT FSM ALL CAP WORLD ETF
Schedule of Investments

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Shares

 

Value

EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS — 100.0%

 

 

 

 

Equity Fund — 100.0%

     

 

 

 

Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF

 

459,300

 

$

75,118,515

 

Invesco S&P 500 Pure Growth ETF

 

358,530

 

 

75,585,295

 

Total Exchange Traded Funds (Cost $146,002,212)

     

 

150,703,810

 

MONEY MARKET FUND — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds Treasury Trust Fund Portfolio, Institutional Class, 0.01%(a)
(Cost $176,930)

 

176,930

 

 

176,930

 

Total Investments — 100.1% (Cost $146,179,142)

     

 

150,880,740

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.1%)

     

 

(94,087

)

Net Assets — 100.0%

     

$

150,786,653

 

____________

ETF — Exchange Traded Fund

(a)      Rate shown reflects the 7-day yield as of December 31, 2021.

Fair Value Measurements

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of December 31, 2021, in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels. Level 1 includes quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 includes other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk). Level 3 includes significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities.

Assets

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

Exchange Traded Funds

 

$

150,703,810

 

$

 

$

 

$

150,703,810

Money Market Fund

 

 

176,930

 

 

 

 

 

 

176,930

Total

 

$

150,880,740

 

$

 

$

 

$

150,880,740

SUMMARY OF SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

% of
Net Assets

   

Equity Fund

 

100.0

%

 

Money Market Fund

 

0.1

 

 

Total Investments

 

100.1

 

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets

 

(0.1

)

 

Net Assets

 

100.0

%

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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ADVISORSHARES DORSEY WRIGHT FSM US CORE ETF
Schedule of Investments

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Shares/
Principal

 

Value

EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS — 99.8%

 

 

 

Equity Fund — 99.8%

 

 

   

 

 

Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1

 

 

128,769

 

$

51,230,747

Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF(a)

 

 

316,575

 

 

51,522,581

Total Exchange Traded Funds (Cost $79,582,195)

 

 

   

 

102,753,328

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 21.3%

BlackRock Liquidity Funds FedFund Portfolio, Institutional Class, 0.03%(b)(c)

 

 

3,702,000

 

 

3,702,000

BlackRock Liquidity Funds Treasury Trust Fund Portfolio, Institutional Class, 0.01%(b)

 

 

281,481

 

 

281,481

Federated Government Obligations Fund, Institutional Class, 0.03%(b)(c)

 

 

3,630,000

 

 

3,630,000

Fidelity Investments Money Market Funds — Government Portfolio, Institutional Class, 0.01%(b)(c)

 

 

2,061,000

 

 

2,061,000

Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund — Institutional Shares, Institutional Class, 0.03%(b)(c)

 

 

3,702,000

 

 

3,702,000

Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio, Institutional Class, 0.03%(b)(c)

 

 

3,112,000

 

 

3,112,000

JPMorgan U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Institutional Class, 0.01%(b)(c)

 

 

3,459,000

 

 

3,459,000

Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds — Government Portfolio, Institutional Class, 0.03%(b)(c)

 

 

2,061,000

 

 

2,061,000

Total Money Market Funds (Cost $22,008,481)

 

 

   

 

22,008,481

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS — 28.7%(c)

 

 

 

BofA Securities, Inc., dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.05%, total to be received $11,931,122, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 1.00%-5.00%, 09/01/28-01/01/61, totaling $12,169,693)

 

$

11,931,072

 

 

11,931,072

Investments

 


Principal

 

Value

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS (continued)

 

 

 

 

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.06%, total to be received $5,672,160, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.00%-3.50%, 02/15/22-12/20/51, totaling $5,785,575)

 

$

5,672,132

 

$

5,672,132

 

RBC Dominion Securities, Inc., dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.05%, total to be received $11,931,122, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.00%-6.50%, 05/15/22-12/01/51, totaling $12,169,693)

 

 

11,931,072

 

 

11,931,072

 

Total Repurchase Agreements (Cost $29,534,276)

 

 

   

 

29,534,276

 

Total Investments — 149.8% (Cost $131,124,952)

 

 

   

 

154,296,085

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (49.8%)

 

 

   

 

(51,312,345

)

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

   

$

102,983,740

 

____________

ETF — Exchange Traded Fund

(a)      All or a portion of security is on loan. The aggregate market value of the securities on loan is $50,485,050; the aggregate market value of the collateral held by the fund is $51,659,850. The aggregate market value of the collateral includes non-cash U.S. Treasury securities collateral having a value of $398,574.

(b)      Rate shown reflects the 7-day yield as of December 31, 2021.

(c)      Collateral received from brokers for securities lending was invested in these short-term investments.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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ADVISORSHARES DORSEY WRIGHT FSM US CORE ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Fair Value Measurements

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of December 31, 2021, in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels. Level 1 includes quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 includes other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk). Level 3 includes significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities.

Assets

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

Exchange Traded Funds

 

$

102,753,328

 

$

 

$

 

$

102,753,328

Money Market Funds

 

 

22,008,481

 

 

 

 

 

 

22,008,481

Repurchase Agreements

 

 

 

 

29,534,276

 

 

 

 

29,534,276

Total

 

$

124,761,809

 

$

29,534,276

 

$

 

$

154,296,085

SUMMARY OF SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

% of
Net Assets

Equity Fund

 

99.8

%

Money Market Funds

 

21.3

 

Repurchase Agreements

 

28.7

 

Total Investments

 

149.8

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets

 

(49.8

)

Net Assets

 

100.0

%

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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ADVISORSHARES DORSEY WRIGHT MICRO-CAP ETF
Schedule of Investments

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCKS — 100.0%

 

 

 

Advertising — 0.8%

     

 

 

Stagwell, Inc.*

 

10,478

 

$

90,844

Auto Parts & Equipment — 0.7%

 

 

 

Shyft Group, Inc. (The)

 

1,644

 

 

80,770

Banks — 8.7%

     

 

 

Business First Bancshares, Inc.

 

1,934

 

 

54,752

Byline Bancorp, Inc.

 

2,264

 

 

61,920

Capstar Financial Holdings, Inc.

 

2,764

 

 

58,127

Coastal Financial Corp.*

 

1,832

 

 

92,736

Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.*

 

1,710

 

 

54,070

First Bank

 

3,969

 

 

57,590

First Foundation, Inc.

 

2,075

 

 

51,585

First Internet Bancorp

 

1,208

 

 

56,824

Hanmi Financial Corp.

 

2,606

 

 

61,710

Merchants Bancorp

 

1,469

 

 

69,528

Metrocity Bankshares, Inc.

 

1,838

 

 

50,600

Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp.*

 

873

 

 

93,001

MVB Financial Corp.

 

1,537

 

 

63,816

Northeast Bank

 

1,646

 

 

58,812

PCB Bancorp

 

2,769

 

 

60,807

Provident Bancorp, Inc.

 

3,349

 

 

62,291

Total Banks

     

 

1,008,169

Biotechnology — 1.4%

     

 

 

AnaptysBio, Inc.*

 

1,548

 

 

53,793

Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp. (Argentina)*

 

3,815

 

 

53,944

Harvard Bioscience, Inc.*

 

7,740

 

 

54,567

Total Biotechnology

     

 

162,304

Building Materials — 1.4%

     

 

 

Smith-Midland Corp.*

 

1,208

 

 

56,776

Tecnoglass, Inc.(a)

 

4,130

 

 

108,165

Total Building Materials

     

 

164,941

Chemicals — 2.1%

     

 

 

AdvanSix, Inc.

 

1,814

 

 

85,712

CVR Partners LP

 

1,131

 

 

93,522

Intrepid Potash, Inc.*

 

1,596

 

 

68,197

Total Chemicals

     

 

247,431

Coal — 1.7%

     

 

 

Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc.*

 

2,226

 

 

135,897

Natural Resource Partners LP

 

1,740

 

 

58,151

Total Coal

     

 

194,048

Investments

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

 

 

 

Commercial Services — 6.5%

     

 

 

Atento SA (Brazil)*

 

2,408

 

$

61,476

Carriage Services, Inc.

 

1,170

 

 

75,395

Civeo Corp.*

 

2,380

 

 

45,625

CRA International, Inc.

 

637

 

 

59,470

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.*

 

3,404

 

 

94,495

Franklin Covey Co.*

 

1,340

 

 

62,123

HireQuest, Inc.

 

2,658

 

 

53,585

Information Services Group, Inc.

 

9,736

 

 

74,188

RCM Technologies, Inc.*

 

6,674

 

 

47,519

Textainer Group Holdings Ltd. (China)

 

2,308

 

 

82,419

Transcat, Inc.*

 

1,079

 

 

99,732

Total Commercial Services

     

 

756,027

Computers — 0.9%

     

 

 

Everspin Technologies, Inc.*(a)

 

5,126

 

 

57,924

Senstar Technologies Ltd. (Israel)

 

15,273

 

 

44,750

Total Computers

     

 

102,674

Distribution/Wholesale — 3.3%

 

 

 

A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc.

 

720

 

 

43,992

Hudson Technologies, Inc.*

 

13,618

 

 

60,464

Titan Machinery, Inc.*

 

1,947

 

 

65,594

Veritiv Corp.*

 

1,198

 

 

146,839

VSE Corp.

 

968

 

 

58,990

Total Distribution/Wholesale

     

 

375,879

Diversified Financial Services — 8.2%

 

 

 

Atlanticus Holdings Corp.*

 

2,006

 

 

143,068

B. Riley Financial, Inc.

 

1,108

 

 

98,457

Cowen, Inc., Class A

 

1,585

 

 

57,218

Curo Group Holdings Corp.

 

3,364

 

 

53,858

EZCORP, Inc., Class A*

 

7,350

 

 

54,170

Freedom Holding Corp. NV (Kazakhstan)*(a)

 

1,587

 

 

110,027

GAMCO Investors, Inc., Class A

 

2,132

 

 

53,257

Medallion Financial Corp.*

 

6,031

 

 

34,980

Ocwen Financial Corp.*

 

1,354

 

 

54,119

Oportun Financial Corp.*

 

2,113

 

 

42,788

Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc., Class A

 

1,128

 

 

52,305

Pzena Investment Management, Inc., Class A

 

4,844

 

 

45,873

Regional Management Corp.

 

1,540

 

 

88,488

Velocity Financial, Inc.*

 

4,347

 

 

59,554

Total Diversified Financial Services

     

 

948,162

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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ADVISORSHARES DORSEY WRIGHT MICRO-CAP ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

 

 

 

Electrical Components & Equipment — 0.5%

Insteel Industries, Inc.

 

1,372

 

$

54,619

Electronics — 4.3%

     

 

 

Camtek Ltd. (Israel)*

 

3,408

 

 

156,904

Identiv, Inc.*

 

4,534

 

 

127,587

Ipsidy, Inc.*(a)

 

3,430

 

 

48,123

Kimball Electronics, Inc.*

 

2,320

 

 

50,483

Napco Security Technologies, Inc.*(a)

 

1,200

 

 

59,976

Neonode, Inc.*(a)

 

5,706

 

 

50,498

Total Electronics

     

 

493,571

Engineering & Construction — 2.2%

 

 

 

Concrete Pumping Holdings, Inc.*

 

6,904

 

 

56,613

IES Holdings, Inc.*

 

1,233

 

 

62,439

MYR Group, Inc.*

 

782

 

 

86,450

Sterling Construction Co., Inc.*

 

2,030

 

 

53,389

Total Engineering & Construction

     

 

258,891

Entertainment — 1.9%

     

 

 

Golden Entertainment, Inc.*

 

2,065

 

 

104,344

RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc.

 

1,429

 

 

111,291

Total Entertainment

     

 

215,635

Environmental Control — 0.5%

 

 

 

Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc.*

 

1,692

 

 

54,178

Gas — 0.4%

     

 

 

Global Partners LP

 

2,028

 

 

47,638

Healthcare – Products — 1.5%

 

 

 

Apollo Endosurgery, Inc.*

 

9,629

 

 

81,173

Apyx Medical Corp.*

 

3,989

 

 

51,139

Cutera, Inc.*

 

1,066

 

 

44,047

Total Healthcare – Products

     

 

176,359

Home Builders — 0.6%

     

 

 

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., Class A*

 

535

 

 

68,100

Home Furnishings — 0.4%

     

 

 

Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc.

 

1,822

 

 

47,900

Housewares — 0.9%

     

 

 

Dogness International Corp., Class A (Virgin Islands)*(a)

 

12,880

 

 

108,321

Investments

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

 

 

 

Insurance — 1.7%

     

 

 

Investors Title Co.

 

257

 

$

50,668

MBIA, Inc.*

 

4,365

 

 

68,923

Tiptree, Inc.

 

5,299

 

 

73,285

Total Insurance

     

 

192,876

Internet — 0.6%

     

 

 

DHI Group, Inc.*

 

11,914

 

 

74,343

Iron/Steel — 0.5%

     

 

 

Huadi International Group Co., Ltd. (China)*

 

1,740

 

 

55,697

Leisure Time — 1.9%

     

 

 

OneWater Marine, Inc., Class A

 

1,424

 

 

86,821

Vista Outdoor, Inc.*

 

2,773

 

 

127,752

Total Leisure Time

     

 

214,573

Lodging — 2.1%

     

 

 

Bluegreen Vacations Holding Corp.*

 

2,198

 

 

77,150

Century Casinos, Inc.*

 

4,648

 

 

56,613

Full House Resorts, Inc.*

 

9,440

 

 

114,318

Total Lodging

     

 

248,081

Machinery – Diversified — 2.4%

 

 

 

Kornit Digital Ltd. (Israel)*

 

1,122

 

 

170,825

Ranpak Holdings Corp.*

 

2,904

 

 

109,132

Total Machinery – Diversified

     

 

279,957

Media — 3.9%

     

 

 

Cumulus Media, Inc., Class A*

 

4,325

 

 

48,656

Entravision Communications Corp., Class A

 

12,872

 

 

87,272

Gannett Co., Inc.*

 

9,522

 

 

50,753

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co.*

 

6,788

 

 

109,287

Thryv Holdings, Inc.*

 

2,170

 

 

89,252

Townsquare Media, Inc., Class A*

 

4,676

 

 

62,331

Total Media

     

 

447,551

Metal Fabricate/Hardware — 3.1%

 

 

 

Mayville Engineering Co., Inc.*

 

2,790

 

 

41,599

Ryerson Holding Corp.

 

2,989

 

 

77,863

Steel Partners Holdings LP*(a)

 

3,900

 

 

163,800

TimkenSteel Corp.*

 

4,648

 

 

76,692

Total Metal Fabricate/Hardware

     

 

359,954

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

 

 

 

Miscellaneous Manufacturing — 0.9%

 

 

 

Haynes International, Inc.

 

1,338

 

$

53,961

Loop Industries, Inc. (Canada)*

 

4,158

 

 

51,019

Total Miscellaneous Manufacturing

     

 

104,980

Oil & Gas — 4.8%

     

 

 

Berry Corp.

 

6,171

 

 

51,960

Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP*

 

9,014

 

 

118,985

Kimbell Royalty Partners LP

 

3,850

 

 

52,475

Permian Basin Royalty Trust

 

7,491

 

 

75,659

Ranger Oil Corp., Class A*

 

1,810

 

 

48,725

San Juan Basin Royalty Trust

 

10,141

 

 

61,759

SandRidge Energy, Inc.*

 

9,623

 

 

100,657

SilverBow Resources, Inc.*

 

2,246

 

 

48,895

Total Oil & Gas

     

 

559,115

Pharmaceuticals — 1.6%

     

 

 

Ideaya Biosciences, Inc.*

 

2,484

 

 

58,722

Opiant Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

 

2,138

 

 

71,901

ProQR Therapeutics NV (Netherlands)*

 

6,860

 

 

54,948

Total Pharmaceuticals

     

 

185,571

REITS — 3.8%

     

 

 

Cedar Realty Trust, Inc.

 

2,264

 

 

56,849

City Office REIT, Inc.

 

3,064

 

 

60,422

Farmland Partners, Inc.

 

4,187

 

 

50,035

Gladstone Land Corp.

 

2,339

 

 

78,965

Granite Point Mortgage Trust, Inc.

 

3,762

 

 

44,053

Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc.

 

2,159

 

 

69,088

Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.

 

4,507

 

 

81,396

Total REITS

     

 

440,808

Retail — 10.5%

     

 

 

Aspen Aerogels, Inc.*

 

2,655

 

 

132,192

Biglari Holdings, Inc., Class B*

 

330

 

 

47,048

Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc.

 

3,382

 

 

66,017

Caleres, Inc.

 

2,322

 

 

52,663

Cato Corp. (The), Class A

 

3,411

 

 

58,533

Conn’s, Inc.*

 

2,132

 

 

50,145

Genesco, Inc.*

 

1,124

 

 

72,127

Good Times Restaurants, Inc.*

 

11,336

 

 

49,198

Huttig Building Products, Inc.*

 

9,223

 

 

102,099

J Jill, Inc.*

 

2,529

 

 

48,506

Kura Sushi USA, Inc., Class A*

 

1,581

 

 

127,808

Investments

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

 

 

 

Retail (continued)

 

 

 

Lazydays Holdings, Inc.*

 

2,171

 

$

46,763

Movado Group, Inc.

 

1,654

 

 

69,187

Noodles & Co.*

 

4,539

 

 

41,169

ONE Group Hospitality, Inc. (The)*

 

6,275

 

 

79,128

Tile Shop Holdings, Inc.

 

6,886

 

 

49,097

Tilly’s, Inc., Class A

 

3,563

 

 

57,400

TravelCenters of America, Inc.*

 

1,247

 

 

64,370

Total Retail

     

 

1,213,450

Semiconductors — 1.1%

     

 

 

Pixelworks, Inc.*

 

12,186

 

 

53,619

Richardson Electronics Ltd.

 

5,285

 

 

71,453

Total Semiconductors

     

 

125,072

Software — 2.0%

     

 

 

Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc.*

 

2,528

 

 

119,170

Inspired Entertainment, Inc.*

 

4,582

 

 

59,383

Red Violet, Inc.*

 

1,402

 

 

55,645

Total Software

     

 

234,198

Telecommunications — 4.6%

     

 

 

Calix, Inc.*

 

3,363

 

 

268,939

Clearfield, Inc.*(a)

 

1,476

 

 

124,604

IDT Corp., Class B*

 

3,184

 

 

140,606

Total Telecommunications

     

 

534,149

Transportation — 5.6%

     

 

 

Capital Product Partners LP (Greece)

 

4,199

 

 

67,646

Covenant Logistics Group, Inc.*

 

1,890

 

 

49,953

Danaos Corp. (Greece)

 

2,065

 

 

154,152

Daseke, Inc.*

 

5,830

 

 

58,533

Grindrod Shipping Holdings Ltd. (Singapore)(a)

 

3,676

 

 

66,278

OceanPal, Inc. (Greece)*

 

1,142

 

 

2,318

PAM Transportation Services, Inc.*

 

1,253

 

 

88,976

USA Truck, Inc.*

 

2,995

 

 

59,541

USD Partners LP

 

7,898

 

 

41,780

Yellow Corp.*(a)

 

4,448

 

 

56,000

Total Transportation

     

 

645,177

Total Common Stocks (Cost $9,383,206)

     

 

11,572,013

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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ADVISORSHARES DORSEY WRIGHT MICRO-CAP ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Shares/
Principal

 

Value

MONEY MARKET FUND — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

STIT — Government & Agency Portfolio, Institutional Class, 0.03%(b)
(Cost $17,710)

 

 

17,710

 

$

17,710

 

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS — 3.2%(c)

 

 

 

 

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.06%, total to be received $127,170, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.00%-3.50%, 02/15/22-12/20/51, totaling $129,712)

 

$

127,169

 

 

127,169

 

RBC Dominion Securities, Inc., dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.05%, total to be received $249,001, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.00%-6.50%, 05/15/22-12/01/51, totaling $253,980)

 

 

249,000

 

 

249,000

 

Total Repurchase Agreements (Cost $376,169)

 

 

   

 

376,169

 

Total Investments — 103.4% (Cost $9,777,085)

 

 

   

 

11,965,892

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (3.4%)

 

 

   

 

(389,228

)

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

   

$

11,576,664

 

____________

LP — Limited Partnership

REITS — Real Estate Investment Trusts

*         Non-income producing security.

(a)      All or a portion of security is on loan. The aggregate market value of the securities on loan is $624,598; the aggregate market value of the collateral held by the fund is $627,656. The aggregate market value of the collateral includes non-cash U.S. Treasury securities collateral having a value of $251,487.

(b)      Rate shown reflects the 7-day yield as of December 31, 2021.

(c)      Collateral received from brokers for securities lending was invested in these short-term investments.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Fair Value Measurements

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of December 31, 2021, in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels. Level 1 includes quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 includes other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk). Level 3 includes significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities.

Assets

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

Common Stocks

 

$

11,572,013

 

$

 

$

 

$

11,572,013

Money Market Fund

 

 

17,710

 

 

 

 

 

 

17,710

Repurchase Agreements

 

 

 

 

376,169

 

 

 

 

376,169

Total

 

$

11,589,723

 

$

376,169

 

$

 

$

11,965,892

SUMMARY OF SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

% of
Net Assets

Advertising

 

0.8

%

Auto Parts & Equipment

 

0.7

 

Banks

 

8.7

 

Biotechnology

 

1.4

 

Building Materials

 

1.4

 

Chemicals

 

2.1

 

Coal

 

1.7

 

Commercial Services

 

6.5

 

Computers

 

0.9

 

Distribution/Wholesale

 

3.3

 

Diversified Financial Services

 

8.2

 

Electrical Components & Equipment

 

0.5

 

Electronics

 

4.3

 

Engineering & Construction

 

2.2

 

Entertainment

 

1.9

 

Environmental Control

 

0.5

 

Gas

 

0.4

 

Healthcare – Products

 

1.5

 

Home Builders

 

0.6

 

Home Furnishings

 

0.4

 

Housewares

 

0.9

 

Insurance

 

1.7

 

SUMMARY OF SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

% of
Net Assets

Internet

 

0.6

%

Iron/Steel

 

0.5

 

Leisure Time

 

1.9

 

Lodging

 

2.1

 

Machinery – Diversified

 

2.4

 

Media

 

3.9

 

Metal Fabricate/Hardware

 

3.1

 

Miscellaneous Manufacturing

 

0.9

 

Oil & Gas

 

4.8

 

Pharmaceuticals

 

1.6

 

REITS

 

3.8

 

Retail

 

10.5

 

Semiconductors

 

1.1

 

Software

 

2.0

 

Telecommunications

 

4.6

 

Transportation

 

5.6

 

Money Market Fund

 

0.2

 

Repurchase Agreements

 

3.2

 

Total Investments

 

103.4

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets

 

(3.4

)

Net Assets

 

100.0

%

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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ADVISORSHARES DORSEY WRIGHT SHORT ETF
Schedule of Investments

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Shares

 

Value

EXCHANGE TRADED FUND — 30.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Fund — 30.8%

   

 

 

 

 

 

AdvisorShares North Square McKee Core Reserves ETF(Cost $9,862,980)

 

100,000

 

 

$

9,840,000

 

MONEY MARKET FUND — 100.8%

 

 

 

 

 

STIT — Government & Agency Portfolio, Institutional Class, 0.03%(a)(b) (Cost $32,129,125)

 

32,129,125

 

 

 

32,129,125

 

Total Investments Before Securities Sold, Not Yet Purchased (Cost $41,992,105)

   

 

 

 

41,969,125

 

Securities Sold, Not Yet Purchased — (100.1)%(c)

 

WARRANT — (0.3)%

   

 

 

 

 

 

Oil & Gas — (0.3)%

   

 

 

 

 

 

Occidental Petroleum Corp., 08/03/27*

 

(8,342

)

 

 

(105,193

)

COMMON STOCKS — (99.8)%

 

 

 

 

 

Aerospace/Defense — (1.9)%

   

 

 

 

 

 

BWX Technologies, Inc.

 

(5,719

)

 

 

(273,826

)

Lockheed Martin Corp.

 

(899

)

 

 

(319,513

)

Total Aerospace/Defense

   

 

 

 

(593,339

)

Airlines — (3.9)%

   

 

 

 

 

 

Delta Air Lines, Inc.*

 

(8,155

)

 

 

(318,697

)

JetBlue Airways Corp.*

 

(21,030

)

 

 

(299,467

)

Southwest Airlines Co.*

 

(7,564

)

 

 

(324,042

)

United Airlines Holdings, Inc.*

 

(6,979

)

 

 

(305,541

)

Total Airlines

   

 

 

 

(1,247,747

)

Apparel — (1.0)%

   

 

 

 

 

 

VF Corp.

 

(4,329

)

 

 

(316,969

)

Auto Parts & Equipment — (1.1)%

 

 

 

 

 

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.

 

(9,464

)

 

 

(344,016

)

Biotechnology — (10.7)%

   

 

 

 

 

 

Amgen, Inc.

 

(1,581

)

 

 

(355,677

)

Biogen, Inc.*

 

(1,328

)

 

 

(318,614

)

Bluebird Bio, Inc.*

 

(32,223

)

 

 

(321,908

)

Exelixis, Inc.*

 

(18,783

)

 

 

(343,353

)

FibroGen, Inc.*

 

(31,150

)

 

 

(439,215

)

Incyte Corp.*

 

(4,906

)

 

 

(360,100

)

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

 

(9,510

)

 

 

(289,389

)

Nektar Therapeutics*

 

(25,841

)

 

 

(349,112

)

Investments

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

Biotechnology (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

Sage Therapeutics, Inc.*

 

(7,429

)

 

$

(316,030

)

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

 

(1,468

)

 

 

(322,373

)

Total Biotechnology

   

 

 

 

(3,415,771

)

Chemicals — (1.1)%

   

 

 

 

 

 

NewMarket Corp.

 

(1,066

)

 

 

(365,340

)

Commercial Services — (10.8)%

 

 

 

 

 

2U, Inc.*

 

(10,086

)

 

 

(202,426

)

Brink’s Co. (The)

 

(4,926

)

 

 

(322,998

)

Cimpress PLC (Ireland)*

 

(3,460

)

 

 

(247,771

)

Euronet Worldwide, Inc.*

 

(2,933

)

 

 

(349,526

)

FleetCor Technologies, Inc.*

 

(1,207

)

 

 

(270,175

)

Global Payments, Inc.

 

(2,441

)

 

 

(329,974

)

Grand Canyon Education, Inc.*

 

(3,574

)

 

 

(306,327

)

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

 

(713

)

 

 

(293,235

)

PayPal Holdings, Inc.*

 

(1,653

)

 

 

(311,723

)

Sabre Corp.*

 

(29,590

)

 

 

(254,178

)

WEX, Inc.*

 

(2,329

)

 

 

(326,968

)

WW International, Inc.*

 

(14,698

)

 

 

(237,079

)

Total Commercial Services

   

 

 

 

(3,452,380

)

Computers — (1.2)%

   

 

 

 

 

 

Western Digital Corp.*

 

(5,755

)

 

 

(375,284

)

Distribution/Wholesale — (0.9)%

 

 

 

 

 

KAR Auction Services, Inc.*

 

(18,883

)

 

 

(294,952

)

Diversified Financial Services — (1.9)%

 

 

 

 

 

LendingTree, Inc.*

 

(2,750

)

 

 

(337,150

)

Western Union Co. (The)

 

(14,671

)

 

 

(261,731

)

Total Diversified Financial Services

   

 

 

 

(598,881

)

Electric — (1.1)%

   

 

 

 

 

 

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

 

(4,862

)

 

 

(343,209

)

Electrical Components & Equipment — (1.1)%

 

Universal Display Corp.

 

(2,033

)

 

 

(335,506

)

Environmental Control — (1.0)%

 

 

 

 

 

Stericycle, Inc.*

 

(5,369

)

 

 

(320,207

)

Food — (5.2)%

   

 

 

 

 

 

Campbell Soup Co.

 

(7,882

)

 

 

(342,552

)

Conagra Brands, Inc.

 

(9,842

)

 

 

(336,104

)

Hormel Foods Corp.

 

(7,092

)

 

 

(346,161

)

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.

 

(5,030

)

 

 

(318,801

)

Performance Food Group Co.*

 

(7,081

)

 

 

(324,947

)

Total Food

   

 

 

 

(1,668,565

)

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

Food Service — (0.9)%

   

 

 

 

 

 

Healthcare Services Group, Inc.

 

(16,685

)

 

$

(296,826

)

Healthcare – Products — (2.7)%

 

 

 

 

 

Exact Sciences Corp.*

 

(2,554

)

 

 

(198,778

)

Teleflex, Inc.

 

(975

)

 

 

(320,268

)

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

 

(2,634

)

 

 

(334,623

)

Total Healthcare – Products

   

 

 

 

(853,669

)

Healthcare – Services — (2.0)%

 

 

 

 

 

Encompass Health Corp.

 

(5,023

)

 

 

(327,801

)

Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B

 

(2,474

)

 

 

(320,779

)

Total Healthcare – Services

   

 

 

 

(648,580

)

Household Products/Wares — (1.1)%

 

 

 

 

 

Clorox Co. (The)

 

(1,958

)

 

 

(341,397

)

Housewares — (1.0)%

   

 

 

 

 

 

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The)

 

(1,979

)

 

 

(318,619

)

Insurance — (1.0)%

   

 

 

 

 

 

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

 

(2,919

)

 

 

(319,601

)

Internet — (4.8)%

   

 

 

 

 

 

GoDaddy, Inc., Class A*

 

(4,573

)

 

 

(388,065

)

TripAdvisor, Inc.*

 

(9,263

)

 

 

(252,509

)

Twitter, Inc.*

 

(7,249

)

 

 

(313,302

)

Wayfair, Inc., Class A*

 

(1,539

)

 

 

(292,364

)

Zendesk, Inc.*

 

(2,874

)

 

 

(299,729

)

Total Internet

   

 

 

 

(1,545,969

)

Leisure Time — (1.8)%

   

 

 

 

 

 

Carnival Corp.*

 

(14,120

)

 

 

(284,095

)

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.*

 

(13,195

)

 

 

(273,664

)

Total Leisure Time

   

 

 

 

(557,759

)

Lodging — (1.7)%

   

 

 

 

 

 

Las Vegas Sands Corp.*

 

(7,718

)

 

 

(290,506

)

Wynn Resorts Ltd.*

 

(3,127

)

 

 

(265,920

)

Total Lodging

   

 

 

 

(556,426

)

Machinery – Diversified — (1.0)%

 

 

 

 

 

Flowserve Corp.

 

(10,020

)

 

 

(306,612

)

Media — (3.2)%

   

 

 

 

 

 

Altice USA, Inc., Class A*

 

(16,576

)

 

 

(268,200

)

Cable One, Inc.

 

(149

)

 

 

(262,754

)

Investments

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

Media (continued)

   

 

 

 

 

 

Discovery, Inc., Class A*

 

(11,045

)

 

$

(259,999

)

ViacomCBS, Inc., Class B

 

(7,791

)

 

 

(235,132

)

Total Media

   

 

 

 

(1,026,085

)

Mining — (2.3)%

   

 

 

 

 

 

Newmont Corp.

 

(5,687

)

 

 

(352,708

)

Royal Gold, Inc.

 

(3,491

)

 

 

(367,288

)

Total Mining

   

 

 

 

(719,996

)

Office/Business Equipment — (1.2)%

 

 

 

 

 

Xerox Holdings Corp.

 

(17,022

)

 

 

(385,378

)

Oil & Gas Services — (1.9)%

   

 

 

 

 

 

Core Laboratories NV

 

(11,114

)

 

 

(247,953

)

NOV, Inc.

 

(25,416

)

 

 

(344,387

)

Total Oil & Gas Services

   

 

 

 

(592,340

)

Packaging & Containers — (1.1)%

 

 

 

 

 

O-I Glass, Inc.*

 

(28,512

)

 

 

(342,999

)

Pharmaceuticals — (6.7)%

   

 

 

 

 

 

Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

 

(7,618

)

 

 

(250,404

)

Cardinal Health, Inc.

 

(6,537

)

 

 

(336,590

)

Herbalife Nutrition Ltd.*

 

(7,739

)

 

 

(316,757

)

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC*

 

(2,417

)

 

 

(307,926

)

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.*

 

(3,452

)

 

 

(294,007

)

Organon & Co.

 

(250

)

 

 

(7,612

)

Perrigo Co., PLC

 

(7,627

)

 

 

(296,690

)

Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.*

 

(3,691

)

 

 

(332,375

)

Total Pharmaceuticals

   

 

 

 

(2,142,361

)

REITS — (2.9)%

   

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Healthcare Trust

 

(104,456

)

 

 

(322,769

)

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.

 

(10,764

)

 

 

(318,507

)

Service Properties Trust

 

(31,133

)

 

 

(273,659

)

Total REITS

   

 

 

 

(914,935

)

Retail — (5.2)%

   

 

 

 

 

 

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.

 

(2,311

)

 

 

(297,287

)

Gap, Inc. (The)

 

(17,799

)

 

 

(314,152

)

Nordstrom, Inc.*

 

(14,704

)

 

 

(332,604

)

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A

 

(8,106

)

 

 

(411,380

)

Qurate Retail, Inc., Series A

 

(41,563

)

 

 

(315,879

)

Total Retail

   

 

 

 

(1,671,302

)

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

Semiconductors — (2.0)%

   

 

 

 

 

 

Intel Corp.

 

(5,995

)

 

$

(308,742

)

IPG Photonics Corp.*

 

(1,911

)

 

 

(328,960

)

Total Semiconductors

   

 

 

 

(637,702

)

Software — (6.5)%

   

 

 

 

 

 

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

 

(4,296

)

 

 

(285,813

)

Black Knight, Inc.*

 

(4,005

)

 

 

(331,975

)

CDK Global, Inc.

 

(6,819

)

 

 

(284,625

)

Citrix Systems, Inc.

 

(2,858

)

 

 

(270,338

)

Fair Isaac Corp.*

 

(802

)

 

 

(347,803

)

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

 

(2,260

)

 

 

(246,679

)

Fiserv, Inc.*

 

(3,015

)

 

 

(312,927

)

Total Software

   

 

 

 

(2,080,160

)

Telecommunications — (3.7)%

 

 

 

 

 

AT&T, Inc.

 

(11,653

)

 

 

(286,664

)

CommScope Holding Co., Inc.*

 

(26,542

)

 

 

(293,024

)

T-Mobile US, Inc.*

 

(2,709

)

 

 

(314,190

)

Verizon Communications, Inc.

 

(5,512

)

 

 

(286,403

)

Total Telecommunications

   

 

 

 

(1,180,281

)

Investments

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

Transportation — (2.2)%

   

 

 

 

 

 

FedEx Corp.

 

(1,296

)

 

$

(335,198

)

Kirby Corp.*

 

(6,310

)

 

 

(374,940

)

Total Transportation

   

 

 

 

(710,138

)

Total Securities Sold, Not Yet Purchased [Proceeds Received $(34,236,455)]

   

 

 

 

(31,926,494

)

Total Investments — 31.5% (Cost $7,755,650)

   

 

 

 

10,042,631

 

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 68.5%

   

 

 

 

21,846,034

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

   

 

 

$

31,888,665

 

____________

ETF — Exchange Traded Fund

PLC — Public Limited Company

REITS — Real Estate Investment Trusts

*         Non-income producing security.

†         Affiliated Company.

(a)      A portion of this security has been pledged as collateral for securities sold, not yet purchased.

(b)      Rate shown reflects the 7-day yield as of December 31, 2021.

(c)      As of December 31, 2021 cash in the amount of $24,408,118 has been segregated as collateral from the broker for securities sold short.

Fair Value Measurements

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of December 31, 2021, in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels. Level 1 includes quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 includes other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk). Level 3 includes significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities.

Assets

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

Exchange Traded Fund

 

$

9,840,000

 

$

 

$

 

$

9,840,000

Money Market Fund

 

 

32,129,125

 

 

 

 

 

 

32,129,125

Total

 

$

41,969,125

 

$

 

$

 

$

41,969,125

Liabilities

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

Warrant

 

$

(105,193

)

 

$

 

$

 

$

(105,193

)

Common Stocks

 

 

(31,821,301

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(31,821,301

)

Total

 

$

(31,926,494

)

 

$

 

$

 

$

(31,926,494

)

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

SUMMARY OF SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

% of
Net Assets

Aerospace/Defense

 

(1.9

)%

Airlines

 

(3.9

)

Apparel

 

(1.0

)

Auto Parts & Equipment

 

(1.1

)

Biotechnology

 

(10.7

)

Chemicals

 

(1.1

)

Commercial Services

 

(10.8

)

Computers

 

(1.2

)

Debt Fund

 

30.8

 

Distribution/Wholesale

 

(0.9

)

Diversified Financial Services

 

(1.9

)

Electric

 

(1.1

)

Electrical Components & Equipment

 

(1.1

)

Environmental Control

 

(1.0

)

Food

 

(5.2

)

Food Service

 

(0.9

)

Healthcare – Products

 

(2.7

)

Healthcare – Services

 

(2.0

)

Household Products/Wares

 

(1.1

)

Housewares

 

(1.0

)

Insurance

 

(1.0

)

SUMMARY OF SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

% of
Net Assets

Internet

 

(4.8

)%

Leisure Time

 

(1.8

)

Lodging

 

(1.7

)

Machinery – Diversified

 

(1.0

)

Media

 

(3.2

)

Mining

 

(2.3

)

Office/Business Equipment

 

(1.2

)

Oil & Gas

 

(0.3

)

Oil & Gas Services

 

(1.9

)

Packaging & Containers

 

(1.1

)

Pharmaceuticals

 

(6.7

)

REITS

 

(2.9

)

Retail

 

(5.2

)

Semiconductors

 

(2.0

)

Software

 

(6.5

)

Telecommunications

 

(3.7

)

Transportation

 

(2.2

)

Money Market Fund

 

100.8

 

Total Investments

 

31.5

 

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities

 

68.5

 

Net Assets

 

100.0

%

Affiliated holdings are funds which are managed by the Trust or an affiliate of the Trust. Transactions with affiliated companies during the period ended December 31, 2021 were as follows:

Affiliated
Holding Name

 

Value at
6/30/2021

 

Purchases/
Additions

 

Sales/
Reductions

 

Realized
Gain
(Loss)

 

Change in
Unrealized
Gain (Loss)

 

Number of
Shares at
12/31/2021

 

Value at
12/31/2021

 

Dividend
Income

AdvisorShares North Square McKee Core Reserves ETF

 

$

9,868,000

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

(28,000

)

 

100,000

 

$

9,840,000

 

$

23,431

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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ADVISORSHARES DOUBLELINE VALUE EQUITY ETF
Schedule of Investments

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCKS — 97.6%

     

 

 

Aerospace/Defense — 4.4%

     

 

 

Boeing Co. (The)*

 

5,243

 

$

1,055,521

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

 

12,152

 

 

1,045,801

Total Aerospace/Defense

     

 

2,101,322

Agriculture — 2.1%

     

 

 

Philip Morris International, Inc.

 

10,723

 

 

1,018,685

Banks — 11.4%

     

 

 

Bank of America Corp.

 

37,469

 

 

1,666,996

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

 

20,664

 

 

976,374

State Street Corp.

 

13,166

 

 

1,224,438

Wells Fargo & Co.

 

34,293

 

 

1,645,378

Total Banks

     

 

5,513,186

Beverages — 1.8%

     

 

 

PepsiCo, Inc.

 

4,982

 

 

865,423

Biotechnology — 0.9%

     

 

 

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.*

 

4,676

 

 

413,125

Chemicals — 3.2%

     

 

 

DuPont de Nemours, Inc.

 

12,541

 

 

1,013,062

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

 

3,355

 

 

505,431

Total Chemicals

     

 

1,518,493

Commercial Services — 1.5%

     

 

 

Herc Holdings, Inc.

 

4,491

 

 

703,066

Computers — 2.2%

     

 

 

KBR, Inc.

 

22,221

 

 

1,058,164

Diversified Financial Services — 4.4%

 

 

 

Capital One Financial Corp.

 

5,057

 

 

733,720

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

 

10,163

 

 

1,389,994

Total Diversified Financial Services

     

 

2,123,714

Electronics — 4.9%

     

 

 

Flex Ltd.*

 

31,484

 

 

577,101

nVent Electric PLC

 

23,015

 

 

874,570

Vontier Corp.

 

30,060

 

 

923,744

Total Electronics

     

 

2,375,415

Food — 3.7%

     

 

 

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

 

16,120

 

 

1,068,917

US Foods Holding Corp.*

 

19,983

 

 

696,008

Total Food

     

 

1,764,925

Investments

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

 

 

 

Healthcare – Products — 4.0%

 

 

 

Alcon, Inc. (Switzerland)(a)

 

9,458

 

$

823,981

Medtronic PLC

 

10,726

 

 

1,109,605

Total Healthcare – Products

     

 

1,933,586

Healthcare – Services — 2.5%

     

 

 

Anthem, Inc.

 

2,546

 

 

1,180,173

Insurance — 5.9%

     

 

 

Chubb Ltd.

 

5,915

 

 

1,143,429

Markel Corp.*

 

502

 

 

619,468

Prudential Financial, Inc.

 

9,983

 

 

1,080,560

Total Insurance

     

 

2,843,457

Internet — 6.1%

     

 

 

Alphabet, Inc., Class A*

 

585

 

 

1,694,768

Amazon.com, Inc.*

 

122

 

 

406,789

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A*

 

2,556

 

 

859,711

Total Internet

     

 

2,961,268

Media — 3.6%

     

 

 

Comcast Corp., Class A

 

23,473

 

 

1,181,396

Discovery, Inc., Class A*(a)

 

24,484

 

 

576,353

Total Media

     

 

1,757,749

Mining — 1.5%

     

 

 

Arconic Corp.*

 

22,021

 

 

726,913

Oil & Gas — 5.3%

     

 

 

Chevron Corp.

 

9,898

 

 

1,161,530

EOG Resources, Inc.

 

9,865

 

 

876,308

Valero Energy Corp.

 

6,776

 

 

508,946

Total Oil & Gas

     

 

2,546,784

Pharmaceuticals — 9.2%

     

 

 

AstraZeneca PLC (United Kingdom)(b)

 

20,007

 

 

1,165,408

Cigna Corp.

 

4,453

 

 

1,022,542

CVS Health Corp.

 

11,088

 

 

1,143,838

Sanofi (France)(b)

 

22,339

 

 

1,119,184

Total Pharmaceuticals

     

 

4,450,972

REITS — 2.6%

     

 

 

American Tower Corp.

 

2,474

 

 

723,645

Boston Properties, Inc.

 

4,708

 

 

542,267

Total REITS

     

 

1,265,912

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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ADVISORSHARES DOUBLELINE VALUE EQUITY ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Shares/
Principal

 

Value

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

 

 

 

Retail — 5.6%

 

 

   

 

 

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

 

 

3,727

 

$

894,033

Dollar General Corp.

 

 

3,057

 

 

720,932

TJX Cos., Inc. (The)

 

 

14,156

 

 

1,074,724

Total Retail

 

 

   

 

2,689,689

Semiconductors — 2.3%

 

 

   

 

 

KLA Corp.

 

 

1,228

 

 

528,175

Microchip Technology, Inc.

 

 

6,597

 

 

574,335

Total Semiconductors

 

 

   

 

1,102,510

Software — 4.5%

 

 

   

 

 

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

 

 

5,432

 

 

592,903

Microsoft Corp.

 

 

4,720

 

 

1,587,430

Total Software

 

 

   

 

2,180,333

Telecommunications — 2.6%

 

 

   

 

 

Verizon Communications, Inc.

 

 

24,356

 

 

1,265,538

Transportation — 1.4%

 

 

   

 

 

Norfolk Southern Corp.

 

 

2,233

 

 

664,786

Total Common Stocks (Cost $37,542,399)

 

 

   

 

47,025,188

MONEY MARKET FUND — 2.4%

 

 

 

Allspring Government Money Market Fund — Institutional Class, 0.01%(c) (Cost $1,163,308)

 

 

1,163,308

 

 

1,163,308

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS — 1.2%(d)

 

 

 

BofA Securities, Inc., dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.05%, total to be received $250,001, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 1.00%-5.00%, 09/01/28-01/01/61, totaling $255,000)

 

$

250,000

 

 

250,000

Investments

 


Principal

 

Value

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS (continued)

 

 

 

 

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.06%, total to be received $99,875, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.00%-3.50%, 02/15/22-12/20/51, totaling $101,871)

 

$

99,874

 

$

99,874

 

RBC Dominion Securities, Inc., dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.05%, total to be received $250,001, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.00%-6.50%, 05/15/22-12/01/51, totaling $255,000)

 

 

250,000

 

 

250,000

 

Total Repurchase Agreements (Cost $599,874)

 

 

   

 

599,874

 

Total Investments — 101.2% (Cost $39,305,581)

 

 

   

 

48,788,370

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (1.2%)

 

 

   

 

(610,465

)

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

   

$

48,177,905

 

____________

PLC — Public Limited Company

REITS — Real Estate Investment Trusts

*         Non-income producing security.

(a)      All or a portion of security is on loan. The aggregate market value of the securities on loan is $1,372,247; the aggregate market value of the collateral held by the fund is $1,442,541. The aggregate market value of the collateral includes non-cash U.S. Treasury securities collateral having a value of $842,667.

(b)      American Depositary Receipt.

(c)      Rate shown reflects the 7-day yield as of December 31, 2021.

(d)      Collateral received from brokers for securities lending was invested in these short-term investments.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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ADVISORSHARES DOUBLELINE VALUE EQUITY ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Fair Value Measurements

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of December 31, 2021, in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels. Level 1 includes quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 includes other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk). Level 3 includes significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities.

Assets

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

Common Stocks

 

$

47,025,188

 

$

 

$

 

$

47,025,188

Money Market Fund

 

 

1,163,308

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,163,308

Repurchase Agreements

 

 

 

 

599,874

 

 

 

 

599,874

Total

 

$

48,188,496

 

$

599,874

 

$

 

$

48,788,370

SUMMARY OF SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

% of
Net Assets

Aerospace/Defense

 

4.4

%

Agriculture

 

2.1

 

Banks

 

11.4

 

Beverages

 

1.8

 

Biotechnology

 

0.9

 

Chemicals

 

3.2

 

Commercial Services

 

1.5

 

Computers

 

2.2

 

Diversified Financial Services

 

4.4

 

Electronics

 

4.9

 

Food

 

3.7

 

Healthcare – Products

 

4.0

 

Healthcare – Services

 

2.5

 

Insurance

 

5.9

 

Internet

 

6.1

 

Media

 

3.6

 

Mining

 

1.5

 

Oil & Gas

 

5.3

 

Pharmaceuticals

 

9.2

 

REITS

 

2.6

 

Retail

 

5.6

 

Semiconductors

 

2.3

 

Software

 

4.5

 

Telecommunications

 

2.6

 

Transportation

 

1.4

 

Money Market Fund

 

2.4

 

Repurchase Agreements

 

1.2

 

Total Investments

 

101.2

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets

 

(1.2

)

Net Assets

 

100.0

%

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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ADVISORSHARES FOCUSED EQUITY ETF
Schedule of Investments

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCKS — 98.0%

     

 

 

Aerospace/Defense — 3.9%

     

 

 

HEICO Corp.

 

9,003

 

$

1,298,413

Auto Parts & Equipment — 4.0%

 

 

 

Miller Industries, Inc.

 

39,382

 

 

1,315,359

Building Materials — 7.9%

     

 

 

Carrier Global Corp.

 

24,150

 

 

1,309,896

Trex Co., Inc.*

 

9,653

 

 

1,303,445

Total Building Materials

     

 

2,613,341

Chemicals — 7.8%

     

 

 

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)

 

3,705

 

 

1,304,753

Stepan Co.

 

10,462

 

 

1,300,322

Total Chemicals

     

 

2,605,075

Commercial Services — 3.9%

     

 

 

Moody’s Corp.

 

3,297

 

 

1,287,742

Computers — 3.9%

     

 

 

Science Applications International Corp.

 

15,318

 

 

1,280,432

Diversified Financial Services — 3.9%

 

 

 

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

 

9,481

 

 

1,296,716

Food — 4.0%

     

 

 

Hershey Co. (The)

 

6,789

 

 

1,313,468

Healthcare – Products — 15.6%

 

 

 

Abbott Laboratories

 

9,196

 

 

1,294,245

Danaher Corp.

 

3,965

 

 

1,304,524

Stryker Corp.

 

4,771

 

 

1,275,861

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

 

1,958

 

 

1,306,456

Total Healthcare – Products

     

 

5,181,086

Household Products/Wares — 8.0%

 

 

 

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

 

12,883

 

 

1,320,507

Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc.

 

42,304

 

 

1,328,346

Total Household Products/Wares

     

 

2,648,853

Investments

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

 

 

 

Insurance — 3.9%

     

 

 

Aflac, Inc.

 

22,135

 

$

1,292,463

Machinery – Diversified — 3.9%

 

 

 

Otis Worldwide Corp.

 

14,989

 

 

1,305,092

Media — 3.9%

     

 

 

FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

 

2,659

 

 

1,292,301

Packaging & Containers — 3.9%

 

 

 

Silgan Holdings, Inc.

 

30,356

 

 

1,300,451

Pharmaceuticals — 3.9%

     

 

 

Zoetis, Inc.

 

5,271

 

 

1,286,282

Retail — 3.9%

     

 

 

Ross Stores, Inc.

 

11,362

 

 

1,298,449

Software — 11.7%

     

 

 

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

 

7,090

 

 

1,296,194

Fair Isaac Corp.*

 

2,962

 

 

1,284,530

Fiserv, Inc.*

 

12,367

 

 

1,283,571

Total Software

     

 

3,864,295

Total Common Stocks (Cost $23,582,580)

     

 

32,479,818

MONEY MARKET FUND — 1.1%

 

 

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds Treasury Trust Fund Portfolio, Institutional Class, 0.01%(a)
(Cost $362,804)

 

362,804

 

 

362,804

Total Investments — 99.1% (Cost $23,945,384)

     

 

32,842,622

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.9%

     

 

292,477

Net Assets — 100.0%

     

$

33,135,099

____________

*         Non-income producing security.

(a)      Rate shown reflects the 7-day yield as of December 31, 2021.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

32

ADVISORSHARES FOCUSED EQUITY ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Fair Value Measurements

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of December 31, 2021, in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels. Level 1 includes quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 includes other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk). Level 3 includes significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities.

Assets

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

Common Stocks

 

$

32,479,818

 

$

 

$

 

$

32,479,818

Money Market Fund

 

 

362,804

 

 

 

 

 

 

362,804

Total

 

$

32,842,622

 

$

 

$

 

$

32,842,622

SUMMARY OF SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

% of
Net Assets

Aerospace/Defense

 

3.9

%

Auto Parts & Equipment

 

4.0

 

Building Materials

 

7.9

 

Chemicals

 

7.8

 

Commercial Services

 

3.9

 

Computers

 

3.9

 

Diversified Financial Services

 

3.9

 

Food

 

4.0

 

Healthcare – Products

 

15.6

 

Household Products/Wares

 

8.0

 

Insurance

 

3.9

 

Machinery – Diversified

 

3.9

 

Media

 

3.9

 

Packaging & Containers

 

3.9

 

Pharmaceuticals

 

3.9

 

Retail

 

3.9

 

Software

 

11.7

 

Money Market Fund

 

1.1

 

Total Investments

 

99.1

 

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities

 

0.9

 

Net Assets

 

100.0

%

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

33

ADVISORSHARES GERBER KAWASAKI ETF
Schedule of Investments

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCKS — 92.8%

     

 

 

Apparel — 2.0%

     

 

 

NIKE, Inc., Class B

 

3,232

 

$

538,677

Auto Manufacturers — 8.4%

     

 

 

Arcimoto, Inc.*(a)

 

18,242

 

 

141,923

Tesla, Inc.*

 

2,004

 

 

2,117,787

Total Auto Manufacturers

     

 

2,259,710

Banks — 1.6%

     

 

 

SVB Financial Group*

 

619

 

 

419,831

Biotechnology — 2.5%

     

 

 

Illumina, Inc.*

 

671

 

 

255,275

Moderna, Inc.*

 

1,654

 

 

420,083

Total Biotechnology

     

 

675,358

Commercial Services — 2.8%

     

 

 

Block, Inc.*

 

2,598

 

 

419,603

PayPal Holdings, Inc.*

 

1,770

 

 

333,787

Total Commercial Services

     

 

753,390

Computers — 4.8%

     

 

 

Apple, Inc.

 

5,690

 

 

1,010,373

Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A*

 

1,281

 

 

262,285

Total Computers

     

 

1,272,658

Diversified Financial Services — 1.9%

 

 

 

Coinbase Global, Inc., Class A*

 

1,971

 

 

497,421

Electric — 2.5%

     

 

 

NextEra Energy, Inc.

 

7,252

 

 

677,047

Energy – Alternate Sources — 2.2%

 

 

 

SolarEdge Technologies, Inc.*

 

1,184

 

 

332,195

SunPower Corp.*(a)

 

12,922

 

 

269,682

Total Energy – Alternate Sources

     

 

601,877

Healthcare – Products — 3.0%

 

 

 

Abbott Laboratories

 

1,128

 

 

158,755

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

 

968

 

 

645,888

Total Healthcare – Products

     

 

804,643

Healthcare – Services — 2.1%

Fulgent Genetics, Inc.*(a)

 

5,477

 

 

550,931

Holding Companies – Diversified — 1.1%

 

 

 

Gores Guggenheim, Inc., Class A*(a)

 

24,876

 

 

291,049

Investments

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

 

 

 

Home Builders — 3.7%

     

 

 

Lennar Corp., Class A

 

8,442

 

$

980,623

Internet — 8.4%

     

 

 

Alphabet, Inc., Class C*

 

272

 

 

787,056

Amazon.com, Inc.*

 

182

 

 

606,850

Netflix, Inc.*

 

922

 

 

555,450

Shopify, Inc., Class A (Canada)*

 

222

 

 

305,781

Total Internet

     

 

2,255,137

Leisure Time — 1.6%

     

 

 

Callaway Golf Co.*

 

15,594

 

 

427,899

Lodging — 3.4%

     

 

 

MGM Resorts International

 

20,255

 

 

909,044

Media — 1.6%

     

 

 

Walt Disney Co. (The)*

 

2,771

 

 

429,200

Miscellaneous Manufacturing — 0.7%

 

 

 

Axon Enterprise, Inc.*

 

1,164

 

 

182,748

Pharmaceuticals — 2.5%

     

 

 

Zoetis, Inc.

 

2,733

 

 

666,934

REITS — 8.9%

     

 

 

Crown Castle International Corp.

 

864

 

 

180,351

Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.

 

3,466

 

 

911,246

MGM Growth Properties LLC, Class A

 

12,249

 

 

500,372

Prologis, Inc.

 

4,672

 

 

786,578

Total REITS

     

 

2,378,547

Retail — 8.2%

     

 

 

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

 

2,222

 

 

922,152

Petco Health & Wellness Co., Inc.*(a)

 

33,142

 

 

655,880

Starbucks Corp.

 

3,105

 

 

363,192

Target Corp.

 

1,035

 

 

239,541

Total Retail

     

 

2,180,765

Semiconductors — 7.4%

     

 

 

ASML Holding NV (Netherlands) NVIDIA Corp.

 

734

 

 

584,367

Total Semiconductors

 

4,731

 

 

1,391,434

       

 

1,975,801

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

34

ADVISORSHARES GERBER KAWASAKI ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Shares/
Principal

 

Value

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

 

 

 

Software — 8.4%

 

 

   

 

 

Electronic Arts, Inc.

 

 

1,776

 

$

234,254

Microsoft Corp.

 

 

3,636

 

 

1,222,860

ROBLOX Corp., Class A*

 

 

4,148

 

 

427,908

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.*

 

 

1,162

 

 

206,511

Unity Software, Inc.*

 

 

1,149

 

 

164,295

Total Software

 

 

   

 

2,255,828

Venture Capital — 3.1%

 

 

   

 

 

Blackstone, Inc.

 

 

6,408

 

 

829,131

Total Common Stocks (Cost $23,784,487)

 

 

   

 

24,814,249

EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS — 6.5%

 

 

 

Equity Fund — 6.5%

 

 

   

 

 

AdvisorShares Pure US Cannabis ETF

 

 

27,565

 

 

705,388

Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF

 

 

12,336

 

 

1,041,652

Total Exchange Traded Funds (Cost $1,875,723)

 

 

   

 

1,747,040

MONEY MARKET FUND — 0.3%

 

 

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds Treasury Trust Fund Portfolio, Institutional Class, 0.01%(b) (Cost $90,032)

 

 

90,032

 

 

90,032

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS — 4.0%(c)

 

 

 

BofA Securities, Inc., dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.05%, total to be received $251,157, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 1.00%-5.00%, 09/01/28-01/01/61, totaling $256,179)

 

$

251,156

 

 

251,156

Daiwa Capital Markets America, dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.04%, total to be received $251,157, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.00%-6.50%, 02/10/22- 01/01/52, totaling $256,179)

 

 

251,156

 

 

251,156

Investments

 


Principal

 

Value

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS (continued)

 

 

 

 

HSBC Securities USA, Inc., dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.05%, total to be received $251,157, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 1.88%- 6.50%, 01/20/27-05/20/51, totaling $256,179)

 

$

251,156

 

$

251,156

 

Nomura Securities International, Inc., dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.05%, total to be received $74,455, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.00%-5.00%, 09/06/24- 09/20/69, totaling $75,944)

 

 

74,455

 

 

74,455

 

RBC Dominion Securities, Inc., dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.05%, total to be received $251,157, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.00%- 6.50%, 05/15/22-12/01/51, totaling $256,179)

 

 

251,156

 

 

251,156

 

Total Repurchase Agreements (Cost $1,079,079)

 

 

   

 

1,079,079

 

Total Investments — 103.6% (Cost $26,829,321)

 

 

   

 

27,730,400

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (3.6%)

 

 

   

 

(973,645

)

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

   

$

26,756,755

 

____________

ETF — Exchange Traded Fund

REITS — Real Estate Investment Trusts

*         Non-income producing security.

†         Affiliated Company.

(a)      All or a portion of security is on loan. The aggregate market value of the securities on loan is $1,073,834; the aggregate market value of the collateral held by the fund is $1,103,661. The aggregate market value of the collateral includes non-cash U.S. Treasury securities collateral having a value of $24,582.

(b)      Rate shown reflects the 7-day yield as of December 31, 2021.

(c)      Collateral received from brokers for securities lending was invested in these short-term investments.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

35

ADVISORSHARES GERBER KAWASAKI ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Fair Value Measurements

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of December 31, 2021, in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels. Level 1 includes quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 includes other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk). Level 3 includes significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities.

Assets

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

Common Stocks

 

$

24,814,249

 

$

 

$

 

$

24,814,249

Exchange Traded Funds

 

 

1,747,040

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,747,040

Money Market Fund

 

 

90,032

 

 

 

 

 

 

90,032

Repurchase Agreements

 

 

 

 

1,079,079

 

 

 

 

1,079,079

Total

 

$

26,651,321

 

$

1,079,079

 

$

 

$

27,730,400

SUMMARY OF SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

% of
Net Assets

Apparel

 

2.0

%

Auto Manufacturers

 

8.4

 

Banks

 

1.6

 

Biotechnology

 

2.5

 

Commercial Services

 

2.8

 

Computers

 

4.8

 

Diversified Financial Services

 

1.9

 

Electric

 

2.5

 

Energy – Alternate Sources

 

2.2

 

Equity Fund

 

6.5

 

Healthcare – Products

 

3.0

 

Healthcare – Services

 

2.1

 

Holding Companies – Diversified

 

1.1

 

Home Builders

 

3.7

 

Internet

 

8.4

 

SUMMARY OF SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

% of
Net Assets

Leisure Time

 

1.6

%

Lodging

 

3.4

 

Media

 

1.6

 

Miscellaneous Manufacturing

 

0.7

 

Pharmaceuticals

 

2.5

 

REITS

 

8.9

 

Retail

 

8.2

 

Semiconductors

 

7.4

 

Software

 

8.4

 

Venture Capital

 

3.1

 

Money Market Fund

 

0.3

 

Repurchase Agreements

 

4.0

 

Total Investments

 

103.6

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets

 

(3.6

)

Net Assets

 

100.0

%

Affiliated holdings are funds which are managed by the Trust or an affiliate of the Trust. Transactions with affiliated companies during the period ended December 31, 2021 were as follows:

Affiliated
Holding
Name

 

Value at
6/30/2021

 

Purchases/
Additions

 

Sales/
Reductions

 

Realized
Gain
(Loss)

 

Change in
Unrealized
Gain (Loss)

 

Number of
Shares at
12/31/2021

 

Value at
12/31/2021

 

Capital
Gain
Distribution

AdvisorShares Pure US Cannabis ETF

 

$

 

$

1,130,561

 

$

(192,112

)

 

$

(92,123

)

 

$

(140,938

)

 

27,565

 

$

705,388

 

$

1,862

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

36

ADVISORSHARES HOTEL ETF
Schedule of Investments

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 


Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCKS — 97.1%

     

 

 

Entertainment — 20.1%

     

 

 

Golden Entertainment, Inc.*

 

11,419

 

$

577,002

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.

 

552

 

 

93,277

Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc.*

 

6,048

 

 

447,250

Penn National Gaming, Inc.*

 

5,003

 

 

259,405

Red Rock Resorts, Inc., Class A

 

4,602

 

 

253,156

Vail Resorts, Inc.

 

529

 

 

173,459

Total Entertainment

     

 

1,803,549

Internet — 7.7%

     

 

 

Airbnb, Inc., Class A*

 

2,127

 

 

354,124

Booking Holdings, Inc.*

 

68

 

 

163,148

Expedia Group, Inc.*

 

986

 

 

178,190

Total Internet

     

 

695,462

Leisure Time — 5.1%

     

 

 

Carnival Corp.*(a)

 

7,130

 

 

143,456

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.*

 

10,726

 

 

222,457

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.*

 

1,195

 

 

91,896

Total Leisure Time

     

 

457,809

Lodging — 54.2%

     

 

 

Bluegreen Vacations Holding Corp.*

 

21,612

 

 

758,581

Boyd Gaming Corp.*

 

3,005

 

 

197,038

Century Casinos, Inc.*

 

33,156

 

 

403,840

Choice Hotels International, Inc.

 

3,594

 

 

560,628

Full House Resorts, Inc.*

 

36,482

 

 

441,797

Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc.*

 

10,642

 

 

554,555

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.*

 

1,103

 

 

172,057

Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A*

 

754

 

 

72,309

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (United Kingdom)*(b)

 

5,448

 

 

355,264

Marriott International, Inc., Class A*

 

1,141

 

 

188,539

Playa Hotels & Resorts NV*

 

38,981

 

 

311,068

Target Hospitality Corp.*

 

75,541

 

 

268,926

Travel + Leisure Co.

 

2,397

 

 

132,482

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

 

4,983

 

 

446,726

Total Lodging

     

 

4,863,810

Investments

 

Shares/
Principal

 

Value

COMMON STOCKS (continued) 

 

REITS — 10.0%

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.

 

 

10,022

 

$

487,670

 

VICI Properties, Inc.

 

 

13,714

 

 

412,929

 

Total REITS

 

 

   

 

900,599

 

Total Common Stocks
(Cost $8,294,898)

 

 

   

 

8,721,229

 

MONEY MARKET FUND — 3.2%

 

 

 

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds Treasury Trust Fund Portfolio, Institutional Class, 0.01%(c) (Cost $283,406)

 

 

283,406

 

 

283,406

 

REPURCHASE AGREEMENT — 1.6%(d)

 

 

 

 

RBC Dominion Securities, Inc., dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.05%, total to be received $144,599, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.00%-6.50%, 05/15/22-12/01/51, totaling $147,490)
(Cost $144,598)

 

$

144,598

 

 

144,598

 

Total Investments — 101.9% (Cost $8,722,902)

 

 

   

 

9,149,233

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (1.9%)

 

 

   

 

(166,614

)

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

   

$

8,982,619

 

____________

PLC — Public Limited Company

REITS — Real Estate Investment Trusts

*         Non-income producing security.

(a)      All or a portion of security is on loan. The aggregate market value of the securities on loan is $138,526; the aggregate market value of the collateral held by the fund is $144,598.

(b)      American Depositary Receipt.

(c)      Rate shown reflects the 7-day yield as of December 31, 2021.

(d)      Collateral received from brokers for securities lending was invested in these short-term investments.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

37

ADVISORSHARES HOTEL ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Fair Value Measurements

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of December 31, 2021, in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels. Level 1 includes quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 includes other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk). Level 3 includes significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities.

Assets

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

Common Stocks

 

$

8,721,229

 

$

 

$

 

$

8,721,229

Money Market Fund

 

 

283,406

 

 

 

 

 

 

283,406

Repurchase Agreement

 

 

 

 

144,598

 

 

 

 

144,598

Total

 

$

9,004,635

 

$

144,598

 

$

 

$

9,149,233

SUMMARY OF SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

% of
Net Assets

Entertainment

 

20.1

%

Internet

 

7.7

 

Leisure Time

 

5.1

 

Lodging

 

54.2

 

REITS

 

10.0

 

Money Market Fund

 

3.2

 

Repurchase Agreement

 

1.6

 

Total Investments

 

101.9

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets

 

(1.9

)

Net Assets

 

100.0

%

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

38

ADVISORSHARES NEWFLEET MULTI-SECTOR INCOME ETF
Schedule of Investments

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

ASSET BACKED SECURITIES — 31.6%

 

ACC Auto Trust, Class B, Series 2021-A, 1.79%, 04/15/27

 

$

265,000

 

$

262,914

ACC Trust, Class A, Series 2020-A, 6.00%, 03/20/23

 

 

52,650

 

 

53,261

Accelerated LLC, Class A, Series 2021-1H, 1.35%, 10/20/40

 

 

242,361

 

 

237,313

Affirm Asset Securitization Trust, Class A, Series 2021-A, 0.88%, 08/15/25

 

 

455,000

 

 

455,175

American Credit Acceptance Receivables Trust, Class C, Series 2019-2, 3.17%, 06/12/25

 

 

53,723

 

 

53,943

American Credit Acceptance Receivables Trust, Class C, Series 2021-1, 0.83%, 03/15/27

 

 

455,000

 

 

453,211

American Credit Acceptance Receivables Trust, Class C, Series 2021-2, 0.97%, 07/13/27

 

 

265,000

 

 

263,808

American Credit Acceptance Receivables Trust, Class C, Series 2021-3, 0.98%, 11/15/27

 

 

260,000

 

 

257,225

American Credit Acceptance Receivables Trust, Class D, Series 2020-4, 1.77%, 12/14/26

 

 

145,000

 

 

145,789

AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust, Class D, Series 2018-1, 3.82%, 03/18/24

 

 

285,000

 

 

291,619

Amur Equipment Finance Receivables IX LLC, Class B, Series 2021-1A, 1.38%, 02/22/27

 

 

135,000

 

 

133,569

Amur Equipment Finance Receivables VI LLC, Class A2, Series 2018-2A, 3.89%, 07/20/22

 

 

34,161

 

 

34,339

Amur Equipment Finance Receivables VIII LLC, Class B, Series 2020-1A, 2.50%, 03/20/26

 

 

212,227

 

 

214,670

Aqua Finance Trust, Class A, Series 2019-A, 3.14%, 07/16/40

 

 

217,659

 

 

221,516

Aqua Finance Trust, Class B, Series 2020-AA, 2.79%, 07/17/46

 

 

415,000

 

 

422,177

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

ASSET BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

 

 

 

Aqua Finance Trust, Class C, Series 2019-A, 4.01%, 07/16/40

 

$

470,000

 

$

481,432

Arbys Funding LLC, Class A2, Series 2020-1A, 3.24%, 07/30/50

 

 

241,938

 

 

248,060

Arivo Acceptance Auto Loan Receivables Trust, Class A, Series 2021-1A, 1.19%, 01/15/27

 

 

264,215

 

 

263,425

Avant Credit Card Master Trust, Class A, Series 2021-1A, 1.37%, 04/15/27

 

 

260,000

 

 

256,734

Bankers Healthcare Group Securitization Trust, Class A, Series 2020-A, 2.56%, 09/17/31

 

 

78,389

 

 

79,202

BCC Funding Corp. XVI LLC, Class B, Series 2019-1A, 2.64%, 09/20/24

 

 

220,000

 

 

221,080

BCC Funding XVII LLC, Class B, Series 2020-1, 1.46%, 09/22/25

 

 

145,000

 

 

144,786

BHG Securitization Trust, Class A, Series 2021-A, 1.42%, 11/17/33

 

 

219,774

 

 

218,446

BHG Securitization Trust, Class B, Series 2021-B, 1.67%, 10/17/34

 

 

210,000

 

 

206,949

BRE Grand Islander Timeshare Issuer LLC, Class A, Series 2017-1A, 2.94%, 05/25/29

 

 

157,713

 

 

160,187

Business Jet Securities LLC, Class A, Series 2020-1A, 2.98%, 11/15/35

 

 

59,024

 

 

59,044

BXG Receivables Note Trust, Class A, Series 2013-A, 3.01%, 12/04/28

 

 

20,689

 

 

20,687

BXG Receivables Note Trust, Class A, Series 2015-A, 2.88%, 05/02/30

 

 

144,255

 

 

146,515

Carnow Auto Receivables Trust, Class D, Series 2019-1A, 4.62%, 12/16/24

 

 

260,000

 

 

265,030

Carvana Auto Receivables Trust, Class C, Series 2021-N2, 1.07%, 03/10/28

 

 

250,000

 

 

248,222

Carvana Auto Receivables Trust, Class D, Series 2019-3A, 3.04%, 04/15/25

 

 

170,000

 

 

173,775

Carvana Auto Receivables Trust, Class D, Series 2021-N3, 1.58%, 06/12/28

 

 

210,000

 

 

207,706

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

ASSET BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

 

 

 

CCG Receivables Trust, Class B, Series 2019-2, 2.55%, 03/15/27

 

$

210,000

 

$

213,273

CCG Receivables Trust, Class C, Series 2021-1, 0.84%, 06/14/27

 

 

270,000

 

 

265,141

CFMT Issuer Trust, Class A, Series 2021-GRN1, 1.10%, 03/20/41

 

 

291,126

 

 

288,232

CLI Funding VI LLC, Class A, Series 2020-1A, 2.08%, 09/18/45

 

 

354,753

 

 

353,607

Commonbond Student Loan Trust, Class A, Series 2020-1, 1.69%, 10/25/51

 

 

96,976

 

 

94,984

Commonbond Student Loan Trust, Class A1, Series 2019-AGS, 2.54%, 01/25/47

 

 

85,899

 

 

87,169

Consumer Loan Underlying Bond Credit Trust, Class B, Series 2019-P1, 3.28%, 07/15/26

 

 

75,925

 

 

76,036

CPS Auto Receivables Trust, Class D, Series 2018-D, 4.34%, 09/16/24

 

 

176,863

 

 

179,306

CPS Auto Receivables Trust, Class E, Series 2019-D, 3.86%, 10/15/25

 

 

245,000

 

 

251,551

Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust, Class A, Series 2021-2A, 0.96%, 02/15/30

 

 

680,000

 

 

676,335

Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust, Class B, Series 2019-3A, 2.86%, 01/16/29

 

 

250,000

 

 

254,648

Credito Real USA Auto Receivables Trust, Class A, Series 2021-1A, 1.35%, 02/16/27

 

 

171,134

 

 

170,830

Crossroads Asset Trust, Class A2, Series 2021-A, 0.82%, 03/20/24

 

 

697,046

 

 

697,224

Dext ABS LLC, Class A, Series 2020-1, 1.46%, 02/16/27

 

 

232,264

 

 

232,511

Diamond Resorts Owner Trust, Class B, Series 2019-1A, 3.53%, 02/20/32

 

 

129,281

 

 

131,371

Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Class C, Series 2019-3, 2.90%, 08/15/25

 

 

188,225

 

 

189,837

DT Auto Owner Trust, Class C, Series 2019-4A, 2.73%, 07/15/25

 

 

220,000

 

 

221,974

DT Auto Owner Trust, Class C, Series 2020-2A, 3.28%, 03/16/26

 

 

165,000

 

 

169,398

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

ASSET BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

 

 

 

DT Auto Owner Trust, Class D, Series 2021-1A, 1.16%, 11/16/26

 

$

270,000

 

$

266,339

Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Class C, Series 2019-4A, 2.44%, 09/16/24

 

 

165,207

 

 

166,052

Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Class C, Series 2021-1A, 0.74%, 01/15/26

 

 

900,000

 

 

897,756

Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Class D, Series 2017-3A, 5.28%, 10/15/24

 

 

230,000

 

 

233,064

Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Class D, Series 2018-4A, 4.35%, 09/16/24

 

 

145,863

 

 

149,070

Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Class E, Series 2019-2A, 4.68%, 05/15/26

 

 

660,000

 

 

688,863

Fair Square Issuance Trust, Class A, Series 2020-AA, 2.90%, 09/20/24

 

 

395,000

 

 

395,545

FHF Trust, Class A, Series 2020-1A, 2.59%, 12/15/23

 

 

48,006

 

 

48,227

First Investors Auto Owner Trust, Class B, Series 2021-1A, 0.89%, 03/15/27

 

 

350,000

 

 

347,148

First Investors Auto Owner Trust, Class C, Series 2019-1A, 3.26%, 03/17/25

 

 

305,000

 

 

308,593

First Investors Auto Owner Trust, Class C, Series 2021-2A, 1.47%, 11/15/27

 

 

260,000

 

 

256,785

Flagship Credit Auto Trust, Class C, Series 2020-1, 2.24%, 01/15/26

 

 

430,000

 

 

434,561

Flagship Credit Auto Trust, Class C, Series 2020-3, 1.73%, 09/15/26

 

 

145,000

 

 

145,819

Flagship Credit Auto Trust, Class C, Series 2020-4, 1.28%, 02/16/27

 

 

145,000

 

 

144,843

Flagship Credit Auto Trust, Class C, Series 2021-1, 0.91%, 03/15/27

 

 

455,000

 

 

447,919

Foundation Finance Trust, Class A, Series 2017-1A, 3.30%, 07/15/33

 

 

54,130

 

 

54,590

Foundation Finance Trust, Class A, Series 2021-1A, 1.27%, 05/15/41

 

 

267,215

 

 

263,183

Foursight Capital Automobile Receivables Trust, Class C, Series 2021-2, 1.57%, 07/15/27

 

 

310,000

 

 

305,405

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

ASSET BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

 

 

 

Foursight Capital Automobile Receivables Trust, Class E, Series 2019-1, 4.30%, 09/15/25

 

$

130,000

 

$

133,683

FREED ABS Trust, Class B, Series 2019-2, 3.19%, 11/18/26

 

 

74,565

 

 

74,733

GCI Funding I LLC, Class A, Series 2021-1 (Bermuda), 2.38%, 06/18/46

 

 

188,822

 

 

187,721

Genesis Private Label Amortizing Trust, Class B, Series 2020-1, 2.83%, 07/20/30

 

 

72,746

 

 

72,746

Genesis Sales Finance Master Trust, Class A, Series 2020-AA, 1.65%, 09/22/25

 

 

315,000

 

 

316,070

Global SC Finance VII Srl, Class A, Series 2020-1A (Barbados), 2.17%, 10/17/40

 

 

266,904

 

 

266,789

GLS Auto Receivables Issuer Trust, Class B, Series 2019-3A, 2.72%, 06/17/24

 

 

154,697

 

 

155,627

GLS Auto Receivables Issuer Trust, Class B, Series 2020-1A, 2.43%, 11/15/24

 

 

245,000

 

 

247,166

GLS Auto Receivables Issuer Trust, Class B, Series 2020-2A, 3.16%, 06/16/25

 

 

180,000

 

 

183,914

GLS Auto Receivables Issuer Trust, Class C, Series 2019-4A, 3.06%, 08/15/25

 

 

135,000

 

 

137,587

GLS Auto Receivables Issuer Trust, Class C, Series 2021-3A, 1.11%, 09/15/26

 

 

210,000

 

 

207,388

GLS Auto Receivables Issuer Trust, Class D, Series 2019-4A, 4.09%, 08/17/26

 

 

110,000

 

 

112,921

Gold Key Resorts LLC, Class A, Series 2014-A, 3.22%, 03/17/31

 

 

27,517

 

 

27,744

Goldenttree Loan Management US CLO 1 Ltd., Class A, Series 2021-9A (Cayman Islands), 1.20%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 1.07%), 01/20/33@‡

 

 

250,000

 

 

250,152

Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC, Class A, Series 2021-1A, 1.21%, 12/26/25

 

 

390,000

 

 

386,741

Hin Timeshare Trust, Class C, Series 2020-A, 3.42%, 10/09/39

 

 

200,780

 

 

204,688

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

ASSET BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

 

 

 

Jersey Mike’s Funding, Class A2, Series 2019-1A, 4.43%, 02/15/50

 

$

195,000

 

$

205,637

Lendingpoint Asset Securitization Trust, Class A, Series 2021-A, 1.00%, 12/15/28

 

 

172,944

 

 

172,545

Lendmark Funding Trust, Class A, Series 2019-1A, 3.00%, 12/20/27

 

 

200,000

 

 

201,977

Ll ABS Trust, Class A, Series 2021-1A, 1.07%, 05/15/29

 

 

219,145

 

 

218,073

Mariner Finance Issuance Trust, Class A, Series 2019-AA, 2.96%, 07/20/32

 

 

120,000

 

 

121,480

Mariner Finance Issuance Trust, Class A, Series 2020-AA, 2.19%, 08/21/34

 

 

355,000

 

 

357,552

Marlette Funding Trust, Class A, Series 2019-4A, 2.39%, 12/17/29

 

 

5,413

 

 

5,421

Marlette Funding Trust, Class B, Series 2021-1A, 1.00%, 06/16/31

 

 

275,000

 

 

274,119

Mercury Financial Credit Card Master Trust, Class A, Series 2021-1A, 1.54%, 03/20/26

 

 

230,000

 

 

229,895

Mission Lane Credit Card Master Trust, Class A, Series 2021-A, 1.59%, 09/15/26

 

 

325,000

 

 

322,889

MVW LLC, Class A, Series 2020-1A, 1.74%, 10/20/37

 

 

102,600

 

 

102,837

MVW LLC, Class B, Series 2021-1WA, 1.44%, 01/22/41

 

 

451,244

 

 

445,337

MVW Owner Trust, Class A, Series 2019-1A, 2.89%, 11/20/36

 

 

92,033

 

 

93,437

Navient Private Education Refi Loan Trust, Class A, Series 2021-EA, 0.97%, 12/16/69

 

 

287,689

 

 

283,099

NBC Funding LLC, Class A2, Series 2021-1, 2.99%, 07/30/51

 

 

309,225

 

 

308,812

NMEF Funding LLC, Class A, Series 2019-A, 2.73%, 08/17/26

 

 

4,527

 

 

4,531

NMEF Funding LLC, Class B, Series 2019-A, 3.06%, 08/17/26

 

 

175,000

 

 

176,133

Oasis Securitization Funding LLC, Class A, Series 2021-1A, 2.58%, 02/15/33

 

 

155,850

 

 

155,945

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

ASSET BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

 

 

 

Octane Receivables Trust, Class A, Series 2019-1A, 3.16%, 09/20/23

 

$

16,501

 

$

16,582

Octane Receivables Trust, Class A, Series 2020-1A, 1.71%, 02/20/25

 

 

74,511

 

 

74,753

Octane Receivables Trust, Class A, Series 2021-1A, 0.93%, 03/22/27

 

 

194,583

 

 

193,731

Octane Receivables Trust, Class A, Series 2021-2A, 1.21%, 09/20/28

 

 

301,818

 

 

300,346

OneMain Financial Issuance Trust, Class A, Series 2019-1A, 3.48%, 02/14/31

 

 

44,996

 

 

45,019

Oportun Funding XIV LLC, Class A, Series 2021-A, 1.21%, 03/08/28

 

 

280,000

 

 

279,488

Oportun Issuance Trust, Class A, Series 2021-C, 2.18%, 10/08/31

 

 

260,000

 

 

258,657

Orange Lake Timeshare Trust, Class A, Series 2015-AA, 2.88%, 09/08/27

 

 

47,460

 

 

47,474

Orange Lake Timeshare Trust, Class B, Series 2019-A, 3.36%, 04/09/38

 

 

103,255

 

 

105,047

Oscar US Funding XII LLC, Class A4, Series 2021-1A (Japan), 1.00%, 04/10/28

 

 

190,000

 

 

188,051

Palmer Square Loan Funding Ltd., Class A1, Series 2021-1A (Cayman Islands), 1.03%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 0.90%), 04/20/29@‡

 

 

197,937

 

 

198,015

Pawnee Equipment Receivables Series, Class A, Series 2020-1, 1.37%, 11/17/25

 

 

56,939

 

 

57,126

Planet Fitness Master Issuer LLC, Class A2II, Series 2018-1A, 4.67%, 09/05/48

 

 

285,413

 

 

292,308

Prestige Auto Receivables Trust, Class C, Series 2020-1A, 1.31%, 11/16/26

 

 

500,000

 

 

500,337

Purchasing Power Funding LLC, Class A, Series 2021-A, 1.57%, 10/15/25

 

 

265,000

 

 

263,856

Regional Management Issuance Trust, Class A, Series 2021-1, 1.68%, 03/17/31

 

 

455,000

 

 

449,791

Santander Consumer Auto Receivables Trust, Class C, Series 2021-AA, 1.03%, 11/16/26

 

 

455,000

 

 

446,487

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

ASSET BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

 

 

 

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Class C, Series 2021-3, 0.95%, 09/15/27

 

$

310,000

 

$

307,234

Sierra Timeshare Receivables Funding LLC, Class B, Series 2020-2A, 2.32%, 07/20/37

 

 

73,220

 

 

73,530

Skopos Auto Receivables Trust, Class C, Series 2019-1A, 3.63%, 09/16/24

 

 

421,264

 

 

425,227

Sofi Professional Loan Program LLC, Class A2B, Series 2017-C, 2.63%, 07/25/40

 

 

144,082

 

 

145,471

TRP LLC, Class A, Series 2021-1, 2.07%, 06/19/51

 

 

322,338

 

 

319,774

United Auto Credit Securitization Trust, Class D, Series 2019-1, 3.47%, 08/12/24

 

 

46,141

 

 

46,250

Upstart Pass-Through Trust Series, Class A, Series 2021-ST2, 2.50%, 04/20/27

 

 

197,196

 

 

197,899

Upstart Securitization Trust, Class A, Series 2020-3, 1.70%, 11/20/30

 

 

54,624

 

 

54,794

Upstart Securitization Trust, Class A, Series 2021-1, 0.87%, 03/20/31

 

 

138,883

 

 

138,445

Upstart Securitization Trust, Class B, Series 2021-2, 1.75%, 06/20/31

 

 

240,000

 

 

238,221

Upstart Securitization Trust, Class B, Series 2021-3, 1.66%, 07/20/31

 

 

345,000

 

 

341,586

US Auto Funding, Class B, Series 2021-1A, 1.49%, 03/17/25

 

 

315,000

 

 

312,600

US Auto Funding LLC, Class B, Series 2019-1A, 3.99%, 12/15/22

 

 

11,778

 

 

11,787

USASF Receivables LLC, Class B, Series 2020-1A, 3.22%, 05/15/24

 

 

280,000

 

 

282,489

Veros Auto Receivables Trust, Class B, Series 2021-1, 1.49%, 10/15/26

 

 

370,000

 

 

366,766

Welk Resorts LLC, Class B, Series 2019-AA, 2.99%, 06/15/38

 

 

259,707

 

 

264,351

Westgate Resorts LLC, Class A, Series 2018-1A, 3.38%, 12/20/31

 

 

105,599

 

 

105,977

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

ASSET BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

 

 

 

Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust, Class C, Series 2020-3A, 1.24%, 11/17/25

 

$

145,000

 

$

145,335

Total Asset Backed Securities
(Cost $31,288,917)

 

 

   

 

31,149,191

MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES — 24.4%

Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities — 3.2%

BPR Trust, Class A, Series 2021-KEN, 1.36%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 1.25%), 02/15/29@‡

 

 

95,000

 

 

95,077

BX Trust, Class B, Series 2018-GW, 1.13%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 1.02%), 05/15/35@‡

 

 

700,000

 

 

698,067

CF Hippolyta LLC, Class A1, Series 2020-1, 1.69%, 07/15/60

 

 

105,858

 

 

105,128

Commercial Mortgage Trust, Class B, Series 2020-CBM, 3.10%, 02/10/37

 

 

150,000

 

 

150,502

CSMC Trust, Class A1, Series 2020-NQM1, 1.21%, 05/25/65

 

 

171,899

 

 

171,600

GCT Commercial Mortgage Trust, Class A, Series 2021-GCT, 0.91%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 0.80%), 02/15/38@‡

 

 

315,000

 

 

314,739

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. Trust, Class A, Series 2020-TWN3, 2.11%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 2.00%), 11/15/37@‡

 

 

175,000

 

 

175,963

GS Mortgage Securities Trust, Class AS, Series 2020-GC45, 3.17%, 02/13/53@*

 

 

175,000

 

 

185,827

KKR Industrial Portfolio Trust, Class C, Series 2021-KDIP, 1.11%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 1.00%), 12/15/37@‡

 

 

382,500

 

 

379,464

Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust, Class A4, Series 2013-C10, 4.07%, 07/15/46@*

 

 

275,000

 

 

283,039

Motel Trust, Class B, Series 2021-MTL6, 1.31%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 1.20%), 09/15/38@‡

 

 

150,000

 

 

150,052

Provident Funding Mortgage Trust, Class A2, Series 2019-1, 3.00%, 12/25/49@‡*

 

 

38,605

 

 

38,630

Sutherland Commercial Mortgage Loans, Class A, Series 2017-SBC6, 3.19%, 05/25/37@‡*

 

 

36,493

 

 

36,625

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities (continued)

Velocity Commercial Capital Loan Trust, Class AFX, Series 2020-1, 2.61%, 02/25/50@‡*

 

$

92,331

 

$

94,653

WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Class AS, Series 2014-C24, 3.93%, 11/15/47

 

 

250,000

 

 

260,507

Total Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities

 

 

   

 

3,139,873

Residential Mortgage Backed Securities — 21.2%

Ajax Mortgage Loan Trust, Class A1, Series 2021-A, 1.07%, 09/25/65@‡*

 

 

442,539

 

 

435,494

American Homes 4 Rent Trust, Class A, Series 2014-SFR3, 3.68%, 12/17/36

 

 

147,909

 

 

154,986

Angel Oak Mortgage Trust, Class A1, Series 2020-6, 1.26%, 05/25/65@‡*

 

 

63,985

 

 

63,910

Angel Oak Mortgage Trust, Class A1, Series 2020-4, 1.47%, 06/25/65@‡*

 

 

136,036

 

 

135,937

Angel Oak Mortgage Trust, Class A1, Series 2021-5, 0.95%, 07/25/66@‡*

 

 

180,307

 

 

178,004

Angel Oak Mortgage Trust, Class A1, Series 2021-8, 1.82%, 11/25/66@‡*

 

 

485,000

 

 

487,889

Angel Oak Mortgage Trust I LLC, Class A1, Series 2018-3, 3.65%, 09/25/48@‡*

 

 

10,116

 

 

10,135

Angel Oak Mortgage Trust I LLC, Class A1, Series 2019-2, 3.63%, 03/25/49@‡*

 

 

20,924

 

 

21,024

Angel Oak SB Commercial Mortgage Trust, Class A1, Series 2020-SBC1, 2.07%, 05/25/50@‡*

 

 

73,372

 

 

73,022

Arroyo Mortgage Trust, Class A1, Series 2019-1, 3.81%, 01/25/49@‡*

 

 

134,498

 

 

135,124

Arroyo Mortgage Trust, Class A1, Series 2019-2, 3.35%, 04/25/49@‡*

 

 

88,367

 

 

89,085

Arroyo Mortgage Trust, Class A1B, Series 2020-1, 2.10%, 03/25/55

 

 

232,794

 

 

233,770

Banc of America Funding Trust, Class 1A1, Series 2005-1, 5.50%, 02/25/35

 

 

64,731

 

 

66,862

Bayview Koitere Fund Trust, Class A, Series 2017-RT4, 3.50%, 07/28/57@‡*

 

 

80,975

 

 

82,377

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

Residential Mortgage Backed Securities (continued)

Bravo Residential Funding Trust, Class A1, Series 2021-NQM3, 1.70%, 04/25/60@‡*

 

$

93,657

 

$

93,318

Cafl Issuer LLC, Class A1, Series 2021-RTL1, 2.24%, 03/28/29

 

 

105,000

 

 

103,385

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc., Class A, Series 2014-A, 4.00%, 01/25/35@‡*

 

 

136,137

 

 

138,949

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc., Class A1, Series 2015-PS1, 3.75%, 09/25/42@‡*

 

 

50,021

 

 

51,056

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc., Class A1, Series 2015-A, 3.50%, 06/25/58@‡*

 

 

11,193

 

 

11,221

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc., Class A1, Series 2018-RP1, 3.00%, 09/25/64@‡*

 

 

86,563

 

 

88,248

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc., Class A1, Series 2019-RP1, 3.50%, 01/25/66@‡*

 

 

729,860

 

 

752,083

COLT Funding LLC, Class A1, Series 2021-3R, 1.05%, 12/25/64@‡*

 

 

235,962

 

 

234,864

COLT Mortgage Loan Trust, Class A1, Series 2020-1, 2.49%, 02/25/50@‡*

 

 

111,589

 

 

111,582

COLT Mortgage Loan Trust, Class A2, Series 2021-2, 1.13%, 08/25/66@‡*

 

 

97,960

 

 

96,690

COLT Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Class A1, Series 2021-1R, 0.86%, 05/25/65@‡*

 

 

331,885

 

 

331,376

Corevest American Finance Trust, Class A, Series 2020-3, 1.36%, 08/15/53

 

 

416,469

 

 

405,783

Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Trust, Class A16, Series 2013-HYB1, 2.96%, 04/25/43@‡*

 

 

2,694

 

 

2,699

Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Trust, Class A2, Series 2014-IVR2, 3.80%, 04/25/44@‡*

 

 

128,014

 

 

128,653

Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Class 5A1, Series 2003-AR30, 2.43%, 01/25/34@*

 

 

41,427

 

 

42,214

CSMC Trust, Class A1, Series 2021-AFC1, 0.83%, 03/25/56@‡*

 

 

184,281

 

 

182,185

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

Residential Mortgage Backed Securities (continued)

CSMC Trust, Class A1, Series 2020-RPL4, 2.00%, 01/25/60@‡*

 

$

81,573

 

$

82,140

CSMC Trust, Class A1, Series 2021-RPL3, 2.00%, 01/25/60@‡*

 

 

425,909

 

 

428,452

CSMC Trust, Class A1, Series 2021-NQM1, 0.81%, 05/25/65@‡*

 

 

666,349

 

 

663,341

CSMC Trust, Class A1, Series 2021-NQM2, 1.18%, 02/25/66@‡*

 

 

164,640

 

 

163,159

Deephaven Residential Mortgage Trust, Class A1, Series 2020-2, 1.69%, 05/25/65

 

 

101,108

 

 

101,170

Dominion Mortgage Trust, Class A1, Series 2021-RTL1, 2.49%, 07/25/27

 

 

315,000

 

 

311,652

Ellington Financial Mortgage Trust, Class A3, Series 2019-2, 3.05%, 11/25/59@‡*

 

 

34,655

 

 

34,860

Ellington Financial Mortgage Trust, Class A1, Series 2020-1, 2.01%, 05/25/65@‡*

 

 

225,948

 

 

226,581

Ellington Financial Mortgage Trust, Class A2, Series 2021-1, 1.00%, 02/25/66@‡*

 

 

123,099

 

 

122,030

Ellington Financial Mortgage Trust, Class A1, Series 2021-2, 0.93%, 06/25/66@‡*

 

 

239,988

 

 

235,818

Firstkey Homes Trust, Class B, Series 2020-SFR2, 1.57%, 10/19/37

 

 

175,000

 

 

170,992

Firstkey Homes Trust, Class A, Series 2020-SFR2, 1.27%, 10/19/37

 

 

166,525

 

 

162,524

Firstkey Homes Trust, Class D, Series 2021-SFR1, 2.19%, 08/17/38

 

 

240,000

 

 

235,700

Galton Funding Mortgage Trust, Class A21, Series 2017-1, 3.50%, 07/25/56@‡*

 

 

91,072

 

 

91,791

Galton Funding Mortgage Trust, Class A1, Series 2020-H1, 2.31%, 01/25/60@‡*

 

 

41,932

 

 

42,376

GS Mortgage-Backed Securities Trust, Class A3, Series 2020-NQM1, 2.35%, 09/27/60@‡*

 

 

201,998

 

 

202,603

GSR Mortgage Loan Trust, Class 1A6, Series 2003-3F, 6.00%, 04/25/33

 

 

62,901

 

 

65,923

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

Residential Mortgage Backed Securities (continued)

JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, Class 2A2, Series 2014-2, 3.50%, 06/25/29@‡*

 

$

100,452

 

$

101,421

JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, Class AM, Series 2014-2, 3.37%, 06/25/29@‡*

 

 

193,981

 

 

194,591

JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, Class 4A1, Series 2006-A2, 2.23%, 08/25/34@*

 

 

48,003

 

 

50,640

JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, Class 4A1, Series 2005-A2, 2.18%, 04/25/35@*

 

 

143,882

 

 

144,669

JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, Class A2, Series 2015-5, 2.34%, 05/25/45@‡*

 

 

140,394

 

 

142,374

Lhome Mortgage Trust, Class A1, Series 2021-RTL2, 2.09%, 06/25/26

 

 

205,000

 

 

205,549

MetLife Securitization Trust, Class A, Series 2018-1A, 3.75%, 03/25/57@‡*

 

 

311,390

 

 

321,702

MetLife Securitization Trust, Class A1A, Series 2019-1A, 3.75%, 04/25/58@‡*

 

 

431,401

 

 

442,593

MFA Trust, Class A1, Series 2020-NQM3, 1.01%, 01/26/65@‡*

 

 

332,970

 

 

331,611

New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust, Class B1, Series 2018-4A, 1.15%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 1.05%), 01/25/48@‡

 

 

505,949

 

 

507,833

New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust, Class A3, Series 2014-2A, 3.75%, 05/25/54@‡*

 

 

65,271

 

 

68,010

New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust, Class AFX3, Series 2014-3A, 3.75%, 11/25/54@‡*

 

 

123,275

 

 

129,140

New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust, Class A1, Series 2016-3A, 3.75%, 09/25/56@‡*

 

 

264,328

 

 

279,110

New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust, Class A1, Series 2016-4A, 3.75%, 11/25/56@‡*

 

 

188,589

 

 

199,487

New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust, Class A3, Series 2017-2A, 4.00%, 03/25/57@‡*

 

 

616,918

 

 

651,051

New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust, Class A1, Series 2021-NQ2R, 0.94%, 10/25/58@‡*

 

 

258,602

 

 

257,543

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

Residential Mortgage Backed Securities (continued)

Newrez Warehouse Securitization Trust, Class C, Series 2021-1, 1.15%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 1.05%), 05/25/55@‡

 

$

300,000

 

$

298,942

NLT Trust, Class A1, Series 2021-INV2, 1.16%, 08/25/56@‡*

 

 

300,888

 

 

296,552

OBX Trust, Class A3, Series 2019-INV1, 4.50%, 11/25/48@‡*

 

 

51,504

 

 

52,544

PRPM LLC, Class A1, Series 2021-RPL1, 1.32%, 07/25/51@‡*

 

 

695,845

 

 

686,799

PRPM LLC, Class A1, Series 2021-RPL2, 1.46%, 10/25/51@‡*

 

 

98,172

 

 

97,589

RCKT Mortgage Trust, Class A1, Series 2020-1, 3.00%, 02/25/50@‡*

 

 

54,444

 

 

55,075

Residential Mortgage Loan Trust, Class A1, Series 2020-1, 2.38%, 01/26/60@‡*

 

 

104,262

 

 

104,826

SG Residential Mortgage Trust, Class A1, Series 2019-3, 2.70%, 09/25/59@‡*

 

 

132,301

 

 

132,254

Star Trust, Class A1, Series 2021-1, 1.22%, 05/25/65@‡*

 

 

338,764

 

 

337,918

Starwood Mortgage Residential Trust, Class A2, Series 2021-3, 1.40%, 06/25/56@‡*

 

 

119,022

 

 

117,789

Starwood Mortgage Residential Trust, Class A1, Series 2020-2, 2.72%, 04/25/60@‡*

 

 

162,987

 

 

164,188

Starwood Mortgage Residential Trust, Class A1, Series 2020-3, 1.49%, 04/25/65@‡*

 

 

450,812

 

 

451,486

Structured Asset Securities Corp., Class A3A, Series 2004-4XS, 5.11%, 02/25/34

 

 

257,437

 

 

262,366

Towd Point HE Trust, Class M1, Series 2021-HE1, 1.50%, 02/25/63@‡*

 

 

132,100

 

 

132,119

Towd Point Mortgage Trust, Class M1, Series 2015-6, 3.75%, 04/25/55@‡*

 

 

100,000

 

 

102,896

Towd Point Mortgage Trust, Class A2, Series 2015-5, 3.50%, 05/25/55@‡*

 

 

86,628

 

 

86,854

Towd Point Mortgage Trust, Class A2, Series 2017-1, 3.50%, 10/25/56@‡*

 

 

250,000

 

 

257,481

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

 

Residential Mortgage Backed Securities (continued)

Towd Point Mortgage Trust, Class A2, Series 2017-2, 3.25%, 04/25/57@‡*

 

$

260,000

 

$

266,200

Towd Point Mortgage Trust, Class A1, Series 2018-3, 3.75%, 05/25/58@‡*

 

 

297,718

 

 

308,355

Towd Point Mortgage Trust, Class A1, Series 2018-4, 3.00%, 06/25/58@‡*

 

 

395,994

 

 

405,945

Towd Point Mortgage Trust, Class A2, Series 2020-MH1, 2.50%, 02/25/60@‡*

 

 

130,000

 

 

129,462

VCAT Asset Securitization, LLC, Class A1, Series 2021-NPL4, 1.87%, 08/25/51

 

 

283,946

 

 

279,841

VCAT Asset Securitization, LLC, Class A1, Series 2021-NPL5, 1.87%, 08/25/51

 

 

101,731

 

 

100,408

VCAT Asset Securitization, LLC, Class A1, Series 2021-NPL6, 1.92%, 09/25/51

 

 

203,711

 

 

200,554

VCAT LLC, Class A1, Series 2021-NPL1, 2.29%, 12/26/50

 

 

84,338

 

 

84,287

Verus Securitization Trust, Class A1, Series 2019-INV2, 2.91%, 07/25/59@‡*

 

 

56,753

 

 

57,099

Verus Securitization Trust, Class A1, Series 2020-1, 2.42%, 01/25/60

 

 

72,604

 

 

72,866

Verus Securitization Trust, Class A1, Series 2021-R1, 0.82%, 10/25/63@‡*

 

 

413,272

 

 

411,738

Verus Securitization Trust, Class A1, Series 2021-R3, 1.02%, 04/25/64@‡*

 

 

336,245

 

 

335,541

Verus Securitization Trust, Class A1, Series 2020-4, 1.50%, 05/25/65

 

 

219,883

 

 

219,596

Verus Securitization Trust, Class A1, Series 2021-1, 0.82%, 01/25/66@‡*

 

 

111,397

 

 

110,402

Verus Securitization Trust, Class A1, Series 2021-2, 1.03%, 02/25/66@‡*

 

 

365,104

 

 

361,668

Verus Securitization Trust, Class A1, Series 2021-3, 1.05%, 06/25/66@‡*

 

 

689,470

 

 

682,259

Visio Trust, Class A2, Series 2019-2, 2.92%, 11/25/54@‡*

 

 

263,965

 

 

266,598

Visio Trust, Class A1, Series 2021-1R, 1.28%, 05/25/56

 

 

341,007

 

 

338,584

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

 

Residential Mortgage Backed Securities (continued)

VOLT XCV LLC, Class A1, Series 2021-NPL4, 2.24%, 03/27/51

 

$

151,436

 

$

150,547

WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Trust, Class A1, Series 2003-AR6, 2.56%, 06/25/33@*

 

 

57,110

 

 

56,730

Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust, Class 2A12, Series 2004-K, 2.60%, 07/25/34@*

 

 

22,452

 

 

22,253

Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust, Class 1A2, Series 2004-K, 2.62%, 07/25/34@*

 

 

55,719

 

 

56,300

Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust, Class A1, Series 2004-U, 2.77%, 10/25/34@*

 

 

85,978

 

 

85,577

Total Residential Mortgage Backed Securities

 

 

   

 

20,950,849

Total Mortgage Backed Securities
(Cost $24,277,878)

 

 

   

 

24,090,722

CORPORATE BONDS — 19.8%

 

 

   

 

 

Communication Services — 1.6%

Commscope, Inc., 4.75%, 09/01/29

 

 

170,000

 

 

169,244

DIRECTV Holdings LLC / DIRECTV Financing Co., Inc., 5.88%, 08/15/27

 

 

65,000

 

 

66,613

Level 3 Financing, Inc., 4.63%, 09/15/27

 

 

100,000

 

 

102,151

Level 3 Financing, Inc., 4.25%, 07/01/28

 

 

140,000

 

 

138,827

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., 4.75%, 10/15/27

 

 

155,000

 

 

159,495

ROBLOX Corp., 3.88%, 05/01/30

 

 

30,000

 

 

30,480

Sprint Spectrum Co. LLC / Sprint Spectrum Co. II LLC / Sprint Spectrum Co. III LLC, 4.74%, 03/20/25

 

 

211,250

 

 

221,288

T-Mobile USA, Inc., 3.50%, 04/15/25

 

 

145,000

 

 

153,791

T-Mobile USA, Inc., 2.05%, 02/15/28

 

 

140,000

 

 

139,180

TripAdvisor, Inc., 7.00%, 07/15/25

 

 

115,000

 

 

121,442

Twitter, Inc., 3.88%, 12/15/27‡(a)

 

 

100,000

 

 

104,578

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

 

 

Communication Services (continued)

Verizon Communications, Inc., 1.26%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 1.10%), 05/15/25@

 

$

210,000

 

$

214,208

Total Communication Services

 

 

   

 

1,621,297

Consumer Discretionary — 0.7%

Gap, Inc. (The), 3.63%, 10/01/29‡(a)

 

 

80,000

 

 

79,253

General Motors Co., 6.13%, 10/01/25

 

 

150,000

 

 

172,532

General Motors Financial Co., Inc., 1.25%, 01/08/26

 

 

55,000

 

 

53,893

Hyatt Hotels Corp., 1.80%, 10/01/24

 

 

254,000

 

 

254,085

MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP / Mgp Finance Co.-Issuer, Inc., 4.63%, 06/15/25

 

 

75,000

 

 

80,114

Total Consumer Discretionary

 

 

   

 

639,877

Consumer Staples — 0.4%

 

 

   

 

 

Albertsons Cos., Inc. / Safeway, Inc. / New Albertsons LP / Albertsons LLC, 3.25%, 03/15/26

 

 

195,000

 

 

198,862

Vector Group Ltd., 5.75%, 02/01/29

 

 

185,000

 

 

180,296

Total Consumer Staples

 

 

   

 

379,158

Energy — 1.6%

 

 

   

 

 

Boardwalk Pipelines LP, 4.95%, 12/15/24

 

 

245,000

 

 

265,735

Chesapeake Energy Corp., 5.50%, 02/01/26

 

 

180,000

 

 

189,664

CrownRock LP / CrownRock Finance, Inc., 5.63%, 10/15/25

 

 

100,000

 

 

102,367

CrownRock LP / CrownRock Finance, Inc., 5.00%, 05/01/29

 

 

55,000

 

 

57,146

DT Midstream, Inc., 4.13%, 06/15/29

 

 

155,000

 

 

158,939

Energy Transfer LP, 4.20%, 04/15/27

 

 

105,000

 

 

114,022

EQM Midstream Partners LP, 6.00%, 07/01/25

 

 

135,000

 

 

146,964

EQM Midstream Partners LP, 6.50%, 07/01/27

 

 

20,000

 

 

22,425

Midwest Connector Capital Co. LLC, 3.63%, 04/01/22

 

 

105,000

 

 

105,193

NGPL PipeCo. LLC, 4.88%, 08/15/27

 

 

118,000

 

 

131,504

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

 

 

Energy (continued)

 

 

   

 

 

Occidental Petroleum Corp., 5.88%, 09/01/25

 

$

145,000

 

$

160,045

Targa Resources Partners LP /Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., 5.88%, 04/15/26

 

 

85,000

 

 

88,802

Total Energy

 

 

   

 

1,542,806

Financials — 7.5%

 

 

   

 

 

Athene Global Funding, 2.45%, 08/20/27

 

 

240,000

 

 

244,945

Bank of America Corp., 0.91%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 0.77%), 02/05/26@

 

 

253,000

 

 

256,888

Bank of America Corp., 1.73%, (SOFR + 0.96%), 07/22/27@

 

 

760,000

 

 

755,317

Blackstone Private Credit Fund, 2.63%, 12/15/26

 

 

166,000

 

 

162,029

Capital One Financial Corp., 3.75%, 07/28/26

 

 

315,000

 

 

338,336

Charles Schwab Corp. (The), Series H, 4.00%, (US 10 Year CMT T-Note + 3.08%)#@

 

 

220,000

 

 

222,475

Charles Schwab Corp. (The), Series G, 5.38%, (US 5 Year CMT T-Note + 4.97%)#@

 

 

44,000

 

 

48,070

Citadel LP, 4.88%, 01/15/27

 

 

170,000

 

 

181,370

Citigroup, Inc., 1.46%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 1.25%), 07/01/26@

 

 

210,000

 

 

214,958

Coinbase Global, Inc., 3.38%, 10/01/28

 

 

105,000

 

 

98,262

Drawbridge Special Opportunities Fund LP / Drawbridge Special Opportunities Finance, 3.88%, 02/15/26

 

 

250,000

 

 

254,989

F&G Global Funding, 1.75%, 06/30/26

 

 

198,000

 

 

197,078

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), 1.78%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 1.60%), 11/29/23@

 

 

270,000

 

 

275,541

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), 3.85%, 01/26/27

 

 

105,000

 

 

112,969

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), 1.89%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 1.75%), 10/28/27@

 

 

280,000

 

 

293,394

Icahn Enterprises LP / Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp., 6.25%, 05/15/26

 

 

230,000

 

 

239,845

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Series HH, 4.60%, (SOFR + 3.13%)#@

 

 

562,000

 

 

577,455

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

 

 

Financials (continued)

 

 

   

 

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Series Z, 3.93%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 3.80%)#@

 

$

430,000

 

$

432,817

Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP / Ladder Capital Finance Corp., 4.25%, 02/01/27

 

 

145,000

 

 

146,112

Liberty Mutual Group, Inc., 4.13%, (US 5 Year CMT T-Note + 3.32%), 12/15/51@‡

 

 

160,000

 

 

159,836

Lincoln National Corp., 2.17%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 2.04%), 04/20/67@

 

 

285,000

 

 

245,812

MetLife, Inc., Series D, 5.88%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 2.96%)#@(a)

 

 

155,000

 

 

174,383

Morgan Stanley, 1.52%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 1.40%), 10/24/23@

 

 

280,000

 

 

282,493

Navient Corp., 5.88%, 10/25/24

 

 

240,000

 

 

256,140

Prudential Financial, Inc., 5.63%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 3.92%), 06/15/43@

 

 

244,000

 

 

253,960

Santander Holdings USA, Inc., 3.24%, 10/05/26

 

 

235,000

 

 

245,582

Spirit Realty LP, 4.45%, 09/15/26

 

 

96,429

 

 

106,258

Spirit Realty LP, 2.10%, 03/15/28

 

 

79,000

 

 

77,013

Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc., 4.00%, (US 5 Year CMT T-Note + 3.15%), 05/06/31@

 

 

135,000

 

 

139,724

Wells Fargo & Co., 4.10%, 06/03/26

 

 

410,000

 

 

447,534

Total Financials

 

 

   

 

7,441,585

Health Care — 1.8%

 

 

   

 

 

Avantor Funding, Inc., 3.88%, 11/01/29

 

 

40,000

 

 

40,494

Baxter International, Inc., 1.92%, 02/01/27

 

 

149,000

 

 

149,731

Baxter International, Inc., 2.27%, 12/01/28

 

 

150,000

 

 

151,342

HCA, Inc., 5.38%, 02/01/25

 

 

215,000

 

 

236,564

Mozart Debt Merger Sub, Inc., 3.88%, 04/01/29

 

 

30,000

 

 

29,954

Mylan NV, 3.95%, 06/15/26

 

 

50,000

 

 

53,992

Royalty Pharma PLC, 1.20%, 09/02/25

 

 

23,000

 

 

22,546

Royalty Pharma PLC, 1.75%, 09/02/27

 

 

323,000

 

 

317,784

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

 

 

Health Care (continued)

 

 

   

 

 

Tenet Healthcare Corp., 7.50%, 04/01/25

 

$

10,000

 

$

10,537

Tenet Healthcare Corp., 4.88%, 01/01/26

 

 

190,000

 

 

195,446

Universal Health Services, Inc., 1.65%, 09/01/26

 

 

260,000

 

 

255,619

Viatris, Inc., 2.30%, 06/22/27

 

 

275,000

 

 

276,966

Total Health Care

 

 

   

 

1,740,975

Industrials — 1.4%

 

 

   

 

 

Alaska Airlines Pass-Through Trust, Class A, Series 2020-1, 4.80%, 08/15/27

 

 

223,030

 

 

244,253

Boeing Co. (The), 4.88%, 05/01/25

 

 

120,000

 

 

131,443

Boeing Co. (The), 5.04%, 05/01/27

 

 

112,000

 

 

126,276

General Electric Co., Series D, 3.53%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 3.33%)#@

 

 

285,000

 

 

285,000

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc., 2.04%, 08/16/28

 

 

276,000

 

 

270,649

Spirit AeroSystems, Inc., 5.50%, 01/15/25

 

 

195,000

 

 

202,265

Vertiv Group Corp., 4.13%, 11/15/28

 

 

155,000

 

 

156,816

Total Industrials

 

 

   

 

1,416,702

Information Technology — 1.6%

Block, Inc., 2.75%, 06/01/26

 

 

115,000

 

 

115,288

CDW LLC / CDW Finance Corp., 2.67%, 12/01/26

 

 

98,000

 

 

100,557

CDW LLC / CDW Finance Corp., 3.28%, 12/01/28

 

 

98,000

 

 

100,560

Citrix Systems, Inc., 1.25%, 03/01/26(a)

 

 

25,000

 

 

24,384

Dell International LLC / EMC Corp., 4.90%, 10/01/26

 

 

210,000

 

 

236,807

Flex Ltd., 3.75%, 02/01/26

 

 

191,000

 

 

204,286

HP, Inc., 3.00%, 06/17/27(a)

 

 

155,000

 

 

163,217

Kyndryl Holdings, Inc., 2.05%, 10/15/26

 

 

108,000

 

 

105,281

Kyndryl Holdings, Inc., 2.70%, 10/15/28

 

 

105,000

 

 

101,790

TD Synnex Corp., 1.75%, 08/09/26

 

 

107,000

 

 

104,447

TD Synnex Corp., 2.38%, 08/09/28

 

 

110,000

 

 

106,955

Xerox Holdings Corp., 5.00%, 08/15/25

 

 

200,000

 

 

212,210

Total Information Technology

 

 

   

 

1,575,782

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

48

ADVISORSHARES NEWFLEET MULTI-SECTOR INCOME ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

 

 

Materials — 1.0%

 

 

   

 

 

Ardagh Packaging Finance
PLC / Ardagh Holdings USA, Inc., 4.13%, 08/15/26

 

$

200,000

 

$

204,750

Chemours Co. (The), 5.75%, 11/15/28

 

 

90,000

 

 

94,208

Glatfelter Corp., 4.75%, 11/15/29

 

 

100,000

 

 

103,273

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc., 1.23%, 10/01/25

 

 

118,000

 

 

115,549

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc., 1.83%, 10/15/27

 

 

233,000

 

 

229,072

Silgan Holdings, Inc., 1.40%, 04/01/26

 

 

271,000

 

 

264,713

Total Materials

 

 

   

 

1,011,565

Real Estate — 1.0%

 

 

   

 

 

GLP Capital LP / GLP Financing II, Inc., 5.25%, 06/01/25

 

 

195,000

 

 

213,813

Office Properties Income Trust, 4.50%, 02/01/25

 

 

225,000

 

 

237,387

Office Properties Income Trust, 2.65%, 06/15/26

 

 

105,000

 

 

104,371

Retail Opportunity Investments Partnership LP, 5.00%, 12/15/23

 

 

231,000

 

 

244,319

Service Properties Trust, 4.65%, 03/15/24

 

 

200,000

 

 

197,717

Total Real Estate

 

 

   

 

997,607

Utilities — 1.2%

 

 

   

 

 

Dominion Energy, Inc., Series A, 1.45%, 04/15/26

 

 

260,000

 

 

257,376

Exelon Corp., 3.50%, 06/01/22

 

 

212,000

 

 

213,976

FirstEnergy Transmission LLC, 2.87%, 09/15/28

 

 

119,000

 

 

119,413

NRG Energy, Inc., 3.75%, 06/15/24

 

 

175,000

 

 

182,735

Puget Energy, Inc., 2.38%, 06/15/28

 

 

151,000

 

 

148,869

Southern Co. (The), Series 21-A, 3.75%, (US 5 Year CMT T-Note + 2.92%), 09/15/51@

 

 

254,000

 

 

254,635

Total Utilities

 

 

   

 

1,177,004

Total Corporate Bonds
(Cost $19,470,098)

 

 

   

 

19,544,358

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

TERM LOANS — 10.8%

 

 

   

 

 

Aerospace — 1.0%

 

 

   

 

 

Air Canada, 4.25%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 3.50%), 08/11/28@

 

$

28,235

 

$

28,250

American Airlines, Inc., 5.50%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 4.75%), 04/20/28@

 

 

185,000

 

 

192,020

Brown Group Holding LLC, 3.00%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 2.50%), 06/07/28@

 

 

130,463

 

 

130,382

KKR Apple Bidco LLC, 3.50%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 3.00%), 07/14/28@

 

 

80,000

 

 

79,856

Mileage Plus Holdings LLC, 6.25%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 5.25%), 06/21/27@

 

 

105,000

 

 

111,012

SkyMiles IP Ltd, 4.75%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 3.75%), 09/16/27@

 

 

145,000

 

 

153,700

TransDigm, Inc., 2.35%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 2.25%), 08/22/24@

 

 

162,452

 

 

160,875

TransDigm, Inc., 2.35%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 2.25%), 05/30/25@

 

 

89,091

 

 

88,012

United Airlines, Inc., 4.50%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 3.75%), 04/21/28@

 

 

29,775

 

 

29,949

Total Aerospace

 

 

   

 

974,056

Chemicals — 0.7%

 

 

   

 

 

Element Solutions, Inc., 2.09%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 2.00%), 01/31/26@

 

 

89,316

 

 

89,093

Ineos US Finance LLC, 2.10%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 2.00%), 04/01/24@

 

 

238,885

 

 

237,945

INEOS US Petrochem LLC, 3.25%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 2.75%), 01/29/26@

 

 

134,325

 

 

134,101

Nouryon USA LLC, 3.10%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 3.00%), 10/01/25@

 

 

136,624

 

 

136,326

Trinseo Materials Operating SCA, 2.60%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 2.50%), 05/03/28@

 

 

129,350

 

 

128,599

Total Chemicals

 

 

   

 

726,064

Consumer Durables — 0.3%

 

 

   

 

 

Resideo Funding, Inc., 2.75%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 2.25%), 02/11/28@

 

 

89,325

 

 

89,325

RH, 2.59%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 1.00%), 10/15/28@

 

 

105,000

 

 

104,921

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

49

ADVISORSHARES NEWFLEET MULTI-SECTOR INCOME ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

TERM LOANS (continued)

 

 

 

Consumer Durables (continued)

Ziggo Financing Partnership, 2.10%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 2.00%), 07/02/25@

 

$

133,636

 

$

133,331

Total Consumer Durables

 

 

   

 

327,577

Consumer Non-Durables — 0.2%

Diamond BC BV, 3.50%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 3.00%), 09/15/28@

 

 

150,000

 

 

149,730

Energy — 0.2%

 

 

   

 

 

DT Midstream, Inc., 2.50%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 2.00%), 06/26/28@

 

 

54,725

 

 

54,901

Freeport LNG Investments LLLP, 4.00%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 3.50%), 11/17/28@

 

 

10,000

 

 

9,917

Oryx Midstream Services Permian Basin LLC, 3.75%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 3.25%), 09/30/28@

 

 

155,000

 

 

154,213

Total Energy

 

 

   

 

219,031

Financials — 0.7%

 

 

   

 

 

Asurion LLC, 3.35%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 3.25%), 12/23/26@

 

 

84,150

 

 

83,694

Avolon TLB Borrower 1 US LLC, 2.75%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 2.25%), 12/01/27@

 

 

326,700

 

 

327,543

Citadel Securities LP, 2.60%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 2.50%), 02/02/28@

 

 

253,224

 

 

251,924

Total Financials

 

 

   

 

663,161

Food/Tobacco — 0.6%

 

 

   

 

 

Aramark Services, Inc., 1.85%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 1.75%), 03/11/25@

 

 

85,000

 

 

84,123

Aramark Services, Inc., 2.60%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 2.50%), 04/06/28@

 

 

109,607

 

 

109,231

Froneri US, Inc., 2.35%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 2.25%), 01/29/27@

 

 

84,146

 

 

83,209

Hostess Brands LLC, 3.00%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 2.25%), 08/03/25@

 

 

133,633

 

 

133,424

JBS USA LUX SA, 2.10%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 2.00%), 05/01/26@

 

 

183,117

 

 

182,982

Total Food/Tobacco

 

 

   

 

592,969

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

TERM LOANS (continued)

 

 

 

Forest Prod/Containers — 0.2%

Berry Global, Inc., 1.86%, (2-Month USD LIBOR + 1.75%), 07/01/26@

 

$

134,377

 

$

133,671

Mauser Packaging Solutions Holding Co., 3.35%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 3.25%), 04/03/24@

 

 

89,067

 

 

88,057

Total Forest Prod/Containers

 

 

   

 

221,728

Gaming/Leisure — 1.1%

 

 

   

 

 

Aristocrat International Pty Ltd., 4.75%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 3.75%), 10/19/24@

 

 

29,587

 

 

29,763

Aristocrat Leisure Ltd., 1.88%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 1.75%), 10/19/24@

 

 

135,000

 

 

133,837

Caesars Resort Collection LLC, 2.85%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 2.75%), 12/23/24@

 

 

153,927

 

 

153,326

Hilton Grand Vacations Borrower LLC, 3.50%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 3.00%), 05/19/28@

 

 

24,938

 

 

24,997

Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC, 1.85%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 1.75%), 06/22/26@

 

 

175,000

 

 

173,756

Scientific Games International, Inc., 2.85%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 2.75%), 08/14/24@

 

 

208,764

 

 

208,340

Stars Group Holdings BV, 2.47%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 2.25%), 07/21/26@

 

 

118,315

 

 

118,042

Station Casinos LLC, 2.50%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 2.25%), 02/08/27@

 

 

49,120

 

 

48,776

UFC Holdings LLC, 3.50%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 2.75%), 04/29/26@

 

 

169,537

 

 

169,083

Total Gaming/Leisure

 

 

   

 

1,059,920

Health Care — 0.9%

 

 

   

 

 

Agiliti Health Inc, 2.88%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 2.75%), 01/04/26@

 

 

59,846

 

 

59,622

Elanco Animal Health, Inc., 1.85%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 1.75%), 08/01/27@

 

 

143,099

 

 

141,433

Horizon Therapeutics USA, Inc., 2.25%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 1.75%), 03/15/28@

 

 

178,650

 

 

178,283

ICU Medical Inc, 12/15/28(b)

 

 

25,000

 

 

25,068

IQVIA Holdings, Inc., 1.97%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 1.75%), 06/11/25@

 

 

120,770

 

 

120,519

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

50

ADVISORSHARES NEWFLEET MULTI-SECTOR INCOME ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

TERM LOANS (continued)

 

 

 

Health Care (continued)

 

 

   

 

 

Mozart Borrower LP, 3.75%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 3.25%), 09/30/28@

 

$

60,000

 

$

60,054

Phoenix Newco Inc, 4.00%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 3.50%), 08/11/28@

 

 

25,000

 

 

25,035

Select Medical Corp., 2.36%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 2.25%), 03/06/25@

 

 

90,000

 

 

89,606

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., 3.10%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 3.00%), 06/02/25@

 

 

204,097

 

 

203,408

Total Health Care

 

 

   

 

903,028

Housing — 0.8%

 

 

   

 

 

American Builders & Contractors Supply Co., Inc., 2.10%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 2.00%), 01/15/27@

 

 

148,858

 

 

148,082

CPG International LLC, 3.25%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 2.50%), 05/05/24@

 

 

135,000

 

 

135,209

Quikrete Holdings, Inc., 06/11/28(b)

 

 

145,000

 

 

144,889

Standard Industries Inc/NJ, 3.00%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 2.50%), 08/06/28@

 

 

160,063

 

 

160,396

Summit Materials LLC, 2.10%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 2.00%), 11/21/24@

 

 

163,121

 

 

163,284

Total Housing

 

 

   

 

751,860

Information Technology — 0.7%

Boxer Parent Co Inc, 3.97%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 3.75%), 10/02/25@

 

 

99,711

 

 

99,213

CCC Intelligent Solutions Inc, 3.00%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 2.50%), 09/15/28@

 

 

115,000

 

 

115,054

Go Daddy Operating Co. LLC, 1.85%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 1.75%), 02/15/24@

 

 

182,444

 

 

181,557

Tenable, Inc., 3.25%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 2.75%), 07/07/28@

 

 

145,000

 

 

144,819

UKG Inc, 3.75%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 3.25%), 05/04/26@

 

 

180,440

 

 

179,800

Total Information Technology

 

 

   

 

720,443

Manufacturing — 0.4%

 

 

   

 

 

Gates Global LLC, 3.25%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 2.50%), 03/31/27@

 

 

133,650

 

 

133,524

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

TERM LOANS (continued)

 

 

 

Manufacturing (continued)

 

 

   

 

 

NCR Corp., 2.63%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 2.50%), 08/28/26@

 

$

158,118

 

$

156,933

Tenneco, Inc., 3.10%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 3.00%), 10/01/25@

 

 

89,082

 

 

87,968

Total Manufacturing

 

 

   

 

378,425

Media/Telecom – Broadcasting — 0.1%

Nexstar Media Group, Inc., 2.60%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 2.50%), 09/18/26@

 

 

135,588

 

 

135,504

Media/Telecom – Cable/Wireless Video — 0.6%

Charter Communications Operating LLC, 1.86%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 1.75%), 02/01/27@

 

 

173,228

 

 

171,793

CSC Holdings LLC, 2.36%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 2.25%), 01/15/26@

 

 

84,135

 

 

83,167

CSC Holdings, LLC (fka CSC Holdings, Inc. (Cablevision)), 2.36%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 2.25%), 07/17/25@

 

 

181,660

 

 

179,162

Virgin Media Bristol LLC, 2.61%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 2.50%), 01/31/28@

 

 

145,000

 

 

143,883

Total Media/Telecom – Cable/Wireless Video

 

 

   

 

578,005

Media/Telecom – Diversified Media — 0.2%

Clear Channel, 3.63%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 3.50%), 08/21/26@

 

 

107,525

 

 

106,192

Dotdash Meredith Inc, 4.05%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%), 11/23/28@

 

 

110,000

 

 

110,207

Total Media/Telecom – Diversified Media

 

 

   

 

216,399

Media/Telecom – Telecommunications — 0.2%

CenturyLink, Inc., 2.35%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 2.25%), 03/15/27@

 

 

147,817

 

 

146,328

Cincinnati Bell Inc, 3.45%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 3.25%), 11/17/28@

 

 

20,000

 

 

20,023

Total Media/Telecom – Telecommunications

 

 

   

 

166,351

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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ADVISORSHARES NEWFLEET MULTI-SECTOR INCOME ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

TERM LOANS (continued)

 

 

 

Media/Telecom – Wireless Communications — 0.1%

SBA Senior Finance II LLC, 1.86%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 1.75%), 04/11/25@

 

$

128,667

 

$

127,441

Retail — 0.1%

 

 

   

 

 

PetSmart, Inc., 4.50%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 3.75%), 02/11/28@

 

 

99,750

 

 

100,031

Service — 1.2%

 

 

   

 

 

AlixPartners LLP, 3.25%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 2.75%), 02/04/28@

 

 

158,800

 

 

158,289

APi Group DE Inc, 10/07/28(b)

 

 

20,000

 

 

20,002

Asplundh Tree Expert LLC, 1.85%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 1.75%), 09/07/27@

 

 

148,869

 

 

148,456

Dun & Bradstreet Corp. (The), 3.35%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 3.25%), 02/06/26@

 

 

168,387

 

 

167,906

Pike Corp., 3.11%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 3.00%), 01/21/28@

 

 

105,479

 

 

105,300

PODS LLC, 3.75%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 3.00%), 03/31/28@

 

 

119,500

 

 

119,242

Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc, 3.35%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 3.25%), 12/31/25@

 

 

99,743

 

 

99,089

Trans Union LLC, 1.85%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 1.75%), 11/16/26@

 

 

138,570

 

 

137,357

WEX, Inc., 2.35%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 2.25%), 03/31/28@

 

 

213,388

 

 

212,543

Total Service

 

 

   

 

1,168,184

Utility — 0.5%

 

 

   

 

 

Astoria Energy LLC, 4.50%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 3.50%), 12/10/27@

 

 

117,987

 

 

117,869

Vistra Operations Co. LLC, 1.85%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 1.75%), 12/31/25@

 

 

360,957

 

 

358,715

Total Utility

 

 

   

 

476,584

Total Term Loans
(Cost $10,662,773)

 

 

   

 

10,656,491

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

FOREIGN BONDS — 5.8%

 

 

   

 

 

Consumer Staples — 0.6%

 

 

   

 

 

Bacardi Ltd. (Bermuda), 4.70%, 05/15/28

 

$

210,000

 

$

237,882

BAT Capital Corp. (United Kingdom), 2.26%, 03/25/28

 

 

330,000

 

 

322,112

Total Consumer Staples

 

 

   

 

559,994

Energy — 0.9%

 

 

   

 

 

Aker BP ASA (Norway), 2.88%, 01/15/26

 

 

150,000

 

 

155,695

BP Capital Markets PLC (United Kingdom), 4.88%, (US 5 Year CMT T-Note + 4.40%)#@

 

 

205,000

 

 

220,375

Lundin Energy Finance BV (Netherlands), 2.00%, 07/15/26

 

 

400,000

 

 

397,831

Petroleos Mexicanos (Mexico), 6.50%, 03/13/27

 

 

100,000

 

 

106,811

Total Energy

 

 

   

 

880,712

Financials — 0.7%

 

 

   

 

 

AerCap Ireland Capital DAC / AerCap Global Aviation Trust (Ireland), 2.45%, 10/29/26

 

 

150,000

 

 

151,416

AerCap Ireland Capital DAC / AerCap Global Aviation Trust (Ireland), 3.00%, 10/29/28

 

 

155,000

 

 

157,447

Banco Santander (Chile), 2.70%, 01/10/25

 

 

150,000

 

 

153,347

Brookfield Finance, Inc. (Canada), 3.90%, 01/25/28

 

 

210,000

 

 

230,883

Total Financials

 

 

   

 

693,093

Industrials — 1.0%

 

 

   

 

 

Ashtead Capital, Inc. (United Kingdom), 4.38%, 08/15/27

 

 

445,000

 

 

462,292

British Airways Pass-Through Trust, Class A, Series 2021-1 (United Kingdom), 2.90%, 03/15/35

 

 

214,979

 

 

215,179

Doric Nimrod Air Finance Alpha Ltd. Class A Pass-Through Trust, Series 2012-1A (Guernsey), 5.13%, 11/30/22

 

 

137,341

 

 

136,059

GFL Environmental, Inc. (Canada), 3.75%, 08/01/25

 

 

145,000

 

 

146,630

GFL Environmental, Inc. (Canada), 4.00%, 08/01/28‡(a)

 

 

50,000

 

 

49,085

Total Industrials

 

 

   

 

1,009,245

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

52

ADVISORSHARES NEWFLEET MULTI-SECTOR INCOME ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

FOREIGN BONDS (continued)

 

 

 

Information Technology — 0.6%

Open Text Corp. (Canada), 3.88%, 02/15/28

 

$

230,000

 

$

234,781

SK Hynix, Inc. (South Korea), 1.50%, 01/19/26

 

 

200,000

 

 

195,923

TSMC Arizona Corp (Taiwan), 1.75%, 10/25/26

 

 

200,000

 

 

200,316

Total Information Technology

 

 

   

 

631,020

Materials — 0.7%

 

 

   

 

 

Anglo American Capital PLC (South Africa), 2.25%, 03/17/28‡(a)

 

 

200,000

 

 

196,717

Glencore Funding LLC (Australia), 1.63%, 09/01/25

 

 

245,000

 

 

242,820

NOVA Chemicals Corp. (Canada), 5.00%, 05/01/25

 

 

180,000

 

 

188,842

Suzano Austria GMBH (Brazil), 2.50%, 09/15/28

 

 

80,000

 

 

77,300

Total Materials

 

 

   

 

705,679

Oil & Gas — 0.2%

 

 

   

 

 

Petroleos Mexicanos (Mexico), 4.63%, 09/21/23

 

 

180,000

 

 

184,738

Sovereign Government — 1.1%

Indonesia Government International Bond (Indonesia), 5.88%, 01/15/24

 

 

200,000

 

 

219,404

Oman Government International Bond (Oman), 4.88%, 02/01/25

 

 

200,000

 

 

208,629

Qatar Government International Bond (Qatar), 3.40%, 04/16/25

 

 

200,000

 

 

212,514

Republic of South Africa Government International Bond (South Africa), 5.88%, 09/16/25

 

 

200,000

 

 

221,496

Turkey Government International Bond (Turkey), 7.38%, 02/05/25

 

 

185,000

 

 

186,899

Total Sovereign Government

 

 

   

 

1,048,942

Total Foreign Bonds
(Cost $5,691,296)

 

 

   

 

5,713,423

U.S. TREASURY NOTES — 5.4%

U.S. Treasury Note, 1.75%, 06/15/22(a)

 

 

2,090,000

 

 

2,105,151

U.S. Treasury Note, 0.13%, 12/31/22

 

 

450,000

 

 

448,634

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

U.S. TREASURY NOTES (continued)

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Note, 0.13%, 03/31/23

 

$

990,000

 

$

985,591

U.S. Treasury Note, 0.13%, 04/30/23

 

 

315,000

 

 

313,363

U.S. Treasury Note, 1.00%, 12/15/24

 

 

1,475,000

 

 

1,477,017

Total U.S. Treasury Notes (Cost $5,332,414)

 

 

   

 

5,329,756

EXCHANGE TRADED FUND — 0.1%

Debt Fund — 0.1%

 

 

   

 

 

VanEck Vectors High Yield Muni ETF(a)
(Cost $126,678)

 

 

2,022

 

 

126,234

MONEY MARKET FUND — 2.0%

JPMorgan U.S. Government Money Market Fund — Institutional Class, 0.01%(c) (Cost $1,950,973)

 

 

1,950,973

 

 

1,950,973

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS — 2.9%(d)

BNP Paribas Securities Corp., dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.05%, total to be received $664,277, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.00%-6.50%, 01/27/22-04/20/51, totaling $677,559)

 

 

664,274

 

 

664,274

BofA Securities, Inc., dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.05%, total to be received $664,277, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 1.00%-5.00%, 09/01/28-01/01/61, totaling $677,560)

 

 

664,274

 

 

664,274

Daiwa Capital Markets America, dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.04%, total to be received $664,276, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.00%-6.50%, 02/10/22-01/01/52, totaling $677,559)

 

 

664,274

 

 

664,274

Nomura Securities International, Inc., dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.05%, total to be received $196,917, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.00%-5.00%, 09/06/24-09/20/69, totaling $200,854)

 

 

196,916

 

 

196,916

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

53

ADVISORSHARES NEWFLEET MULTI-SECTOR INCOME ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS (continued)

 

 

RBC Dominion Securities, Inc., dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.05%, total to be received $664,277, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.00%-6.50%, 05/15/22-12/01/51, totaling $677,559)

 

$

664,274

 

$

664,274

 

Total Repurchase Agreements
(Cost $2,854,012)

 

 

   

 

2,854,012

 

Total Investments — 102.8%
(Cost $101,655,039)

 

 

   

 

101,415,160

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (2.8%)

 

 

   

 

(2,770,413

)

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

   

$

98,644,747

 

____________

CMT — Constant Maturity Treasury Index

ETF — Exchange Traded Fund

LIBOR — London Interbank Offered Rate

LP — Limited Partnership

PLC — Public Limited Company

SOFR — Secured Overnight Financing Rate

USD — United States Dollar

#         Perpetual security with no stated maturity date.

@       Variable rate instrument. The interest rate shown reflects the rate in effect at December 31, 2021.

*         Adjustable rate security with an interest rate that is not based on a published reference index and spread. The rate is based on the structure of the agreement and current market conditions.

‡         Security was purchased pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 and may not be resold subject to that rule except to qualified institutional buyers. Unless otherwise noted, 144A securities are deemed to be liquid.

(a)      All or a portion of security is on loan. The aggregate market value of the securities on loan is $3,004,901; the aggregate market value of the collateral held by the fund is $3,074,172. The aggregate market value of the collateral includes non-cash U.S. Treasury securities collateral having a value of $220,160.

(b)      This loan will settle after December 31, 2021 at which time the interest rate will be determined.

(c)      Rate shown reflects the 7-day yield as of December 31, 2021.

(d)      Collateral received from brokers for securities lending was invested in these short-term investments.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

54

ADVISORSHARES NEWFLEET MULTI-SECTOR INCOME ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Fair Value Measurements

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of December 31, 2021, in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels. Level 1 includes quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 includes other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk). Level 3 includes significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities.

Assets

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

Asset Backed Securities

 

$

 

$

31,149,191

 

$

 

$

31,149,191

Mortgage Backed Securities

 

 

 

 

24,090,722

 

 

 

 

24,090,722

Corporate Bonds

 

 

 

 

19,544,358

 

 

 

 

19,544,358

Term Loans

 

 

 

 

10,656,491

 

 

 

 

10,656,491

Foreign Bonds

 

 

 

 

5,713,423

 

 

 

 

5,713,423

U.S. Treasury Notes

 

 

 

 

5,329,756

 

 

 

 

5,329,756

Exchange Traded Fund

 

 

126,234

 

 

 

 

 

 

126,234

Money Market Fund

 

 

1,950,973

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,950,973

Repurchase Agreements

 

 

 

 

2,854,012

 

 

 

 

2,854,012

Total

 

$

2,077,207

 

$

99,337,953

 

$

 

$

101,415,160

SUMMARY OF SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

% of
Net Assets

Aerospace

 

1.0

%

Asset Backed Securities

 

31.6

 

Chemicals

 

0.7

 

Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities

 

3.2

 

Communication Services

 

1.6

 

Consumer Discretionary

 

0.7

 

Consumer Durables

 

0.3

 

Consumer Non-Durables

 

0.2

 

Consumer Staples

 

1.0

 

Debt Fund

 

0.1

 

Energy

 

2.7

 

Financials

 

8.9

 

Food/Tobacco

 

0.6

 

Forest Prod/Containers

 

0.2

 

Gaming/Leisure

 

1.1

 

Health Care

 

2.7

 

Housing

 

0.8

 

Industrials

 

2.4

 

Information Technology

 

2.9

 

Manufacturing

 

0.4

 

Materials

 

1.7

 

Media/Telecom – Broadcasting

 

0.1

 

Media/Telecom – Cable/Wireless Video

 

0.6

 

Media/Telecom – Diversified Media

 

0.2

 

Media/Telecom – Telecommunications

 

0.2

 

SUMMARY OF SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

% of
Net Assets

Media/Telecom – Wireless Communications

 

0.1

%

Oil & Gas

 

0.2

 

Real Estate

 

1.0

 

Residential Mortgage Backed Securities

 

21.2

 

Retail

 

0.1

 

Service

 

1.2

 

Sovereign Government

 

1.1

 

U.S. Treasury Notes

 

5.4

 

Utilities

 

1.2

 

Utility

 

0.5

 

Money Market

 

2.0

 

Repurchase Agreements

 

2.9

 

Total Investments

 

102.8

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets

 

(2.8

)

Net Assets

 

100.0

%

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

55

ADVISORSHARES NORTH SQUARE MCKEE CORE RESERVES ETF
(formerly AdvisorShares Sage Core Reserves ETF)
Schedule of Investments

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

CORPORATE BONDS — 46.6%

 

 

   

 

 

Airlines — 1.3%

 

 

   

 

 

Delta Air Lines, Inc., 3.63%, 03/15/22

 

$

229,000

 

$

229,009

United Airlines Holdings, Inc., 4.25%, 10/01/22

 

 

232,000

 

 

235,767

Total Airlines

 

 

   

 

464,776

Banks — 14.4%

 

 

   

 

 

Bank of America Corp., Series MTN, 1.29%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 1.16%), 01/20/23@

 

 

71,000

 

 

70,933

Bank of America Corp., 3.00%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 0.79%), 12/20/23@

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,020,959

Citigroup, Inc., 1.08%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 0.96%), 04/25/22@

 

 

735,000

 

 

736,292

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), 0.48%, (SOFR + 0.43%), 03/08/23@

 

 

585,000

 

 

585,059

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), 0.67%, (SOFR + 0.62%), 12/06/23@

 

 

600,000

 

 

600,127

Morgan Stanley, 4.88%, 11/01/22

 

 

920,000

 

 

951,233

Wells Fargo & Co., Series M, 3.45%, 02/13/23

 

 

1,116,000

 

 

1,148,608

Total Banks

 

 

   

 

5,113,211

Biotechnology — 1.3%

 

 

   

 

 

Biogen, Inc., 3.63%, 09/15/22

 

 

443,000

 

 

452,567

Diversified Financial Services — 3.3%

Aircastle Ltd., 4.40%, 09/25/23

 

 

325,000

 

 

340,696

American Express Co., 0.78%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 0.62%), 05/20/22@

 

 

842,000

 

 

843,096

Total Diversified Financial Services

 

 

   

 

1,183,792

Electric — 7.3%

 

 

   

 

 

Edison International, 2.40%, 09/15/22

 

 

735,000

 

 

742,204

Entergy Corp., 4.00%, 07/15/22

 

 

667,000

 

 

675,186

Exelon Corp., 3.50%, 06/01/22

 

 

666,000

 

 

672,207

OGE Energy Corp., 0.70%, 05/26/23

 

 

113,000

 

 

112,529

Pacific Gas and Electric Co., 1.75%, 06/16/22

 

 

370,000

 

 

370,002

Total Electric

 

 

   

 

2,572,128

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

 

 

Electronics — 1.3%

 

 

   

 

 

Jabil, Inc., 4.70%, 09/15/22

 

$

442,000

 

$

453,766

Gas — 3.9%

 

 

   

 

 

CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp., 0.67%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 0.50%), 03/02/23@

 

 

911,000

 

 

909,132

Southern California Gas Co., 0.55%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 0.35%), 09/14/23@

 

 

466,000

 

 

465,552

Total Gas

 

 

   

 

1,374,684

Healthcare – Products — 0.7%

Boston Scientific Corp., 3.38%, 05/15/22

 

 

256,000

 

 

258,600

Healthcare – Services — 1.7%

Humana, Inc., 3.15%, 12/01/22

 

 

581,000

 

 

590,712

Media — 1.6%

 

 

   

 

 

Charter Communications Operating LLC / Charter Communications Operating Capital, 4.46%, 07/23/22

 

 

344,000

 

 

349,112

DISH DBS Corp., 5.88%, 07/15/22

 

 

220,000

 

 

223,856

Total Media

 

 

   

 

572,968

Pharmaceuticals — 1.9%

 

 

   

 

 

AbbVie, Inc., 2.90%, 11/06/22

 

 

670,000

 

 

682,482

Pipelines — 2.4%

 

 

   

 

 

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, 3.45%, 02/15/23

 

 

509,000

 

 

519,936

Plains All American Pipeline LP / PAA Finance Corp., 3.65%, 06/01/22

 

 

348,000

 

 

349,722

Total Pipelines

 

 

   

 

869,658

REITS — 2.4%

 

 

   

 

 

Kimco Realty Corp., 3.40%, 11/01/22

 

 

822,000

 

 

837,168

Retail — 1.0%

 

 

   

 

 

QVC, Inc., 4.38%, 03/15/23

 

 

336,000

 

 

346,475

Software — 2.1%

 

 

   

 

 

VMware, Inc., 2.95%, 08/21/22

 

 

730,000

 

 

738,676

Total Corporate Bonds
(Cost $16,513,781)

 

 

   

 

16,511,663

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

56

ADVISORSHARES NORTH SQUARE MCKEE CORE RESERVES ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

ASSET BACKED SECURITIES — 22.8%

 

Diversified Financial Services — 22.8%

American Express Credit Account Master Trust, Class A, Series 2019-1, 2.87%, 10/15/24

 

$

455,000

 

$

457,995

American Express Credit Account Master Trust, Class A, Series 2019-3, 2.00%, 04/15/25

 

 

540,000

 

 

546,493

Carvana Auto Receivables Trust, Class A1, Series 2021-N4, 0.83%, 09/11/28

 

 

500,000

 

 

499,142

CIG Auto Receivables Trust, Class A, Series 2021-1A, 0.69%, 04/14/25

 

 

589,436

 

 

588,622

Conn’s Receivables Funding LLC, Class A, Series 2021-A, 1.05%, 05/15/26

 

 

603,359

 

 

603,085

Flagship Credit Auto Trust, Class A, Series 2021-4, 0.81%, 07/17/26

 

 

534,128

 

 

532,619

Ford Credit Auto Lease Trust, Class A2, Series 2021-B, 0.24%, 04/15/24

 

 

590,000

 

 

588,709

Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust, Class A, Series 2017-3, 2.48%, 09/15/24

 

 

565,000

 

 

572,869

GLS Auto Receivables Issuer Trust, Class A, Series 2021-4A, 0.84%, 07/15/25

 

 

500,000

 

 

500,026

GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust, Class A2, Series 2021-2, 0.27%, 06/17/24

 

 

481,173

 

 

481,028

Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust, Class A2, Series 2021-3, 0.20%, 02/20/24

 

 

425,000

 

 

424,263

Invitation Homes Trust, Class B, Series 2018-SFR3, 1.26%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 1.15%), 07/17/37@‡

 

 

50,038

 

 

50,065

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Class B, Series 2020-4, 0.73%, 03/17/25

 

 

315,000

 

 

315,184

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Class C, Series 2021-1, 0.75%, 02/17/26

 

 

217,000

 

 

216,855

SoFi Consumer Loan Program Trust, Class A, Series 2020-1, 2.02%, 01/25/29

 

 

62,906

 

 

63,158

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

ASSET BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

 

Diversified Financial Services (continued)

Tesla Auto Lease Trust, Class A2, Series 2021-A, 0.36%, 03/20/25

 

$

254,243

 

$

253,741

Verizon Owner Trust, Class A1A, Series 2019-A, 2.93%, 09/20/23

 

 

326,467

 

 

328,274

Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust, Class A2, Series 2021-3A, 0.57%, 09/16/24

 

 

500,000

 

 

499,739

World Financial Network Credit Card Master Trust, Class A, Series 2019-B, 2.49%, 04/15/26

 

 

535,000

 

 

540,081

World Omni Auto Receivables Trust, Class A2, Series 2020-A, 1.71%, 11/15/22

 

 

10,934

 

 

10,940

Total Asset Backed Securities
(Cost $8,078,157)

 

 

   

 

8,072,888

U.S. TREASURY NOTES — 10.5%

U.S. Treasury Note, 1.88%, 04/30/22

 

 

2,587,000

 

 

2,601,733

U.S. Treasury Note, 0.13%, 06/30/22

 

 

1,111,000

 

 

1,110,593

Total U.S. Treasury Notes (Cost $3,713,674)

 

 

   

 

3,712,326

MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES — 8.8%

Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities — 8.8%

Arroyo Mortgage Trust, Class A1, Series 2019-1, 3.81%, 01/25/49@‡*

 

 

166,254

 

 

167,028

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Class A2, Series 2012-K019, 2.27%, 03/25/22

 

 

1,820,725

 

 

1,821,565

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Class LB, Series 2017-4673, 2.50%, 04/15/44

 

 

126,312

 

 

127,313

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Class QM, Series 2018-4776, 3.00%, 06/15/45

 

 

549,343

 

 

556,207

Mello Warehouse Securitization Trust, Class A, Series 2020-1, 1.00%, (1-Month USD LIBOR + 0.90%), 10/25/53@‡

 

 

455,000

 

 

455,235

Total Mortgage Backed Securities
(Cost $3,130,117)

 

 

   

 

3,127,348

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

57

ADVISORSHARES NORTH SQUARE MCKEE CORE RESERVES ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Principal/
Shares

 

Value

FOREIGN BONDS — 7.0%

 

 

   

 

 

Banks — 6.0%

 

 

   

 

 

Barclays PLC, 1.75%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 1.63%), 01/10/23 (United Kingdom)@

 

$

697,000

 

$

697,151

Barclays PLC, 3.68%, 01/10/23 (United Kingdom)

 

 

342,000

 

 

342,161

Credit Suisse Group Funding Guernsey Ltd., 3.80%, 09/15/22 (Switzerland)

 

 

1,050,000

 

 

1,072,850

Total Banks

 

 

   

 

2,112,162

Oil & Gas — 1.0%

 

 

   

 

 

Ecopetrol SA, 5.88%, 09/18/23 (Colombia)

 

 

328,000

 

 

348,098

Total Foreign Bonds
(Cost $2,459,127)

 

 

   

 

2,460,260

MONEY MARKET FUND — 4.0%

JPMorgan U.S. Government Money Market Fund — Institutional Class, 0.03%(a) (Cost $1,431,603)

 

 

1,431,603

 

 

1,431,603

Total Investments — 99.7% (Cost $35,326,459)

 

 

   

 

35,316,088

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.3%

 

 

   

 

107,294

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

   

$

35,423,382

____________

LIBOR — London Interbank Offered Rate

LP — Limited Partnership

PLC — Public Limited Company

REITS — Real Estate Investment Trusts

SOFR — Secured Overnight Financing Rate

USD — United States Dollar

@       Variable rate instrument. The interest rate shown reflects the rate in effect at December 31, 2021.

*         Adjustable rate security with an interest rate that is not based on a published reference index and spread. The rate is based on the structure of the agreement and current market conditions.

‡         Security was purchased pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 and may not be resold subject to that rule except to qualified institutional buyers. Unless otherwise noted, 144A securities are deemed to be liquid.

(a)      Rate shown reflects the 7-day yield as of December 31, 2021.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

58

ADVISORSHARES NORTH SQUARE MCKEE CORE RESERVES ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Fair Value Measurements

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of December 31, 2021, in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels. Level 1 includes quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 includes other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk). Level 3 includes significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities.

Assets

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

Corporate Bonds

 

$

 

$

16,511,663

 

$

 

$

16,511,663

Asset Backed Securities

 

 

 

 

8,072,888

 

 

 

 

8,072,888

U.S. Treasury Notes

 

 

 

 

3,712,326

 

 

 

 

3,712,326

Mortgage Backed Securities

 

 

 

 

3,127,348

 

 

 

 

3,127,348

Foreign Bonds

 

 

 

 

2,460,260

 

 

 

 

2,460,260

Money Market Fund

 

 

1,431,603

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,431,603

Total

 

$

1,431,603

 

$

33,884,485

 

$

 

$

35,316,088

SUMMARY OF SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

% of
Net Assets

Airlines

 

1.3

%

Banks

 

20.4

 

Biotechnology

 

1.3

 

Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities

 

8.8

 

Diversified Financial Services

 

26.1

 

Electric

 

7.3

 

Electronics

 

1.3

 

Gas

 

3.9

 

Healthcare – Products

 

0.7

 

Healthcare – Services

 

1.7

 

Media

 

1.6

 

Oil & Gas

 

1.0

 

Pharmaceuticals

 

1.9

 

Pipelines

 

2.4

 

REITS

 

2.4

 

Retail

 

1.0

 

Software

 

2.1

 

U.S. Treasury Notes

 

10.5

 

Money Market Fund

 

4.0

 

Total Investments

 

99.7

 

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities

 

0.3

 

Net Assets

 

100.0

%

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

CORPORATE BONDS — 35.7%

 

 

   

 

 

Aerospace/Defense — 0.4%

 

 

   

 

 

Boeing Co. (The), 4.88%, 05/01/25

 

$

15,000

 

$

16,430

Agriculture — 0.2%

 

 

   

 

 

Altria Group, Inc., 4.80%, 02/14/29

 

 

7,000

 

 

7,909

Apparel — 0.3%

 

 

   

 

 

Nike, Inc., 2.75%, 03/27/27(a)

 

 

11,000

 

 

11,668

Auto Manufacturers — 1.2%

 

 

   

 

 

American Honda Finance Corp., 2.00%, 03/24/28

 

 

16,000

 

 

16,184

General Motors Financial Co., Inc., 2.40%, 04/10/28

 

 

11,000

 

 

11,061

Toyota Motor Credit Corp., 3.00%, 04/01/25

 

 

15,000

 

 

15,755

Total Auto Manufacturers

 

 

   

 

43,000

Banks — 10.2%

 

 

   

 

 

Bank of America Corp., Series N, 1.66%, (SOFR + 0.91%), 03/11/27@

 

 

19,000

 

 

18,883

Bank of America Corp., 1.73%, (SOFR + 0.96%), 07/22/27@

 

 

28,000

 

 

27,827

Fifth Third Bancorp, 3.65%, 01/25/24

 

 

5,000

 

 

5,241

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), 3.85%, 01/26/27

 

 

15,000

 

 

16,138

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), 1.43%, (SOFR + 0.80%), 03/09/27@

 

 

42,000

 

 

41,187

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), 1.99%, (SOFR + 1.09%), 01/27/32@

 

 

12,000

 

 

11,531

JPMorgan Chase & Co., 0.97%, (SOFR + 0.58%), 06/23/25@

 

 

9,000

 

 

8,919

JPMorgan Chase & Co., 2.01%, (SOFR + 1.59%), 03/13/26@

 

 

44,000

 

 

44,570

JPMorgan Chase & Co., 1.58%, (SOFR + 0.89%), 04/22/27@

 

 

15,000

 

 

14,839

JPMorgan Chase & Co., 1.95%, (SOFR + 1.07%), 02/04/32@

 

 

7,000

 

 

6,757

JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Series 0002, 0.34%, (3-Month USD LIBOR + 0.10%), 12/04/23@

 

 

100,000

 

 

98,156

KeyCorp, 2.25%, 04/06/27

 

 

6,000

 

 

6,107

Morgan Stanley, 0.79%,
(SOFR + 0.53%), 05/30/25@

 

 

8,000

 

 

7,901

Morgan Stanley, 1.59%,
(SOFR + 0.88%), 05/04/27@

 

 

19,000

 

 

18,817

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

 

 

Banks (continued)

 

 

 

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The), 1.15%, 08/13/26

 

$

5,000

 

$

4,937

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The), 2.55%, 01/22/30

 

 

33,000

 

 

33,993

US Bancorp, 2.40%, 07/30/24

 

 

14,000

 

 

14,476

Total Banks

 

 

   

 

380,279

Beverages — 0.9%

 

 

   

 

 

Coca-Cola Co. (The), 1.00%, 03/15/28(a)

 

 

3,000

 

 

2,888

Coca-Cola Co. (The), 1.65%, 06/01/30

 

 

7,000

 

 

6,770

Coca-Cola Co. (The), 2.50%, 06/01/40

 

 

23,000

 

 

23,204

Total Beverages

 

 

   

 

32,862

Chemicals — 0.4%

 

 

   

 

 

DuPont de Nemours, Inc., 4.49%, 11/15/25

 

 

14,000

 

 

15,489

Computers — 3.7%

 

 

   

 

 

Apple, Inc., 2.05%, 09/11/26

 

 

18,000

 

 

18,521

Apple, Inc., 1.40%, 08/05/28

 

 

19,000

 

 

18,630

Apple, Inc., 4.65%, 02/23/46

 

 

49,000

 

 

64,630

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., 1.45%, 04/01/24

 

 

13,000

 

 

13,092

International Business Machines Corp., 5.88%, 11/29/32

 

 

17,000

 

 

22,475

Total Computers

 

 

   

 

137,348

Diversified Financial Services — 1.3%

Capital One Financial Corp., 3.90%, 01/29/24

 

 

16,000

 

 

16,848

Capital One Financial Corp., 1.88%, (SOFR + 0.86%), 11/02/27@

 

 

21,000

 

 

20,917

Charles Schwab Corp. (The), 2.00%, 03/20/28

 

 

11,000

 

 

11,163

Total Diversified Financial Services

 

 

   

 

48,928

Electric — 3.0%

 

 

   

 

 

Alabama Power Co., 3.45%, 10/01/49

 

 

12,000

 

 

12,796

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc., Series 20A, 3.35%, 04/01/30

 

 

9,000

 

 

9,699

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc., 3.95%, 03/01/43

 

 

10,000

 

 

10,920

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

 

 

Electric (continued)

 

 

 

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc., Series E, 4.65%, 12/01/48

 

$

10,000

 

$

12,458

Duke Energy Carolinas LLC, 5.30%, 02/15/40

 

 

26,000

 

 

34,375

Duke Energy Corp., 2.45%, 06/01/30

 

 

8,000

 

 

7,961

Entergy Corp., 1.90%, 06/15/28

 

 

8,000

 

 

7,852

Florida Power & Light Co., 2.85%, 04/01/25

 

 

5,000

 

 

5,227

Pacific Gas And Electric Co., 1.37%, 03/10/23

 

 

5,000

 

 

4,970

Virginia Electric And Power Co., Series A, 3.50%, 03/15/27

 

 

6,000

 

 

6,472

Total Electric

 

 

   

 

112,730

Environmental Control — 0.2%

Waste Connections, Inc., 4.25%, 12/01/28

 

 

8,000

 

 

8,998

Healthcare – Services — 0.8%

 

 

   

 

 

UnitedHealth Group, Inc., 3.75%, 07/15/25

 

 

6,000

 

 

6,514

UnitedHealth Group, Inc., 2.30%, 05/15/31

 

 

24,000

 

 

24,471

Total Healthcare – Services

 

 

   

 

30,985

Insurance — 0.4%

 

 

   

 

 

American International Group, Inc., 2.50%, 06/30/25

 

 

16,000

 

 

16,518

Internet — 1.9%

 

 

   

 

 

Amazon.Com, Inc., 3.88%, 08/22/37

 

 

10,000

 

 

11,789

Amazon.Com, Inc., 2.88%, 05/12/41

 

 

25,000

 

 

26,070

Booking Holdings, Inc., 3.65%, 03/15/25

 

 

16,000

 

 

17,017

Booking Holdings, Inc., 3.60%, 06/01/26

 

 

3,000

 

 

3,240

eBay, Inc., 1.90%, 03/11/25

 

 

11,000

 

 

11,136

Total Internet

 

 

   

 

69,252

Machinery – Construction & Mining — 0.2%

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp., 1.45%, 05/15/25

 

 

8,000

 

 

8,033

Media — 1.1%

 

 

   

 

 

Walt Disney Co. (The), 3.50%, 05/13/40

 

 

37,000

 

 

40,709

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

 

 

Oil & Gas — 1.5%

 

 

   

 

 

BP Capital Markets America, Inc., 2.75%, 05/10/23

 

$

9,000

 

$

9,221

BP Capital Markets America, Inc., 3.02%, 01/16/27

 

 

3,000

 

 

3,171

BP Capital Markets America, Inc., 3.54%, 04/06/27

 

 

3,000

 

 

3,244

BP Capital Markets America, Inc., 3.94%, 09/21/28

 

 

10,000

 

 

11,090

Chevron Corp., 3.08%, 05/11/50

 

 

7,000

 

 

7,437

Exxon Mobil Corp., 2.99%, 03/19/25

 

 

3,000

 

 

3,156

Exxon Mobil Corp., 4.23%, 03/19/40

 

 

16,000

 

 

19,003

Total Oil & Gas

 

 

   

 

56,322

Pharmaceuticals — 0.7%

 

 

   

 

 

Cigna Corp., 4.80%, 08/15/38

 

 

20,000

 

 

24,702

REITS — 0.1%

 

 

   

 

 

Crown Castle International Corp., 2.10%, 04/01/31

 

 

5,000

 

 

4,796

Retail — 1.5%

 

 

   

 

 

Home Depot, Inc. (The), 2.95%, 06/15/29

 

 

21,000

 

 

22,413

McDonald’s Corp., 3.30%, 07/01/25

 

 

15,000

 

 

15,920

Starbucks Corp., 3.55%, 08/15/29

 

 

17,000

 

 

18,603

Total Retail

 

 

   

 

56,936

Semiconductors — 0.6%

 

 

   

 

 

Intel Corp., 3.73%, 12/08/47

 

 

20,000

 

 

22,916

Software — 1.6%

 

 

   

 

 

Oracle Corp., 2.65%, 07/15/26

 

 

11,000

 

 

11,322

Oracle Corp., 2.30%, 03/25/28

 

 

3,000

 

 

2,994

Oracle Corp., 3.60%, 04/01/40

 

 

45,000

 

 

45,386

Total Software

 

 

   

 

59,702

Telecommunications — 2.3%

 

 

   

 

 

AT&T, Inc., 1.70%, 03/25/26

 

 

11,000

 

 

10,959

AT&T, Inc., 4.35%, 03/01/29

 

 

23,000

 

 

25,879

Verizon Communications, Inc., 2.10%, 03/22/28

 

 

7,000

 

 

7,024

Verizon Communications, Inc., 2.65%, 11/20/40

 

 

42,000

 

 

40,097

Total Telecommunications

 

 

   

 

83,959

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

 

 

Transportation — 1.2%

 

 

   

 

 

CSX Corp., 3.80%, 03/01/28

 

$

10,000

 

$

11,006

FedEx Corp. 2020-1 Class AA Pass-Through Trust, 1.88%, 02/20/34

 

 

10,412

 

 

10,301

Union Pacific Corp., 3.95%, 09/10/28

 

 

21,000

 

 

23,579

Total Transportation

 

 

   

 

44,886

Total Corporate Bonds
(Cost $1,337,290)

 

 

   

 

1,335,357

U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY SECURITIES — 20.1%

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 2.00%, 11/01/51

 

 

64,524

 

 

64,437

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 3.50%, 10/01/34

 

 

15,029

 

 

16,087

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 4.00%, 06/01/33

 

 

59,094

 

 

63,635

Federal National Mortgage Association, 0.88%, 12/18/26

 

 

16,000

 

 

15,650

Federal National Mortgage Association, 2.50%, 02/01/41

 

 

28,743

 

 

29,628

Federal National Mortgage Association, 2.50%, 04/01/48

 

 

21,337

 

 

21,916

Federal National Mortgage Association, 2.50%, 05/01/50

 

 

83,098

 

 

84,413

Federal National Mortgage Association, 2.50%, 10/01/51

 

 

30,456

 

 

31,127

Federal National Mortgage Association, 3.00%, 01/01/40

 

 

18,745

 

 

19,691

Federal National Mortgage Association, 3.00%, 11/01/46

 

 

47,137

 

 

49,254

Federal National Mortgage Association, 3.00%, 02/01/49

 

 

28,650

 

 

29,910

Federal National Mortgage Association, 3.00%, 10/01/51

 

 

59,233

 

 

61,775

Federal National Mortgage Association, 3.50%, 09/01/32

 

 

13,452

 

 

14,418

Federal National Mortgage Association, 3.50%, 02/01/33

 

 

28,700

 

 

30,355

Federal National Mortgage Association, 3.50%, 02/01/35

 

 

54,299

 

 

57,553

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY SECURITIES (continued) 

 

Federal National Mortgage Association, 3.50%, 03/01/48

 

$

14,660

 

$

15,521

Federal National Mortgage Association, Class LA, Series 2019-39, 3.00%, 02/25/49

 

 

3,642

 

 

3,744

Government National Mortgage Association, 3.00%, 10/20/51

 

 

34,579

 

 

35,898

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Class GA, Series 2020-4994, 2.00%, 03/25/44

 

 

23,396

 

 

23,656

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Class GH, Series 2020-5019, 2.00%, 06/25/42

 

 

7,931

 

 

8,036

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Class HA, Series 2011-3816, 3.50%, 11/15/25

 

 

61,093

 

 

63,483

Government National Mortgage Association, Class ME, Series 2013-28, 1.75%, 11/20/42

 

 

9,857

 

 

9,861

Total U.S. Government Agency Securities
(Cost $751,993)

 

 

   

 

750,048

U.S. GOVERNMENT BONDS AND NOTES — 14.7%

Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corp., 1.33%, 11/03/26

 

 

35,000

 

 

34,906

Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corp., 1.60%, 12/14/26

 

 

60,000

 

 

60,009

Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corp., 1.77%, 02/04/31

 

 

26,000

 

 

25,500

Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corp., 1.78%, 02/22/28

 

 

17,000

 

 

17,002

Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corp., 2.04%, 12/01/31

 

 

18,000

 

 

17,977

Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corp., 2.20%, 12/09/31

 

 

28,000

 

 

27,976

Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corp., 2.20%, 11/01/33

 

 

36,000

 

 

35,871

Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corp., 2.20%, 09/02/36

 

 

33,000

 

 

32,886

Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corp., 2.43%, 11/16/34

 

 

28,000

 

 

27,885

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

U.S. GOVERNMENT BONDS AND NOTES (continued) 

Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corp., 2.78%, 12/01/36

 

$

38,000

 

$

38,031

Federal Home Loan Banks, 1.15%, 12/10/24

 

 

45,000

 

 

45,010

Federal Home Loan Banks, 2.00%, 03/25/30

 

 

25,000

 

 

24,927

Federal Home Loan Banks, Series 0001, 1.50%, 11/23/26

 

 

160,000

 

 

159,852

Total U.S. Government Bonds and Notes
(Cost $547,584)

 

 

   

 

547,832

U.S. TREASURY NOTES — 9.2%

U.S. Treasury Note, 0.25%, 08/31/25

 

 

58,000

 

 

56,212

U.S. Treasury Note, 0.75%, 08/31/26

 

 

146,000

 

 

142,829

U.S. Treasury Note, 0.88%, 09/30/26

 

 

61,000

 

 

59,961

U.S. Treasury Note, 1.25%, 11/30/26

 

 

4,000

 

 

4,001

U.S. Treasury Note, 1.13%, 08/31/28

 

 

45,000

 

 

44,176

U.S. Treasury Note, 1.38%, 11/15/31(a)

 

 

38,000

 

 

37,569

Total U.S. Treasury Notes (Cost $345,726)

 

 

   

 

344,748

ASSET BACKED SECURITIES — 6.8%

Auto Manufacturers — 2.1%

 

 

   

 

 

AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust, Class A3, Series 2021-3, 0.76%, 08/18/26

 

 

30,000

 

 

29,843

Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Class B, Series 2021-3A, 0.69%, 01/15/26

 

 

50,000

 

 

49,688

Total Auto Manufacturers

 

 

   

 

79,531

Diversified Financial Services — 4.7%

CIG Auto Receivables Trust, Class A, Series 2021-1A, 0.69%, 04/14/25

 

 

26,393

 

 

26,356

Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Class A3, Series 2021-3, 0.79%, 10/15/25

 

 

44,000

 

 

43,919

GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust, Class B, Series 2020-1, 1.84%, 12/20/23

 

 

18,000

 

 

18,114

Verizon Owner Trust 2020-C, Class B, Series 2020-C, 0.67%, 04/21/25

 

 

50,000

 

 

49,608

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

ASSET BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

 

Diversified Financial Services (continued)

Volvo Financial Equipment LLC Series, Class A3, Series 2019-2A, 2.04%, 11/15/23

 

$

27,486

 

$

27,661

Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust, Class A3, Series 2021-3A, 0.95%, 06/16/25

 

 

10,000

 

 

9,982

Total Diversified Financial Services

 

 

   

 

175,640

Total Asset Backed Securities (Cost $255,571)

 

 

   

 

255,171

FOREIGN BONDS — 5.4%

 

 

   

 

 

Agriculture — 0.4%

 

 

   

 

 

BAT Capital Corp., 3.56%, 08/15/27 (United Kingdom)

 

 

8,000

 

 

8,402

BAT Capital Corp., 4.91%, 04/02/30 (United Kingdom)

 

 

7,000

 

 

7,873

Total Agriculture

 

 

   

 

16,275

Banks — 2.6%

 

 

   

 

 

Bank of Montreal, 1.85%, 05/01/25 (Canada)

 

 

5,000

 

 

5,080

Bank of Nova Scotia (The), 1.30%, 06/11/25 (Canada)

 

 

11,000

 

 

10,950

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, 2.25%, 01/28/25 (Canada)

 

 

8,000

 

 

8,182

Royal Bank of Canada, Series G, 3.70%, 10/05/23 (Canada)

 

 

8,000

 

 

8,394

Royal Bank of Canada, Series G, 2.30%, 11/03/31 (Canada)

 

 

18,000

 

 

18,126

Toronto-Dominion Bank (The), 1.15%, 06/12/25 (Canada)

 

 

23,000

 

 

22,835

Toronto-Dominion Bank (The), 1.25%, 09/10/26 (Canada)

 

 

13,000

 

 

12,791

Westpac Banking Corp., 1.95%, 11/20/28 (Australia)

 

 

9,000

 

 

8,979

Total Banks

 

 

   

 

95,337

Beverages — 0.4%

 

 

   

 

 

Anheuser-Busch Cos. LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc., 4.90%, 02/01/46 (Belgium)

 

 

10,000

 

 

12,708

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc., 4.75%, 01/23/29 (Belgium)

 

 

3,000

 

 

3,498

Total Beverages

 

 

   

 

16,206

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Principal/Shares

 

Value

FOREIGN BONDS (continued)

 

Multi-National — 0.9%

 

 

   

 

 

International Bank For Reconstruction & Development, 2.70%, 12/28/37 (Supranational)

 

$

32,000

 

$

31,744

Oil & Gas — 0.5%

 

 

   

 

 

Shell International Finance BV, 2.38%, 11/07/29 (Netherlands)

 

 

20,000

 

 

20,467

Pipelines — 0.6%

 

 

   

 

 

TransCanada Pipelines Ltd., 4.10%, 04/15/30 (Canada)

 

 

21,000

 

 

23,472

Total Foreign Bonds
(Cost $203,986)

 

 

   

 

203,501

U.S. TREASURY BOND — 5.4%

 

 

   

 

 

U.S. Treasury Bond, 2.00%, 11/15/41
(Cost $203,107)

 

 

197,000

 

 

199,940

MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITY — 0.3%

Diversified Financial Services — 0.3%

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, Class A1, Series 2018-C6, 3.30%, 11/10/51
(Cost $9,678)

 

 

9,488

 

 

9,641

MONEY MARKET FUND — 3.1%

BlackRock Liquidity Funds FedFund Portfolio, Institutional Class, 12/31/49, 0.03%(b)
(Cost $117,227)

 

 

117,227

 

 

117,227

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

REPURCHASE AGREEMENT — 1.4%(c)

 

 

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.05%, total to be received $52,597, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.00%-2.38%, 01/04/22-11/15/51, totaling $53,649)
(Cost $52,597)

 

$

52,597

 

$

52,597

 

Total Investments — 102.1% (Cost $3,824,759)

 

 

   

 

3,816,062

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (2.1%)

 

 

   

 

(76,891

)

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

   

$

3,739,171

 

____________

LIBOR — London Interbank Offered Rate

REITS — Real Estate Investment Trusts

SOFR — Secured Overnight Financing Rate

USD — United States Dollar

@       Variable rate instrument. The interest rate shown reflects the rate in effect at December 31, 2021.

‡         Security was purchased pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 and may not be resold subject to that rule except to qualified institutional buyers. Unless otherwise noted, 144A securities are deemed to be liquid.

(a)      All or a portion of security is on loan. The aggregate market value of the securities on loan is $51,398; the aggregate market value of the collateral held by the fund is $52,597.

(b)      Rate shown reflects the 7-day yield as of December 31, 2021.

(c)      Collateral received from brokers for securities lending was invested in these short-term investments.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

64

ADVISORSHARES NORTH SQUARE MCKEE ESG CORE BOND ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Fair Value Measurements

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of December 31, 2021, in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels. Level 1 includes quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 includes other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk). Level 3 includes significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities.

Assets

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

Corporate Bonds

 

$

 

$

1,335,357

 

$

 

$

1,335,357

U.S. Government Agency Securities

 

 

 

 

750,048

 

 

 

 

750,048

U.S. Government Bonds and Notes

 

 

 

 

547,832

 

 

 

 

547,832

U.S. Treasury Notes

 

 

 

 

344,748

 

 

 

 

344,748

Asset Backed Securities

 

 

 

 

255,171

 

 

 

 

255,171

Foreign Bonds

 

 

 

 

203,501

 

 

 

 

203,501

U.S. Treasury Bond

 

 

 

 

199,940

 

 

 

 

199,940

Mortgage Back Security

 

 

 

 

9,641

 

 

 

 

9,641

Money Market Fund

 

 

117,227

 

 

 

 

 

 

117,227

Repurchase Agreement

 

 

 

 

52,597

 

 

 

 

52,597

Total

 

$

117,227

 

$

3,698,835

 

$

 

$

3,816,062

SUMMARY OF SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

% of
Net Assets

Aerospace/Defense

 

0.4

%

Agriculture

 

0.6

 

Apparel

 

0.3

 

Auto Manufacturers

 

3.3

 

Banks

 

12.8

 

Beverages

 

1.3

 

Chemicals

 

0.4

 

Computers

 

3.7

 

Diversified Financial Services

 

26.4

 

Electric

 

3.0

 

Environmental Control

 

0.2

 

Healthcare – Services

 

0.8

 

Insurance

 

0.4

 

Internet

 

1.9

 

Machinery – Construction & Mining

 

0.2

 

Media

 

1.1

 

Multi-National

 

0.9

 

Oil & Gas

 

2.0

 

Pharmaceuticals

 

0.7

 

Pipelines

 

0.6

 

REITS

 

0.1

 

Retail

 

1.5

 

Semiconductors

 

0.6

 

Software

 

1.6

 

SUMMARY OF SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

% of
Net Assets

Telecommunications

 

2.3

%

Transportation

 

1.2

 

U.S. Government Bond and Notes

 

14.7

 

United States Treasury Bond

 

5.4

 

United States Treasury Notes

 

9.2

 

Money Market Fund

 

3.1

 

Repurchase Agreement

 

1.4

 

Total Investments

 

102.1

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets

 

(2.1

)

Net Assets

 

100.0

%

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

65

ADVISORSHARES POSEIDON DYNAMIC CANNABIS ETF
Schedule of Investments

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCKS — 20.7%

     

 

 

Agriculture — 3.1%

     

 

 

Village Farms International, Inc. (Canada)*

 

32,955

 

$

211,571

Chemicals — 3.4%

     

 

 

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The)

 

1,430

 

 

230,230

Machinery — 2.8%

     

 

 

Urban-GRO, Inc.*

 

18,200

 

 

190,736

Pharmaceuticals — 2.7%

     

 

 

Intercure Ltd. (Israel)*

 

28,832

 

 

186,832

Software — 2.6%

     

 

 

WM Technology, Inc.*

 

30,437

 

 

182,013

Specialty Retail — 6.1%

     

 

 

GrowGeneration Corp.*

 

14,185

 

 

185,114

Hydrofarm Holdings Group, Inc.*

 

8,186

 

 

231,582

Total Specialty Retail

     

 

416,696

Total Common Stocks
(Cost $1,505,417)

     

 

1,418,078

MONEY MARKET FUND — 28.7%

BlackRock Liquidity Funds Treasury Trust Fund Portfolio, Institutional Class, 0.01%(a) (Cost $1,965,861)

 

1,965,861

 

 

1,965,861

Total Investments — 49.4% (Cost $3,471,278)

     

 

3,383,939

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 50.6%

     

 

3,462,095

Net Assets — 100.0%

     

$

6,846,034

____________

SOFR — Secured Overnight Financing Rate

*         Non-income producing security.

(a)      Rate shown reflects the 7-day yield as of December 31, 2021.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

66

ADVISORSHARES POSEIDON DYNAMIC CANNABIS ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Fair Value Measurements

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of December 31, 2021, in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels. Level 1 includes quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 includes other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk). Level 3 includes significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities.

Assets

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

Common Stocks

 

$

1,418,078

 

$

 

$

 

$

1,418,078

Money Market Fund

 

 

1,965,861

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,965,861

Total

 

$

3,383,939

 

$

 

$

 

$

3,383,939

Liabilities

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

Swaps

 

$

 

$

(3,565

)

 

$

 

$

(3,565

)

____________

†         Derivative instruments, including swap contracts, are valued at the net unrealized gain (loss) on the instrument.

SUMMARY OF SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

% of
Net Assets

Agriculture

 

3.1

%

Chemicals

 

3.4

 

Machinery

 

2.8

 

Pharmaceuticals

 

2.7

 

Software

 

2.6

 

Specialty Retail

 

6.1

 

Money Market Fund

 

28.7

 

Total Investments

 

49.4

 

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities

 

50.6

 

Net Assets

 

100.0

%

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

67

ADVISORSHARES POSEIDON DYNAMIC CANNABIS ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Total Return Swap contracts outstanding as of December 31, 2021:

Reference Entity

 

Number of
Contracts

 

Annual
Financing
Rate Paid

 

Payment
Frequency

 

Termination
Date

 

Notional
Amounts

 

Fair Value

 

Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)

Ascend Well

 

789,966

 

SOFR + 1.00%

 

Monthly

 

11/20/2023

 

$

790,321

 

$

789,966

 

$

(355

)

AYR Wellness

 

623,777

 

SOFR + 1.00%

 

Monthly

 

11/20/2023

 

 

624,087

 

 

623,777

 

 

(310

)

Columbia Care

 

531,710

 

SOFR + 1.00%

 

Monthly

 

11/20/2023

 

 

531,966

 

 

531,710

 

 

(256

)

Cresco Labs

 

510,822

 

SOFR + 1.00%

 

Monthly

 

11/20/2023

 

 

511,103

 

 

510,822

 

 

(281

)

Curaleaf Holdings SUB VOT

 

666,450

 

SOFR + 1.00%

 

Monthly

 

11/20/2023

 

 

666,813

 

 

666,450

 

 

(363

)

Green Thumb Industries SUB VOT

 

1,078,197

 

SOFR + 1.00%

 

Monthly

 

11/20/2023

 

 

1,078,764

 

 

1,078,197

 

 

(567

)

Jushi Holdings CL B SUB VOT

 

496,493

 

SOFR + 1.00%

 

Monthly

 

11/20/2023

 

 

496,755

 

 

496,493

 

 

(262

)

Planet 13 Holdings

 

269,194

 

SOFR + 1.00%

 

Monthly

 

11/20/2023

 

 

269,344

 

 

269,194

 

 

(150

)

Terrascend

 

531,711

 

SOFR + 1.00%

 

Monthly

 

11/20/2023

 

 

531,970

 

 

531,711

 

 

(259

)

Trulieve Cannabis

 

956,180

 

SOFR + 1.00%

 

Monthly

 

11/20/2023

 

 

956,675

 

 

956,180

 

 

(495

)

Verano Holdings

 

629,554

 

SOFR + 1.00%

 

Monthly

 

11/20/2023

 

 

629,821

 

 

629,554

 

 

(267

)

Net Unrealized Depreciation

             

 

   

 

   

$

(3,565

)

Cowen acts as the counterparty to the total return swap contracts listed above. The Fund either receives fees from, or pays fees to, the counterparty, depending upon the total return of the benchmark, and the agreed-upon floating financing rate.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

68

ADVISORSHARES PSYCHEDELICS ETF
Schedule of Investments

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Shares/ Principal

 

Value

COMMON STOCKS — 83.0%

 

 

   

 

 

Biotechnology — 55.1%

 

 

   

 

 

ATAI Life Sciences NV (Germany)*

 

 

77,181

 

$

588,891

Bright Minds Biosciences, Inc. (Canada)*

 

 

95,942

 

 

304,136

Cybin, Inc. (Canada)*(a)

 

 

583,184

 

 

699,821

Enveric Biosciences, Inc.*

 

 

300,524

 

 

279,487

GH Research PLC (Ireland)*(a)

 

 

14,242

 

 

332,266

Mind Medicine MindMed, Inc.*

 

 

417,522

 

 

576,180

PsyBio Therapeutics Corp.*

 

 

1,691,178

 

 

270,589

Seelos Therapeutics, Inc.*

 

 

196,677

 

 

320,584

Small Pharma, Inc. (Canada)*

 

 

1,271,892

 

 

317,973

Total Biotechnology

 

 

   

 

3,689,927

Healthcare – Services — 16.8%

Field Trip Health Ltd. (Canada)*(a)

 

 

228,340

 

 

561,716

Greenbrook TMS, Inc. (Canada)*

 

 

64,214

 

 

280,615

Numinus Wellness, Inc. (Canada)*

 

 

674,255

 

 

286,188

Total Healthcare – Services

 

 

   

 

1,128,519

Pharmaceuticals — 11.1%

 

 

   

 

 

Compass Pathways PLC (United Kingdom)*(b)

 

 

33,608

 

 

742,737

Total Common Stocks
(Cost $8,357,007)

 

 

   

 

5,561,183

MONEY MARKET FUND — 7.3%

BlackRock Liquidity Funds Treasury Trust Fund Portfolio, Institutional Class, 0.01%(c)
(Cost $486,995)

 

 

486,995

 

 

486,995

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS — 12.8%(d)

BofA Securities, Inc., dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.05%, total to be received $249,001, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 1.00%-5.00%, 09/01/28-01/01/61, totaling $253,980)

 

$

249,000

 

 

249,000

Citibank NA, dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.06%, total to be received $107,344, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 1.83%-6.00%, 07/01/24-08/15/51, totaling $109,589)

 

 

107,343

 

 

107,343

Investments

 


Principal

 

Value

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS (continued) 

 

Daiwa Capital Markets America, dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.04%, total to be received $249,001, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.00%-6.50%, 02/10/22-01/01/52, totaling $253,980)

 

$

249,000

 

$

249,000

 

RBC Dominion Securities, Inc., dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.05%, total to be received $249,001, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.00%-6.50%, 05/15/22-12/01/51, totaling $253,980)

 

 

249,000

 

 

249,000

 

Total Repurchase Agreements (Cost $854,343)

 

 

   

 

854,343

 

Total Investments — 103.1% (Cost $9,698,345)

 

 

   

 

6,902,521

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (3.1%)

 

 

   

 

(204,493

)

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

   

$

6,698,028

 

____________

PLC — Public Limited Company

*         Non-income producing security.

(a)      All or a portion of security is on loan. The aggregate market value of the securities on loan is $825,100; the aggregate market value of the collateral held by the fund is $854,343.

(b)      American Depositary Receipt.

(c)      Rate shown reflects the 7-day yield as of December 31, 2021.

(d)      Collateral received from brokers for securities lending was invested in these short-term investments.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

69

ADVISORSHARES PSYCHEDELICS ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Fair Value Measurements

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of December 31, 2021, in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels. Level 1 includes quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 includes other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk). Level 3 includes significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities.

Assets

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

Common Stocks

 

$

5,561,183

 

$

 

$

 

$

5,561,183

Money Market Fund

 

 

486,995

 

 

 

 

 

 

486,995

Repurchase Agreements

 

 

 

 

854,343

 

 

 

 

854,343

Swaps

 

 

 

 

10,800

 

 

 

 

10,800

Total

 

$

6,048,178

 

$

865,143

 

$

 

$

6,913,321

Liabilities

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

Swaps

 

$

 

$

(252,172

)

 

$

 

$

(252,172

)

____________

†        Derivative instruments, including swap contracts, are valued at the net unrealized gain (loss) on the instrument.

SUMMARY OF SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

% of
Net Assets

Biotechnology

 

55.1

%

Healthcare – Services

 

16.8

 

Pharmaceuticals

 

11.1

 

Money Market Fund

 

7.3

 

Repurchase Agreements

 

12.8

 

Total Investments

 

103.1

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets

 

(3.1

)

Net Assets

 

100.0

%

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

70

ADVISORSHARES PSYCHEDELICS ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Total Return Swap contracts outstanding as of December 31, 2021:

Reference Entity

 

Number
of
Contracts

 

Annual
Financing
Rate Paid

 

Payment
Frequency

 

Termination
Date

 

Notional
Amounts

 

Fair Value

 

Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)

Betterlife Pharma

 

110,000

 

 

 

9/19/2022

 

$

24,938

 

$

18,711

 

$

(6,227

)

Core One Labs

 

90,000

 

 

 

9/19/2022

 

 

99,949

 

 

48,870

 

 

(51,079

)

Empower Clinics

 

90,000

 

 

 

9/19/2022

 

 

30,268

 

 

21,600

 

 

(8,668

)

Haven Life Sciences

 

100,000

 

 

 

9/19/2022

 

 

19,091

 

 

13,330

 

 

(5,761

)

Mindcure Health

 

130,000

 

 

 

9/19/2022

 

 

30,396

 

 

19,630

 

 

(10,766

)

Mindset Pharma

 

130,000

 

 

 

9/19/2022

 

 

76,703

 

 

87,503

 

 

10,800

 

Mydecine Innovations

 

345,000

 

 

 

9/19/2022

 

 

93,637

 

 

38,019

 

 

(55,618

)

Novamind

 

40,000

 

 

 

9/19/2022

 

 

27,601

 

 

16,741

 

 

(10,860

)

Optimi Health

 

40,000

 

 

 

9/19/2022

 

 

21,689

 

 

14,848

 

 

(6,841

)

Psyched Wellness

 

160,000

 

 

 

9/19/2022

 

 

23,201

 

 

14,928

 

 

(8,273

)

Red Light Holland

 

125,000

 

 

 

9/19/2022

 

 

19,989

 

 

13,125

 

 

(6,864

)

Revive Therapeutics

 

160,000

 

 

 

9/19/2022

 

 

60,723

 

 

42,880

 

 

(17,843

)

Tryp Therapeutics

 

140,000

 

 

 

9/19/2022

 

 

39,076

 

 

30,380

 

 

(8,696

)

Wesana Health

 

71,000

 

 

 

9/19/2022

 

 

134,196

 

 

79,520

 

 

(54,676

)

Net Unrealized Depreciation

             

 

   

 

   

$

(241,372

)

Morgan Stanley acts as the counterparty to the total return swap contracts listed above. The Fund either receives fees from, or pays fees to, the counterparty, depending upon the total return of the benchmark, and the agreed-upon floating financing rate.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

71

ADVISORSHARES PURE CANNABIS ETF
Schedule of Investments

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)


Investments

 


Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCKS — 56.5%

     

 

 

Agriculture — 14.6%

     

 

 

Village Farms International, Inc. (Canada)*

 

4,371,653

 

$

28,066,012

Distributors — 1.1%

     

 

 

Greenlane Holdings, Inc., Class A*

 

572,931

 

 

552,363

High Tide, Inc. (Canada)*(a)

 

351,447

 

 

1,493,650

Total Distributors

     

 

2,046,013

Investment Company — 3.0%

     

 

 

RIV Capital, Inc. (Canada)*(a)

 

4,985,540

 

 

5,723,020

Pharmaceuticals — 13.1%

     

 

 

Aleafia Health, Inc. (Canada)*(a)

 

1,784,244

 

 

190,692

Canopy Growth Corp. (Canada)*

 

698,260

 

 

6,095,810

Cardiol Therapeutics, Inc., Class A (Canada)*(a)

 

1,020,086

 

 

1,881,645

cbdMD, Inc.*

 

1,080,817

 

 

1,167,282

Charlottes Web Holdings, Inc.*

 

1,306,092

 

 

1,323,515

Entourage Health Corp. (Canada)*

 

694,003

 

 

43,954

Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd. (The) (Canada)*

 

549,594

 

 

41,334

Hempfusion Wellness, Inc. (Canada)*

 

1,927,897

 

 

282,418

IM Cannabis Corp. (Canada)*(a)

 

692,947

 

 

2,314,443

Intercure Ltd. (Israel)*(a)

 

159,194

 

 

1,026,801

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC*(a)

 

15,606

 

 

1,988,204

Khiron Life Sciences Corp. (Canada)*(a)

 

317,070

 

 

52,713

PharmaCielo Ltd. (Canada)*

 

387,433

 

 

300,585

Tilray, Inc., Class 2 (Canada)*(a)

 

1,014,206

 

 

7,129,868

Valens Co., Inc. (The) (Canada)*(a)

 

573,556

 

 

1,412,152

Total Pharmaceuticals

     

 

25,251,416

REITS — 20.6%

     

 

 

Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.

 

139,954

 

 

36,795,306

Power REIT*

 

39,455

 

 

2,718,055

Total REITS

     

 

39,513,361

Specialty Retail — 4.1%

     

 

 

Agrify Corp.*(a)

 

65,926

 

 

606,519

GrowGeneration Corp.*(a)

 

550,536

 

 

7,184,495

Total Specialty Retail

     

 

7,791,014

Total Common Stocks
(Cost $176,872,761)

     

 

108,390,836

Investments

 

Shares/
Principal

 

Value

EXCHANGE TRADED FUND — 34.4% 

Equity Fund — 34.4%

 

 

   

 

 

AdvisorShares Pure US Cannabis ETF*
(Cost $73,311,601)

 

 

2,577,172

 

$

65,949,832

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.7%

BlackRock Liquidity Funds FedFund Portfolio, Institutional Class, 0.03%(b)(c)

 

 

413,000

 

 

413,000

BlackRock Liquidity Funds Treasury Trust Fund Portfolio, Institutional Class, 0.01%(b)

 

 

138,448

 

 

138,448

Fidelity Investments Money Market Funds — Government Portfolio, Institutional Class, 0.01%(b)(c)

 

 

206,000

 

 

206,000

Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund — Institutional Shares, Institutional Class, 0.03%(b)(c)

 

 

413,000

 

 

413,000

Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds — Government Portfolio, Institutional Class, 0.03%(b)(c)

 

 

206,000

 

 

206,000

Total Money Market Funds
(Cost $1,376,448)

 

 

   

 

1,376,448

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS — 1.7%(c)

BofA Securities, Inc., dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.05%, total to be received $1,065,830, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 1.00%-5.00%, 09/01/28-01/01/61, totaling $1,087,143)

 

$

1,065,826

 

 

1,065,826

Credit Suisse AG, dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.03%, total to be received $143,789, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 1.25%-1.25%, 12/31/26-04/30/28, totaling $146,665)

 

 

143,789

 

 

143,789

Daiwa Capital Markets America, dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.04%, total to be received $1,065,830, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.00%-6.50%, 02/10/22-01/01/52, totaling $1,087,143)

 

 

1,065,826

 

 

1,065,826

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

72

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS (continued) 

RBC Dominion Securities, Inc., dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.05%, total to be received $1,065,830, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.00%-6.50%, 05/15/22-12/01/51, totaling $1,087,143)

 

$

1,065,826

 

$

1,065,826

Total Repurchase Agreements (Cost $3,341,267)

 

 

   

 

3,341,267

Total Investments — 93.3% (Cost $254,902,077)

 

 

   

 

179,058,383

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 6.7%

 

 

   

 

12,857,660

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

   

$

191,916,043

____________

ETF — Exchange Traded Fund

PLC — Public Limited Company

REITS — Real Estate Investment Trusts

*         Non-income producing security.

†         Affiliated Company.

(a)      All or a portion of security is on loan. The aggregate market value of the securities on loan is $12,761,141; the aggregate market value of the collateral held by the fund is $13,681,707. The aggregate market value of the collateral includes non-cash U.S. Treasury securities collateral having a value of $9,102,440.

(b)      Rate shown reflects the 7-day yield as of December 31, 2021.

(c)      Collateral received from brokers for securities lending was invested in these short-term investments.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

73

ADVISORSHARES PURE CANNABIS ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Fair Value Measurements

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of December 31, 2021, in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels. Level 1 includes quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 includes other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk). Level 3 includes significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities.

Assets

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

Common Stocks

 

$

108,390,836

 

$

 

$

 

$

108,390,836

Exchange Traded Fund

 

 

65,949,832

 

 

 

 

 

 

65,949,832

Money Market Funds

 

 

1,376,448

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,376,448

Repurchase Agreements

 

 

 

 

3,341,267

 

 

 

 

3,341,267

Total

 

$

175,717,116

 

$

3,341,267

 

$

 

$

179,058,383

Liabilities

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

Swaps

 

$

 

$

(9,751,143

)

 

$

 

$

(9,751,143

)

Total

 

$

 

$

(9,751,143

)

 

$

 

$

(9,751,143

)

____________

†         Derivative instruments, including swap contracts and futures contracts, are valued at the net unrealized gain (loss) on the instrument.

SUMMARY OF SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

% of
Net Assets

Agriculture

 

14.6

%

Distributors

 

1.1

 

Equity Fund

 

34.4

 

Investment Company

 

3.0

 

Pharmaceuticals

 

13.1

 

REITS

 

20.6

 

Specialty Retail

 

4.1

 

Money Market Funds

 

0.7

 

Repurchase Agreements

 

1.7

 

Total Investments

 

93.3

 

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities

 

6.7

 

Net Assets

 

100.0

%

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

74

ADVISORSHARES PURE CANNABIS ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Total Return Swap contracts outstanding as of December 31, 2021:

Reference Entity

 

Number
of
Contracts

 

Annual
Financing
Rate Paid

 

Payment
Frequency

 

Termination
Date

 

Notional
Amounts

 

Fair Value

 

Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)

Ianthus Capital ORD

 

464,000

 

 

 

7/01/2022

 

$

108,907

 

$

45,426

 

$

(63,481

)

SOL Global Investments Corp

 

3,434,625

 

 

 

7/01/2022

 

 

12,046,595

 

 

8,105,715

 

 

(3,940,880

)

Terrascend ORD

 

1,300,000

 

 

 

7/01/2022

 

 

13,696,282

 

 

7,949,500

 

 

(5,746,782

)

Net Unrealized Depreciation

             

 

   

 

   

$

(9,751,143

)

Cowen acts as the counterparty to the total return swap contracts listed above. The Fund either receives fees from, or pays fees to, the counterparty, depending upon the total return of the benchmark, and the agreed-upon floating financing rate. As of December 31, 2021, cash in the amount of $0 has been segregated as collateral from the broker for Swap contracts.

Affiliated holdings are funds which are managed by the Trust or an affiliate of the Trust. Transactions with affiliated companies during the period ended December 31, 2021 were as follows:

Affiliated Holding Name

 

Value at
6/30/2021

 

Purchases/
Additions

 

Sales/
Reductions

 

Realized
Gain (Loss)

 

Change in
Unrealized
Gain (Loss)

 

Number of
Shares at
12/31/2021

 

Value at
12/31/2021

 

Capital Gain
Distribution

AdvisorShares Pure US Cannabis ETF†

 

$

 

$

73,925,430

 

$

(559,971

)

 

$

(53,858

)

 

$

(7,361,769

)

 

2,577,172

 

$

65,949,832

 

$

180,376

Intec Pharma Ltd.*

 

 

1,537,238

 

 

 

 

(899,998

)

 

 

(2,574,872

)

 

 

1,937,632

 

 

 

 

 

 

Village Farms International, Inc.*

 

 

53,391,095

 

 

 

 

(5,355,469

)

 

 

2,082,267

 

 

 

(22,051,881

)

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

54,928,333

 

$

73,925,431

 

$

(6,815,438

)

 

$

(546,463

)

 

$

(27,476,018

)

 

2,577,172

 

$

65,949,832

 

$

180,376

____________

*         Security is no longer an affiliated company at period end.

†         Affiliated Company.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

75

ADVISORSHARES PURE US CANNABIS ETF
Schedule of Investments

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCKS — 21.9% 

Investment Company — 0.4%

RIV Capital, Inc. (Canada)*

 

4,446,025

 

$

5,103,698

Machinery — 0.6%

     

 

 

Urban-GRO, Inc.*

 

610,156

 

 

6,394,435

Pharmaceuticals — 0.1%

     

 

 

Hempfusion Wellness, Inc. (Canada)*

 

7,098,596

 

 

1,039,873

REITS — 11.0%

     

 

 

AFC Gamma, Inc.

 

227,741

 

 

5,183,385

Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.

 

376,447

 

 

98,971,681

Power REIT*

 

317,572

 

 

21,877,535

Total REITS

     

 

126,032,601

Specialty Retail — 9.8%

     

 

 

Agrify Corp.*†(a)

 

2,361,255

 

 

21,723,546

GrowGeneration Corp.*†(a)

 

3,424,075

 

 

44,684,179

Hydrofarm Holdings Group, Inc.*(a)

 

1,630,388

 

 

46,123,677

Total Specialty Retail

     

 

112,531,402

Total Common Stocks
(Cost $320,887,614)

     

 

251,102,009

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 51.0%

BlackRock Liquidity Funds FedFund Portfolio, Institutional Class, 0.03%(b)(c)

 

730,000

 

 

730,000

BlackRock Liquidity Funds Treasury Trust Fund Portfolio, Institutional Class, 0.01%(b)

 

581,661,020

 

 

581,661,020

Fidelity Investments Money Market Funds — Government Portfolio, Institutional Class, 0.01%(b)(c)

 

325,000

 

 

325,000

Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds — Government Portfolio, Institutional Class, 0.03%(b)(c)

 

325,000

 

 

325,000

Total Money Market Funds (Cost $583,041,020)

     

 

583,041,020

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS — 0.7%(c) 

Citibank NA, dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.06%, total to be received $1,274,070, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 1.83%-6.00%, 07/01/24-08/15/51, totaling $1,300,719)

 

$

1,274,064

 

$

1,274,064

Daiwa Capital Markets America, dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.05%, total to be received $2,047,186, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.00%-6.50%, 02/10/22-01/01/52, totaling $2,088,122)

 

 

2,047,178

 

 

2,047,178

HSBC Securities USA, Inc., dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.05%, total to be received $2,047,187, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 1.64%-4.50%, 03/01/31-12/01/51, totaling $2,088,122)

 

 

2,047,178

 

 

2,047,178

RBC Dominion Securities, Inc., dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.05%, total to be received $2,047,187, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.00%-6.50%, 05/15/22-12/01/51, totaling $2,088,122)

 

 

2,047,178

 

 

2,047,178

Total Repurchase Agreements
(Cost $7,415,598)

 

 

   

 

7,415,598

Total Investments — 73.6% (Cost $911,344,232)

 

 

   

 

841,558,627

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 26.4%

 

 

   

 

302,135,242

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

   

$

1,143,693,869

____________

REITS — Real Estate Investment Trusts

SOFR — Secured Overnight Financing Rate

*         Non-income producing security.

†         Affiliated Company.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

76

ADVISORSHARES PURE US CANNABIS ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

(a)      All or a portion of security is on loan. The aggregate market value of the securities on loan is $8,622,122; the aggregate market value of the collateral held by the fund is $9,128,577. The aggregate market value of the collateral includes non-cash U.S. Treasury securities collateral having a value of $332,979.

(b)      Rate shown reflects the 7-day yield as of December 31, 2021.

(c)      Collateral received from brokers for securities lending was invested in these short-term investments.

Fair Value Measurements

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of December 31, 2021, in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels. Level 1 includes quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 includes other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk). Level 3 includes significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities.

Assets

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

Common Stocks

 

$

251,102,009

 

$

 

$

 

$

251,102,009

Money Market Funds

 

 

583,041,020

 

 

 

 

 

 

583,041,020

Repurchase Agreements

 

 

 

 

7,415,598

 

 

 

 

7,415,598

Total

 

$

834,143,029

 

$

7,415,598

 

$

 

$

841,558,627

Liabilities

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

Swaps

 

$

 

$

(211,929,221

)

 

$

 

$

(211,929,221

)

Total

 

$

 

$

(211,929,221

)

 

$

 

$

(211,929,221

)

____________

†        Derivative instruments, including swap contracts and futures contracts, are valued at the net unrealized gain (loss) on the instrument.

SUMMARY OF SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

% of
Net Assets

Investment Company

 

0.4

%

Machinery

 

0.6

 

Pharmaceuticals

 

0.1

 

REITS

 

11.0

 

Specialty Retail

 

9.8

 

Money Market Funds

 

51.0

 

Repurchase Agreements

 

0.7

 

Total Investments

 

73.6

 

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities

 

26.4

 

Net Assets

 

100.0

%

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

77

ADVISORSHARES PURE US CANNABIS ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Total Return Swap contracts outstanding as of December 31, 2021:

Reference Entity

 

Number
of
Contracts

 

Annual
Financing
Rate Paid

 

Payment
Frequency

 

Termination
Date

 

Notional
Amounts

 

Fair Value

 

Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)

4Front Ventures ORD

 

20,016,571

 

 

 

9/02/2022

 

$

27,357,774

 

$

20,216,737

 

$

(7,141,037

)

4Front Ventures ORD

 

600,000

 

SOFR + 1.00%

 

Monthly

 

9/02/2022

 

 

606,602

 

 

606,000

 

 

(602

)

Acreage Holdings FX SUB VOT CL E ORD

 

2,438,467

 

 

 

9/02/2022

 

 

4,978,339

 

 

4,096,624

 

 

(881,715

)

AYR Wellness

 

1,130,000

 

 

 

9/02/2022

 

 

31,800,033

 

 

17,153,400

 

 

(14,646,633

)

AYR Wellness

 

2,620,911

 

SOFR + 1.00%

 

Monthly

 

9/02/2022

 

 

39,826,152

 

 

39,785,429

 

 

(40,723

)

C21 Investments ORD

 

7,877,268

 

 

 

9/02/2022

 

 

10,556,970

 

 

3,955,176

 

 

(6,601,794

)

Columbia Care ORD

 

2,851,401

 

 

 

9/02/2022

 

 

20,114,524

 

 

8,156,432

 

 

(11,958,092

)

Columbia Care ORD

 

9,715,773

 

SOFR + 1.00%

 

Monthly

 

9/02/2022

 

 

27,821,686

 

 

27,791,969

 

 

(29,717

)

Cresco Labs ORD

 

3,911,025

 

 

 

9/02/2022

 

 

51,002,428

 

 

26,086,537

 

 

(24,915,891

)

Cresco Labs ORD

 

8,411,618

 

SOFR + 1.00%

 

Monthly

 

9/02/2022

 

 

56,171,212

 

 

56,105,492

 

 

(65,720

)

Curaleaf Holdings SUB VOT ORD

 

3,760,000

 

 

 

9/02/2022

 

 

55,905,167

 

 

33,840,000

 

 

(22,065,167

)

Curaleaf Holdings SUB VOT ORD

 

8,278,295

 

SOFR + 1.00%

 

Monthly

 

9/02/2022

 

 

74,579,443

 

 

74,504,655

 

 

(74,788

)

Gage Growth

 

2,503,000

 

 

 

9/02/2022

 

 

5,273,200

 

 

4,480,370

 

 

(792,830

)

Glass House Brands

 

750,000

 

 

 

9/02/2022

 

 

5,737,030

 

 

2,874,375

 

 

(2,862,655

)

Goodness Growth Hold

 

4,140,230

 

 

 

9/02/2022

 

 

12,790,717

 

 

7,079,793

 

 

(5,710,924

)

Gramf Tpco ORD

 

5,592,948

 

 

 

9/02/2022

 

 

34,144,823

 

 

7,774,198

 

 

(26,370,625

)

Green Thumb Industries SUB VOT ORD

 

1,547,178

 

 

 

9/02/2022

 

 

49,103,244

 

 

34,286,223

 

 

(14,817,021

)

Green Thumb Industries SUB VOT ORD

 

4,748,042

 

SOFR + 1.00%

 

Monthly

 

9/02/2022

 

 

105,316,567

 

 

105,218,937

 

 

(97,630

)

Jushi Holdings CL B SUB VOT ORD

 

6,226,698

 

 

 

9/02/2022

 

 

32,093,059

 

 

20,236,769

 

 

(11,856,290

)

Jushi Holdings CL B SUB VOT ORD

 

1,450,000

 

SOFR + 1.00%

 

Monthly

 

9/02/2022

 

 

4,717,387

 

 

4,712,500

 

 

(4,887

)

Lowell Farms ORD

 

4,564,503

 

 

 

9/02/2022

 

 

6,072,717

 

 

1,453,109

 

 

(4,619,608

)

Planet 13 Holdings ORD

 

2,625,509

 

 

 

9/02/2022

 

 

19,117,629

 

 

7,771,507

 

 

(11,346,122

)

Planet 13 Holdings ORD

 

4,133,776

 

SOFR + 1.00%

 

Monthly

 

9/02/2022

 

 

12,250,808

 

 

12,235,977

 

 

(14,831

)

Terrascend ORD

 

2,354,905

 

 

 

9/02/2022

 

 

25,557,085

 

 

14,400,244

 

 

(11,156,841

)

Terrascend ORD

 

5,751,676

 

SOFR + 1.00%

 

Monthly

 

9/02/2022

 

 

35,204,326

 

 

35,171,499

 

 

(32,827

)

Trulieve Cannabis ORD

 

2,181,888

 

 

 

9/02/2022

 

 

76,032,126

 

 

56,750,907

 

 

(19,281,219

)

Trulieve Cannabis ORD

 

3,603,533

 

SOFR + 1.00%

 

Monthly

 

9/02/2022

 

 

93,819,224

 

 

93,727,893

 

 

(91,331

)

Vapen Mj Ventures ORD

 

4,856,256

 

 

 

9/02/2022

 

 

4,387,665

 

 

2,476,690

 

 

(1,910,975

)

Verano Holdings ORD

 

3,500,784

 

 

 

9/02/2022

 

 

56,536,910

 

 

44,039,863

 

 

(12,497,047

)

Verano Holdings ORD

 

4,330,000

 

SOFR + 1.00%

 

Monthly

 

9/02/2022

 

 

54,515,079

 

 

54,471,400

 

 

(43,679

)

Net Unrealized Depreciation

             

 

   

 

   

$

(211,929,221

)

Cowen acts as the counterparty to the total return swap contracts listed above. The Fund either receives fees from, or pays fees to, the counterparty, depending upon the total return of the benchmark, and the agreed-upon floating financing rate. As of December 31, 2021, cash in the amount of $0 has been segregated as collateral from the broker for Swap contracts.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

78

ADVISORSHARES PURE US CANNABIS ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Affiliated holdings are funds which are managed by the Trust or an affiliate of the Trust. Transactions with affiliated companies during the period ended December 31, 2021 were as follows:

Affiliated Holding Name

 

Value at
6/30/2021

 

Purchases/
Additions

 

Sales/
Reductions

 

Realized
Gain (Loss)

 

Change in
Unrealized
Gain (Loss)

 

Number of
Shares at
12/31/2021

 

Value at
12/31/2021

 

Dividend
Income

Agrify Corp.

 

$

 

$

39,262,092

 

$

(1,582,941

)

 

$

(39,793

)

 

$

(15,915,812

)

 

2,361,255

 

$

21,723,546

 

$

GrowGeneration Corp.

 

 

40,177,305

 

 

61,370,273

 

 

(8,004,252

)

 

 

(760,323

)

 

 

(48,098,824

)

 

3,424,075

 

 

44,684,179

 

 

Power REIT

 

 

6,923,139

 

 

8,475,013

 

 

(288,346

)

 

 

155,113

 

 

 

6,612,616

 

 

317,572

 

 

21,877,535

 

 

Urban-GRO, Inc.

 

 

 

 

7,634,315

 

 

(343,391

)

 

 

(3,937

)

 

 

(892,552

)

 

610,156

 

 

6,394,435

 

 

Total

 

$

47,100,444

 

$

116,741,693

 

$

(10,218,930

)

 

$

(648,940

)

 

$

(58,294,572

)

 

6,713,058

 

$

94,679,695

 

$

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

79

ADVISORSHARES Q DYNAMIC GROWTH ETF
Schedule of Investments

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Shares

 

Value

EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS — 97.8% 

Equity Fund — 97.8%

     

 

 

First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund*(a)

 

96,497

 

$

21,820,867

Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1

 

125,961

 

 

50,113,584

iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF

 

16,434

 

 

4,815,984

Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund

 

220,080

 

 

38,265,309

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF

 

37,993

 

 

9,173,030

Total Exchange Traded Funds
(Cost $111,900,336)

     

 

124,188,774

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 5.9%

BlackRock Liquidity Funds FedFund Portfolio, Institutional Class, 0.03%(b)(c)

 

944,000

 

 

944,000

Federated Government Obligations Fund, Institutional Class, 0.03%(b)(c)

 

641,000

 

 

641,000

Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio — Class I, 0.01%(b)

 

2,835,611

 

 

2,835,611

Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund — Institutional Shares, Institutional Class, 0.03%(b)(c)

 

944,000

 

 

944,000

Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio, Institutional Class, 0.03%(b)(c)

 

857,000

 

 

857,000

JPMorgan U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Institutional Class, 0.01%(b)(c)

 

857,000

 

 

857,000

Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds — Government Portfolio, Institutional Class, 0.03%(b)(c)

 

383,000

 

 

383,000

Total Money Market Funds (Cost $7,461,611)

     

 

7,461,611

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS — 4.3%(c) 

 

BofA Securities, Inc., dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.05%, total to be received $2,352,822, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 1.00%-5.00%, 09/01/28-01/01/61, totaling $2,399,868)

 

$

2,352,812

 

$

2,352,812

 

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.05%, total to be received $777,125, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.00%-2.38%, 01/04/22-11/15/51, totaling $792,664)

 

 

777,122

 

 

777,122

 

RBC Dominion Securities, Inc., dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.05%, total to be received $2,352,822, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.00%-6.50%, 05/15/22-12/01/51, totaling $2,399,868)

 

 

2,352,812

 

 

2,352,812

 

Total Repurchase Agreements
(Cost $5,482,746)

 

 

   

 

5,482,746

 

Total Investments — 108.0% (Cost $124,844,693)

 

 

   

 

137,133,131

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (8.0%)

 

 

   

 

(10,173,788

)

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

   

$

126,959,343

 

____________

ETF — Exchange Traded Fund

*         Non-income producing security.

(a)      All or a portion of security is on loan. The aggregate market value of the securities on loan is $9,791,429; the aggregate market value of the collateral held by the fund is $10,108,746.

(b)      Rate shown reflects the 7-day yield as of December 31, 2021.

(c)      Collateral received from brokers for securities lending was invested in these short-term investments.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

80

ADVISORSHARES Q DYNAMIC GROWTH ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Fair Value Measurements

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of December 31, 2021, in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels. Level 1 includes quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 includes other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk). Level 3 includes significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities.

Assets

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

Exchange Traded Funds

 

$

124,188,774

 

$

 

$

 

$

124,188,774

Money Market Funds

 

 

7,461,611

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,461,611

Repurchase Agreements

 

 

 

 

5,482,746

 

 

 

 

5,482,746

Total

 

$

131,650,385

 

$

5,482,746

 

$

 

$

137,133,131

SUMMARY OF SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

% of
Net Assets

Equity Fund

 

97.8

%

Money Market Funds

 

5.9

 

Repurchase Agreements

 

4.3

 

Total Investments

 

108.0

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets

 

(8.0

)

Net Assets

 

100.0

%

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

81

ADVISORSHARES Q PORTFOLIO BLENDED ALLOCATION ETF
Schedule of Investments

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Shares/
Principal

 

Value

EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS — 98.0% 

Commodity Fund — 11.5%

 

 

   

 

 

SPDR Gold Shares*

 

 

3,891

 

$

665,205

Debt Fund — 33.2%

 

 

   

 

 

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF(a)

 

 

11,445

 

 

1,696,035

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF

 

 

2,695

 

 

228,401

Total Debt Fund

 

 

   

 

1,924,436

Equity Fund — 53.3%

 

 

   

 

 

Invesco Nasdaq Internet ETF*(a)

 

 

2,843

 

 

612,240

Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1

 

 

3,521

 

 

1,400,830

Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund

 

 

6,217

 

 

1,080,950

Total Equity Fund

 

 

   

 

3,094,020

Total Exchange Traded Funds
(Cost $5,379,021)

 

 

   

 

5,683,661

MONEY MARKET FUND — 2.2%

Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio — Class I, 0.01%(b)
(Cost $125,848)

 

 

125,848

 

 

125,848

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS — 37.1%(c)

BofA Securities, Inc., dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.05%, total to be received $500,490, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 1.00%-5.00%, 09/01/28-01/01/61, totaling $510,498)

 

$

500,488

 

 

500,488

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.05%, total to be received $148,370, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.00%-2.38%, 01/04/22-11/15/51, totaling $151,336)

 

 

148,369

 

 

148,369

Investments

 


Principal

 

Value

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS (continued) 

 

Daiwa Capital Markets America, dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.05%, total to be received $500,490, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.00%-6.50%, 02/10/22-01/01/52, totaling $510,498)

 

$

500,488

 

$

500,488

 

HSBC Securities USA, Inc., dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.05%, total to be received $500,490, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 1.88%-6.50%, 01/20/27-05/20/51, totaling $510,498)

 

 

500,488

 

 

500,488

 

RBC Dominion Securities, Inc., dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.05%, total to be received $500,490, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.00%-6.50%, 05/15/22-12/01/51, totaling $510,498)

 

 

500,488

 

 

500,488

 

Total Repurchase Agreements
(Cost $2,150,321)

 

 

   

 

2,150,321

 

Total Investments — 137.3% (Cost $7,655,190)

 

 

   

 

7,959,830

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (37.3%)

 

 

   

 

(2,161,981

)

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

   

$

5,797,849

 

____________

ETF — Exchange Traded Fund

*         Non-income producing security.

(a)      All or a portion of security is on loan. The aggregate market value of the securities on loan is $2,105,200; the aggregate market value of the collateral held by the fund is $2,150,321.

(b)      Rate shown reflects the 7-day yield as of December 31, 2021.

(c)      Collateral received from brokers for securities lending was invested in these short-term investments.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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ADVISORSHARES Q PORTFOLIO BLENDED ALLOCATION ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Fair Value Measurements

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of December 31, 2021, in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels. Level 1 includes quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 includes other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk). Level 3 includes significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities.

Assets

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

Exchange Traded Funds

 

$

5,683,661

 

$

 

$

 

$

5,683,661

Money Market Fund

 

 

125,848

 

 

 

 

 

 

125,848

Repurchase Agreements

 

 

 

 

2,150,321

 

 

 

 

2,150,321

Total

 

$

5,809,509

 

$

2,150,321

 

$

 

$

7,959,830

SUMMARY OF SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

% of
Net Assets

Commodity Fund

 

11.5

%

Debt Fund

 

33.2

 

Equity Fund

 

53.3

 

Money Market Fund

 

2.2

 

Repurchase Agreements

 

37.1

 

Total Investments

 

137.3

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets

 

(37.3

)

Net Assets

 

100.0

%

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

83

ADVISORSHARES RANGER EQUITY BEAR ETF
Schedule of Investments

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Shares

 

Value

EXCHANGE TRADED FUND — 26.5% 

 

Debt Fund — 26.5%

   

 

 

 

 

 

AdvisorShares North Square McKee Core Reserves ETF
(Cost $19,886,000)

 

200,000

 

 

$

19,680,000

 

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 184.9%

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds FedFund Portfolio, Institutional Class, 0.03%(a)(b)

 

122,116,9712

 

 

 

122,116,972

 

Fidelity Institutional Money Market Government Portfolio — Class III, 0.01%(a)

 

15,441,488

 

 

 

15,441,488

 

Total Money Market Funds (Cost $137,558,460)

   

 

 

 

137,558,460

 

Total Investments Before Securities Sold, Not Yet Purchased
(Cost $157,444,460)

   

 

 

 

157,238,460

 

Securities Sold, Not Yet Purchased — (81.8)%(c)

 

COMMON STOCKS — (81.8)%

 

Apparel — (3.1)%

   

 

 

 

 

 

Hanesbrands, Inc.

 

(140,000

)

 

 

(2,340,800

)

Auto Parts & Equipment — (2.8)%

 

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.*

 

(100,000

)

 

 

(933,000

)

BorgWarner, Inc.

 

(25,000

)

 

 

(1,126,750

)

Total Auto Parts & Equipment

   

 

 

 

(2,059,750

)

Banks — (7.6)%

   

 

 

 

 

 

Credit Suisse Group AG (Switzerland)(d)

 

(270,000

)

 

 

(2,602,800

)

Deutsche Bank AG (Germany)*

 

(175,000

)

 

 

(2,187,500

)

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (Japan)(d)

 

(350,000

)

 

 

(892,500

)

Total Banks

   

 

 

 

(5,682,800

)

Commercial Services — (3.2)%

 

Euronet Worldwide, Inc.*

 

(15,323

)

 

 

(1,826,042

)

Riot Blockchain, Inc.*

 

(25,000

)

 

 

(558,250

)

Total Commercial Services

   

 

 

 

(2,384,292

)

Computers — (1.4)%

   

 

 

 

 

 

NCR Corp.*

 

(25,000

)

 

 

(1,005,000

)

Investments

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services — (5.0)%

 

Capital One Financial Corp.

 

(6,000

)

 

$

(870,540

)

Nomura Holdings, Inc. (Japan)(d)

 

(318,614

)

 

 

(1,379,598

)

OneMain Holdings, Inc.

 

(30,000

)

 

 

(1,501,200

)

Total Diversified Financial Services

   

 

 

 

(3,751,338

)

Electrical Components & Equipment — (4.5)%

 

Universal Display Corp.

 

(20,200

)

 

 

(3,333,606

)

Entertainment — (2.3)%

   

 

 

 

 

 

Caesars Entertainment, Inc.*

 

(18,000

)

 

 

(1,683,540

)

Food — (1.1)%

   

 

 

 

 

 

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.*

 

(30,000

)

 

 

(848,400

)

Hand/Machine Tools — (2.9)%

 

Snap-on, Inc.

 

(10,000

)

 

 

(2,153,800

)

Home Builders — (4.5)%

   

 

 

 

 

 

Thor Industries, Inc.

 

(18,000

)

 

 

(1,867,860

)

Winnebago Industries, Inc.

 

(20,000

)

 

 

(1,498,400

)

Total Home Builders

   

 

 

 

(3,366,260

)

Home Furnishings — (1.5)%

   

 

 

 

 

 

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

 

(27,000

)

 

 

(1,111,320

)

Housewares — (3.0)%

   

 

 

 

 

 

Newell Brands, Inc.

 

(102,906

)

 

 

(2,247,467

)

Insurance — (1.8)%

   

 

 

 

 

 

Goosehead Insurance, Inc., Class A

 

(10,000

)

 

 

(1,300,800

)

Internet — (1.2)%

   

 

 

 

 

 

Magnite, Inc.*

 

(50,000

)

 

 

(875,000

)

Leisure Time — (1.8)%

   

 

 

 

 

 

Malibu Boats, Inc., Class A*

 

(20,000

)

 

 

(1,374,600

)

Machinery – Construction & Mining — (3.4)%

 

Caterpillar, Inc.

 

(12,247

)

 

 

(2,531,945

)

Media — (2.1)%

   

 

 

 

 

 

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A

 

(60,000

)

 

 

(1,585,800

)

Real Estate — (1.4)%

   

 

 

 

 

 

KE Holdings, Inc. (China)*(d)

 

(50,000

)

 

 

(1,006,000

)

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

84

ADVISORSHARES RANGER EQUITY BEAR ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

REITS — (4.4)%

   

 

 

 

 

 

Americold Realty Trust

 

(25,000

)

 

$

(819,750

)

JBG SMITH Properties

 

(40,000

)

 

 

(1,148,400

)

Two Harbors Investment Corp.

 

(225,000

)

 

 

(1,298,250

)

Total REITS

   

 

 

 

(3,266,400

)

Retail — (13.6)%

   

 

 

 

 

 

Carvana Co.*

 

(15,000

)

 

 

(3,476,850

)

FirstCash Holdings, Inc.

 

(10,000

)

 

 

(748,100

)

La-Z-Boy, Inc.

 

(22,393

)

 

 

(813,090

)

Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.*

 

(22,500

)

 

 

(1,151,775

)

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.*

 

(2,500

)

 

 

(1,765,575

)

Restaurant Brands International, Inc. (Canada)

 

(35,000

)

 

 

(2,123,800

)

Total Retail

   

 

 

 

(10,079,190

)

Software — (7.3)%

   

 

 

 

 

 

Clear Secure, Inc., Class A*

 

(30,000

)

 

 

(941,100

)

Guidewire Software, Inc.*

 

(6,000

)

 

 

(681,180

)

Pegasystems, Inc.

 

(10,000

)

 

 

(1,118,200

)

Procore Technologies, Inc.*

 

(10,000

)

 

 

(799,700

)

PTC, Inc.*

 

(15,500

)

 

 

(1,877,825

)

Total Software

   

 

 

 

(5,418,005

)

Telecommunications — (1.9)%

 

Plantronics, Inc.*

 

(20,000

)

 

 

(586,800

)

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Sweden)(d)

 

(75,000

)

 

 

(815,250

)

Total Telecommunications

   

 

 

 

(1,402,050

)

Total Common Stocks
(Cost $(60,932,362))

   

 

 

 

(60,808,163

)

Total Securities Sold, Not Yet Purchased [Proceeds Received $(60,932,362)]

   

 

 

 

(60,808,163

)

Total Investments — 129.6% (Cost $96,512,098)

   

 

 

 

96,430,297

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (29.6%)

   

 

 

 

(22,050,613

)

Net Assets — 100.0%

   

 

 

$

74,379,684

 

____________

ETF — Exchange Traded Fund

REITS — Real Estate Investment Trusts

*         Non-income producing security.

†         Affiliated Company.

(a)      Rate shown reflects the 7-day yield as of December 31, 2021.

(b)      A portion of this security has been pledged as collateral for securities sold, not yet purchased.

(c)      As of December 31, 2021 cash in the amount of $7,098,860 has been segregated as collateral from the broker for securities sold short.

(d)      American Depositary Receipt.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

85

ADVISORSHARES RANGER EQUITY BEAR ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Fair Value Measurements

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of December 31, 2021, in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels. Level 1 includes quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 includes other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk). Level 3 includes significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities.

Assets

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

Exchange Traded Fund

 

$

19,680,000

 

$

 

$

 

$

19,680,000

Money Market Funds

 

 

137,558,460

 

 

 

 

 

 

137,558,460

Total

 

$

157,238,460

 

$

 

$

 

$

157,238,460

Liabilities

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

Common Stocks

 

$

(60,808,163

)

 

$

 

$

 

$

(60,808,163

)

SUMMARY OF SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

% of
Net Assets

Apparel

 

(3.1

)%

Auto Parts & Equipment

 

(2.8

)

Banks

 

(7.6

)

Commercial Services

 

(3.2

)

Computers

 

(1.4

)

Debt Fund

 

26.5

 

Diversified Financial Services

 

(5.0

)

Electrical Components & Equipment

 

(4.5

)

Entertainment

 

(2.3

)

Food

 

(1.1

)

Hand/Machine Tools

 

(2.9

)

Home Builders

 

(4.5

)

Home Furnishings

 

(1.5

)

Housewares

 

(3.0

)

Insurance

 

(1.8

)

SUMMARY OF SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

% of
Net Assets

Internet

 

(1.2

)%

Leisure Time

 

(1.8

)

Machinery – Construction & Mining

 

(3.4

)

Media

 

(2.1

)

Real Estate

 

(1.4

)

REITS

 

(4.4

)

Retail

 

(13.6

)

Software

 

(7.3

)

Telecommunications

 

(1.9

)

Money Market Funds

 

184.9

 

Total Investments

 

129.6

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets

 

(29.6

)

Net Assets

 

100.0

%

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

86

ADVISORSHARES RANGER EQUITY BEAR ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Affiliated holdings are funds which are managed by the Trust or an affiliate of the Trust. Transactions with affiliated companies during the period ended December 31, 2021 were as follows:

Affiliated Holding Name

 

Value at
6/30/2021

 

Purchases/
Additions

 

Sales/
Reductions

 

Realized
Gain (Loss)

 

Change in
Unrealized
Gain (Loss)

 

Number of
Shares at
12/31/2021

 

Value at
12/31/2021

 

Dividend
Income

AdvisorShares North Square McKee Core Reserves ETF

 

$

19,736,000

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

(56,000)

 

200,000

 

$

19,680,000

 

$

46,862

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

87

ADVISORSHARES RESTAURANT ETF
Schedule of Investments

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 


Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCKS — 95.2% 

Entertainment — 7.2%

     

 

 

RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc.

 

3,778

 

$

294,231

Food — 1.1%

     

 

 

Sweetgreen, Inc., Class A*(a)

 

1,448

 

 

46,336

Internet — 2.0%

     

 

 

DoorDash, Inc., Class A*

 

380

 

 

56,582

Just Eat Takeaway.com NV (United Kingdom)*(a)(b)

 

2,332

 

 

25,092

Total Internet

     

 

81,674

Retail — 84.9%

     

 

 

BJ’s Restaurants, Inc.*

 

1,255

 

 

43,360

Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.*

 

7,870

 

 

165,113

Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc.

 

7,555

 

 

22,363

Cheesecake Factory, Inc. (The)*

 

2,130

 

 

83,389

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.*

 

86

 

 

150,349

Chuy’s Holdings, Inc.*

 

3,985

 

 

120,028

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.

 

256

 

 

32,932

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

 

1,119

 

 

168,566

Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc.*

 

5,343

 

 

205,171

Del Taco Restaurants, Inc.

 

17,923

 

 

223,141

Denny’s Corp.*

 

9,304

 

 

148,864

Dine Brands Global, Inc.

 

1,018

 

 

77,174

Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

 

415

 

 

234,197

El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.*

 

6,680

 

 

94,789

Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc.*

 

15,466

 

 

170,281

Jack in the Box, Inc.

 

1,745

 

 

152,653

McDonald’s Corp.

 

394

 

 

105,620

ONE Group Hospitality, Inc. (The)*

 

15,360

 

 

193,690

Papa John’s International, Inc.

 

1,780

 

 

237,577

Restaurant Brands International, Inc. (Canada)(a)

 

1,255

 

 

76,153

Ruth’s Hospitality Group, Inc.*

 

6,394

 

 

127,241

Shake Shack, Inc., Class A*

 

681

 

 

49,141

Starbucks Corp.

 

321

 

 

37,547

Texas Roadhouse, Inc.

 

418

 

 

37,319

Wendy’s Co. (The)

 

6,436

 

 

153,499

Wingstop, Inc.

 

1,157

 

 

199,930

Investments

 

Shares/
Principal

 

Value

COMMON STOCKS (continued) 

 

 

 

 

Retail (continued)

 

 

   

 

 

 

Yum China Holdings, Inc. (China)

 

 

869

 

$

43,311

 

Yum! Brands, Inc.

 

 

1,014

 

 

140,804

 

Total Retail

 

 

   

 

3,494,202

 

Total Common Stocks
(Cost $4,017,777)

 

 

   

 

3,916,443

 

MONEY MARKET FUND — 5.3%

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds Treasury Trust Fund Portfolio, Institutional Class, 0.01%(c)
(Cost $219,887)

 

 

219,887

 

 

219,887

 

REPURCHASE AGREEMENT — 3.6%(d)

 

RBC Dominion Securities, Inc., dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.05%, total to be received $147,545, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.00%-6.50%, 05/15/22-12/01/51, totaling $150,495)
(Cost $147,544)

 

$

147,544

 

 

147,544

 

Total Investments — 104.1%
(Cost $4,385,208)

 

 

   

 

4,283,874

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (4.1%)

 

 

   

 

(168,402

)

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

   

$

4,115,472

 

____________

*         Non-income producing security.

(a)      All or a portion of security is on loan. The aggregate market value of the securities on loan is $144,570; the aggregate market value of the collateral held by the fund is $147,544.

(b)      American Depositary Receipt.

(c)      Rate shown reflects the 7-day yield as of December 31, 2021.

(d)      Collateral received from brokers for securities lending was invested in these short-term investments.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

88

ADVISORSHARES RESTAURANT ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Fair Value Measurements

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of December 31, 2021, in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels. Level 1 includes quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 includes other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk). Level 3 includes significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities.

Assets

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

Common Stocks

 

$

3,916,443

 

$

 

$

 

$

3,916,443

Money Market Fund

 

 

219,887

 

 

 

 

 

 

219,887

Repurchase Agreement

 

 

 

 

147,544

 

 

 

 

147,544

Total

 

$

4,136,330

 

$

147,544

 

$

 

$

4,283,874

SUMMARY OF SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

% of
Net Assets

Entertainment

 

7.2

%

Food

 

1.1

 

Internet

 

2.0

 

Retail

 

84.9

 

Money Market Fund

 

5.3

 

Repurchase Agreement

 

3.6

 

Total Investments

 

104.1

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets

 

(4.1

)

Net Assets

 

100.0

%

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

89

ADVISORSHARES STAR GLOBAL BUY-WRITE ETF
Schedule of Investments

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Shares

 

Value

EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS — 93.1% 

Debt Fund — 13.7%

     

 

 

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF(a)(b)

 

38,041

 

$

2,013,510

iShares TIPS Bond ETF(b)

 

9,038

 

 

1,167,710

iShares US Treasury Bond ETF

 

32,686

 

 

872,062

Total Debt Fund

     

 

4,053,282

Equity Fund — 79.4%

     

 

 

iShares Global Financials ETF

 

10,817

 

 

866,009

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF

 

75,463

 

 

5,937,429

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

 

17,319

 

 

846,033

iShares Russell 2000 ETF(b)

 

5,197

 

 

1,156,073

iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF(b)

 

15,253

 

 

1,757,451

iShares U.S. Energy ETF

 

32,501

 

 

978,280

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust(a)

 

23,071

 

 

10,957,802

Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund

 

5,719

 

 

994,362

Total Equity Fund

     

 

23,493,439

Total Exchange Traded Funds
(Cost $25,216,953)

     

 

27,546,721

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 7.9%

BlackRock Liquidity Funds FedFund Portfolio, Institutional Class, 0.03%(c)(d)

 

242,000

 

 

242,000

BlackRock Liquidity Funds T-Fund Portfolio, Institutional Class, 0.01%(c)

 

2,082,833

 

 

2,082,833

Total Money Market Funds (Cost $2,324,833)

     

 

2,324,833

 

 

Notional Amount

 

Contracts

   

PURCHASED PUT OPTION — 0.1%

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, expiring 03/18/22, Strike Price $385.00
(Cost $55,501)

 

$

5,236,000

 

136

 

24,888

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS — 11.0%(d) 

BofA Securities, Inc., dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.05%, total to be received $809,598, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 1.00%-5.00%, 09/01/28-01/01/61, totaling $825,787)

 

$

809,595

 

$

809,595

Citibank NA, dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.06%, total to be received $807,602, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 1.83%-6.00%, 07/01/24-08/15/51, totaling $824,494)

 

 

807,598

 

 

807,598

Daiwa Capital Markets America, dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.04%, total to be received $809,598, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.00%-6.50%, 02/10/22-01/01/52, totaling $825,787)

 

 

809,595

 

 

809,595

RBC Dominion Securities, Inc., dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.05%, total to be received $809,598, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.00%-6.50%, 05/15/22-12/01/51, totaling $825,787)

 

 

809,595

 

 

809,595

Total Repurchase Agreements (Cost $3,236,383)

 

 

   

 

3,236,383

Total Investments Before Written Options — 112.1% (Cost $30,833,670)

 

 

   

$

33,132,825

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

90

ADVISORSHARES STAR GLOBAL BUY-WRITE ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Notional Amount

 


Contracts

 

Value

WRITTEN CALL OPTIONS — (0.2)% 

 

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF, expiring 01/21/22, Strike Price $80.00

 

$

(36,728,000

)

 

(459

)

 

$

(14,229

)

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, expiring 01/21/22, Strike Price $482.00

 

 

(6,748,000

)

 

(140

)

 

 

(31,010

)

Total Written Options
[Premiums Received $(27,915)]

 

   

 

 

 

(45,239

)

Total Investments — 111.9% (Cost $30,805,755)

 

   

 

 

 

33,087,586

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (11.9%)

 

   

 

 

 

(3,500,685

)

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

   

 

 

$

29,586,901

 

____________

ETF — Exchange Traded Fund

TIPS — Treasury Inflation Protected Securities

(a)      All or a portion of this security has been pledged as collateral for option contracts. The aggregate market value of the collateral was $2,682,870 as of December 31, 2021.

(b)      All or a portion of security is on loan. The aggregate market value of the securities on loan is $3,401,268; the aggregate market value of the collateral held by the fund is $3,478,383.

(c)      Rate shown reflects the 7-day yield as of December 31, 2021.

(d)      Collateral received from brokers for securities lending was invested in these short-term investments.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

91

ADVISORSHARES STAR GLOBAL BUY-WRITE ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Fair Value Measurements

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of December 31, 2021, in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels. Level 1 includes quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 includes other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk). Level 3 includes significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities.

Assets

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

Exchange Traded Funds

 

$

27,546,721

 

$

 

$

 

$

27,546,721

Money Market Funds

 

 

2,324,833

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,324,833

Purchased Put Option

 

 

24,888

 

 

 

 

 

 

24,888

Repurchase Agreements

 

 

 

 

3,236,383

 

 

 

 

3,236,383

Total

 

$

29,896,442

 

$

3,236,383

 

$

 

$

33,132,825

Liabilities

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

Written Call Options

 

$

 

$

(45,239

)

 

$

 

$

(45,239

)

SUMMARY OF SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

% of
Net Assets

Debt Fund

 

13.7

%

Equity Fund

 

79.4

 

Purchased Put Option

 

0.1

 

Written Call Options

 

(0.2

)

Money Market Funds

 

7.9

 

Repurchase Agreements

 

11.0

 

Total Investments

 

111.9

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets

 

(11.9

)

Net Assets

 

100.0

%

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

92

ADVISORSHARES VICE ETF
Schedule of Investments

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCKS — 99.5% 

Agriculture — 8.6%

     

 

 

Altria Group, Inc.

 

2,030

 

$

96,202

British American Tobacco PLC (United Kingdom)(a)(b)

 

3,297

 

 

123,341

Philip Morris International, Inc.

 

1,234

 

 

117,230

Turning Point Brands, Inc.

 

5,434

 

 

205,297

Universal Corp.

 

4,196

 

 

230,444

Vector Group Ltd.

 

23,136

 

 

265,601

Total Agriculture

     

 

1,038,115

Apparel — 2.1%

     

 

 

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (France)(b)

 

1,509

 

 

249,739

Beverages — 19.1%

     

 

 

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (Belgium)(b)

 

2,006

 

 

121,463

Boston Beer Co., Inc. (The), Class A*

 

295

 

 

149,005

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B

 

1,273

 

 

92,751

Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A

 

975

 

 

244,696

Diageo PLC (United Kingdom)(b)

 

1,060

 

 

233,348

Duckhorn Portfolio, Inc. (The)*

 

14,220

 

 

331,895

MGP Ingredients, Inc.

 

5,800

 

 

492,942

Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B

 

3,168

 

 

146,837

Pernod Ricard SA (France)(b)

 

9,938

 

 

481,794

Total Beverages

     

 

2,294,731

Electronics — 2.8%

     

 

 

Turtle Beach Corp.*

 

15,092

 

 

335,948

Entertainment — 25.3%

     

 

 

Caesars Entertainment, Inc.*

 

3,743

 

 

350,083

DraftKings, Inc., Class A*(a)

 

3,757

 

 

103,205

International Game Technology PLC(a)

 

23,580

 

 

681,698

Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc.*

 

4,790

 

 

354,220

Penn National Gaming, Inc.*(a)

 

7,476

 

 

387,631

RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc.

 

7,728

 

 

601,857

Red Rock Resorts, Inc., Class A

 

10,354

 

 

569,573

Total Entertainment

     

 

3,048,267

Investments

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

 

 

 

Lodging — 7.7%

     

 

 

Boyd Gaming Corp.*

 

4,839

 

$

317,293

Full House Resorts, Inc.*

 

49,993

 

 

605,415

Total Lodging

     

 

922,708

Miscellaneous Manufacturing — 5.6%

Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc.

 

21,988

 

 

391,387

Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc.

 

4,212

 

 

286,500

Total Miscellaneous Manufacturing

     

 

677,887

Real Estate — 1.1%

     

 

 

Douglas Elliman, Inc.*

 

11,568

 

 

133,032

REITS — 8.4%

     

 

 

Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.

 

11,016

 

 

536,039

VICI Properties, Inc.

 

15,868

 

 

477,785

Total REITS

     

 

1,013,824

Retail — 15.9%

     

 

 

Chuy’s Holdings, Inc.*

 

12,391

 

 

373,217

Del Taco Restaurants, Inc.

 

46,715

 

 

581,602

Jack in the Box, Inc.

 

2,418

 

 

211,527

McDonald’s Corp.

 

1,276

 

 

342,057

Wingstop, Inc.

 

2,298

 

 

397,094

Total Retail

     

 

1,905,497

Software — 2.9%

     

 

 

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

 

2,956

 

 

196,663

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.*

 

837

 

 

148,751

Total Software

     

 

345,414

Total Common Stocks
(Cost $10,218,803)

     

 

11,965,162

MONEY MARKET FUND — 3.7%

BlackRock Liquidity Funds Treasury Trust Fund Portfolio, Institutional Class, 0.01%(c)
(Cost $447,473)

 

447,473

 

 

447,473

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

93

ADVISORSHARES VICE ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Investments

 

Principal

 

Value

REPURCHASE AGREEMENT — 0.8%(d)

 

 

Citibank NA, dated 12/31/21, due 01/03/22, 0.06%, total to be received $90,634, (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 1.83%-6.00%, 07/01/24-08/15/51, totaling $92,530)
(Cost $90,634)

 

$

90,634

 

$

90,634

 

Total Investments — 104.0% (Cost $10,756,910)

 

 

   

 

12,503,269

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (4.0%)

 

 

   

 

(473,034

)

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

   

$

12,030,235

 

____________

PLC — Public Limited Company

REITS — Real Estate Investment Trusts

*         Non-income producing security.

(a)      All or a portion of security is on loan. The aggregate market value of the securities on loan is $969,808; the aggregate market value of the collateral held by the fund is $984,773. The aggregate market value of the collateral includes non-cash U.S. Treasury securities collateral having a value of $894,139.

(b)      American Depositary Receipt.

(c)      Rate shown reflects the 7-day yield as of December 31, 2021.

(d)      Collateral received from brokers for securities lending was invested in these short-term investments.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

94

ADVISORSHARES VICE ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Fair Value Measurements

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of December 31, 2021, in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels. Level 1 includes quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 includes other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk). Level 3 includes significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities.

Assets

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

Common Stocks

 

$

11,965,162

 

$

 

$

 

$

11,965,162

Money Market Fund

 

 

447,473

 

 

 

 

 

 

447,473

Repurchase Agreement

 

 

 

 

90,634

 

 

 

 

90,634

Total

 

$

12,412,635

 

$

90,634

 

$

 

$

12,503,269

SUMMARY OF SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

% of
Net Assets

Agriculture

 

8.6

%

Apparel

 

2.1

 

Beverages

 

19.1

 

Electronics

 

2.8

 

Entertainment

 

25.3

 

Lodging

 

7.7

 

Miscellaneous Manufacturing

 

5.6

 

Real Estate

 

1.1

 

REITS

 

8.4

 

Retail

 

15.9

 

Software

 

2.9

 

Money Market Fund

 

3.7

 

Repurchase Agreement

 

0.8

 

Total Investments

 

104.0

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets

 

(4.0

)

Net Assets

 

100.0

%

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

95

ADVISORSHARES TRUST
Statements of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

AdvisorShares
Alpha DNA
Equity
Sentiment ETF

 

AdvisorShares
Dorsey Wright
ADR ETF

 

AdvisorShares
Dorsey Wright
Alpha Equal
Weight ETF

 

AdvisorShares
Dorsey Wright
FSM All Cap
World ETF

ASSETS

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

Investments, at Cost

 

$

75,447,919

 

$

66,582,134

 

 

$

78,193,645

 

$

146,179,142

Repurchase Agreements, at Cost (Note 2)

 

 

406,670

 

 

6,344,111

 

 

 

1,124,574

 

 

Total Cost of Investments

 

 

75,854,589

 

 

72,926,245

 

 

 

79,318,219

 

 

146,179,142

Investments, at Market Value (including securities on loan) (Note 2)(a)

 

 

76,510,677

 

 

80,556,692

 

 

 

83,959,273

 

 

150,880,740

Repurchase Agreements, at Market Value (Note 2)

 

 

406,670

 

 

6,344,111

 

 

 

1,124,574

 

 

Total Market Value of Investments

 

 

76,917,347

 

 

86,900,803

 

 

 

85,083,847

 

 

150,880,740

Cash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,663

 

 

Cash collateral held at brokers

 

 

 

 

186,802

 

 

 

13,424

 

 

Dividends and Interest Receivable

 

 

7,349

 

 

9,465

 

 

 

8,534

 

 

2,410

Reclaim Receivable

 

 

 

 

15,383

 

 

 

 

 

Prepaid Expenses

 

 

20,378

 

 

3,030

 

 

 

7,393

 

 

20,435

Total Assets

 

 

76,945,074

 

 

87,115,483

 

 

 

85,114,861

 

 

150,903,585

LIABILITIES

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

Cash collateral for securities on loan(b)

 

 

406,670

 

 

9,849,111

 

 

 

1,124,574

 

 

Advisory Fees Payable

 

 

48,493

 

 

48,487

 

 

 

55,241

 

 

96,283

Trustee Fees Payable

 

 

61

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payable for Securities Purchased

 

 

1,638,294

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CCO Fees Payable

 

 

1,093

 

 

881

 

 

 

85

 

 

1,715

Accrued Expenses

 

 

37,358

 

 

27,254

 

 

 

16,242

 

 

18,934

Total Liabilities

 

 

2,131,969

 

 

9,925,733

 

 

 

1,196,142

 

 

116,932

NET ASSETS

 

$

74,813,105

 

$

77,189,750

 

 

$

83,918,719

 

$

150,786,653

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

Capital Stock at Zero Par Value

 

$

73,845,680

 

$

109,710,991

 

 

$

81,384,928

 

$

147,320,098

Total Distributable Earnings/Accumulated (Loss)

 

 

967,425

 

 

(32,521,241

)

 

 

2,533,791

 

 

3,466,555

NET ASSETS

 

$

74,813,105

 

$

77,189,750

 

 

$

83,918,719

 

$

150,786,653

SHARES ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

Shares Outstanding (Unlimited Shares Authorized)

 

 

2,710,000

 

 

1,200,000

 

 

 

2,985,000

 

 

3,985,000

Net Asset Value (NAV) Per Share

 

$

27.61

 

$

64.32

 

 

$

28.11

 

$

37.84

   

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

(a) Market value of securities on loan

 

$

1,504,059

 

$

14,869,466

 

 

$

7,676,139

 

$

(b) Non-cash collateral for securities on loan

 

$

1,124,590

 

$

5,442,875

 

 

$

6,790,950

 

$

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

96

ADVISORSHARES TRUST
Statements of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

AdvisorShares
Dorsey Wright
FSM US Core
ETF

 

AdvisorShares
Dorsey Wright
Micro-Cap ETF

 

AdvisorShares
Dorsey Wright
Short ETF

 

AdvisorShares
DoubleLine Value
Equity ETF

ASSETS

 

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments, at Cost

 

$

101,590,676

 

$

9,400,916

 

$

32,129,125

 

 

$

38,705,707

 

Investments in Affiliates, at Cost (Note 8)

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,862,980

 

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements, at Cost (Note 2)

 

 

29,534,276

 

 

376,169

 

 

 

 

 

599,874

 

Total Cost of Investments

 

 

131,124,952

 

 

9,777,085

 

 

41,992,105

 

 

 

39,305,581

 

Investments, at Market Value (including securities on loan) (Note 2)(a)

 

 

124,761,809

 

 

11,589,723

 

 

32,129,125

 

 

 

48,188,496

 

Investments in Affiliates, at Market Value (Note 8)

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,840,000

 

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements, at Market Value (Note 2)

 

 

29,534,276

 

 

376,169

 

 

 

 

 

599,874

 

Total Market Value of Investments

 

 

154,296,085

 

 

11,965,892

 

 

41,969,125

 

 

 

48,788,370

 

Cash collateral held at brokers

 

 

 

 

 

 

24,408,118

 

 

 

 

Dividends and Interest Receivable

 

 

12,035

 

 

11,324

 

 

724

 

 

 

61,784

 

Receivable from Securities Sold

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,620,217

 

 

 

 

Reclaim Receivable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,069

 

Prepaid CCO Fees

 

 

33

 

 

29

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prepaid Expenses

 

 

15,887

 

 

1,091

 

 

9,360

 

 

 

668

 

Total Assets

 

 

154,324,040

 

 

11,978,336

 

 

68,007,544

 

 

 

48,854,891

 

LIABILITIES

 

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash collateral for securities on loan(b)

 

 

51,261,276

 

 

376,169

 

 

 

 

 

599,874

 

Advisory Fees Payable

 

 

65,021

 

 

5,625

 

 

28,576

 

 

 

30,216

 

Securities Sold, Not Yet Purchased(c)

 

 

 

 

 

 

31,926,494

 

 

 

 

Payable for Securities Purchased

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,203,572

 

 

 

 

Capital Shares Payable

 

 

 

 

 

 

853,731

 

 

 

 

CCO Fees Payable

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,834

 

 

 

325

 

Dividend Payable on Securities Sold, Not Yet Purchased

 

 

 

 

 

 

39,143

 

 

 

 

Accrued Expenses

 

 

14,003

 

 

19,878

 

 

64,529

 

 

 

46,571

 

Total Liabilities

 

 

51,340,300

 

 

401,672

 

 

36,118,879

 

 

 

676,986

 

NET ASSETS

 

$

102,983,740

 

$

11,576,664

 

$

31,888,665

 

 

$

48,177,905

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS

 

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Stock at Zero Par Value

 

$

79,045,853

 

$

10,269,588

 

$

118,097,521

 

 

$

63,483,599

 

Total Distributable Earnings/Accumulated (Loss)

 

 

23,937,887

 

 

1,307,076

 

 

(86,208,856

)

 

 

(15,305,694

)

NET ASSETS

 

$

102,983,740

 

$

11,576,664

 

$

31,888,665

 

 

$

48,177,905

 

SHARES ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING

 

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares Outstanding (Unlimited Shares Authorized)

 

 

2,530,000

 

 

295,000

 

 

3,735,000

 

 

 

490,000

 

Net Asset Value (NAV) Per Share

 

$

40.71

 

$

39.24

 

$

8.54

 

 

$

98.32

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a) Market value of securities on loan

 

$

50,485,050

 

$

624,598

 

$

 

 

$

1,372,247

 

(b) Non-cash collateral for securities on loan

 

$

398,574

 

$

251,487

 

$

 

 

$

842,667

 

(c) Proceeds Received from Securities Sold, Not Yet Purchased

 

$

 

$

 

$

34,236,455

 

 

$

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

AdvisorShares
Focused Equity
ETF

 

AdvisorShares
Gerber
Kawasaki ETF

 

AdvisorShares
Hotel ETF

 

AdvisorShares
Newfleet
M
ulti-Sector
Income ETF

ASSETS

 

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

Investments, at Cost

 

$

23,945,384

 

$

24,903,916

 

$

8,578,304

 

$

98,801,027

 

Investments in Affiliates, at Cost (Note 8)

 

 

 

 

846,326

 

 

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements, at Cost (Note 2)

 

 

 

 

1,079,079

 

 

144,598

 

 

2,854,012

 

Total Cost of Investments

 

 

23,945,384

 

 

26,829,321

 

 

8,722,902

 

 

101,655,039

 

Investments, at Market Value (including securities on loan) (Note 2)(a)

 

 

32,842,622

 

 

25,945,933

 

 

9,004,635

 

 

98,561,148

 

Investments in Affiliates, at Market Value (Note 8)

 

 

 

 

705,388

 

 

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements, at Market Value (Note 2)

 

 

 

 

1,079,079

 

 

144,598

 

 

2,854,012

 

Total Market Value of Investments

 

 

32,842,622

 

 

27,730,400

 

 

9,149,233

 

 

101,415,160

 

Cash

 

 

 

 

238,315

 

 

 

 

32,481

 

Cash collateral held at brokers

 

 

 

 

350

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends and Interest Receivable

 

 

13,776

 

 

14,470

 

 

8,209

 

 

313,593

 

Receivable from Securities Sold

 

 

15,446,492

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prepaid CCO Fees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

416

 

Prepaid Organizational Fees

 

 

 

 

5,829

 

 

 

 

 

Prepaid Expenses

 

 

3,616

 

 

18,869

 

 

10,842

 

 

8,631

 

Total Assets

 

 

48,306,506

 

 

28,008,233

 

 

9,168,284

 

 

101,770,281

 

LIABILITIES

 

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

Cash collateral for securities on loan(b)

 

 

 

 

1,079,079

 

 

144,598

 

 

2,854,012

 

Advisory Fees Payable

 

 

11,749

 

 

7,884

 

 

3,473

 

 

46,879

 

Trustee Fees Payable

 

 

19

 

 

998

 

 

50

 

 

 

Payable for Securities Purchased

 

 

6,725,312

 

 

143,624

 

 

 

 

188,813

 

Capital Shares Payable

 

 

8,405,376

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CCO Fees Payable

 

 

155

 

 

6,398

 

 

2,460

 

 

 

Accrued Expenses

 

 

28,796

 

 

13,495

 

 

35,084

 

 

35,830

 

Total Liabilities

 

 

15,171,407

 

 

1,251,478

 

 

185,665

 

 

3,125,534

 

NET ASSETS

 

$

33,135,099

 

$

26,756,755

 

$

8,982,619

 

$

98,644,747

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS

 

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

Capital Stock at Zero Par Value

 

$

21,661,768

 

$

26,301,879

 

$

8,638,707

 

$

106,738,221

 

Total Distributable Earnings/Accumulated (Loss)

 

 

11,473,331

 

 

454,876

 

 

343,912

 

 

(8,093,474

)

NET ASSETS

 

$

33,135,099

 

$

26,756,755

 

$

8,982,619

 

$

98,644,747

 

SHARES ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING

 

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

Shares Outstanding (Unlimited Shares Authorized)

 

 

630,000

 

 

1,010,000

 

 

340,000

 

 

2,040,000

 

Net Asset Value (NAV) Per Share

 

$

52.60

 

$

26.49

 

$

26.42

 

$

48.36

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

(a) Market value of securities on loan

 

$

 

$

1,073,834

 

$

138,526

 

$

3,004,901

 

(b) Non-cash collateral for securities on loan

 

$

 

$

24,582

 

$

 

$

220,160

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

98

ADVISORSHARES TRUST
Statements of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

AdvisorShares
North Square
McKee Core
Reserves ETF
(1)

 

AdvisorShares
North Square
McKee ESG Core
Bond ETF
(2)

 

AdvisorShares
Poseidon
Dynamic
Cannabis ETF

 

AdvisorShares
Psychedelics ETF

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments, at Cost

 

$

35,326,459

 

 

$

3,772,162

 

 

$

3,471,278

 

 

$

8,844,002

 

Repurchase Agreements, at Cost (Note 2)

 

 

 

 

 

52,597

 

 

 

 

 

 

854,343

 

Total Cost of Investments

 

 

35,326,459

 

 

 

3,824,759

 

 

 

3,471,278

 

 

 

9,698,345

 

Investments, at Market Value (including securities on loan) (Note 2)(a)

 

 

35,316,088

 

 

 

3,763,465

 

 

 

3,383,939

 

 

 

6,048,178

 

Repurchase Agreements, at Market Value (Note 2)

 

 

 

 

 

52,597

 

 

 

 

 

 

854,343

 

Total Market Value of Investments

 

 

35,316,088

 

 

 

3,816,062

 

 

 

3,383,939

 

 

 

6,902,521

 

Cash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19,873

 

 

 

 

Cash collateral held at brokers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,420,000

 

 

 

 

Unrealized Appreciation OTC Swap Contracts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,800

 

Dividends and Interest Receivable

 

 

152,022

 

 

 

14,522

 

 

 

1,927

 

 

 

1,558

 

Receivable from Securities Sold

 

 

 

 

 

20,298

 

 

 

14,616

 

 

 

 

Capital Shares Receivable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

451,138

 

Due from Investment Advisor

 

 

 

 

 

5,667

 

 

 

3,280

 

 

 

5,138

 

OTC Swap Contracts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

701,425

 

Prepaid Organizational Fees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,177

 

 

 

78,356

 

Prepaid Expenses

 

 

2,219

 

 

 

170

 

 

 

14,028

 

 

 

21,676

 

Total Assets

 

 

35,470,329

 

 

 

3,856,719

 

 

 

6,873,840

 

 

 

8,172,612

 

LIABILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized Depreciation on OTC Swap Contracts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,565

 

 

 

252,172

 

Cash collateral for securities on loan

 

 

 

 

 

52,597

 

 

 

 

 

 

854,343

 

Advisory Fees Payable

 

 

4,265

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trustee Fees Payable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

 

 

 

 

Payable for Securities Purchased

 

 

 

 

 

45,000

 

 

 

19,873

 

 

 

355,926

 

CCO Fees Payable

 

 

2,115

 

 

 

150

 

 

 

855

 

 

 

2,174

 

Accrued Expenses

 

 

40,567

 

 

 

19,801

 

 

 

3,494

 

 

 

9,969

 

Total Liabilities

 

 

46,947

 

 

 

117,548

 

 

 

27,806

 

 

 

1,474,584

 

NET ASSETS

 

$

35,423,382

 

 

$

3,739,171

 

 

$

6,846,034

 

 

$

6,698,028

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Stock at Zero Par Value

 

$

36,456,798

 

 

$

4,720,102

 

 

$

7,198,746

 

 

$

10,057,990

 

Total Distributable Earnings/Accumulated (Loss)

 

 

(1,033,416

)

 

 

(980,931

)

 

 

(352,712

)

 

 

(3,359,962

)

NET ASSETS

 

$

35,423,382

 

 

$

3,739,171

 

 

$

6,846,034

 

 

$

6,698,028

 

SHARES ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares Outstanding (Unlimited Shares Authorized)

 

 

360,000

 

 

 

145,000

 

 

 

875,000

 

 

 

1,200,000

 

Net Asset Value (NAV) Per Share

 

$

98.40

 

 

$

25.79

 

 

$

7.82

 

 

$

5.58

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a) Market value of securities on loan

 

$

 

 

$

51,398

 

 

$

 

 

$

825,100

 

____________

(1)    Formerly known as AdvisorShares Sage Core Reserves ETF.

(2)    Formerly known as AdvisorShares FolioBeyond Smart Core Bond ETF.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

99

ADVISORSHARES TRUST
Statements of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

AdvisorShares
Pure Cannabis
ETF

 

AdvisorShares
Pure US
Cannabis ETF

 

AdvisorShares
Q Dynamic
Growth ETF

 

AdvisorShares
Q Portfolio
Blended
Allocation ETF

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investments, at Cost

 

$

178,249,209

 

 

$

754,184,369

 

 

$

119,361,947

 

$

5,504,869

 

Investments in Affiliates, at Cost (Note 8)

 

 

73,311,601

 

 

 

149,744,265

 

 

 

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements, at Cost (Note 2)

 

 

3,341,267

 

 

 

7,415,598

 

 

 

5,482,746

 

 

2,150,321

 

Total Cost of Investments

 

 

254,902,077

 

 

 

911,344,232

 

 

 

124,844,693

 

 

7,655,190

 

Investments, at Market Value (including securities on loan) (Note 2)(a)

 

 

109,767,284

 

 

 

739,463,334

 

 

 

131,650,385

 

 

5,809,509

 

Investments in Affiliates, at Market Value (Note 8)

 

 

65,949,832

 

 

 

94,679,695

 

 

 

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements, at Market Value (Note 2)

 

 

3,341,267

 

 

 

7,415,598

 

 

 

5,482,746

 

 

2,150,321

 

Total Market Value of Investments

 

 

179,058,383

 

 

 

841,558,627

 

 

 

137,133,131

 

 

7,959,830

 

Cash

 

 

 

 

 

20,997

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency(b)

 

 

1,005,118

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends and Interest Receivable

 

 

259,610

 

 

 

681,195

 

 

 

8,468

 

 

606

 

Receivable from Securities Sold

 

 

246,833

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Shares Receivable

 

 

 

 

 

15,165,453

 

 

 

916,623

 

 

 

Due from Investment Advisor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,293

 

Prepaid CCO Fees

 

 

 

 

 

2,002

 

 

 

631

 

 

 

OTC Swaps Contracts

 

 

25,850,701

 

 

 

528,541,690

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prepaid Organizational Fees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,913

 

 

15,913

 

Prepaid Expenses

 

 

188,269

 

 

 

415,346

 

 

 

32,790

 

 

17,992

 

Total Assets

 

 

206,608,914

 

 

 

1,386,385,310

 

 

 

138,107,556

 

 

7,995,634

 

LIABILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Unrealized Depreciation on Swaps Contracts

 

 

 

 

 

211,929,221

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized Depreciation on OTC Swap Contracts

 

 

9,751,143

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash collateral for securities on loan(c)

 

 

4,579,267

 

 

 

8,795,598

 

 

 

10,108,746

 

 

2,150,321

 

Advisory Fees Payable

 

 

42,653

 

 

 

562,877

 

 

 

103,277

 

 

 

Trustee Fees Payable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

73

 

Payable for Securities Purchased

 

 

309,593

 

 

 

2,738,119

 

 

 

891,845

 

 

 

CCO Fees Payable

 

 

93

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

403

 

Due to Custodian – Foreign Currency(b)

 

 

 

 

 

29

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due to Broker

 

 

 

 

 

18,365,148

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued Expenses

 

 

10,122

 

 

 

300,449

 

 

 

44,345

 

 

46,988

 

Total Liabilities

 

 

14,692,871

 

 

 

242,691,441

 

 

 

11,148,213

 

 

2,197,785

 

NET ASSETS

 

$

191,916,043

 

 

$

1,143,693,869

 

 

$

126,959,343

 

$

5,797,849

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Capital Stock at Zero Par Value

 

$

324,048,127

 

 

$

1,664,833,908

 

 

$

114,816,581

 

$

5,813,904

 

Total Distributable Earnings / Accumulated (Loss)

 

 

(132,132,084

)

 

 

(521,140,039

)

 

 

12,142,762

 

 

(16,055

)

NET ASSETS

 

$

191,916,043

 

 

$

1,143,693,869

 

 

$

126,959,343

 

$

5,797,849

 

SHARES ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares Outstanding (Unlimited Shares Authorized)

 

 

14,680,000

 

 

 

44,815,000

 

 

 

4,155,000

 

 

215,000

 

Net Asset Value (NAV) Per Share

 

$

13.07

 

 

$

25.52

 

 

$

30.56

 

$

26.97

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

(a) Market value of securities on loan

 

$

12,761,141

 

 

$

8,622,122

 

 

$

9,791,429

 

$

2,105,200

 

(b) Foreign currency at cost

 

$

1,001,620

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

$

 

(c) Non-cash collateral for securities on loan

 

$

9,102,440

 

 

$

332,979

 

 

$

 

$

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

100

ADVISORSHARES TRUST
Statements of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

AdvisorShares
Ranger Equity
Bear ETF

 

AdvisorShares
Restaurant ETF

 

AdvisorShares
STAR Global
Buy-Write ETF

 

AdvisorShares
Vice ETF

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

Investments, at Cost

 

$

137,558,460

 

 

$

4,237,664

 

 

$

27,597,287

 

$

10,666,276

Investments in Affiliates, at Cost (Note 8)

 

 

19,886,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements, at Cost (Note 2)

 

 

 

 

 

147,544

 

 

 

3,236,383

 

 

90,634

Total Cost of Investments

 

 

157,444,460

 

 

 

4,385,208

 

 

 

30,833,670

 

 

10,756,910

Investments, at Market Value (including securities on loan) (Note 2)(a)

 

 

137,558,460

 

 

 

4,136,330

 

 

 

29,896,442

 

 

12,412,635

Investments in Affiliates, at Market Value (Note 8)

 

 

19,680,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements, at Market Value (Note 2)

 

 

 

 

 

147,544

 

 

 

3,236,383

 

 

90,634

Total Market Value of Investments

 

 

157,238,460

 

 

 

4,283,874

 

 

 

33,132,825

 

 

12,503,269

Cash collateral held at brokers

 

 

7,098,860

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends and Interest Receivable

 

 

3,001

 

 

 

1,212

 

 

 

51,859

 

 

16,324

Receivable from Securities Sold

 

 

3,087,242

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

149,522

Reclaim Receivable

 

 

 

 

 

78

 

 

 

 

 

2,337

Due from Investment Advisor

 

 

 

 

 

849

 

 

 

 

 

Prepaid CCO Fees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

134

 

 

Prepaid Expenses

 

 

3,580

 

 

 

15,262

 

 

 

3,938

 

 

2,106

Total Assets

 

 

167,431,143

 

 

 

4,301,275

 

 

 

33,188,756

 

 

12,673,558

LIABILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

Cash collateral for securities on loan(b)

 

 

 

 

 

147,544

 

 

 

3,478,383

 

 

90,634

Advisory Fees Payable

 

 

93,151

 

 

 

 

 

 

38,342

 

 

3,015

Trustee Fees Payable

 

 

 

 

 

58

 

 

 

208

 

 

Securities Sold, Not Yet Purchased(c)

 

 

60,808,163

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payable for Securities Purchased

 

 

5,730,252

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

514,140

Options Written, at value(d)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

45,239

 

 

CCO Fees Payable

 

 

2,397

 

 

 

2,947

 

 

 

 

 

93

Due to Broker

 

 

26,156,993

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,810

 

 

Dividend Payable on Securities Sold, Not Yet Purchased

 

 

215,580

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued Expenses

 

 

44,923

 

 

 

35,254

 

 

 

28,873

 

 

35,441

Total Liabilities

 

 

93,051,459

 

 

 

185,803

 

 

 

3,601,855

 

 

643,323

NET ASSETS

 

$

74,379,684

 

 

$

4,115,472

 

 

$

29,586,901

 

$

12,030,235

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

Capital Stock at Zero Par Value

 

$

443,099,998

 

 

$

4,414,471

 

 

$

27,505,685

 

$

10,434,685

Total Distributable Earnings/Accumulated (Loss)

 

 

(368,720,314

)

 

 

(298,999

)

 

 

2,081,216

 

 

1,595,550

NET ASSETS

 

$

74,379,684

 

 

$

4,115,472

 

 

$

29,586,901

 

$

12,030,235

SHARES ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

Shares Outstanding (Unlimited Shares Authorized)

 

 

3,012,500

 

 

 

175,000

 

 

 

720,000

 

 

365,000

Net Asset Value (NAV) Per Share

 

$

24.69

 

 

$

23.52

 

 

$

41.09

 

$

32.96

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

(a) Market value of securities on loan

 

$

 

 

$

144,570

 

 

$

3,401,268

 

$

969,808

(b) Non-cash collateral for securities on loan

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

$

894,139

(c) Proceeds Received from Securities Sold, Not Yet Purchased

 

$

60,932,362

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

$

(d) Premiums received for options written

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

27,915

 

$

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

101

ADVISORSHARES TRUST
Statements of Operations

For the Six Months Ended December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

AdvisorShares
Alpha DNA
Equity
Sentiment
ETF

 

AdvisorShares
Dorsey
Wright ADR
ETF

 

AdvisorShares
Dorsey
Wright Alpha
Equal Weight
ETF

 

AdvisorShares
Dorsey
Wright FSM
All Cap
World ETF

INVESTMENT INCOME:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividend Income

 

$

214,116

 

 

$

1,510,873

 

 

$

303,077

 

 

$

334,915

 

Securities lending income (net) (Note 2)

 

 

1,138

 

 

 

25,880

 

 

 

1,858

 

 

 

35,584

 

Foreign withholding tax

 

 

(603

)

 

 

(47,700

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investment Income

 

 

214,651

 

 

 

1,489,053

 

 

 

304,935

 

 

 

370,499

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advisory Fees

 

 

286,303

 

 

 

309,096

 

 

 

315,515

 

 

 

574,587

 

Accounting & Administration Fees

 

 

17,900

 

 

 

40,452

 

 

 

27,832

 

 

 

34,842

 

Professional Fees

 

 

19,200

 

 

 

13,391

 

 

 

13,114

 

 

 

21,706

 

Exchange Listing Fees

 

 

5,945

 

 

 

4,046

 

 

 

4,700

 

 

 

7,626

 

Custody Fees

 

 

6,319

 

 

 

3,570

 

 

 

4,940

 

 

 

6,490

 

Report to Shareholders

 

 

3,495

 

 

 

6,793

 

 

 

3,068

 

 

 

6,118

 

Trustee Fees

 

 

2,357

 

 

 

2,069

 

 

 

2,148

 

 

 

2,326

 

CCO Fees

 

 

2,350

 

 

 

3,377

 

 

 

2,729

 

 

 

6,625

 

Pricing Fees

 

 

 

 

 

381

 

 

 

1,901

 

 

 

2,661

 

Transfer Agent Fees

 

 

2,825

 

 

 

3,090

 

 

 

3,155

 

 

 

5,745

 

Insurance Fees

 

 

978

 

 

 

882

 

 

 

1,005

 

 

 

2,269

 

Registration Fees

 

 

1,625

 

 

 

 

 

 

611

 

 

 

1,325

 

Organizational Fees

 

 

7,745

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Miscellaneous Fees

 

 

977

 

 

 

1,348

 

 

 

1,052

 

 

 

1,912

 

Total Expenses

 

 

358,019

 

 

 

388,495

 

 

 

381,770

 

 

 

674,232

 

Net Expenses

 

 

358,019

 

 

 

388,495

 

 

 

381,770

 

 

 

674,232

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

 

 

(143,368

)

 

 

1,100,558

 

 

 

(76,835

)

 

 

(303,733

)

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments

 

 

(3,632,810

)

 

 

(86,414

)

 

 

(8,111,008

)

 

 

(4,959,542

)

In-Kind Redemptions

 

 

5,068,438

 

 

 

1,820,240

 

 

 

5,712,785

 

 

 

4,040,541

 

Options Written

 

 

(48

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments

 

 

(1,380,771

)

 

 

(5,087,241

)

 

 

5,130,829

 

 

 

8,668,302

 

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

54,809

 

 

 

(3,353,415

)

 

 

2,732,606

 

 

 

7,749,301

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

 

$

(88,559

)

 

$

(2,252,857

)

 

$

2,655,771

 

 

$

7,445,568

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

102

ADVISORSHARES TRUST
Statements of Operations

For the Six Months Ended December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

AdvisorShares
Dorsey
Wright FSM
US Core ETF

 

AdvisorShares
Dorsey
Wright
Micro-Cap
ETF

 

AdvisorShares
Dorsey
Wright Short
ETF

 

AdvisorShares
DoubleLine
Value Equity
ETF

INVESTMENT INCOME:

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividend Income

 

$

443,766

 

$

101,884

 

 

$

3,602

 

 

$

461,773

 

Dividend Income from Affiliates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23,431

 

 

 

 

Securities lending income (net) (Note 2)

 

 

40,985

 

 

20,813

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,040

 

Total Investment Income

 

 

484,751

 

 

122,697

 

 

 

27,033

 

 

 

463,813

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advisory Fees

 

 

375,960

 

 

38,125

 

 

 

110,606

 

 

 

172,130

 

Accounting & Administration Fees

 

 

27,059

 

 

33,535

 

 

 

35,808

 

 

 

37,803

 

Professional Fees

 

 

15,159

 

 

7,230

 

 

 

11,626

 

 

 

10,981

 

Exchange Listing Fees

 

 

4,114

 

 

372

 

 

 

831

 

 

 

4,195

 

Custody Fees

 

 

4,380

 

 

2,016

 

 

 

1,558

 

 

 

2,686

 

Report to Shareholders

 

 

4,582

 

 

670

 

 

 

8,878

 

 

 

2,817

 

Trustee Fees

 

 

2,297

 

 

2,137

 

 

 

2,132

 

 

 

2,202

 

CCO Fees

 

 

3,021

 

 

271

 

 

 

800

 

 

 

1,529

 

Pricing Fees

 

 

1,930

 

 

 

 

 

348

 

 

 

 

Transfer Agent Fees

 

 

3,760

 

 

381

 

 

 

1,106

 

 

 

1,844

 

Insurance Fees

 

 

1,266

 

 

82

 

 

 

1,058

 

 

 

774

 

Registration Fees

 

 

686

 

 

122

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest on Securities Sold, Not Yet Purchased

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

65,448

 

 

 

 

Dividend Expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

213,189

 

 

 

 

Miscellaneous Fees

 

 

1,052

 

 

107

 

 

 

430

 

 

 

581

 

Total Expenses

 

 

445,266

 

 

85,048

 

 

 

453,818

 

 

 

237,542

 

Advisory Fees Waived/Recoupment

 

 

 

 

(21,507

)

 

 

8,493

 

 

 

(16,233

)

Net Expenses

 

 

445,266

 

 

63,541

 

 

 

462,311

 

 

 

221,309

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

 

 

39,485

 

 

59,156

 

 

 

(435,278

)

 

 

242,504

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON:

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on:

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments

 

 

99,330

 

 

(342,773

)

 

 

 

 

 

3,613,063

 

In-Kind Redemptions

 

 

860,242

 

 

308,971

 

 

 

 

 

 

635,369

 

Short Sales

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,896,505

)

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments

 

 

8,595,796

 

 

273,760

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,587,894

)

Investments in Affiliates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(28,000

)

 

 

 

Short Sales

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,626,543

 

 

 

 

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain
(Loss)

 

 

9,555,368

 

 

239,958

 

 

 

(297,962

)

 

 

1,660,538

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

 

$

9,594,853

 

$

299,114

 

 

$

(733,240

)

 

$

1,903,042

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

103

ADVISORSHARES TRUST
Statements of Operations

For the Six Months Ended December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

AdvisorShares
Focused
Equity ETF

 

AdvisorShares
Gerber
Kawasaki
ETF
(1)

 

AdvisorShares
Hotel ETF

 

AdvisorShares
Newfleet

Multi-Sec
tor
Income ETF

INVESTMENT INCOME:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividend Income

 

$

122,103

 

 

$

55,866

 

 

$

47,247

 

 

$

3,524

 

Interest Income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

998,189

 

Securities lending income (net) (Note 2)

 

 

724

 

 

 

6,532

 

 

 

384

 

 

 

1,261

 

Foreign withholding tax

 

 

 

 

 

(641

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investment Income

 

 

122,827

 

 

 

61,757

 

 

 

47,631

 

 

 

1,002,974

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advisory Fees

 

 

99,534

 

 

 

55,566

 

 

 

26,624

 

 

 

258,538

 

Accounting & Administration Fees

 

 

37,806

 

 

 

753

 

 

 

2,138

 

 

 

59,837

 

Professional Fees

 

 

9,682

 

 

 

20,324

 

 

 

10,276

 

 

 

15,508

 

Exchange Listing Fees

 

 

4,366

 

 

 

4,285

 

 

 

4,880

 

 

 

3,950

 

Custody Fees

 

 

1,268

 

 

 

1,801

 

 

 

1,187

 

 

 

9,288

 

Report to Shareholders

 

 

2,178

 

 

 

2,063

 

 

 

996

 

 

 

4,601

 

Trustee Fees

 

 

2,278

 

 

 

3,273

 

 

 

2,091

 

 

 

2,146

 

CCO Fees

 

 

1,011

 

 

 

6,804

 

 

 

1,045

 

 

 

3,171

 

Pricing Fees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

839

 

Transfer Agent Fees

 

 

1,149

 

 

 

556

 

 

 

333

 

 

 

3,878

 

Insurance Fees

 

 

520

 

 

 

1,074

 

 

 

694

 

 

 

1,270

 

Registration Fees

 

 

82

 

 

 

 

 

 

200

 

 

 

964

 

Organizational Fees

 

 

 

 

 

7,521

 

 

 

10,081

 

 

 

 

Miscellaneous Fees

 

 

454

 

 

 

480

 

 

 

142

 

 

 

1,201

 

Total Expenses

 

 

160,328

 

 

 

104,500

 

 

 

60,687

 

 

 

365,191

 

Advisory Fees Waived/Recoupment

 

 

(60,794

)

 

 

(48,934

)

 

 

(16,760

)

 

 

22,617

 

Net Expenses

 

 

99,534

 

 

 

55,566

 

 

 

43,927

 

 

 

387,808

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

 

 

23,293

 

 

 

6,191

 

 

 

3,704

 

 

 

615,166

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments

 

 

(31,115

)

 

 

(425,110

)

 

 

(214,758

)

 

 

38,086

 

Investments in Affiliates

 

 

 

 

 

(92,123

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

In-Kind Redemptions

 

 

3,102,722

 

 

 

72,571

 

 

 

179,270

 

 

 

 

Distributions by other Investment Companies

 

 

 

 

 

1,862

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments

 

 

650,764

 

 

 

1,042,017

 

 

 

708,120

 

 

 

(925,158

)

Investments in Affiliates

 

 

 

 

 

(140,938

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

3,722,371

 

 

 

458,279

 

 

 

672,632

 

 

 

(887,072

)

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

 

$

3,745,664

 

 

$

464,470

 

 

$

676,336

 

 

$

(271,906

)

____________

(1)    Represents the period July 2, 2021 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2021.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

104

ADVISORSHARES TRUST
Statements of Operations

For the Six Months Ended December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

AdvisorShares
North Square
McKee Core
Reserves
ETF
(1)

 

AdvisorShares
North Square
McKee ESG Core
Bond ETF
(2)

 

AdvisorShares
Poseidon
Dynamic
Cannabis ETF
(3)

 

AdvisorShares
Psychedelics
ETF
(4)

INVESTMENT INCOME:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividend Income

 

$

30

 

 

$

60,592

 

 

$

684

 

 

$

5

 

Interest Income

 

 

150,585

 

 

 

8,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Securities lending income (net) (Note 2)

 

 

96

 

 

 

1,400

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,802

 

Total Investment Income

 

 

150,711

 

 

 

70,492

 

 

 

684

 

 

 

1,807

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advisory Fees

 

 

59,834

 

 

 

10,121

 

 

 

3,034

 

 

 

7,705

 

Accounting & Administration Fees

 

 

41,433

 

 

 

29,959

 

 

 

171

 

 

 

319

 

Professional Fees

 

 

10,420

 

 

 

8,330

 

 

 

3,945

 

 

 

13,724

 

Exchange Listing Fees

 

 

4,012

 

 

 

4,205

 

 

 

1,048

 

 

 

2,905

 

Custody Fees

 

 

2,136

 

 

 

435

 

 

 

398

 

 

 

1,122

 

Report to Shareholders

 

 

2,248

 

 

 

748

 

 

 

617

 

 

 

2,163

 

Trustee Fees

 

 

2,149

 

 

 

2,123

 

 

 

802

 

 

 

2,222

 

CCO Fees

 

 

1,123

 

 

 

146

 

 

 

863

 

 

 

2,231

 

Pricing Fees

 

 

696

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transfer Agent Fees

 

 

1,496

 

 

 

175

 

 

 

28

 

 

 

96

 

Insurance Fees

 

 

996

 

 

 

147

 

 

 

370

 

 

 

1,025

 

Organizational Fees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,150

 

 

 

8,794

 

Miscellaneous Fees

 

 

605

 

 

 

100

 

 

 

62

 

 

 

75

 

Total Expenses

 

 

127,148

 

 

 

56,489

 

 

 

12,488

 

 

 

42,381

 

Advisory Fees Waived/Recoupment

 

 

(57,342

)

 

 

(10,121

)

 

 

(3,034

)

 

 

(7,705

)

Expense Reimbursement

 

 

 

 

 

(27,056

)

 

 

(5,697

)

 

 

(21,951

)

Net Expenses

 

 

69,806

 

 

 

19,312

 

 

 

3,757

 

 

 

12,725

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

 

 

80,905

 

 

 

51,180

 

 

 

(3,073

)

 

 

(10,918

)

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments

 

 

47,254

 

 

 

110,574

 

 

 

(163,664

)

 

 

(193,038

)

In-Kind Redemptions

 

 

 

 

 

(8,921

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Swaps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(95,071

)

 

 

(118,810

)

Futures

 

 

1,062

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments

 

 

(142,138

)

 

 

(130,557

)

 

 

(87,339

)

 

 

(2,795,824

)

Swaps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,565

)

 

 

(241,372

)

Futures

 

 

(2,152

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

(95,974

)

 

 

(28,904

)

 

 

(349,639

)

 

 

(3,349,044

)

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

 

$

(15,069

)

 

$

22,276

 

 

$

(352,712

)

 

$

(3,359,962

)

____________

(1)    Formerly known as AdvisorShares Sage Core Reserves ETF.

(2)    Formerly known as AdvisorShares FolioBeyond Smart Core Bond ETF.

(3)    Represents the period November 17, 2021 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2021.

(4)    Represents the period September 16, 2021 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2021.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

105

ADVISORSHARES TRUST
Statements of Operations

For the Six Months Ended December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

AdvisorShares
Pure
Cannabis ETF

 

AdvisorShares
Pure US
Cannabis ETF

 

AdvisorShares
Q Dynamic
Growth ETF
(1)

 

AdvisorShares
Q Portfolio
Blended
Allocation ETF
(1)

INVESTMENT INCOME:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividend Income

 

$

461,636

 

 

$

1,047,956

 

 

$

304,612

 

 

$

23,573

 

Securities lending income (net) (Note 2)

 

 

330,685

 

 

 

17,635

 

 

 

38,369

 

 

 

1,392

 

Total Investment Income

 

 

792,321

 

 

 

1,065,591

 

 

 

342,981

 

 

 

24,965

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advisory Fees

 

 

793,738

 

 

 

2,807,371

 

 

 

496,261

 

 

 

15,303

 

Accounting & Administration Fees

 

 

50,621

 

 

 

121,865

 

 

 

13,187

 

 

 

13,529

 

Professional Fees

 

 

36,868

 

 

 

100,378

 

 

 

20,305

 

 

 

14,897

 

Exchange Listing Fees

 

 

4,141

 

 

 

4,021

 

 

 

4,280

 

 

 

4,302

 

Custody Fees

 

 

16,064

 

 

 

37,522

 

 

 

4,429

 

 

 

665

 

Report to Shareholders

 

 

40,819

 

 

 

81,817

 

 

 

3,618

 

 

 

337

 

Trustee Fees

 

 

2,178

 

 

 

2,288

 

 

 

2,074

 

 

 

2,329

 

CCO Fees

 

 

10,609

 

 

 

31,166

 

 

 

2,060

 

 

 

76

 

Pricing Fees

 

 

1,399

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transfer Agent Fees

 

 

9,914

 

 

 

35,096

 

 

 

3,722

 

 

 

155

 

Insurance Fees

 

 

4,482

 

 

 

12,263

 

 

 

858

 

 

 

55

 

Registration Fees

 

 

6,415

 

 

 

12,008

 

 

 

767

 

 

 

44

 

Organizational Fees

 

 

 

 

 

55,680

 

 

 

8,550

 

 

 

8,550

 

Miscellaneous Fees

 

 

2,996

 

 

 

8,377

 

 

 

651

 

 

 

128

 

Total Expenses

 

 

980,244

 

 

 

3,309,852

 

 

 

560,762

 

 

 

60,370

 

Advisory Fees Waived/Recoupment

 

 

(35,402

)

 

 

15,629

 

 

 

10,281

 

 

 

(15,303

)

Expense Reimbursement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(24,594

)

Net Expenses

 

 

944,842

 

 

 

3,325,481

 

 

 

571,043

 

 

 

20,473

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

 

 

(152,521

)

 

 

(2,259,890

)

 

 

(228,062

)

 

 

4,492

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments

 

 

(17,688,158

)

 

 

(5,589,515

)

 

 

374,430

 

 

 

10,369

 

Investments in Affiliates

 

 

(2,574,872

)

 

 

(940,155

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

In-Kind Redemptions

 

 

4,164,212

 

 

 

3,330,663

 

 

 

408,522

 

 

 

32,207

 

In-Kind Redemptions in Affiliates

 

 

2,028,409

 

 

 

291,215

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Swaps

 

 

(25,859,299

)

 

 

(230,554,640

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign Currency Transactions

 

 

(33,672

)

 

 

(6,820

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions by other Investment Companies

 

 

180,376

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

351

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments

 

 

(39,624,706

)

 

 

(7,337,087

)

 

 

7,397,927

 

 

 

121,330

 

Investments in Affiliates

 

 

(27,476,018

)

 

 

(58,294,572

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Swaps

 

 

(12,174,795

)

 

 

(151,406,224

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

3,051

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

(119,055,472

)

 

 

(450,507,135

)

 

 

8,180,879

 

 

 

164,257

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

 

$

(119,207,993

)

 

$

(452,767,025

)

 

$

7,952,817

 

 

$

168,749

 

____________

(1)    Represents the period December 28, 2020 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2021.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

106

ADVISORSHARES TRUST
Statements of Operations

For the Six Months Ended December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

AdvisorShares
Ranger
Equity Bear ETF

 

AdvisorShares
Restaurant
ETF
(1)

 

AdvisorShares
STAR Global
Buy-Write
ETF

 

AdvisorShares
Vice ETF

INVESTMENT INCOME:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividend Income

 

$

15,952

 

 

$

23,936

 

 

$

260,263

 

 

$

113,811

 

Dividend Income from Affiliates

 

 

46,862

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Securities lending income (net) (Note 2)

 

 

 

 

 

232

 

 

 

6,716

 

 

 

1,043

 

Foreign withholding tax

 

 

2,782

 

 

 

(317

)

 

 

 

 

 

(893

)

Total Investment Income

 

 

65,596

 

 

 

23,851

 

 

 

266,979

 

 

 

113,961

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advisory Fees

 

 

479,802

 

 

 

15,383

 

 

 

149,378

 

 

 

37,120

 

Accounting & Administration Fees

 

 

38,575

 

 

 

1,390

 

 

 

39,091

 

 

 

38,124

 

Professional Fees

 

 

10,499

 

 

 

11,810

 

 

 

9,967

 

 

 

14,175

 

Exchange Listing Fees

 

 

4,998

 

 

 

4,880

 

 

 

4,430

 

 

 

4,068

 

Custody Fees

 

 

2,617

 

 

 

1,047

 

 

 

1,139

 

 

 

1,183

 

Report to Shareholders

 

 

3,116

 

 

 

954

 

 

 

1,098

 

 

 

1,682

 

Trustee Fees

 

 

2,130

 

 

 

2,091

 

 

 

2,393

 

 

 

1,967

 

CCO Fees

 

 

1,187

 

 

 

1,008

 

 

 

379

 

 

 

475

 

Pricing Fees

 

 

2,210

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,564

 

 

 

69

 

Transfer Agent Fees

 

 

2,399

 

 

 

192

 

 

 

830

 

 

 

464

 

Insurance Fees

 

 

1,136

 

 

 

677

 

 

 

183

 

 

 

210

 

Registration Fees

 

 

 

 

 

152

 

 

 

71

 

 

 

 

Interest on Securities Sold, Not Yet Purchased

 

 

636,395

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividend Expense

 

 

379,486

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Organizational Fees

 

 

 

 

 

10,081

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Miscellaneous Fees

 

 

1,785

 

 

 

128

 

 

 

296

 

 

 

244

 

Total Expenses

 

 

1,566,335

 

 

 

49,793

 

 

 

210,819

 

 

 

99,781

 

Advisory Fees Waived/Recoupment

 

 

 

 

 

(15,383

)

 

 

(6,116

)

 

 

(37,120

)

Expense Reimbursement

 

 

 

 

 

(9,026

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,414

)

Net Expenses

 

 

1,566,335

 

 

 

25,384

 

 

 

204,703

 

 

 

61,247

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

 

 

(1,500,739

)

 

 

(1,533

)

 

 

62,276

 

 

 

52,714

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments

 

 

 

 

 

(168,918

)

 

 

(40,109

)

 

 

54,779

 

In-Kind Redemptions

 

 

 

 

 

26,687

 

 

 

108,548

 

 

 

119,234

 

Short Sales

 

 

3,496,334

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options Written

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(30,479

)

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments

 

 

 

 

 

(70,397

)

 

 

745,530

 

 

 

(1,318,889

)

Investments in Affiliates

 

 

(56,000

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short Sales

 

 

1,103,536

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options Written

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(14,686

)

 

 

 

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

4,543,870

 

 

 

(212,628

)

 

 

768,804

 

 

 

(1,144,876

)

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

 

$

3,043,131

 

 

$

(214,161

)

 

$

831,080

 

 

$

(1,092,162

)

____________

(1)    Represents the period April 20, 2021 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2021.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

107

ADVISORSHARES TRUST
Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

AdvisorShares Alpha
DNA Equity
Sentiment ETF

 

AdvisorShares Dorsey
Wright ADR ETF

   

Six months
ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)

 

For the period
February 2,
2021* to
June 30, 2021

 

Six months
ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)

 

Year ended
June 30, 2021

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPERATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

 

$

(143,368

)

 

$

(160,118

)

 

$

1,100,558

 

 

$

356,321

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss)

 

 

1,435,580

 

 

 

2,719,382

 

 

 

1,733,826

 

 

 

19,387,682

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

 

(1,380,771

)

 

 

2,443,529

 

 

 

(5,087,241

)

 

 

(1,463,361

)

Net Increase (Decrease) In Net Assets Resulting From Operations

 

 

(88,559

)

 

 

5,002,793

 

 

 

(2,252,857

)

 

 

18,280,642

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(549,941

)

 

 

(284,565

)

Total Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(549,941

)

 

 

(284,565

)

CAPITAL STOCK TRANSACTIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from Shares Issued

 

 

39,454,993

 

 

 

96,371,099

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,147,730

 

Value of Shares Redeemed

 

 

(34,460,070

)

 

 

(31,467,151

)

 

 

(8,843,920

)

 

 

(15,186,661

)

Net Increase (Decrease) From Capital Stock Transactions

 

 

4,994,923

 

 

 

64,903,948

 

 

 

(8,843,920

)

 

 

(5,038,931

)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

4,906,364

 

 

 

69,906,741

 

 

 

(11,646,718

)

 

 

12,957,146

 

Net Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of Year/Period

 

 

69,906,741

 

 

 

 

 

 

88,836,468

 

 

 

75,879,322

 

End of Year/Period

 

$

74,813,105

 

 

$

69,906,741

 

 

$

77,189,750

 

 

$

88,836,468

 

Changes in Shares Outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares Outstanding, Beginning of Year/Period

 

 

2,535,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,335,000

 

 

 

1,425,000

 

Shares Sold

 

 

1,415,000

 

 

 

3,705,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

170,000

 

Shares Repurchased

 

 

(1,240,000

)

 

 

(1,170,000

)

 

 

(135,000

)

 

 

(260,000

)

Shares Outstanding, End of Year/Period

 

 

2,710,000

 

 

 

2,535,000

 

 

 

1,200,000

 

 

 

1,335,000

 

____________

*       Commencement of operations.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

108

ADVISORSHARES TRUST
Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

AdvisorShares Dorsey
Wright Alpha
Equal Weight ETF

 

AdvisorShares Dorsey
Wright FSM All
Cap World ETF

   

Six months
ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)

 

Year ended
June 30, 2021

 

Six months
ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)

 

Year ended
June 30, 2021

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPERATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

 

$

(76,835

)

 

$

(276,933

)

 

$

(303,733

)

 

$

(438,845

)

Net Realized Gain (Loss)

 

 

(2,398,223

)

 

 

18,631,882

 

 

 

(919,001

)

 

 

38,026,512

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

 

5,130,829

 

 

 

(2,677,985

)

 

 

8,668,302

 

 

 

(8,322,601

)

Net Increase (Decrease) In Net Assets Resulting From Operations

 

 

2,655,771

 

 

 

15,676,964

 

 

 

7,445,568

 

 

 

29,265,066

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions

 

 

(1,162,300

)

 

 

(14,018

)

 

 

(2,192,696

)

 

 

(215,144

)

Total Distributions

 

 

(1,162,300

)

 

 

(14,018

)

 

 

(2,192,696

)

 

 

(215,144

)

CAPITAL STOCK TRANSACTIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from Shares Issued

 

 

47,108,830

 

 

 

85,533,754

 

 

 

81,999,221

 

 

 

295,124,496

 

Value of Shares Redeemed

 

 

(44,077,253

)

 

 

(61,136,384

)

 

 

(92,138,315

)

 

 

(242,186,339

)

Net Increase (Decrease) From Capital Stock Transactions

 

 

3,031,577

 

 

 

24,397,370

 

 

 

(10,139,094

)

 

 

52,938,157

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

4,525,048

 

 

 

40,060,316

 

 

 

(4,886,222

)

 

 

81,988,079

 

Net Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of Year/Period

 

 

79,393,671

 

 

 

39,333,355

 

 

 

155,672,875

 

 

 

73,684,796

 

End of Year/Period

 

$

83,918,719

 

 

$

79,393,671

 

 

$

150,786,653

 

 

$

155,672,875

 

Changes in Shares Outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares Outstanding, Beginning of Year/Period

 

 

2,850,000

 

 

 

1,925,000

 

 

 

4,250,000

 

 

 

2,625,000

 

Shares Sold

 

 

1,670,000

 

 

 

3,085,000

 

 

 

2,120,000

 

 

 

8,535,000

 

Shares Repurchased

 

 

(1,535,000

)

 

 

(2,160,000

)

 

 

(2,385,000

)

 

 

(6,910,000

)

Shares Outstanding, End of Year/Period

 

 

2,985,000

 

 

 

2,850,000

 

 

 

3,985,000

 

 

 

4,250,000

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

109

ADVISORSHARES TRUST
Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

AdvisorShares Dorsey
Wright FSM
US Core ETF

 

AdvisorShares Dorsey
Wright
Micro-Cap ETF

   

Six months
ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)

 

Year ended
June 30, 2021

 

Six months
ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)

 

Year ended
June 30, 2021

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPERATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

 

$

39,485

 

 

$

(151,194

)

 

$

59,156

 

 

$

(5,175

)

Net Realized Gain (Loss)

 

 

959,572

 

 

 

8,461,136

 

 

 

(33,802

)

 

 

484,121

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

 

8,595,796

 

 

 

11,295,797

 

 

 

273,760

 

 

 

1,419,273

 

Net Increase (Decrease) In Net Assets Resulting From Operations

 

 

9,594,853

 

 

 

19,605,739

 

 

 

299,114

 

 

 

1,898,219

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions

 

 

(367,102

)

 

 

(144,245

)

 

 

(48,464

)

 

 

 

Total Distributions

 

 

(367,102

)

 

 

(144,245

)

 

 

(48,464

)

 

 

 

CAPITAL STOCK TRANSACTIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from Shares Issued

 

 

3,387,816

 

 

 

67,515,703

 

 

 

3,390,395

 

 

 

5,434,395

 

Value of Shares Redeemed

 

 

(3,280,805

)

 

 

(40,095,468

)

 

 

(963,695

)

 

 

(545,097

)

Net Increase (Decrease) From Capital Stock Transactions

 

 

107,011

 

 

 

27,420,235

 

 

 

2,426,700

 

 

 

4,889,298

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

9,334,762

 

 

 

46,881,729

 

 

 

2,677,350

 

 

 

6,787,517

 

Net Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of Year/Period

 

 

93,648,978

 

 

 

46,767,249

 

 

 

8,899,314

 

 

 

2,111,797

 

End of Year/Period

 

$

102,983,740

 

 

$

93,648,978

 

 

$

11,576,664

 

 

$

8,899,314

 

Changes in Shares Outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares Outstanding, Beginning of Year/Period

 

 

2,525,000

 

 

 

1,700,000

 

 

 

235,000

 

 

 

100,000

 

Shares Sold

 

 

90,000

 

 

 

1,945,000

 

 

 

85,000

 

 

 

160,000

 

Shares Repurchased

 

 

(85,000

)

 

 

(1,120,000

)

 

 

(25,000

)

 

 

(25,000

)

Shares Outstanding, End of Year/Period

 

 

2,530,000

 

 

 

2,525,000

 

 

 

295,000

 

 

 

235,000

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

110

ADVISORSHARES TRUST
Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

AdvisorShares Dorsey
Wright Short ETF

 

AdvisorShares DoubleLine Value
Equity ETF

   

Six months
ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)

 

Year ended
June 30,
2021

 

Six months
ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)

 

Year ended
June 30,
2021

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPERATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

 

$

(435,278

)

 

$

(1,864,666

)

 

$

242,504

 

 

$

537,254

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss)

 

 

(2,896,505

)

 

 

(27,066,731

)

 

 

4,248,432

 

 

 

5,873,938

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

 

2,598,543

 

 

 

(19,190,288

)

 

 

(2,587,894

)

 

 

10,696,504

 

Net Increase (Decrease) In Net Assets Resulting From Operations

 

 

(733,240

)

 

 

(48,121,685

)

 

 

1,903,042

 

 

 

17,107,696

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(520,610

)

 

 

(614,874

)

Total Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(520,610

)

 

 

(614,874

)

CAPITAL STOCK TRANSACTIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from Shares Issued

 

 

12,617,814

 

 

 

23,413,492

 

 

 

985,011

 

 

 

964,855

 

Value of Shares Redeemed

 

 

(5,160,294

)

 

 

(63,225,521

)

 

 

(2,432,153

)

 

 

(10,698,303

)

Net Increase (Decrease) From Capital Stock Transactions

 

 

7,457,520

 

 

 

(39,812,029

)

 

 

(1,447,142)

 

 

 

(9,733,448

)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

6,724,280

 

 

 

(87,933,714

)

 

 

(64,710

)

 

 

6,759,374

 

Net Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of Year/Period

 

 

25,164,385

 

 

 

113,098,099

 

 

 

48,242,615

 

 

 

41,483,241

 

End of Year/Period

 

$

31,888,665

 

 

$

25,164,385

 

 

$

48,177,905

 

 

$

48,242,615

 

Changes in Shares Outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares Outstanding, Beginning of Year/Period

 

 

2,930,000

 

 

 

5,850,000

 

 

 

505,000

 

 

 

625,000

 

Shares Sold

 

 

1,395,000

 

 

 

1,475,000

 

 

 

10,000

 

 

 

10,000

 

Shares Repurchased

 

 

(590,000

)

 

 

(4,395,000

)

 

 

(25,000

)

 

 

(130,000

)

Shares Outstanding, End of Year/Period

 

 

3,735,000

 

 

 

2,930,000

 

 

 

490,000

 

 

 

505,000

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

111

ADVISORSHARES TRUST
Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

AdvisorShares
Focused Equity
ETF

 

AdvisorShares
Gerber
Kawasaki ETF

   

Six months
ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)

 

Year ended
June 30,
2021

 

For the
period July 2,
2021* to
December 31,
2021

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPERATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

 

$

23,293

 

 

$

58,217

 

 

$

6,191

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss)

 

 

3,071,607

 

 

 

1,044,419

 

 

 

(442,800

)

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

 

650,764

 

 

 

4,977,298

 

 

 

901,079

 

Net Increase (Decrease) In Net Assets Resulting From Operations

 

 

3,745,664

 

 

 

6,079,934

 

 

 

464,470

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions

 

 

(52,120

)

 

 

(62,748

)

 

 

(9,594

)

Total Distributions

 

 

(52,120

)

 

 

(62,748

)

 

 

(9,594

)

CAPITAL STOCK TRANSACTIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from Shares Issued

 

 

8,925,734

 

 

 

7,478,401

 

 

 

26,709,461

 

Value of Shares Redeemed

 

 

(8,405,377

)

 

 

(4,190,848

)

 

 

(407,582

)

Net Increase (Decrease) From Capital Stock Transactions

 

 

520,357

 

 

 

3,287,553

 

 

 

26,301,879

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

4,213,901

 

 

 

9,304,739

 

 

 

26,756,755

 

Net Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of Year/Period

 

 

28,921,198

 

 

 

19,616,459

 

 

 

 

End of Year/Period

 

$

33,135,099

 

 

$

28,921,198

 

 

$

26,756,755

 

Changes in Shares Outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares Outstanding, Beginning of Year/Period

 

 

620,000

 

 

 

550,000

 

 

 

 

Shares Sold

 

 

170,000

 

 

 

170,000

 

 

 

1,025,000

 

Shares Repurchased

 

 

(160,000

)

 

 

(100,000

)

 

 

(15,000

)

Shares Outstanding, End of Year/Period

 

 

630,000

 

 

 

620,000

 

 

 

1,010,000

 

____________

*       Commencement of operations.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

112

ADVISORSHARES TRUST
Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

AdvisorShares
Hotel ETF

 

AdvisorShares Newfleet
Multi-Sector Income ETF

   

Six months
ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)

 

For the
period
April 20,
2021* to
June 30, 2021

 

Six months
ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)

 

Year ended
June 30,
2021

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPERATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

 

$

3,704

 

 

$

22,750

 

 

$

615,166

 

 

$

1,195,721

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss)

 

 

(35,488

)

 

 

(41,231

)

 

 

38,086

 

 

 

440,439

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

 

708,120

 

 

 

(281,789

)

 

 

(925,158

)

 

 

406,669

 

Net Increase (Decrease) In Net Assets Resulting From Operations

 

 

676,336

 

 

 

(300,270

)

 

 

(271,906

)

 

 

2,042,829

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions

 

 

(32,154

)

 

 

 

 

 

(771,398

)

 

 

(1,321,431

)

Total Distributions

 

 

(32,154

)

 

 

 

 

 

(771,398

)

 

 

(1,321,431

)

CAPITAL STOCK TRANSACTIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from Shares Issued

 

 

2,870,894

 

 

 

8,023,869

 

 

 

8,066,264

 

 

 

55,802,623

 

Value of Shares Redeemed

 

 

(2,256,056

)

 

 

 

 

 

(5,336,801

)

 

 

(17,332,533

)

Net Increase (Decrease) From Capital Stock Transactions

 

 

614,838

 

 

 

8,023,869

 

 

 

2,729,463

 

 

 

38,470,090

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

1,259,020

 

 

 

7,723,599

 

 

 

1,686,159

 

 

 

39,191,488

 

Net Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of Year/Period

 

 

7,723,599

 

 

 

 

 

 

96,958,588

 

 

 

57,767,100

 

End of Year/Period

 

$

8,982,619

 

 

$

7,723,599

 

 

$

98,644,747

 

 

$

96,958,588

 

Changes in Shares Outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares Outstanding, Beginning of Year/Period

 

 

315,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,985,000

 

 

 

1,200,000

 

Shares Sold

 

 

115,000

 

 

 

315,000

 

 

 

165,000

 

 

 

1,140,000

 

Shares Repurchased

 

 

(90,000

)

 

 

 

 

 

(110,000

)

 

 

(355,000

)

Shares Outstanding, End of Year/Period

 

 

340,000

 

 

 

315,000

 

 

 

2,040,000

 

 

 

1,985,000

 

____________

*       Commencement of operations.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

113

ADVISORSHARES TRUST
Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

AdvisorShares North Square
McKee Core Reserves ETF
(1)

 

AdvisorShares North Square
McKee ESG Core Bond ETF
(2)

   

Six months
ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)

 

Year ended
June 30,
2021

 

Six months
ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)

 

Year ended
June 30,
2021

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPERATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

 

$

80,905

 

 

$

613,130

 

 

$

51,180

 

 

$

109,511

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss)

 

 

48,316

 

 

 

323,325

 

 

 

101,653

 

 

 

83,801

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

 

(144,290

)

 

 

30,243

 

 

 

(130,557

)

 

 

54,063

 

Net Increase (Decrease) In Net Assets Resulting From Operations

 

 

(15,069

)

 

 

966,698

 

 

 

22,276

 

 

 

247,375

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions

 

 

(93,921

)

 

 

(647,683

)

 

 

(48,281

)

 

 

(120,549

)

Total Distributions

 

 

(93,921

)

 

 

(647,683

)

 

 

(48,281

)

 

 

(120,549

)

CAPITAL STOCK TRANSACTIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from Shares Issued

 

 

 

 

 

19,742,687

 

 

 

512,358

 

 

 

 

Value of Shares Redeemed

 

 

(6,900,021

)

 

 

(78,550,212

)

 

 

(2,328,053

)

 

 

(2,857,937

)

Net Increase (Decrease) From Capital Stock Transactions

 

 

(6,900,021

)

 

 

(58,807,525

)

 

 

(1,815,695

)

 

 

(2,857,937

)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

(7,009,011

)

 

 

(58,488,510

)

 

 

(1,841,700

)

 

 

(2,731,111

)

Net Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of Year/Period

 

 

42,432,393

 

 

 

100,920,903

 

 

 

5,580,871

 

 

 

8,311,982

 

End of Year/Period

 

$

35,423,382

 

 

$

42,432,393

 

 

$

3,739,171

 

 

$

5,580,871

 

Changes in Shares Outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares Outstanding, Beginning of Year/Period

 

 

430,000

 

 

 

1,025,000

 

 

 

215,000

 

 

 

325,000

 

Shares Sold

 

 

 

 

 

200,000

 

 

 

20,000

 

 

 

 

Shares Repurchased

 

 

(70,000

)

 

 

(795,000

)

 

 

(90,000

)

 

 

(110,000

)

Shares Outstanding, End of Year/Period

 

 

360,000

 

 

 

430,000

 

 

 

145,000

 

 

 

215,000

 

____________

(1)    Formerly known as AdvisorShares Sage Core Reserves ETF.

(2)    Formerly known as AdvisorShares FolioBeyond Smart Core Bond ETF.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

114

ADVISORSHARES TRUST
Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

AdvisorShares
Poseidon Dynamic
Cannabis ETF

 

AdvisorShares
Psychedelics ETF

   

For the
period
November 17,
2021* to
December 31,
2021

 

For the
period
September 16,
2021* to
December 31,
2021

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPERATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

 

$

(3,073

)

 

$

(10,918

)

Net Realized Gain (Loss)

 

 

(258,735

)

 

 

(311,848

)

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

 

(90,904

)

 

 

(3,037,196

)

Net Increase (Decrease) In Net Assets Resulting From Operations

 

 

(352,712

)

 

 

(3,359,962

)

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

CAPITAL STOCK TRANSACTIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from Shares Issued

 

 

7,198,746

 

 

 

10,057,990

 

Net Increase (Decrease) From Capital Stock Transactions

 

 

7,198,746

 

 

 

10,057,990

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

6,846,034

 

 

 

6,698,028

 

Net Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of Year/Period

 

 

 

 

 

 

End of Year/Period

 

$

6,846,034

 

 

$

6,698,028

 

Changes in Shares Outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares Sold

 

 

875,000

 

 

 

1,200,000

 

Shares Outstanding, End of Year/Period

 

 

875,000

 

 

 

1,200,000

 

____________

*       Commencement of operations.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

115

ADVISORSHARES TRUST
Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

AdvisorShares Pure
Cannabis ETF

 

AdvisorShares Pure US
Cannabis ETF

   

Six months
ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)

 

Year ended
June 30,
2021

 

Six months ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)

 

For the
period
September 1,
2020* to
June 30,
2021

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPERATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

 

$

(152,521

)

 

$

444,125

 

 

$

(2,259,890

)

 

$

(2,315,252

)

Net Realized Gain (Loss)

 

 

(39,783,004

)

 

 

35,943,090

 

 

 

(233,469,252

)

 

 

6,245,620

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

 

(79,272,468

)

 

 

17,051,093

 

 

 

(217,037,883

)

 

 

(64,676,943

)

Net Increase (Decrease) In Net Assets Resulting From Operations

 

 

(119,207,993

)

 

 

53,438,308

 

 

 

(452,767,025

)

 

 

(60,746,575

)

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions

 

 

(7,501,920

)

 

 

(728,447

)

 

 

(3,055,413

)

 

 

 

Total Distributions

 

 

(7,501,920

)

 

 

(728,447

)

 

 

(3,055,413

)

 

 

 

CAPITAL STOCK TRANSACTIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from Shares Issued

 

 

 

 

 

295,185,617

 

 

 

774,091,171

 

 

 

1,101,452,333

 

Value of Shares Redeemed

 

 

(35,782,313

)

 

 

(38,990,037

)

 

 

(125,269,359

)

 

 

(90,011,263

)

Net Increase (Decrease) From Capital Stock Transactions

 

 

(35,782,313

)

 

 

256,195,580

 

 

 

648,821,812

 

 

 

1,011,441,070

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

(162,492,226

)

 

 

308,905,441

 

 

 

192,999,374

 

 

 

950,694,495

 

Net Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of Year/Period

 

 

354,408,269

 

 

 

45,502,828

 

 

 

950,694,495

 

 

 

 

End of Year/Period

 

$

191,916,043

 

 

$

354,408,269

 

 

$

1,143,693,869

 

 

$

950,694,495

 

Changes in Shares Outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares Outstanding, Beginning of Year/Period

 

 

16,755,000

 

 

 

4,475,000

 

 

 

23,640,000

 

 

 

 

Shares Sold

 

 

 

 

 

13,935,000

 

 

 

25,615,000

 

 

 

25,900,000

 

Shares Repurchased

 

 

(2,075,000

)

 

 

(1,655,000

)

 

 

(4,440,000

)

 

 

(2,260,000

)

Shares Outstanding, End of Year/Period

 

 

14,680,000

 

 

 

16,755,000

 

 

 

44,815,000

 

 

 

23,640,000

 

____________

*       Commencement of operations.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

AdvisorShares Q Dynamic
Growth ETF

 

AdvisorShares Q Portfolio
Blended Allocation ETF

   

Six months
ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)

 

For the period
December 28,
2020* to
June 30, 2021

 

Six months
ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)

 

For the period
December 28,
2020* to
June 30, 2021

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPERATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

 

$

(228,062

)

 

$

(115,613

)

 

$

4,492

 

 

$

1,165

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss)

 

 

782,952

 

 

 

(585,027

)

 

 

42,927

 

 

 

(378,559

)

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

 

7,397,927

 

 

 

4,890,511

 

 

 

121,330

 

 

 

183,310

 

Net Increase (Decrease) In Net Assets Resulting From Operations

 

 

7,952,817

 

 

 

4,189,871

 

 

 

168,749

 

 

 

(194,084

)

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(16,342

)

 

 

 

Total Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(16,342

)

 

 

 

CAPITAL STOCK TRANSACTIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from Shares Issued

 

 

52,765,163

 

 

 

64,573,046

 

 

 

2,559,876

 

 

 

10,699,062

 

Value of Shares Redeemed

 

 

(2,521,554

)

 

 

 

 

 

(393,016

)

 

 

(7,026,396

)

Net Increase (Decrease) From Capital Stock Transactions

 

 

50,243,609

 

 

 

64,573,046

 

 

 

2,166,860

 

 

 

3,672,666

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

58,196,426

 

 

 

68,762,917

 

 

 

2,319,267

 

 

 

3,478,582

 

Net Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of Year/Period

 

 

68,762,917

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,478,582

 

 

 

 

End of Year/Period

 

$

126,959,343

 

 

$

68,762,917

 

 

$

5,797,849

 

 

$

3,478,582

 

Changes in Shares Outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares Outstanding, Beginning of Year/Period

 

 

2,445,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

135,000

 

 

 

 

Shares Sold

 

 

1,795,000

 

 

 

2,445,000

 

 

 

95,000

 

 

 

430,000

 

Shares Repurchased

 

 

(85,000

)

 

 

 

 

 

(15,000

)

 

 

(295,000

)

Shares Outstanding, End of Year/Period

 

 

4,155,000

 

 

 

2,445,000

 

 

 

215,000

 

 

 

135,000

 

____________

*       Commencement of operations.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

117

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

AdvisorShares Ranger Equity
Bear ETF

 

AdvisorShares
Restaurant ETF

   

Six months
ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)

 

Year ended
June 30,
2021

 

Six months
ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)

 

For the period
April 20, 2021*
to June 30,
2021

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPERATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

 

$

(1,500,739

)

 

$

(4,083,134

)

 

$

(1,533

)

 

$

(194

)

Net Realized Gain (Loss)

 

 

3,496,334

 

 

 

(65,099,412

)

 

 

(142,231

)

 

 

(37,625

)

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

 

1,047,536

 

 

 

1,581,889

 

 

 

(70,397

)

 

 

(30,937

)

Net Increase (Decrease) In Net Assets Resulting From Operations

 

 

3,043,131

 

 

 

(67,600,657

)

 

 

(214,161

)

 

 

(68,756

)

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(6,358

)

 

 

 

Total Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(6,358

)

 

 

 

CAPITAL STOCK TRANSACTIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from Shares Issued

 

 

39,656,933

 

 

 

44,585,473

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,299,395

 

Value of Shares Redeemed

 

 

(18,975,653

)

 

 

(88,348,866

)

 

 

(1,652,295

)

 

 

(242,353

)

Net Increase (Decrease) From Capital Stock Transactions

 

 

20,681,280

 

 

 

(43,763,393

)

 

 

(1,652,295

)

 

 

6,057,042

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

23,724,411

 

 

 

(111,364,050

)

 

 

(1,872,814

)

 

 

5,988,286

 

Net Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of Year/Period

 

 

50,655,273

 

 

 

162,019,323

 

 

 

5,988,286

 

 

 

 

End of Year/Period

 

$

74,379,684

 

 

$

50,655,273

 

 

$

4,115,472

 

 

$

5,988,286

 

Changes in Shares Outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares Outstanding, Beginning of Year/Period

 

 

2,202,500

 

 

 

3,337,500

 

 

 

245,000

 

 

 

 

Shares Sold

 

 

1,580,000

 

 

 

1,300,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

255,000

 

Shares Repurchased

 

 

(770,000

)

 

 

(2,435,000

)

 

 

(70,000

)

 

 

(10,000

)

Shares Outstanding, End of Year/Period

 

 

3,012,500

 

 

 

2,202,500

 

 

 

175,000

 

 

 

245,000

 

____________

*       Commencement of operations.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

118

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

AdvisorShares STAR Global
Buy-Write ETF

 

AdvisorShares Vice ETF

   

Six months
ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)

 

Year ended
June 30,
2021

 

Six months
ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)

 

Year ended
June 30,
2021

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPERATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

 

$

62,276

 

 

$

(53,752

)

 

$

52,714

 

 

$

72,734

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss)

 

 

37,960

 

 

 

3,452,454

 

 

 

174,013

 

 

 

1,636,316

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

 

730,844

 

 

 

(732,181

)

 

 

(1,318,889

)

 

 

3,470,745

 

Net Increase (Decrease) In Net Assets Resulting From Operations

 

 

831,080

 

 

 

2,666,521

 

 

 

(1,092,162

)

 

 

5,179,795

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions

 

 

(166,381

)

 

 

(36,638

)

 

 

(118,472

)

 

 

(128,419

)

Total Distributions

 

 

(166,381

)

 

 

(36,638

)

 

 

(118,472

)

 

 

(128,419

)

CAPITAL STOCK TRANSACTIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from Shares Issued

 

 

11,010,815

 

 

 

11,496,290

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,682,551

 

Value of Shares Redeemed

 

 

(411,757

)

 

 

(8,684,765

)

 

 

(647,851

)

 

 

(1,970,784

)

Net Increase (Decrease) From Capital Stock Transactions

 

 

10,599,058

 

 

 

2,811,525

 

 

 

(647,851

)

 

 

(288,233

)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

11,263,757

 

 

 

5,441,408

 

 

 

(1,858,485

)

 

 

4,763,143

 

Net Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of Year/Period

 

 

18,323,144

 

 

 

12,881,736

 

 

 

13,888,720

 

 

 

9,125,577

 

End of Year/Period

 

$

29,586,901

 

 

$

18,323,144

 

 

$

12,030,235

 

 

$

13,888,720

 

Changes in Shares Outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares Outstanding, Beginning of Year/Period

 

 

460,000

 

 

 

400,000

 

 

 

385,000

 

 

 

400,000

 

Shares Sold

 

 

270,000

 

 

 

290,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

50,000

 

Shares Repurchased

 

 

(10,000

)

 

 

(230,000

)

 

 

(20,000

)

 

 

(65,000

)

Shares Outstanding, End of Year/Period

 

 

720,000

 

 

 

460,000

 

 

 

365,000

 

 

 

385,000

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Financial Highlights

AdvisorShares Alpha DNA Equity Sentiment ETF

 

Six months
ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)

 

For the
period
February 2,
2021
* to
June 30,
2021

   

Selected Data for a Share of Capital Stock Outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year/Period

 

$

27.58

 

 

$

25.35

 

 

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Loss(1)

 

 

(0.05

)

 

 

(0.07

)

 

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain

 

 

0.08

 

 

 

2.30

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Investment Operations(2)

 

 

0.03

 

 

 

2.23

 

 

Net Asset Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

27.61

 

 

$

27.58

 

 

Market Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

27.62

 

 

$

27.58

 

 

Total Return

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investment Return Based on Net Asset Value(3)

 

 

0.12

%

 

 

8.78

%

 

Total Investment Return Based on Market(3)

 

 

0.14

%

 

 

8.80

%

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Year/Period (000’s omitted)

 

$

74,813

 

 

$

69,907

 

 

Ratio to Average Net Assets of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses, net of expense waivers and reimbursements(4)

 

 

0.95

%

 

 

1.08

%

 

Expenses, prior to expense waivers and reimbursements(4)

 

 

0.95

%

 

 

1.08

%

 

Net Investment Loss(4)

 

 

(0.38

)%

 

 

(0.67

)%

 

Portfolio Turnover Rate(5)

 

 

254

%

 

 

244

%

 

AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright ADR ETF

 

Six months
ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)

 




Years Ended June 30,

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

2017

Selected Data for a Share of Capital Stock Outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year/Period

 

$

66.54

 

 

$

53.25

 

 

$

49.75

 

 

$

53.34

 

 

$

46.56

 

 

$

39.06

 

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)(1)

 

 

0.88

 

 

 

0.27

 

 

 

(0.03

)

 

 

0.23

 

 

 

0.55

 

 

 

0.68

 

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

(2.65

)

 

 

13.23

 

 

 

3.54

 

 

 

(3.51

)

 

 

6.66

 

 

 

7.27

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Investment Operations(2)

 

 

(1.77

)

 

 

13.50

 

 

 

3.51

 

 

 

(3.28

)

 

 

7.21

 

 

 

7.95

 

Distributions from Net Investment Income

 

 

(0.45

)

 

 

(0.21

)

 

 

(0.01

)

 

 

(0.31

)

 

 

(0.43

)

 

 

(0.45

)

Total Distributions

 

 

(0.45

)

 

 

(0.21

)

 

 

(0.01

)

 

 

(0.31

)

 

 

(0.43

)

 

 

(0.45

)

Net Asset Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

64.32

 

 

$

66.54

 

 

$

53.25

 

 

$

49.75

 

 

$

53.34

 

 

$

46.56

 

Market Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

64.33

 

 

$

66.49

 

 

$

52.97

 

 

$

49.69

 

 

$

53.19

 

 

$

46.61

 

Total Return

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investment Return Based on Net Asset Value(3)

 

 

(2.67

)%

 

 

25.39

%

 

 

7.06

%

 

 

(6.16

)%

 

 

15.45

%

 

 

20.43

%

Total Investment Return Based on Market(3)

 

 

(2.57

)%

 

 

25.95

%

 

 

6.62

%

 

 

(6.00

)%

 

 

15.01

%

 

 

20.55

%

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Year/Period (000’s omitted)

 

$

77,190

 

 

$

88,836

 

 

$

75,879

 

 

$

108,198

 

 

$

246,701

 

 

$

65,185

 

Ratio to Average Net Assets of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses, net of expense waivers and reimbursements(4)

 

 

0.94

%

 

 

1.10

%

 

 

1.02

%

 

 

0.88

%

 

 

1.02

%

 

 

1.25

%

Expenses, prior to expense waivers and reimbursements(4)

 

 

0.94

%

 

 

0.96

%

 

 

0.97

%

 

 

1.07

%

 

 

0.95

%

 

 

1.43

%

Net Investment Income (Loss)(4)

 

 

2.67

%

 

 

0.44

%

 

 

(0.06

)%

 

 

0.47

%

 

 

0.96

%

 

 

1.55

%

Portfolio Turnover Rate(5)

 

 

46

%

 

 

85

%

 

 

48

%

 

 

120

%

 

 

71

%

 

 

108

%(6)

____________

*       Commencement of operations.

(1)      Based on average shares outstanding.

(2)      The amount shown for a share distribution throughout the period may not correlate with the Statement of Operations for the period due to the timing of sales and repurchases of Fund Shares in relation to income earned and/or fluctuating fair value of the investments of the Fund.

(3)      Net asset value total investment return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions on ex-date, if any, at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Periods less than one year are not annualized. Market value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market value during the period on pay date, and sale at the market value on the last day of the period.

(4)      Ratios of periods of less than one year have been annualized. Excludes expenses incurred by the underlying investments in other funds.

(5)      Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s capital shares.

(6)      During the year, the Fund underwent a sub-advisor change. As a result, investment transactions were increased during the period, which caused a higher than normal portfolio rate.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.



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Financial Highlights

AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright Alpha Equal Weight ETF

 

Six months
ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)

 



Year ended
June 30,
2021

 

For the period
December 26,
2019
* to
June 30, 2020

Selected Data for a Share of Capital Stock Outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year/Period

 

$

27.86

 

 

$

20.43

 

 

$

25.09

 

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)(1)

 

 

(0.03

)

 

 

(0.11

)

 

 

0.01

 

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

0.67

 

 

 

7.55

 

 

 

(4.67

)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Investment Operations(2)

 

 

0.64

 

 

 

7.44

 

 

 

(4.66

)

Distributions from Net Investment Income

 

 

 

 

 

(0.01

)

 

 

 

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

 

 

(0.39

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Distributions

 

 

(0.39

)

 

 

(0.01

)

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

28.11

 

 

$

27.86

 

 

$

20.43

 

Market Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

28.12

 

 

$

27.90

 

 

$

20.44

 

Total Return

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investment Return Based on Net Asset Value(3)

 

 

2.32

%

 

 

36.36

%

 

 

(18.57

)%

Total Investment Return Based on Market(3)

 

 

2.18

%

 

 

36.52

%

 

 

(18.53

)%

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Year/Period (000’s omitted)

 

$

83,919

 

 

$

79,394

 

 

$

39,333

 

Ratio to Average Net Assets of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses, net of expense waivers and reimbursements(4)

 

 

0.91

%

 

 

0.96

%

 

 

0.99

%

Expenses, prior to expense waivers and reimbursements(4)

 

 

0.91

%

 

 

0.91

%

 

 

1.19

%

Net Investment Income (Loss)(4)

 

 

(0.18

)%

 

 

(0.42

)%

 

 

0.09

%

Portfolio Turnover Rate(5)

 

 

216

%

 

 

372

%

 

 

147

%

AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright FSM All Cap World ETF

 

Six months
ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)

 

Year ended
June 30,
2021

 

For the period
December 26,
2019
* to
June 30, 2020

Selected Data for a Share of Capital Stock Outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year/Period

 

$

36.63

 

 

$

28.07

 

 

$

25.12

 

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Loss(1)

 

 

(0.07

)

 

 

(0.12

)

 

 

(0.02

)

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain

 

 

1.83

 

 

 

8.74

 

 

 

2.97

 

Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Investment Operations(2)

 

 

1.76

 

 

 

8.62

 

 

 

2.95

 

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

 

 

(0.55

)

 

 

(0.06

)

 

 

 

Total Distributions

 

 

(0.55

)

 

 

(0.06

)

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

37.84

 

 

$

36.63

 

 

$

28.07

 

Market Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

37.85

 

 

$

36.67

 

 

$

28.07

 

Total Return

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investment Return Based on Net Asset Value(3)

 

 

4.81

%

 

 

30.70

%

 

 

11.76

%

Total Investment Return Based on Market(3)

 

 

4.71

%

 

 

30.85

%

 

 

11.74

%

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Year/Period (000’s omitted)

 

$

150,787

 

 

$

155,673

 

 

$

73,685

 

Ratio to Average Net Assets of:(6)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses, net of expense waivers and reimbursements(4)

 

 

0.88

%

 

 

0.88

%

 

 

0.99

%

Expenses, prior to expense waivers and reimbursements(4)

 

 

0.88

%

 

 

0.86

%

 

 

1.12

%

Net Investment Loss(4)

 

 

(0.40

)%

 

 

(0.34

)%

 

 

(0.17

)%

Portfolio Turnover Rate(5)

 

 

102

%

 

 

209

%

 

 

46

%

____________

*         Commencement of operations.

(1)      Based on average shares outstanding.

(2)      The amount shown for a share distribution throughout the period may not correlate with the Statement of Operations for the period due to the timing of sales and repurchases of Fund Shares in relation to income earned and/or fluctuating fair value of the investments of the Fund.

(3)      Net asset value total investment return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions on ex-date, if any, at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Periods less than one year are not annualized. Market value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market value during the period on pay date, and sale at the market value on the last day of the period.

(4)      Ratios of periods of less than one year have been annualized. Excludes expenses incurred by the underlying investments in other funds.

(5)      Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s capital shares.

(6)      The Fund invests in other funds and indirectly bear their proportionate shares of fees and expenses incurred by the funds in which the Fund is invested. These ratios do not include these indirect fees and expenses.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright FSM US Core ETF

 

Six months
ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)

 



Year ended
June 30,
2021

 

For the period
December 26,
2019
* to
June 30, 2020

   

Selected Data for a Share of Capital Stock Outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year/Period

 

$

37.09

 

 

$

27.51

 

 

$

25.14

 

 

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)(1)

 

 

0.02

 

 

 

(0.07

)

 

 

0.05

 

 

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain

 

 

3.74

 

 

 

9.72

 

 

 

2.32

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Investment Operations(2)

 

 

3.76

 

 

 

9.65

 

 

 

2.37

 

 

Distributions from Net Investment Income

 

 

 

 

 

(0.03

)

 

 

 

 

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

 

 

(0.14

)

 

 

(0.04

)

 

 

 

 

Total Distributions

 

 

(0.14

)

 

 

(0.07

)

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

40.71

 

 

$

37.09

 

 

$

27.51

 

 

Market Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

40.68

 

 

$

37.16

 

 

$

27.46

 

 

Total Return

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investment Return Based on Net Asset Value(3)

 

 

10.15

%

 

 

35.08

%

 

 

9.43

%

 

Total Investment Return Based on Market(3)

 

 

9.86

%

 

 

35.59

%

 

 

9.23

%

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Year/Period (000’s omitted)

 

$

102,984

 

 

$

93,649

 

 

$

46,767

 

 

Ratio to Average Net Assets of:(4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses, net of expense waivers and reimbursements(5)

 

 

0.89

%

 

 

0.92

%

 

 

0.99

%

 

Expenses, prior to expense waivers and reimbursements(5)

 

 

0.89

%

 

 

0.89

%

 

 

1.15

%

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)(5)

 

 

0.08

%

 

 

(0.22

)%

 

 

0.37

%

 

Portfolio Turnover Rate(6)

 

 

3

%

 

 

64

%

 

 

53

%

 

AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright Micro-Cap ETF

 

Six months
ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)

 




Years Ended June 30,

 

For the period
July 11, 2018
*
to
June 30, 2019

2021

 

2020

 

Selected Data for a Share of Capital Stock Outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year/Period

 

$

37.87

 

 

$

21.12

 

 

$

23.04

 

 

$

24.71

 

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)(1)

 

 

0.22

 

 

 

(0.04

)

 

 

(0.01

)

 

 

(0.02

)

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

1.31

 

 

 

16.79

 

 

 

(1.89

)

 

 

(1.65

)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Investment Operations(2)

 

 

1.53

 

 

 

16.75

 

 

 

(1.90

)

 

 

(1.67

)

Distributions from Net Investment Income

 

 

(0.16

)

 

 

 

 

 

(0.02

)

 

 

 

Total Distributions

 

 

(0.16

)

 

 

 

 

 

(0.02

)

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

39.24

 

 

$

37.87

 

 

$

21.12

 

 

$

23.04

 

Market Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

39.11

 

 

$

37.92

 

 

$

20.80

 

 

$

23.02

 

Total Return

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investment Return Based on Net Asset Value(3)

 

 

4.05

%

 

 

79.33

%

 

 

(8.26

)%

 

 

(6.79

)%

Total Investment Return Based on Market(3)

 

 

3.56

%

 

 

82.31

%

 

 

(9.58

)%

 

 

(6.86

)%

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Year/Period (000’s omitted)

 

$

11,577

 

 

$

8,899

 

 

$

2,112

 

 

$

2,304

 

Ratio to Average Net Assets of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses, net of expense waivers and reimbursements(5)

 

 

1.25

%

 

 

1.25

%

 

 

1.17

%

 

 

0.99

%

Expenses, prior to expense waivers and reimbursements(5)

 

 

1.67

%

 

 

3.17

%

 

 

4.98

%

 

 

4.79

%

Net Investment Income (Loss)(5)

 

 

1.16

%

 

 

(0.12

)%

 

 

(0.05

)%

 

 

(0.11

)%

Portfolio Turnover Rate(6)

 

 

55

%

 

 

163

%

 

 

119

%

 

 

103

%

____________

*         Commencement of operations.

(1)      Based on average shares outstanding.

(2)      The amount shown for a share distribution throughout the period may not correlate with the Statement of Operations for the period due to the timing of sales and repurchases of Fund Shares in relation to income earned and/or fluctuating fair value of the investments of the Fund.

(3)      Net asset value total investment return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions on ex-date, if any, at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Periods less than one year are not annualized. Market value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market value during the period on pay date, and sale at the market value on the last day of the period.

(4)      The Fund invests in other funds and indirectly bear their proportionate shares of fees and expenses incurred by the funds in which the Fund is invested. These ratios do not include these indirect fees and expenses.

(5)      Ratios of periods of less than one year have been annualized. Excludes expenses incurred by the underlying investments in other funds.

(6)      Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s capital shares.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Financial Highlights

 

Six months
ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)

 



Years Ended
June 30,

 

For the
period
July 11,
2018
* to
June 30, 2019

   

AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright Short ETF

 

2021

 

2020

 

Selected Data for a Share of Capital Stock Outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year/Period

 

$

8.59

 

 

$

19.33

 

 

$

24.90

 

 

$

25.00

 

 

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)(1)

 

 

(0.13

)

 

 

(0.46

)

 

 

(0.65

)

 

 

0.13

 

 

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

0.08

 

 

 

(10.28

)

 

 

(4.89

)

 

 

(0.19

)

 

Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Investment Operations(2)

 

 

(0.05

)

 

 

(10.74

)

 

 

(5.54

)

 

 

(0.06

)

 

Distributions from Net Investment Income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.03

)

 

 

(0.04

)

 

Total Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.03

)

 

 

(0.04

)

 

Net Asset Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

8.54

 

 

$

8.59

 

 

$

19.33

 

 

$

24.90

 

 

Market Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

8.50

 

 

$

8.56

 

 

$

19.36

 

 

$

24.93

 

 

Total Return

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investment Return Based on Net Asset Value(3)

 

 

(0.60

)%

 

 

(55.58

)%

 

 

(22.26

)%

 

 

(0.27

)%

 

Total Investment Return Based on Market(3)

 

 

(0.70

)%

 

 

(55.79

)%

 

 

(22.24

)%

 

 

(0.18

)%

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Year/Period (000’s omitted)

 

$

31,889

 

 

$

25,164

 

 

$

113,098

 

 

$

24,281

 

 

Ratio to Average Net Assets of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses, net of expense waivers and reimbursements(4)

 

 

3.13

%(5)

 

 

3.48

%(5)

 

 

3.56

%(5)

 

 

2.70

%(5)

 

Expenses, prior to expense waivers and reimbursements(4)

 

 

3.08

%(5)

 

 

3.55

%(5)

 

 

3.56

%(5)

 

 

3.26

%(5)

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)(4)

 

 

(2.95

)%

 

 

(3.18

)%

 

 

(2.58

)%

 

 

0.53

%

 

Portfolio Turnover Rate(6)

 

 

92

%

 

 

243

%

 

 

555

%

 

 

357

%

 
   

Six months
ended
December 31,
2021

(Unaudited)

 


 
Years Ended June 30,

AdvisorShares DoubleLine Value Equity ETF

   

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

2017

Selected Data for a Share of Capital Stock Outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year/Period

 

$

95.53

 

 

$

66.37

 

 

$

68.21

 

 

$

67.88

 

 

$

66.23

 

 

$

55.56

 

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income(1)

 

 

0.48

 

 

 

0.95

 

 

 

0.82

 

 

 

0.62

 

 

 

0.53

 

 

 

0.47

 

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

3.37

 

 

 

29.23

 

 

 

(1.84

)

 

 

0.45

 

 

 

1.59

 

 

 

10.93

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Investment Operations(2)

 

 

3.85

 

 

 

30.18

 

 

 

(1.02

)

 

 

1.07

 

 

 

2.12

 

 

 

11.40

 

Distributions from Net Investment Income

 

 

(1.06

)

 

 

(1.02

)

 

 

(0.82

)

 

 

(0.74

)

 

 

(0.47

)

 

 

(0.73

)

Total Distributions

 

 

(1.06

)

 

 

(1.02

)

 

 

(0.82

)

 

 

(0.74

)

 

 

(0.47

)

 

 

(0.73

)

Net Asset Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

98.32

 

 

$

95.53

 

 

$

66.37

 

 

$

68.21

 

 

$

67.88

 

 

$

66.23

 

Market Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

98.17

 

 

$

95.41

 

 

$

66.28

 

 

$

68.13

 

 

$

67.88

 

 

$

66.17

 

Total Return

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investment Return Based on Net Asset Value(3)

 

 

4.04

%

 

 

45.78

%

 

 

(1.63

)%

 

 

1.74

%

 

 

3.15

%

 

 

20.55

%

Total Investment Return Based on Market(3)

 

 

4.00

%

 

 

45.79

%

 

 

(1.65

)%

 

 

1.63

%

 

 

3.26

%

 

 

20.52

%

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Year/Period (000’s omitted)

 

$

48,178

 

 

$

48,243

 

 

$

41,483

 

 

$

61,386

 

 

$

95,034

 

 

$

142,400

 

Ratio to Average Net Assets of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses, net of expense waivers and reimbursements(4)

 

 

0.90

%

 

 

0.90

%

 

 

0.90

%

 

 

0.90

%

 

 

0.87

%

 

 

0.90

%

Expenses, prior to expense waivers and reimbursements(4)

 

 

0.97

%

 

 

1.05

%

 

 

1.07

%

 

 

1.17

%

 

 

1.07

%

 

 

1.07

%

Net Investment Income(4)

 

 

0.99

%

 

 

1.18

%

 

 

1.18

%

 

 

0.93

%

 

 

0.77

%

 

 

0.76

%

Portfolio Turnover Rate(6)

 

 

24

%

 

 

40

%

 

 

93

%

 

 

218

%

 

 

171

%

 

 

180

%

____________

*         Commencement of operations.

(1)      Based on average shares outstanding.

(2)      The amount shown for a share distribution throughout the period may not correlate with the Statement of Operations for the period due to the timing of sales and repurchases of Fund Shares in relation to income earned and/or fluctuating fair value of the investments of the Fund.

(3)      Net asset value total investment return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions on ex-date, if any, at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Periods less than one year are not annualized. Market value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market value during the period on pay date, and sale at the market value on the last day of the period.

(4)      Ratios of periods of less than one year have been annualized. Excludes expenses incurred by the underlying investments in other funds.

(5)      The expense ratio includes interest and dividend expenses on short sales of 1.89%, 2.46%, 2.47% and 1.71% for the period ended December 31, 2021, June 30, 2021, June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019, respectively.

(6)      Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s capital shares.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

123

ADVISORSHARES TRUST
Financial Highlights

 

Six months
ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)

 



Years Ended
June 30,

 

For the
period

September 20,
2016* to

AdvisorShares Focused Equity ETF

 

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

June 30, 2017

Selected Data for a Share of Capital Stock Outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year/Period

 

$

46.65

 

 

$

35.67

 

 

$

34.42

 

 

$

31.80

 

 

$

28.59

 

 

$

25.00

 

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income(1)

 

 

0.04

 

 

 

0.10

 

 

 

0.14

 

 

 

0.16

 

 

 

0.13

 

 

 

0.06

 

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain

 

 

5.99

 

 

 

11.00

 

 

 

1.26

 

 

 

3.21

 

 

 

3.17

 

 

 

3.54

 

Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Investment Operations(2)

 

 

6.03

 

 

 

11.10

 

 

 

1.40

 

 

 

3.37

 

 

 

3.30

 

 

 

3.60

 

Distributions from Net Investment Income

 

 

(0.08

)

 

 

(0.12

)

 

 

(0.15

)

 

 

(0.16

)

 

 

(0.09

)

 

 

(0.01

)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.59

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Distributions

 

 

(0.08

)

 

 

(0.12

)

 

 

(0.15

)

 

 

(0.75

)

 

 

(0.09

)

 

 

(0.01

)

Net Asset Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

52.60

 

 

$

46.65

 

 

$

35.67

 

 

$

34.42

 

 

$

31.80

 

 

$

28.59

 

Market Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

53.38

 

 

$

46.68

 

 

$

34.88

 

 

$

34.31

 

 

$

31.79

 

 

$

28.59

 

Total Return

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investment Return Based on Net Asset Value(3)

 

 

12.94

%

 

 

31.15

%

 

 

4.02

%

 

 

11.09

%

 

 

11.57

%

 

 

14.39

%

Total Investment Return Based on Market(3)

 

 

14.53

%

 

 

34.20

%

 

 

2.06

%

 

 

10.74

%

 

 

11.51

%

 

 

14.40

%

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Year/Period (000’s omitted)

 

$

33,135

 

 

$

28,921

 

 

$

19,616

 

 

$

17,211

 

 

$

14,311

 

 

$

12,150

 

Ratio to Average Net Assets of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses, net of expense waivers and reimbursements(4)

 

 

0.65

%

 

 

0.66

%

 

 

0.77

%

 

 

0.72

%

 

 

0.68

%

 

 

0.75

%

Expenses, prior to expense waivers and reimbursements(4)

 

 

1.05

%

 

 

1.19

%

 

 

1.43

%

 

 

1.63

%

 

 

1.39

%

 

 

2.04

%

Net Investment Income(4)

 

 

0.15

%

 

 

0.24

%

 

 

0.41

%

 

 

0.49

%

 

 

0.42

%

 

 

0.28

%

Portfolio Turnover Rate(5)

 

 

22

%

 

 

25

%

 

 

23

%

 

 

19

%

 

 

26

%

 

 

36

%

AdvisorShares Gerber Kawasaki ETF

 

For the period
July 2,
2021
* to
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)

   

Selected Data for a Share of Capital Stock Outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year/Period

 

$

25.00

 

 

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income(1)

 

 

0.01

 

 

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain

 

 

1.48

 

 

Distributions of Net Realized Gains by other investment companies

 

 

0.01

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Investment Operations(2)

 

 

1.50

 

 

Distributions from Net Investment Income

 

 

(0.01

)

 

Total Distributions

 

 

(0.01

)

 

Net Asset Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

26.49

 

 

Market Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

26.50

 

 

Total Return

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investment Return Based on Net Asset Value(3)

 

 

5.87

%

 

Total Investment Return Based on Market(3)

 

 

5.91

%

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Year/Period (000’s omitted)

 

$

26,757

 

 

Ratio to Average Net Assets of:

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses, net of expense waivers and reimbursements(4)

 

 

0.75

%

 

Expenses, prior to expense waivers and reimbursements(4)

 

 

1.41

%

 

Net Investment Income(4)

 

 

0.08

%

 

Portfolio Turnover Rate(5)

 

 

25

%

 

____________

*         Commencement of operations.

(1)      Based on average shares outstanding.

(2)      The amount shown for a share distribution throughout the period may not correlate with the Statement of Operations for the period due to the timing of sales and repurchases of Fund Shares in relation to income earned and/or fluctuating fair value of the investments of the Fund.

(3)      Net asset value total investment return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions on ex-date, if any, at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Periods less than one year are not annualized. Market value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market value during the period on pay date, and sale at the market value on the last day of the period.

(4)      Ratios of periods of less than one year have been annualized. Excludes expenses incurred by the underlying investments in other funds.

(5)      Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s capital shares.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Financial Highlights

AdvisorShares Hotel ETF

 

Six months
ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)

 

For the
period
April 20,
2021
* to
June 30, 2021

   

Selected Data for a Share of Capital Stock Outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year/Period

 

$

24.52

 

 

$

24.32

 

 

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income(1)

 

 

0.01

 

 

 

0.13

 

 

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain

 

 

1.98

 

 

 

0.07

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Investment Operations(2)

 

 

1.99

 

 

 

0.20

 

 

Distributions from Net Investment Income

 

 

(0.09

)

 

 

 

 

Total Distributions

 

 

(0.09

)

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

26.42

 

 

$

24.52

 

 

Market Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

26.44

 

 

$

24.56

 

 

Total Return

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investment Return Based on Net Asset Value(3)

 

 

8.13

%

 

 

0.81

%

 

Total Investment Return Based on Market(3)

 

 

8.04

%

 

 

0.99

%

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Year/Period (000’s omitted)

 

$

8,983

 

 

$

7,724

 

 

Ratio to Average Net Assets of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses, net of expense waivers and reimbursements(4)

 

 

0.99

%

 

 

0.99

%

 

Expenses, prior to expense waivers and reimbursements(4)

 

 

1.37

%

 

 

6.60

%

 

Net Investment Income(4)

 

 

0.08

%

 

 

2.70

%

 

Portfolio Turnover Rate(5)

 

 

40

%

 

 

21

%

 
 

Six months
ended
December 31,
2021

(Unaudited)

 


 
Years Ended June 30,

AdvisorShares Newfleet Multi-Sector Income ETF

   

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

2017

Selected Data for a Share of Capital Stock Outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year/Period

 

$

48.85

 

 

$

48.14

 

 

$

48.44

 

 

$

47.86

 

 

$

48.68

 

 

$

48.83

 

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income(1)

 

 

0.29

 

 

 

0.78

 

 

 

1.21

 

 

 

1.35

 

 

 

1.05

 

 

 

0.74

 

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

(0.41

)

 

 

0.83

 

 

 

(0.22

)

 

 

0.65

 

 

 

(0.62

)

 

 

0.38

 

Distributions of Net Realized Gains by other investment companies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.00

(6)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Investment Operations(2)

 

 

(0.12

)

 

 

1.61

 

 

 

0.99

 

 

 

2.00

 

 

 

0.43

 

 

 

1.12

 

Distributions from Net Investment Income

 

 

(0.37

)

 

 

(0.90

)

 

 

(1.29

)

 

 

(1.42

)

 

 

(1.25

)

 

 

(1.27

)

Total Distributions

 

 

(0.37

)

 

 

(0.90

)

 

 

(1.29

)

 

 

(1.42

)

 

 

(1.25

)

 

 

(1.27

)

Net Asset Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

48.36

 

 

$

48.85

 

 

$

48.14

 

 

$

48.44

 

 

$

47.86

 

 

$

48.68

 

Market Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

48.34

 

 

$

48.83

 

 

$

48.17

 

 

$

48.38

 

 

$

47.79

 

 

$

48.70

 

Total Return

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investment Return Based on Net Asset Value(3)

 

 

(0.25

)%

 

 

3.36

%

 

 

2.10

%

 

 

4.27

%

 

 

0.87

%

 

 

2.30

%

Total Investment Return Based on Market(3)

 

 

(0.26

)%

 

 

3.27

%

 

 

2.28

%

 

 

4.29

%

 

 

0.70

%

 

 

2.37

%

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Year/Period (000’s omitted)

 

$

98,645

 

 

$

96,959

 

 

$

57,767

 

 

$

75,080

 

 

$

155,529

 

 

$

258,005

 

Ratio to Average Net Assets of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses, net of expense waivers and reimbursements(4)

 

 

0.75

%

 

 

0.75

%

 

 

0.75

%

 

 

0.75

%

 

 

0.75

%

 

 

0.75

%

Expenses, prior to expense waivers and reimbursements(4)

 

 

0.71

%

 

 

0.78

%

 

 

0.82

%

 

 

0.96

%

 

 

0.84

%

 

 

0.80

%

Net Investment Income(4)

 

 

1.19

%

 

 

1.61

%

 

 

2.51

%

 

 

2.81

%

 

 

2.17

%

 

 

1.53

%

Portfolio Turnover Rate(5)

 

 

31

%

 

 

95

%

 

 

63

%

 

 

40

%

 

 

66

%

 

 

63

%

____________

*         Commencement of operations.

(1)      Based on average shares outstanding.

(2)      The amount shown for a share distribution throughout the period may not correlate with the Statement of Operations for the period due to the timing of sales and repurchases of Fund Shares in relation to income earned and/or fluctuating fair value of the investments of the Fund.

(3)      Net asset value total investment return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions on ex-date, if any, at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Periods less than one year are not annualized. Market value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market value during the period on pay date, and sale at the market value on the last day of the period.

(4)      Ratios of periods of less than one year have been annualized. Excludes expenses incurred by the underlying investments in other funds.

(5)      Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s capital shares.

(6)      Amount represents less than $0.005 or 0.005%.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

125

ADVISORSHARES TRUST
Financial Highlights

 

Six months
ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)

 


 
Years Ended June 30,

AdvisorShares North Square McKee Core Reserves ETF(1)

 

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

2017

Selected Data for a Share of Capital Stock Outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year/Period

 

$

98.68

 

 

$

98.46

 

 

$

99.64

 

 

$

99.21

 

 

$

99.43

 

 

$

99.43

 

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income(2)

 

 

0.20

 

 

 

0.83

 

 

 

2.03

 

 

 

2.37

 

 

 

1.53

 

 

 

0.97

 

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

(0.25

)

 

 

0.23

 

 

 

(1.19

)

 

 

0.33

 

 

 

(0.16

)

 

 

0.11

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Investment Operations(3)

 

 

(0.05

)

 

 

1.06

 

 

 

0.84

 

 

 

2.70

 

 

 

1.37

 

 

 

1.08

 

Distributions from Net Investment Income

 

 

(0.23

)

 

 

(0.84

)

 

 

(2.02

)

 

 

(2.27

)

 

 

(1.59

)

 

 

(1.08

)

Total Distributions

 

 

(0.23

)

 

 

(0.84

)

 

 

(2.02

)

 

 

(2.27

)

 

 

(1.59

)

 

 

(1.08

)

Net Asset Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

98.40

 

 

$

98.68

 

 

$

98.46

 

 

$

99.64

 

 

$

99.21

 

 

$

99.43

 

Market Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

98.40

 

 

$

98.68

 

 

$

98.35

 

 

$

99.61

 

 

$

99.19

 

 

$

99.44

 

Total Return

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investment Return Based on Net Asset Value(4)

 

 

(0.04

)%

 

 

1.09

%

 

 

0.83

%

 

 

2.74

%

 

 

1.38

%

 

 

1.08

%

Total Investment Return Based on Market(4)

 

 

(0.04

)%

 

 

1.21

%

 

 

0.75

%

 

 

2.74

%

 

 

1.34

%

 

 

0.88

%

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Year/Period (000’s omitted)

 

$

35,423

 

 

$

42,432

 

 

$

100,921

 

 

$

72,240

 

 

$

52,087

 

 

$

84,519

 

Ratio to Average Net Assets of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses, net of expense waivers and reimbursements(5)

 

 

0.35

%

 

 

0.35

%

 

 

0.35

%

 

 

0.35

%

 

 

0.35

%

 

 

0.35

%

Expenses, prior to expense waivers and reimbursements(5)

 

 

0.64

%

 

 

0.57

%

 

 

0.53

%

 

 

0.65

%

 

 

0.65

%

 

 

0.50

%

Net Investment Income(5)

 

 

0.41

%

 

 

0.84

%

 

 

2.05

%

 

 

2.39

%

 

 

1.53

%

 

 

0.97

%

Portfolio Turnover Rate(6)

 

 

39

%

 

 

103

%

 

 

101

%

 

 

91

%

 

 

74

%

 

 

81

%

 

Six months
ended
December 31,
2021

(Unaudited)

 


 
Years Ended June 30,

AdvisorShares North Square McKee ESG Core Bond ETF(7)

   

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

2017

Selected Data for a Share of Capital Stock Outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year/Period

 

$

25.96

 

 

$

25.58

 

 

$

25.71

 

 

$

25.39

 

 

$

25.88

 

 

$

25.61

 

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income(2)

 

 

0.29

 

 

 

0.43

 

 

 

0.81

 

 

 

1.04

 

 

 

0.90

 

 

 

0.81

 

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

(0.20

)

 

 

0.36

 

 

 

(0.10

)

 

 

0.38

 

 

 

(0.50

)

 

 

0.25

 

Distributions of Net Realized Gains by other investment companies

 

 

 

 

 

0.08

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.01

 

Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Investment Operations(3)

 

 

0.09

 

 

 

0.87

 

 

 

0.71

 

 

 

1.42

 

 

 

0.40

 

 

 

1.07

 

Distributions from Net Investment Income

 

 

(0.26

)

 

 

(0.49

)

 

 

(0.84

)

 

 

(1.10

)

 

 

(0.89

)

 

 

(0.80

)

Total Distributions

 

 

(0.26

)

 

 

(0.49

)

 

 

(0.84

)

 

 

(1.10

)

 

 

(0.89

)

 

 

(0.80

)

Net Asset Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

25.79

 

 

$

25.96

 

 

$

25.58

 

 

$

25.71

 

 

$

25.39

 

 

$

25.88

 

Market Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

25.74

 

 

$

25.96

 

 

$

25.57

 

 

$

25.70

 

 

$

25.38

 

 

$

25.89

 

Total Return

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investment Return Based on Net Asset Value(4)

 

 

0.36

%

 

 

3.44

%

 

 

2.73

%

 

 

5.82

%

 

 

1.55

%

 

 

4.23

%

Total Investment Return Based on Market(4)

 

 

0.16

%

 

 

3.46

%

 

 

2.75

%

 

 

5.80

%

 

 

1.47

%

 

 

4.24

%

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Year/Period (000’s omitted)

 

$

3,739

 

 

$

5,581

 

 

$

8,312

 

 

$

5,785

 

 

$

18,405

 

 

$

17,466

 

Ratio to Average Net Assets of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses, net of expense waivers and reimbursements(5)

 

 

0.83

%

 

 

0.95

%

 

 

0.95

%

 

 

0.95

%

 

 

0.95

%

 

 

0.95

%

Expenses, prior to expense waivers and reimbursements(5)

 

 

2.42

%

 

 

2.15

%

 

 

1.50

%

 

 

1.49

%

 

 

1.22

%

 

 

1.20

%

Net Investment Income(5)

 

 

2.20

%

 

 

1.65

%

 

 

3.14

%

 

 

4.14

%

 

 

3.47

%

 

 

3.15

%

Portfolio Turnover Rate(6)

 

 

322

%

 

 

256

%

 

 

765

%

 

 

150

%

 

 

39

%

 

 

21

%

____________

(1)      Formerly known as AdvisorShares Sage Core Reserves ETF.

(2)      Based on average shares outstanding.

(3)      The amount shown for a share distribution throughout the period may not correlate with the Statement of Operations for the period due to the timing of sales and repurchases of Fund Shares in relation to income earned and/or fluctuating fair value of the investments of the Fund.

(4)      Net asset value total investment return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions on ex-date, if any, at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Periods less than one year are not annualized. Market value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market value during the period on pay date, and sale at the market value on the last day of the period.

(5)      Ratios of periods of less than one year have been annualized. Excludes expenses incurred by the underlying investments in other funds.

(6)      Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s capital shares.

(7)      Formerly known as AdvisorShares FolioBeyond Smart Core Bond ETF.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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AdvisorShares Poseidon Dynamic Cannabis ETF

 

For the period
November 17, 2021
*
to
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)

Selected Data for a Share of Capital Stock Outstanding

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year/Period

 

$

10.00

 

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Loss(1)

 

 

(0.01

)

Net Realized and Unrealized Loss

 

 

(2.17

)

Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Investment Operations(2)

 

 

(2.18

)

Net Asset Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

7.82

 

Market Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

7.89

 

Total Return

 

 

 

 

Total Investment Return Based on Net Asset Value(3)

 

 

(21.75

)%

Total Investment Return Based on Market(3)

 

 

(21.10

)%

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Year/Period (000’s omitted)

 

$

6,846

 

Ratio to Average Net Assets of:

 

 

 

 

Expenses, net of expense waivers and reimbursements(4)

 

 

0.99

%

Expenses, prior to expense waivers and reimbursements(4)

 

 

3.29

%

Net Investment Loss(4)

 

 

(0.81

)%

Portfolio Turnover Rate(5)

 

 

17

%

AdvisorShares Psychedelics ETF

 

For the period
September 1
6, 2021*
to
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)

Selected Data for a Share of Capital Stock Outstanding

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year/Period

 

$

10.00

 

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Loss(1)

 

 

(0.02

)

Net Realized and Unrealized Loss

 

 

(4.40

)

Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Investment Operations(2)

 

 

(4.42

)

Net Asset Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

5.58

 

Market Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

5.85

 

Total Return

 

 

 

 

Total Investment Return Based on Net Asset Value(3)

 

 

(44.18

)%

Total Investment Return Based on Market(3)

 

 

(41.50

)%

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Year/Period (000’s omitted)

 

$

6,698

 

Ratio to Average Net Assets of:

 

 

 

 

Expenses, net of expense waivers and reimbursements(4)

 

 

0.99

%

Expenses, prior to expense waivers and reimbursements(4)

 

 

3.30

%

Net Investment Loss(4)

 

 

(0.85

)%

Portfolio Turnover Rate(5)

 

 

20

%

____________

*         Commencement of operations.

(1)      Based on average shares outstanding.

(2)      The amount shown for a share distribution throughout the period may not correlate with the Statement of Operations for the period due to the timing of sales and repurchases of Fund Shares in relation to income earned and/or fluctuating fair value of the investments of the Fund.

(3)      Net asset value total investment return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions on ex-date, if any, at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Periods less than one year are not annualized. Market value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market value during the period on pay date, and sale at the market value on the last day of the period.

(4)      Ratios of periods of less than one year have been annualized. Excludes expenses incurred by the underlying investments in other funds.

(5)      Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s capital shares.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Financial Highlights

AdvisorShares Pure Cannabis ETF

 

Six months
ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)

 




Years Ended June 30,

 

For the
period
April 17,
2019
* to
June 30,
2019

2021

 

2020

 

Selected Data for a Share of Capital Stock Outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year/Period

 

$

21.15

 

 

$

10.17

 

 

$

22.99

 

 

$

25.00

 

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)(1)

 

 

(0.01

)

 

 

0.04

 

 

 

0.70

 

 

 

0.06

 

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

(7.57

)

 

 

11.05

 

 

 

(12.75

)

 

 

(2.07

)

Distributions of Net Realized Gains by other investment companies

 

 

0.01

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Investment Operations(2)

 

 

(7.57

)

 

 

11.09

 

 

 

(12.05

)

 

 

(2.01

)

Distributions from Net Investment Income

 

 

 

 

 

(0.11

)

 

 

(0.70

)

 

 

 

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

 

 

(0.51

)

 

 

 

 

 

(0.07

)

 

 

 

Total Distributions

 

 

(0.51

)

 

 

(0.11

)

 

 

(0.77

)

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

13.07

 

 

$

21.15

 

 

$

10.17

 

 

$

22.99

 

Market Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

12.99

 

 

$

21.12

 

 

$

10.18

 

 

$

23.02

 

Total Return

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investment Return Based on Net Asset Value(3)

 

 

(35.79

)%

 

 

109.96

%

 

 

(52.76

)%

 

 

(8.06

)%

Total Investment Return Based on Market(3)

 

 

(36.07

)%

 

 

109.35

%

 

 

(52.70

)%

 

 

(7.92

)%

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Year/Period (000’s omitted)

 

$

191,916

 

 

$

354,408

 

 

$

45,503

 

 

$

59,762

 

Ratio to Average Net Assets of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses, net of expense waivers and reimbursements(4)

 

 

0.71

%

 

 

0.74

%

 

 

0.74

%

 

 

0.74

%

Expenses, prior to expense waivers and reimbursements(4)

 

 

0.72

%

 

 

0.69

%

 

 

1.17

%

 

 

1.10

%

Net Investment Income (Loss)(4)

 

 

(0.12

)%

 

 

0.21

%

 

 

5.67

%

 

 

1.35

%

Portfolio Turnover Rate(5)

 

 

14

%

 

 

46

%

 

 

59

%

 

 

26

%

AdvisorShares Pure US Cannabis ETF

 

Six months
ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)

 

For the
period
September 1,
2020
* to
June 30, 2021

   

Selected Data for a Share of Capital Stock Outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year/Period

 

$

40.22

 

 

$

25.00

 

 

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Loss(1)

 

 

(0.07

)

 

 

(0.17

)

 

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

(14.56

)

 

 

15.39

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Investment Operations(2)

 

 

(14.63

)

 

 

15.22

 

 

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

 

 

(0.07

)

 

 

 

 

Total Distributions

 

 

(0.07

)

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

25.52

 

 

$

40.22

 

 

Market Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

25.58

 

 

$

40.08

 

 

Total Return

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investment Return Based on Net Asset Value(3)

 

 

(36.36

)%

 

 

60.86

%

 

Total Investment Return Based on Market(3)

 

 

(36.00

)%

 

 

60.32

%

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Year/Period (000’s omitted)

 

$

1,143,694

 

 

$

950,694

 

 

Ratio to Average Net Assets of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses, net of expense waivers and reimbursements(4)

 

 

0.71

%

 

 

0.69

%

 

Expenses, prior to expense waivers and reimbursements(4)

 

 

0.71

%

 

 

0.69

%

 

Net Investment Loss(4)

 

 

(0.48

)%

 

 

(0.49

)%

 

Portfolio Turnover Rate(5)

 

 

10

%

 

 

68

%

 

____________

*        Commencement of operations.

(1)      Based on average shares outstanding.

(2)      The amount shown for a share distribution throughout the period may not correlate with the Statement of Operations for the period due to the timing of sales and repurchases of Fund Shares in relation to income earned and/or fluctuating fair value of the investments of the Fund.

(3)      Net asset value total investment return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions on ex-date, if any, at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Periods less than one year are not annualized. Market value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market value during the period on pay date, and sale at the market value on the last day of the period.

(4)      Ratios of periods of less than one year have been annualized. Excludes expenses incurred by the underlying investments in other funds.

(5)      Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s capital shares.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Financial Highlights

AdvisorShares Q Dynamic Growth ETF

 

Six months
ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)

 

For the period
December 28,
2020
* to
June 30,
2021

Selected Data for a Share of Capital Stock Outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year/Period

 

$

28.12

 

 

$

25.00

 

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Loss(1)

 

 

(0.07

)

 

 

(0.09

)

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain

 

 

2.51

 

 

 

3.21

 

Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Investment Operations(2)

 

 

2.44

 

 

 

3.12

 

Net Asset Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

30.56

 

 

$

28.12

 

Market Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

30.56

 

 

$

28.13

 

Total Return

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investment Return Based on Net Asset Value(3)

 

 

8.66

%

 

 

12.50

%

Total Investment Return Based on Market(3)

 

 

8.64

%

 

 

12.52

%

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Year/Period (000’s omitted)

 

$

126,959

 

 

$

68,763

 

Ratio to Average Net Assets of:(4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses, net of expense waivers and reimbursements(5)

 

 

1.15

%

 

 

1.43

%

Expenses, prior to expense waivers and reimbursements(5)

 

 

1.13

%

 

 

1.49

%

Net Investment Loss(5)

 

 

(0.46

)%

 

 

(0.65

)%

Portfolio Turnover Rate(6)

 

 

39

%

 

 

61

%

AdvisorShares Q Portfolio Blended Allocation ETF

 

Six months
ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)

 

For the period
December 28,
2020
* to
June 30,
2021

Selected Data for a Share of Capital Stock Outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year/Period

 

$

25.77

 

 

$

25.00

 

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income(1)

 

 

0.03

 

 

 

0.01

 

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain

 

 

1.25

 

 

 

0.76

 

Distributions of Net Realized Gains by other investment companies

 

 

0.00

(7)

 

 

0.00

(7)

Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Investment Operations(2)

 

 

1.28

 

 

 

0.77

 

Distributions from Net Investment Income

 

 

(0.08

)

 

 

 

Total Distributions

 

 

(0.08

)

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

26.97

 

 

$

25.77

 

Market Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

26.96

 

 

$

25.76

 

Total Return

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investment Return Based on Net Asset Value(3)

 

 

4.95

%

 

 

3.07

%

Total Investment Return Based on Market(3)

 

 

4.95

%

 

 

3.04

%

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Year/Period (000’s omitted)

 

$

5,798

 

 

$

3,479

 

Ratio to Average Net Assets of:(4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses, net of expense waivers and reimbursements(5)

 

 

0.99

%

 

 

0.99

%

Expenses, prior to expense waivers and reimbursements(5)

 

 

2.92

%

 

 

3.59

%

Net Investment Income(5)

 

 

0.22

%

 

 

0.04

%

Portfolio Turnover Rate(6)

 

 

121

%

 

 

248

%

____________

*        Commencement of operations.

(1)      Based on average shares outstanding.

(2)      The amount shown for a share distribution throughout the period may not correlate with the Statement of Operations for the period due to the timing of sales and repurchases of Fund Shares in relation to income earned and/or fluctuating fair value of the investments of the Fund.

(3)      Net asset value total investment return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions on ex-date, if any, at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Periods less than one year are not annualized. Market value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market value during the period on pay date, and sale at the market value on the last day of the period.

(4)      The Fund invests in other funds and indirectly bear their proportionate shares of fees and expenses incurred by the funds in which the Fund is invested. These ratios do not include these indirect fees and expenses.

(5)      Ratios of periods of less than one year have been annualized. Excludes expenses incurred by the underlying investments in other funds.

(6)      Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s capital shares.

(7)      Amount represents less than $0.005 or 0.005%.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

129

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Financial Highlights

AdvisorShares Ranger Equity Bear ETF

 

Six months
ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)

 




Years Ended June 30,

2021(1)

 

2020(1)

 

2019(1)

 

2018(1)

 

2017(1)

Selected Data for a Share of Capital Stock Outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year/Period

 

$

23.00

 

 

$

48.55

 

 

$

63.84

 

 

$

78.01

 

 

$

85.65

 

 

$

106.05

 

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)(2)

 

 

(0.58

)

 

 

(1.59

)

 

 

(0.64

)

 

 

0.13

 

 

 

(1.34

)

 

 

(2.00

)

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

2.27

 

 

 

(23.96

)

 

 

(14.55

)

 

 

(14.30

)

 

 

(6.30

)

 

 

(18.40

)

Distributions of Net Realized Gains by other investment companies

 

 

 

 

 

0.00

(3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Investment Operations(4)

 

 

1.69

 

 

 

(25.55

)

 

 

(15.19

)

 

 

(14.17

)

 

 

(7.64

)

 

 

(20.40

)

Distributions from Net Investment Income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.10

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.10

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

24.69

 

 

$

23.00

 

 

$

48.55

 

 

$

63.84

 

 

$

78.01

 

 

$

85.65

 

Market Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

24.69

 

 

$

23.00

 

 

$

48.50

 

 

$

63.90

 

 

$

77.80

 

 

$

85.50

 

Total Return

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investment Return Based on Net Asset Value(5)

 

 

7.34

%

 

 

(52.62

)%

 

 

(23.79

)%

 

 

(18.16

)%

 

 

(8.92

)%

 

 

(19.24

)%

Total Investment Return Based on Market(5)

 

 

7.35

%

 

 

(52.58

)%

 

 

(23.94

)%

 

 

(17.87

)%

 

 

(9.01

)%

 

 

(19.42

)%

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Year/Period (000’s omitted)

 

$

74,380

 

 

$

50,655

 

 

$

162,019

 

 

$

135,814

 

 

$

133,587

 

 

$

174,504

 

Ratio to Average Net Assets of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses, net of expense waivers and reimbursements(6)

 

 

4.83

%(7)

 

 

4.90

%(7)

 

 

3.10

%(7)

 

 

2.94

%(7)

 

 

2.52

%(7)

 

 

2.67

%(7)

Expenses, prior to expense waivers and reimbursements(6)

 

 

4.83

%(7)

 

 

4.90

%(7)

 

 

3.10

%(7)

 

 

2.94

%(7)

 

 

2.52

%(7)

 

 

2.67

%(7)

Net Investment Income (Loss)(6)

 

 

(4.69

)%

 

 

(4.49

)%

 

 

(1.07

)%

 

 

0.18

%

 

 

(1.63

)%

 

 

(2.15

)%

Portfolio Turnover Rate(8)

 

 

793

%

 

 

669

%

 

 

593

%

 

 

338

%

 

 

301

%

 

 

245

%

AdvisorShares Restaurant ETF

 

Six months
ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)

 

For the period
April 20,
2021
*
to June 30,
2021

   

Selected Data for a Share of Capital Stock Outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year/Period

 

$

24.44

 

 

$

24.69

 

 

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Loss(2)

 

 

(0.01

)

 

 

(0.00

)(3)

 

Net Realized and Unrealized Loss

 

 

(0.87

)

 

 

(0.25

)

 

Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Investment Operations(4)

 

 

(0.88

)

 

 

(0.25

)

 

Distributions from Net Investment Income

 

 

(0.04

)

 

 

 

 

Total Distributions

 

 

(0.04

)

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

23.52

 

 

$

24.44

 

 

Market Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

23.52

 

 

$

24.44

 

 

Total Return

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investment Return Based on Net Asset Value(5)

 

 

(3.64

)%

 

 

(1.01

)%

 

Total Investment Return Based on Market(5)

 

 

(3.62

)%

 

 

(1.01

)%

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Year/Period (000’s omitted)

 

$

4,115

 

 

$

5,988

 

 

Ratio to Average Net Assets of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses, net of expense waivers and reimbursements(6)

 

 

0.99

%

 

 

0.99

%

 

Expenses, prior to expense waivers and reimbursements(6)

 

 

1.94

%

 

 

7.93

%

 

Net Investment Loss(6)

 

 

(0.06

)%

 

 

(0.03

)%

 

Portfolio Turnover Rate(8)

 

 

27

%

 

 

26

%

 

____________

*        Commencement of operations.

(1)      After the close of business on February 5, 2021, the Fund’s applicable class underwent a reverse stock split. The per share data presented here has been retroactively adjusted to reflect this split. See Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

(2)      Based on average shares outstanding.

(3)      Amount represents less than $0.005 or 0.005%.

(4)      The amount shown for a share distribution throughout the period may not correlate with the Statement of Operations for the period due to the timing of sales and repurchases of Fund Shares in relation to income earned and/or fluctuating fair value of the investments of the Fund.

(5)      Net asset value total investment return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions on ex-date, if any, at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Periods less than one year are not annualized. Market value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market value during the period on pay date, and sale at the market value on the last day of the period.

(6)      Ratios of periods of less than one year have been annualized. Excludes expenses incurred by the underlying investments in other funds.

(7)      The expense ratio includes interest and dividend expenses on short sales of 3.11%, 3.14%, 1.42%, 1.22%, 0.84%, and 1.03% for the periods ended December 31, 2021, June 30, 2021, June 30, 2020, June 30, 2019, June 30, 2018, and June 30, 2017, respectively.

(8)      Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s capital shares.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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ADVISORSHARES TRUST
Financial Highlights

AdvisorShares STAR Global Buy-Write ETF

 

Six months
ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)

 



Years Ended June 30,

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

2017

Selected Data for a Share of Capital Stock Outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year/Period

 

$

39.83

 

 

$

32.20

 

 

$

32.28

 

 

$

30.99

 

 

$

29.13

 

 

$

26.77

 

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)(1)

 

 

0.11

 

 

 

(0.16

)

 

 

0.09

 

 

 

0.13

 

 

 

0.11

 

 

 

0.09

 

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

1.38

 

 

 

7.89

 

 

 

(0.02

)

 

 

1.29

 

 

 

1.75

 

 

 

2.48

 

Distributions of Net Realized Gains by other investment companies

 

 

 

 

 

0.00

(2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.00

(2)

 

 

0.01

 

Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Investment Operations(3)

 

 

1.49

 

 

 

7.73

 

 

 

0.07

 

 

 

1.42

 

 

 

1.86

 

 

 

2.58

 

Distributions from Net Investment Income

 

 

 

 

 

(0.10

)

 

 

(0.15

)

 

 

(0.13

)

 

 

 

 

 

(0.22

)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

 

 

(0.23

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Distributions

 

 

(0.23

)

 

 

(0.10

)

 

 

(0.15

)

 

 

(0.13

)

 

 

 

 

 

(0.22

)

Net Asset Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

41.09

 

 

$

39.83

 

 

$

32.20

 

 

$

32.28

 

 

$

30.99

 

 

$

29.13

 

Market Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

41.13

 

 

$

39.83

 

 

$

32.25

 

 

$

32.19

 

 

$

31.01

 

 

$

29.13

 

Total Return

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investment Return Based on Net Asset Value(4)

 

 

3.73

%

 

 

24.04

%

 

 

0.20

%

 

 

4.62

%

 

 

6.41

%

 

 

9.70

%

Total Investment Return Based on Market(4)

 

 

3.84

%

 

 

23.86

%

 

 

0.63

%

 

 

4.27

%

 

 

6.45

%

 

 

9.74

%

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Year/Period (000’s omitted)

 

$

29,587

 

 

$

18,323

 

 

$

12,882

 

 

$

14,527

 

 

$

17,047

 

 

$

17,477

 

Ratio to Average Net Assets of:(5)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses, net of expense waivers and reimbursements(6)

 

 

1.85

%

 

 

1.85

%

 

 

1.85

%

 

 

1.85

%

 

 

1.85

%

 

 

1.85

%

Expenses, prior to expense waivers and reimbursements(6)

 

 

1.91

%

 

 

2.48

%

 

 

2.20

%

 

 

2.34

%

 

 

2.18

%

 

 

2.14

%

Net Investment Income (Loss)(6)

 

 

0.56

%

 

 

(0.43

)%

 

 

0.26

%

 

 

0.43

%

 

 

0.38

%

 

 

0.32

%

Portfolio Turnover Rate(7)

 

 

15

%

 

 

55

%

 

 

47

%

 

 

49

%

 

 

12

%

 

 

26

%

AdvisorShares Vice ETF

 

Six months
ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)

 




Years Ended June 30,

 

For the period
December 12,
2017
* to
June 30,
2018

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

Selected Data for a Share of Capital Stock Outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year/Period

 

$

36.07

 

 

$

22.81

 

 

$

25.11

 

 

$

25.60

 

 

$

25.00

 

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income(1)

 

 

0.14

 

 

 

0.19

 

 

 

0.42

 

 

 

0.45

 

 

 

0.23

 

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

(2.93

)

 

 

13.44

 

 

 

(2.10

)

 

 

(0.57

)

 

 

0.41

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Investment Operations(3)

 

 

(2.79

)

 

 

13.63

 

 

 

(1.68

)

 

 

(0.12

)

 

 

0.64

 

Distributions from Net Investment Income

 

 

(0.14

)

 

 

(0.37

)

 

 

(0.62

)

 

 

(0.37

)

 

 

(0.04

)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

 

 

(0.18

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Distributions

 

 

(0.32

)

 

 

(0.37

)

 

 

(0.62

)

 

 

(0.37

)

 

 

(0.04

)

Net Asset Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

32.96

 

 

$

36.07

 

 

$

22.81

 

 

$

25.11

 

 

$

25.60

 

Market Value, End of Year/Period

 

$

32.99

 

 

$

36.06

 

 

$

22.80

 

 

$

25.12

 

 

$

25.68

 

Total Return

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investment Return Based on Net Asset Value(4)

 

 

(7.73

)%

 

 

59.98

%

 

 

(6.91

)%

 

 

(0.22

)%

 

 

2.58

%

Total Investment Return Based on Market(4)

 

 

(7.61

)%

 

 

60.05

%

 

 

(6.99

)%

 

 

(0.50

)%

 

 

2.89

%

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Year/Period (000’s omitted)

 

$

12,030

 

 

$

13,889

 

 

$

9,126

 

 

$

13,183

 

 

$

12,800

 

Ratio to Average Net Assets of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses, net of expense waivers and reimbursements(6)

 

 

0.99

%

 

 

0.99

%

 

 

0.90

%

 

 

0.75

%

 

 

0.75

%

Expenses, prior to expense waivers and reimbursements(6)

 

 

1.61

%

 

 

1.71

%

 

 

1.59

%

 

 

1.43

%

 

 

2.18

%

Net Investment Income(6)

 

 

0.85

%

 

 

0.63

%

 

 

1.77

%

 

 

1.79

%

 

 

1.64

%

Portfolio Turnover Rate(7)

 

 

32

%

 

 

125

%

 

 

41

%

 

 

76

%

 

 

25

%

____________

*        Commencement of operations.

(1)      Based on average shares outstanding.

(2)      Amount represents less than $0.005 or 0.005%.

(3)      The amount shown for a share distribution throughout the period may not correlate with the Statement of Operations for the period due to the timing of sales and repurchases of Fund Shares in relation to income earned and/or fluctuating fair value of the investments of the Fund.

(4)      Net asset value total investment return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions on ex-date, if any, at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Periods less than one year are not annualized. Market value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market value during the period on pay date, and sale at the market value on the last day of the period.

(5)      The Fund invests in other funds and indirectly bear their proportionate shares of fees and expenses incurred by the funds in which the Fund is invested. These ratios do not include these indirect fees and expenses.

(6)      Ratios of periods of less than one year have been annualized. Excludes expenses incurred by the underlying investments in other funds.

(7)      Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s capital shares.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

131

ADVISORSHARES TRUST
Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

1. Organization

AdvisorShares Trust (the “Trust”) was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on July 30, 2007 and has authorized capital of unlimited shares. The Funds are investment companies and accordingly follow the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standard Codification Topic 946 “Financial Services — Investment Companies”.

The Trust is an open-end management investment company, registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”). As of December 31, 2021, the Trust is comprised of 24 active funds (the “Funds” or “ETFs” and individually, the “Fund” or “ETF”):

Fund

 

Ticker

 

Commencement of
Operations

AdvisorShares Alpha DNA Equity Sentiment ETF

 

SENT

 

February 2, 2021

AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright ADR ETF

 

AADR

 

July 21, 2010

AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright Alpha Equal Weight ETF

 

DWEQ

 

December 26, 2019

AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright FSM All Cap World ETF

 

DWAW

 

December 26, 2019

AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright FSM US Core ETF

 

DWUS

 

December 26, 2019

AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright Micro Cap ETF

 

DWMC

 

July 10, 2018

AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright Short ETF

 

DWSH

 

July 10, 2018

AdvisorShares Double Line Value ETF

 

DBLV

 

October 4, 2011

AdvisorShares Focused Equity ETF

 

CWS

 

September 20, 2016

AdvisorShares Gerber Kawasaki ETF

 

GK

 

July 2, 2021

AdvisorShares Hotel ETF

 

BEDZ

 

April 20, 2021

AdvisorShares Newfleet Multi-Sector Income ETF

 

MINC

 

March 19, 2013

AdvisorShares North Square McKee Core Reserves ETF*

 

HOLD

 

January 14, 2014

AdvisorShares North Square McKee ESG Core Bond ETF**

 

MENV

 

June 21, 2011

AdvisorShares Poseidon Dynamic Cannabis ETF

 

PSDN

 

November 17, 2021

AdvisorShares Psychedelics ETF

 

PSIL

 

September 16, 2021

AdvisorShares Pure Cannabis ETF

 

YOLO

 

April 17, 2019

AdvisorShares Pure US Cannabis ETF

 

MSOS

 

September 1, 2020

AdvisorShares Q Dynamic Growth ETF

 

QPX

 

December 28, 2020

AdvisorShares Q Portfolio Blended Allocation ETF

 

QPT

 

December 28, 2020

AdvisorShares Ranger Equity Bear ETF

 

HDGE

 

January 27, 2011

AdvisorShares Restaurant ETF

 

EATZ

 

April 20, 2021

AdvisorShares STAR Global Buy-Write ETF

 

VEGA

 

September 17, 2012

AdvisorShares Vice ETF

 

VICE

 

December 12, 2017

____________

*         Effective November 1, 2021, AdvisorShares Sage Core Reserves ETF changed its name to AdvisorShares North Square McKee Core Reserves ETF.

**        Effective November 1, 2021, AdvisorShares FolioBeyond Smart Core Bond ETF changed its name and ticker to AdvisorShares North Square McKee ESG Core Bond ETF (MENV).

AdvisorShares Alpha DNA Equity Sentiment ETF (“Alpha DNA Equity Sentiment ETF”) seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation.

AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright ADR ETF (“Dorsey Wright ADR ETF”) seeks long-term capital appreciation above international benchmarks such as the MSCI EAFE Index.

132

ADVISORSHARES TRUST
Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

1. Organization – (continued)

AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright Alpha Equal Weight ETF (“Dorsey Wright Alpha Equal Weight ETF”) seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation.

AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright FSM All Cap World ETF (“Dorsey Wright FSM All Cap World ETF”) seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation with capital preservation as a secondary objective.

AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright FSM US Core ETF (“Dorsey Wright FSM US Core ETF”) seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation with capital preservation as a secondary objective.

AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright Micro-Cap ETF (“Dorsey Wright Micro-Cap ETF”) seeks long term capital appreciation.

AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright Short ETF (“Dorsey Wright Short ETF”) seeks capital appreciation through short selling securities.

AdvisorShares DoubleLine Value Equity ETF (‘‘DoubleLine Value Equity ETF”) seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation.

AdvisorShares Focused Equity ETF (“Focused Equity ETF”) seeks long-term capital appreciation.

AdvisorShares Gerber Kawasaki ETF (“Gerber Kawasaki ETF”) seeks long-term capital appreciation.

AdvisorShares Hotel ETF (“Hotel ETF”) seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation..

AdvisorShares Newfleet Multi-Sector Income ETF (‘‘Newfleet Multi-Sector Income ETF’’) seeks to provide current income consistent with preservation of capital, while limiting fluctuations in net asset value (“NAV”) due to changes in interest rates.

AdvisorShares North Square McKee Core Reserves ETF (“North Square McKee Core Reserves ETF”) seeks to preserve capital while maximizing income.

AdvisorShares North Square McKee ESG Core Bond ETF (“North Square McKee ESG Core Bond ETF”) seeks investment results that exceed the price and yield performance of its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index.

AdvisorShares Poseidon Dynamic Cannabis ETF (“Poseidon Dynamic Cannabis ETF”) seeks long-term capital appreciation.

AdvisorShares Psychedelics ETF (“Psychedelics ETF”) seeks long-term capital appreciation.

AdvisorShares Pure Cannabis ETF (“Pure Cannabis ETF”) seeks long-term capital appreciation.

AdvisorShares Pure US Cannabis ETF (“Pure US Cannabis ETF”) seeks long-term capital appreciation.

AdvisorShares Q Dynamic Growth ETF (“Q Dynamic Growth ETF”) seeks to achieve long-term growth.

AdvisorShares Q Portfolio Blended Allocation ETF (“Q Portfolio Blended Allocation ETF”) seeks to maximize total return over the long-term.

AdvisorShares Ranger Equity Bear ETF (‘‘Ranger Equity Bear ETF’’) seeks capital appreciation through short sales of domestically traded equity securities.

AdvisorShares Restaurant ETF (“Restaurant ETF”) seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation.

133

ADVISORSHARES TRUST
Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

1. Organization – (continued)

AdvisorShares STAR Global Buy-Write ETF (‘‘STAR Global Buy-Write ETF’’) seeks consistent repeatable returns across all market cycles.

AdvisorShares Vice ETF (“Vice ETF”) seeks long-term capital appreciation.

Some of the Funds are considered “fund of funds” and seek to achieve their investment objectives by investing primarily in other affiliated and unaffiliated exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), as well as other exchange-traded products (“ETPs”), including, but not limited to, exchange-traded notes (“ETNs”) and closed-end funds (collectively with ETFs, ETNs, and ETPs), that offer diversified exposure to various global regions, credit qualities, durations and maturity dates.

For the period ended December 31, 2021, the Funds held significant positions (greater than 25% of net assets), except those invested in short term money market instruments, in other funds as follows:

Funds

 

Security Name

 

Market Value
as of
December 31,
2021

 

% of Fund
Net Assets
as of
December 31,
2021

 

Reference location

Dorsey Wright FSM All Cap World ETF

 

Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF

 

$

75,118,515

 

49.8

%

 

https://www.invesco.com

   

Invesco S&P 500 Pure Growth ETF

 

 

75,585,295

 

50.1

%

 

https://www.invesco.com

Dorsey Wright FSM US Core ETF

 

Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1

 

 

51,230,747

 

49.7

%

 

https://www.invesco.com

   

Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF

 

 

51,522,581

 

50.0

%

 

https://www.invesco.com

Dorsey Wright Short ETF

 

AdvisorShares North Square McKee Core Reserves ETF

 

 

9,840,000

 

30.9

%

 

Contained within this report.

Pure Cannabis

 

AdvisorShares Pure US Cannabis

 

 

65,949,832

 

34.4

 

 

Contained within this report.

Q Dynamic Growth ETF

 

Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1

 

 

50,113,584

 

39.5

 

 

https://www.invesco.com

   

Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund

 

 

382,065,309

 

30.1

 

 

https://www.ssga.com

Q Portfolio Blended Allocation ETF

 

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

 

 

1,696,035

 

29.3

 

 

https://www.ishares.com

Ranger Equity Bear ETF

 

AdvisorShares North Square McKee Core Reserves ETF

 

 

19,680,000

 

26.5

 

 

Contained within this report.

STAR Global Buy-Write ETF

 

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

 

 

10,957,802

 

37.0

 

 

https://us.spdrs.com

134

ADVISORSHARES TRUST
Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

1. Organization – (continued)

Reverse Split

After the close of the markets on February 5, 2021 (the Record Date), the AdvisorShares Ranger Equity Bear ETF effected a reverse split of its issued and outstanding shares, with a 1 for 10 ratio, with approval by the Board. Shares of the Fund began trading on the NYSE Arca on a split-adjusted basis on February 8, 2021.

The effect of the reverse split was reducing the number of Shares outstanding and resulted in a proportionate increase in the NAV per Share of the Fund. Therefore, the reverse split did not change the aggregate value of a shareholder’s investment or the total market value of the shares outstanding.

The reverse split was applied retroactively for all periods presented in the financial statements.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

These financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (‘‘GAAP’’) which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Investment Valuation

In computing each Fund’s NAV, the Fund’s securities holdings are valued based on their last readily available market price. Price information on listed securities, including Underlying ETFs, is taken from the exchange where the security is primarily traded. Securities regularly traded in an Over-the-Counter (“OTC”) market are valued at the latest quoted sales price on the primary exchange or national securities market on which such securities are traded. Securities not listed on an exchange or national securities market, or securities in which there was no last reported sales price, are valued at the most recent bid price. Other portfolio securities and assets for which market quotations are not readily available are valued based on fair value as determined in good faith by the Board of Trustees of the Trust.

Investment Transactions

Investment transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Realized gains and losses on sales of investment securities are calculated using the identified cost method. Dividend income and distributions to shareholders are recognized on the ex-dividend date and interest income and expenses are recognized on the accrual basis. Premiums and discounts are amortized over the life of the bond using the effective interest method.

Distributions received from investments in Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”) are recorded as dividend income on ex-dividend date, subject to reclassification upon notice of the character of such distributions by the issuer. The portion of dividend attributable to the return of capital is recorded against the cost basis of the security.

Foreign Taxes

The Funds may be subject to foreign taxes (a portion of which may be reclaimable) on income, capital gains on investments, certain foreign currency transactions or other corporate events. All foreign taxes are recorded in accordance with the applicable foreign tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign jurisdictions in which the Funds invest. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by the Funds and are reflected in their Statements of Operations.

135

ADVISORSHARES TRUST
Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies – (continued)

Expenses

Expenses of the Trust, which are directly identifiable to a specific Fund, are applied to that Fund. Expenses which are not readily identifiable to a specific Fund are allocated in such a manner as deemed equitable, taking into consideration the nature and type of expense and the relative net assets of each Fund.

Futures Contracts

Certain Funds may invest in futures contracts (‘‘futures’’), in order to hedge its investments against fluctuations in value caused by changes in prevailing interest rates or market conditions. Such Funds may invest in futures as a primary investment strategy. Investments in futures may increase or leverage exposure to a particular market risk, thereby increasing price volatility of derivative instruments a Fund holds. No monies are paid or received by a Fund upon the purchase or sale of a futures contract. Initially, a Fund will be required to deposit with the broker an amount of cash or cash equivalents, known as initial margin, based on the value of the contract. Subsequent payments, called variation margin, to and from the broker, will be made on a daily basis as the price of the underlying instruments fluctuates, making the long and short positions in the futures contract more or less valuable, a process known as ‘marking-to-the-market’. Once a final determination of variation margin is made, additional cash is required to be paid by or released to a Fund, and a Fund will realize a loss or gain. The Funds may be subject to the risk that the change in the value of the futures contract may not correlate perfectly with the underlying index. Use of long futures contracts subjects the Funds to risk of loss in excess of the amounts shown on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, up to the notional value of the futures contracts. Use of short futures contracts subjects the Funds to unlimited risk of loss. The Funds may enter into futures contracts only on exchanges or boards of trade. The exchange or board of trade acts as the counterparty to each futures contract; therefore, the Funds’ credit risk is limited to failure of the exchange or board of trade. Under some circumstances, futures exchanges may establish daily limits on the amount that the price of a futures contract can vary from the previous day’s settlement price, which could effectively prevent liquidation of unfavorable positions.

Swap Agreements

Certain funds may invest in equity swaps to obtain exposure to the underlying referenced security, obtain leverage or enjoy the returns from ownership without actually owning equity. Equity swaps are two-party contracts that generally obligate one party to pay the positive return and the other party to pay the negative return on a specified reference security, basket of securities, security index or index component during the period of the swap. Equity swap contracts are marked to market daily based on the value of the underlying security and the change, if any, is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss.

Equity swaps normally do not involve the delivery of securities or other underlying assets. Accordingly, the risk of loss with respect to equity swaps is normally limited to the net amount of payments that a Fund is contractually obligated to make. If the other party to an equity swap defaults a Fund’s risk of loss consists of the net amount of payments that the Fund is contractually entitled to receive, if any.

Equity swaps are derivatives and their value can be very volatile. To the extent that the Advisor or Sub-Advisor, as applicable, do not accurately analyze and predict future market trends, the values of assets or economic factors, the Funds may suffer a loss, which may be substantial. The swap markets in which many types of swap transactions are traded have grown substantially in recent years, with a large number of banks and investment banking firms acting both as principals and as agents. As a result, the markets for certain types of swaps have become relatively liquid. Periodic payments received or paid by the Funds are recorded as realized gains or losses.

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2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies – (continued)

Repurchase Agreements

The Funds may enter into repurchase agreements provided that the value of the underlying collateral, including accrued interest, will equal or exceed the value of the repurchase agreement during the term of the agreement. The underlying collateral for all repurchase agreements is held in safekeeping by the Fund’s custodian or at the Federal Reserve Bank. If the seller defaults and the value of the collateral declines, or if bankruptcy proceedings commence with respect to the seller of the security, realization of the collateral by the Fund may be delayed or limited.

At December 31, 2021, the market values of repurchase agreements outstanding are included as cash collateral for securities on loan on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Short Sales

Certain Funds may sell securities it does not own as a hedge against some of its long positions and/or in anticipation of a decline in the market value of that security (short sale). When the Funds make a short sale, it must borrow the security sold short and deliver it to the broker-dealer through which it made the short sale. The Funds may have to pay a fee to borrow the particular security and may be obligated to remit any interest or dividends received on such borrowed securities. Dividends declared on short positions open are recorded on the ex-date as an expense. A gain, limited to the price at which the Funds sold the security short, or a loss, unlimited in magnitude, will be recognized upon the termination of a short sale if the market price at termination is less than or greater than, respectively, the proceeds originally received. The Funds are also subject to the risk that it may be unable to reacquire a security to terminate a short position except at a price substantially in excess of the last quoted price.

The Funds are required to pledge cash or securities to the broker as collateral for the securities sold short. Collateral requirements are calculated daily based on the current market value of the short positions. Cash deposited with broker for collateral for securities sold short is recorded as an asset on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and securities segregated as collateral are denoted in the Schedule of Investments. The Funds may receive or pay the net of the following amounts: (i) a portion of the income from the investment of cash collateral; (ii) the broker’s fee on the borrowed securities; and (iii) a financing charge for the difference in the market value of the short position and cash collateral deposited with the broker. This income or fee is calculated daily based upon the market value of each borrowed security and a variable rate that is dependent on the availability of the security. The net amount of income or fees paid to Ranger Equity Bear ETF for the period ended December 31, 2021 was $636,395, which is included as Interest on Securities Sold, Not Yet Purchased in the Statements of Operations.

Deposits with brokers and segregated cash for securities sold short represent cash balances on deposit with the Funds’ prime brokers and custodian. The Funds are subject to credit risk should the prime brokers be unable to meet its obligations to the Funds.

Term Loans

Certain Funds invests in senior secured corporate loans or bank loans, some of which may be partially or entirely unfunded and purchased on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis, that pay interest at rates which are periodically reset by reference to a base lending rate plus a spread. Bank loans generally pay interest at rates which are periodically determined by reference to a base lending rate plus a premium. All loans carry a variable rate of interest. These base lending rates are generally (i) the Prime Rate offered by one or more major United States banks, (ii) the lending rate offered by one or more European banks such as the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) or (iii) the Certificate of Deposit rate. Bank Loans, while exempt from registration, under the Securities Act of 1933, contain certain

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December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies – (continued)

restrictions on resale and cannot be sold publicly. Floating rate bank loans often require prepayments from excess cash flow or permit the borrower to repay at its election. The degree to which borrowers repay, whether as a contractual requirement or at their election, cannot be predicted with accuracy. As a result, actual maturity may be substantially less than the stated maturity. Bank loans in which the Fund invests are generally readily marketable, but may be subject to certain restrictions on resale.

Options

Certain Funds are authorized to write and purchase put and call options. When a Fund writes an option, an amount equal to the premium received by the Fund is reflected as an asset and an equivalent liability. The amount of the liability is subsequently marked to market to reflect the current market value of the option written. When a security is purchased or sold through an exercise of an option, the related premium paid (or received) is added to (or deducted from) the basis of the security acquired or deducted from (or added to) the proceeds of the security sold. When an option expires (or the Fund enters into a closing transaction), the Fund realizes a gain or loss on the option to the extent of the premiums received or paid (or gain or loss to the extent the cost of the closing transaction exceeds the premium paid or received). The Fund, as writer of an option, bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security underlying the written option. Written and purchased options are non-income producing investments.

Short-Term Investments

Each Fund may invest in high-quality short-term debt securities and money market instruments on an ongoing basis to maintain liquidity or pending selection of investments in accordance with its policies. These short-term debt securities and money market instruments include shares of other mutual funds, commercial paper, certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances, U.S. Government securities and repurchase agreements.

Securities Lending

The Funds participate in a securities lending program offered by The Bank of New York Mellon (‘‘BNYM’’) (the ‘‘Program’’), providing for the lending of securities to qualified brokers. Securities lending income includes earnings of such temporary cash investments, plus or minus any rebate to a borrower. These earnings (after any rebate) are then divided between BNYM, as a fee for its services under the Program, and the Funds, according to agreed-upon rates. Collateral on all securities loaned is accepted as cash and non-cash and is maintained at a minimum level of 102% (105% in the case of certain foreign securities) of the market value, plus interest, if applicable, of investments on loan. It is the Fund’s policy to obtain additional collateral from or return excess collateral to the borrower by the end of the next business day, following the valuation date of the securities loaned. Therefore, the value of the collateral held may be temporarily less than the value of the securities on loan. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to the Funds if and to the extent that the market value of the securities loaned were to increase and the borrower did not increase the collateral accordingly, and the borrower fails to return the securities. Under the terms of the Program, the Funds are indemnified for such losses by BNYM. Cash collateral is held in a separate account managed by BNYM, who is authorized to exclusively enter into money market instruments and overnight repurchase agreements, which are collateralized at 102% with securities issued or fully guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury; U.S. Government or any agency, instrumentality or authority of the U.S. government. The securities purchased with cash collateral received are reflected in the Schedule of Investments. BNYM bears the risk of any deficiency in the amount of the cash collateral available for return to the borrower due to any loss on the collateral invested.

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December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies – (continued)

The money market instruments and repurchase agreements income related to the Program earned by the Funds is disclosed on the Statements of Operations.

The value of loaned securities and related collateral outstanding at December 31, 2021 are shown in the Schedules of Investments and Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Non-cash collateral received by the Funds may not be sold or re-pledged except to satisfy a borrower default. Therefore, non-cash collateral is not included on the Fund’s Schedules of Investments or Statements of Asset and Liabilities.

Fund and Description

 

Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Assets
(Liabilities)

 

Gross
Amounts
Offset in
the
Statements
of Assets
and
(Liabilities)

 

Net Amounts
Presented in
the
Statements
of Assets and
(Liabilities)

 

Gross Amounts not
offset in the
Statements of
Assets and Liabilities

 

Net
Amount

Financial
Instruments

 

Collateral
Pledged/
Received

 

Alpha DNA Equity Sentiment ETF

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

Securities Lending

 

$

(406,670

)

 

$

 

$

(406,670

)

 

$

406,670

(1)

 

$

 

Repurchase Agreements and Money Market Instruments

 

 

406,670

 

 

 

 

 

406,670

 

 

 

406,670

(2)

 

 

 

Dorsey Wright ADR ETF

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

Securities Lending

 

 

(9,849,111

)

 

 

 

 

(9,849,111

)

 

 

9,849,111

(1)

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements and Money Market Instruments

 

 

9,849,111

 

 

 

 

 

9,849,111

 

 

 

9,849,111

(2)

 

 

 

Dorsey Wright Alpha Equal Weight ETF

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

Securities Lending

 

 

(1,124,574

)

 

 

 

 

(1,124,574

)

 

 

1,124,574

(1)

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements and Money Market Instruments

 

 

1,124,574

 

 

 

 

 

1,124,574

 

 

 

1,124,574

(2)

 

 

 

Dorsey Wright FSM US Core ETF

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

Securities Lending

 

 

(51,261,276

)

 

 

 

 

(51,261,276

)

 

 

51,261,276

(1)

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements and Money Market Instruments

 

 

51,261,276

 

 

 

 

 

51,261,276

 

 

 

51,261,276

(2)

 

 

 

Dorsey Wright Micro-Cap ETF

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

Securities Lending

 

 

(376,169

)

 

 

 

 

(376,169

)

 

 

376,169

(1)

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements and Money Market Instruments

 

 

376,169

 

 

 

 

 

376,169

 

 

 

376,169

(2)

 

 

 

DoubleLine Value Equity ETF

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

Securities Lending

 

 

(599,874

)

 

 

 

 

(599,874

)

 

 

599,874

(1)

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements and Money Market Instruments

 

 

599,874

 

 

 

 

 

599,874

 

 

 

599,874

(2)

 

 

 

Gerber Kawasaki ETF

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Securities Lending

 

 

(1,079,079

)

 

 

 

 

(1,079,079

)

 

 

1,079,079

(1)

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements and Money Market Instruments

 

 

1,079,079

 

 

 

 

 

1,079,079

 

 

 

1,079,079

(2)

 

 

     

Hotel ETF

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

Securities Lending

 

 

(144,598

)

 

 

 

 

(144,598

)

 

 

144,598

(1)

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements and Money Market Instruments

 

 

144,598

 

 

 

 

 

144,598

 

 

 

144,598

(2)

 

 

 

Newfleet Multi-Sector Income ETF

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

Securities Lending

 

 

(2,854,012

)

 

 

 

 

(2,854,012

)

 

 

2,854,012

(1)

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements and Money Market Instruments

 

 

2,854,012

 

 

 

 

 

2,854,012

 

 

 

2,854,012

(2)

 

 

 

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2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies – (continued)

Fund and Description

 

Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Assets
(Liabilities)

 

Gross
Amounts
Offset in
the
Statements
of Assets
and
(Liabilities)

 

Net Amounts
Presented in
the
Statements
of Assets and
(Liabilities)

 

Gross Amounts not
offset in the
Statements of
Assets and Liabilities

 

Net
Amount

Financial
Instruments

 

Collateral
Pledged/
Received

 

North Square McKee ESG Core Bond ETF

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

 

Securities Lending

 

$

(52,597

)

 

$

 

$

(52,597

)

 

$

52,597

(1)

 

$

 

 

Repurchase Agreements and Money Market Instruments

 

 

52,597

 

 

 

 

 

52,597

 

 

 

52,597

(2)

 

 

 

 

Psychedelics ETF

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

 

Securities Lending

 

 

(854,343

)

 

 

 

 

(854,343

)

 

 

854,343

(1)

 

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements and Money Market Instruments

 

 

854,343

 

 

 

 

 

854,343

 

 

 

854,343

(2)

 

 

 

 

Swaps

 

 

(241,372

)

 

 

 

 

(241,372

)

 

 

(2)

 

 

 

(241,372

)

Pure Cannabis ETF

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

 

Securities Lending

 

 

(4,579,267

)

 

 

 

 

(4,579,267

)

 

 

4,579,267

(1)

 

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements and Money Market Instruments

 

 

4,579,267

 

 

 

 

 

4,579,267

 

 

 

4,579,267

(2)

 

 

 

 

Swaps

 

 

(9,751,143

)

 

 

 

 

(9,751,143

)

 

 

(2)

 

 

 

(9,751,143

)

Pure US Cannabis ETF

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

 

Securities Lending

 

 

(8,795,598

)

 

 

 

 

(8,795,598

)

 

 

8,795,598

(1)

 

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements and Money Market Instruments

 

 

8,975,598

 

 

 

 

 

8,975,598

 

 

 

8,975,598

(2)

 

 

 

 

Swaps

 

 

(211,929,221

)

 

 

 

 

(211,929,221

)

 

 

(2)

 

 

 

(211,929,221

)

AdvisorShares Q Dynamic Growth ETF

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

 

Securities Lending

 

 

(10,108,746

)

 

 

 

 

(10,108,746

)

 

 

10,108,746

(1)

 

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements and Money Market Instruments

 

 

10,108,746

 

 

 

 

 

10,108,746

 

 

 

10,108,746

(2)

 

 

 

 

AdvisorShares Q Portfolio Blended Allocation ETF

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

 

Securities Lending

 

 

(2,150,321

)

 

 

 

 

(2,150,321

)

 

 

2,150,321

(1)

 

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements and Money Market Instruments

 

 

2,150,321

 

 

 

 

 

2,150,321

 

 

 

2,150,321

(2)

 

 

 

 

AdvisorShares Restaurant ETF

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

 

Securities Lending

 

 

(147,544

)

 

 

 

 

(147,544

)

 

 

147,544

(1)

 

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements and Money Market Instruments

 

 

147,544

 

 

 

 

 

147,544

 

 

 

147,544

(2)

 

 

 

 

STAR Global Buy-Write ETF

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

 

Securities Lending

 

 

(3,478,383

)

 

 

 

 

(3,478,383

)

 

 

3,478,383

(1)

 

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements and Money Market Instruments

 

 

3,478,383

 

 

 

 

 

3,478,383

 

 

 

3,478,383

(2)

 

 

 

 

Vice ETF

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

 

Securities Lending

 

 

(90,634

)

 

 

 

 

(90,634

)

 

 

90,634

(1)

 

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements and Money Market Instruments

 

 

90,634

 

 

 

 

 

90,634

 

 

 

90,634

(2)

 

 

 

 

____________

(1)      Collateral for securities on loan is included in the Schedules of Investments and consists of Repurchase Agreements and shares of Money Market instruments.

(2)      Repurchase agreements are collateralized by U.S. Government Agency Obligations in the event the other party to the repurchase agreement defaults on its obligation. Amounts may also include Money Market instruments.

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December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies – (continued)

Dividends and Distributions

Each Fund will generally pay out dividends to shareholders at least annually. Each Fund will distribute its net capital gains, if any, to shareholders annually. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations which may differ from U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Distributions are recorded on ex-dividend date.

Indemnifications

In the normal course of business, each Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations which provide general indemnifications. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements cannot be known; however, the Trust expects any risk of loss to be remote.

Recent Accounting Pronouncement

Accounting Standards Update 2020-04 Reference Rate Reform

In March 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848) — Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. The amendments in the ASU provides optional temporary financial reporting relief from the effect of certain types of contract modifications due to the planned discontinuation of the LIBOR and other interbank-offered based reference rates as of the end of 2021. The ASU is effective for certain reference rate-related contract modifications that occur during the period March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022. Management has reviewed the requirements and believes the adoption of this ASU will not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.

3. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Agreements

Investment Advisory Agreement

Each Fund has entered into an investment advisory agreement with AdvisorShares Investments, LLC (the ‘‘Advisor’’) pursuant to which the Advisor acts as the Fund’s investment advisor. Pursuant to the agreement, the Advisor has overall responsibility for the general management and investment of each Fund’s securities portfolio, and has ultimate responsibility (subject to oversight by the Trust’s Board of Trustees) for oversight of the Trust’s sub-advisors, if applicable. For its services, each Fund pays the Advisor an annual management fee and which is calculated daily and paid monthly based on average daily net assets. From time to time, the Advisor may waive all or a portion of its fee.

The Advisor’s annual management fee for each Fund is as follows:

Fund:

 

Rate:

Alpha DNA Equity Sentiment ETF

 

0.76

%

Dorsey Wright ADR ETF

 

0.75

%

Dorsey Wright Alpha Equal Weight ETF

 

0.75

%

Dorsey Wright FSM All Cap World ETF

 

0.75

%

Dorsey Wright FSM US Core ETF

 

0.75

%

Dorsey Wright Micro-CAP ETF

 

0.75

%

Dorsey Wright Short ETF

 

0.75

%

DoubleLine Value Equity ETF

 

0.70

%

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December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

3. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Agreements – (continued)

Fund:

 

Rate:

Focused Equity ETF

 

0.75

%*

Gerber Kawasaki ETF

 

0.75

%

Hotel ETF

 

0.60

%

Newfleet Multi-Sector Income ETF

 

0.50

%

North Square McKee Core Reserves ETF

 

0.30

%**

North Square McKee ESG Core Bond ETF

 

0.24

%***

Poseidon Dynamic Cannabis ETF

 

0.80

%

Psychedelics ETF

 

0.60

%

Pure Cannabis ETF

 

0.60

%****

Pure US Cannabis ETF

 

0.60

%

Q Dynamic Growth ETF

 

1.00

%*

Q Portfolio Blended Allocation ETF

 

0.74

%*

Ranger Equity Bear ETF

 

1.50

%

Restaurant ETF

 

0.60

%

STAR Global Buy-Write ETF

 

1.35

%

Vice ETF

 

0.60

%

____________

*        The Advisor’s advisory fee has two components — the base fee (disclosed in the table above) and the performance fee adjustment. The base fee is the pre-determined rate at which the Advisor is paid when the Fund’s net performance is in line with Fund’s pre-determined performance benchmark. The base fee is subject to an upward or downward adjustment by the performance fee. If the Fund outperforms the performance benchmark, the Advisor may receive an upward fee adjustment. If the Fund underperforms the performance benchmark, the Advisor may receive a downward fee adjustment. The Advisor’s annual base fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets. The performance fee adjustment is derived by comparing the Fund’s performance over a rolling twelve-month period to its performance benchmark, which is set forth in the table below. The base fee is adjusted at a rate of 0.02% for every 0.25% to 0.50% of out-performance or under-performance compared to the performance benchmark, but only up to 2.00% of the performance benchmark. As a result, the maximum possible performance fee adjustment, up or down, to the base fee is 0.10%. Accordingly, the Advisor’s annual advisory fee may range as follows, based on the Fund’s average daily net assets:

Fund

 

Performance
Benchmark

 

Annual Advisory
Fee Range

Focused Equity ETF

 

S&P 500 Index

 

0.65% to 0.85%

Q Dynamic Growth ETF

 

S&P 500 Index

 

0.90% to 1.10%

Q Portfolio Blended Allocation ETF

 

Blended 60% S&P 500 Index/40% Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index

 

0.64% to 0.84%

____________

**       Effective November 1, 2021, AdvisorShares Sage Core Reserves ETF changed its name to AdvisorShares North Square McKee Core Reserves ETF and the Fund’s investment advisory fee of 0.30% did not change.

***      Effective November 1, 2021, AdvisorShares FolioBeyond Smart Core Bond ETF changed its name to AdvisorShares North Square McKee ESG Core Bond ETF and the Fund’s investment advisory fee changed from 0.50% to 0.24%.

****    Prior to November 24, 2021, the advisory fee was 0.60%. Effective November 24, 2021, the advisory fee is 0.60% less the acquired fund fees and expenses related to any investment in AdvisorShares Pure US Cannabis ETF.

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December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

3. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Agreements – (continued)

Sub-Advisory Agreements

Each Fund’s investment sub-advisor provides investment advice and management services to the Fund. The Advisor supervises the day-to-day investment and reinvestment of the assets in each Fund and is responsible for monitoring the Fund’s adherence to its investment mandate. Pursuant to an investment sub-advisory agreement between each sub-advisor and the Advisor, the sub-advisor is entitled to a fee, which is paid by the Advisor and is not an additional expense of the applicable Fund, and is calculated daily and paid monthly by the Advisor, at an annual rate based on the average daily net assets of its respective Fund(s) as follows:

 

Sub-Advisor

 

Sub-Advisory
Fee Rate

AdvisorShares Alpha DNA Equity Sentiment ETF

 

Alpha DNA Investment Management LL

 

0.45

%

AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright ADR ETF

 

Dorsey, Wright & Associates, LLC

 

0.25

%

AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright Micro Cap ETF

 

Dorsey, Wright & Associates, LLC

 

0.25

%

AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright Short ETF

 

Dorsey, Wright & Associates, LLC

 

0.25

%

AdvisorShares DoubleLine Value ETF

 

Doubleline Equity LP

 

0.35

%

AdvisorShares Gerber Kawasaki ETF

 

Gerber Kawasaki, Inc.

 

0.50

%

AdvisorShares Newfleet Multi-Sector Income ETF

 

Newfleet Asset Management, LLC

 

0.25

%

AdvisorShares North Square McKee Core Reserves ETF

 

CMS Advisors, LLC

 

0.12

%**

AdvisorShares North Square McKee ESG Core Bond ETF

 

CMS Advisors, LLC

 

0.12

%

AdvisorShares Poseidon Dynamic Cannabis ETF

 

Poseidon Investment Management, LLC

 

0.50

%

AdvisorShares Q Dynamic Growth ETF

 

ThinkBetter, LLC

 

0.65

%*

AdvisorShares Q Portfolio Blended Allocation ETF

 

ThinkBetter, LLC

 

0.50

%*

AdvisorShares Ranger Equity Bear ETF

 

Ranger Alternative Management, L.P.

 

1.00

%

AdvisorShares STAR Global Buy-Write ETF

 

ChangePath, LLC

 

0.85

%

____________

*        The sub-advisory fee has two components — the base fee (disclosed in the table above) and the performance fee adjustment. The base fee is the pre-determined rate at which the sub-adviser is paid when net performance is in line with a pre-determined performance benchmark. The base fee is subject to an upward or downward adjustment by the performance fee. If a Fund outperforms the performance benchmark, the sub-adviser may receive an upward fee adjustment. If a Fund underperforms the performance benchmark, the sub-adviser may receive a downward fee adjustment. The performance fee adjustment is derived by comparing a Fund’s performance over a rolling twelve-month period to its performance benchmark, which is the S&P 500 Index for AdvisorShares Q Dynamic Growth ETF and Blended 60% S&P 500 Index/40% Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index for AdvisorShares Q Portfolio Blended Allocation ETF. The base fee is adjusted at a rate of 0.02% for every 0.25% to 0.50% of out-performance or under-performance compared to the performance benchmark, but only up to 2.00% of the performance benchmark. As a result, the maximum possible performance fee adjustment, up or down, to the base fee is 0.10%. Accordingly, the sub-adviser’s annual sub-advisory fee may range from 0.40% to 0.60% of AdvisorShares Q Portfolio Blended Allocation ETF’s average daily net assets and 0.55% to 0.75% of AdvisorShares Q Dynamic Growth ETF’s average daily net assets.

**       Effective November 1, 2021, the Fund’s sub-advisory fee was changed from 0.15% to 0.12% of the Fund’s daily net assets. The fees reflected prior to November 1, 2021 represent the sub-advisory fees paid to Sage Advisory Services, Ltd. Co., the Fund’s former investment sub-advisor.

From time to time, each sub-advisor may waive all or a portion of its fee.

Expense Limitation Agreement

The Advisor has contractually agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse expenses in order to keep net expenses (excluding amounts payable pursuant to any plan adopted in accordance with Rule 12b-1, interest expense, taxes, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, other expenditures

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which are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding a specified percentage of each Fund’s average daily net assets for at least one year from the date of the Fund’s currently effective prospectus. The expense limitation agreement may be terminated without payment of any penalty (i) by the Trust for any reason and at any time and (ii) by the Advisor, for any reason, upon ninety (90) days’ prior written notice to the Trust, such termination to be effective as of the close of business on the last day of the then-current one-year period. If at any point it becomes unnecessary for the Advisor to waive fees or reimburse expenses, the Board may permit the Advisor to retain the difference between the Fund’s total annual operating expenses and the expense limitation currently in effect, or, if the current expense limitation is lower, the expense limitation that was in effect at the time of the waiver and/or reimbursement, to recapture all or a portion of its prior fee waivers or expense reimbursements within three years of the date they were waived or reimbursed. The expense limits in effect for each Fund during the period ended December 31, 2021 were as follows:

Fund:

 

Rate:

Alpha DNA Equity Sentiment ETF

 

1.12%

Dorsey Wright ADR ETF

 

1.10%(a)

Dorsey Wright Alpha Equal Weight ETF

 

0.99%

Dorsey Wright FSM All Cap World ETF

 

0.99%

Dorsey Wright FSM US Core ETF

 

0.99%

Dorsey Wright Micro-Cap ETF

 

1.25%(b)

Dorsey Wright Short ETF

 

1.25%(b)

DoubleLine Value Equity ETF

 

0.90%

Focused Equity ETF

 

0.65% – 0.85%(c)

Gerber Kawasaki ETF

 

0.75%

Hotel ETF

 

0.79%

Newfleet Multi-Sector Income ETF

 

0.75%

North Square McKee Core Reserves ETF

 

0.35%

North Square McKee ESG Core Bond ETF

 

0.47%

Poseidon Dynamic Cannabis ETF

 

0.99%

Psychedelics ETF

 

0.99%

Pure Cannabis ETF

 

0.74%

Pure US Cannabis ETF

 

0.74%

Q Dynamic Growth ETF

 

1.45%

Q Portfolio Blended Allocation ETF

 

0.99%

Ranger Equity Bear ETF

 

1.85%

Restaurant ETF

 

0.79%

STAR Global Buy-Write ETF

 

1.85%

Vice ETF

 

0.99%(d)

____________

(a)      Prior to November 1, 2019, the expense limit was 0.88%.

(b)      Prior to November 1, 2019, the expense limit was 0.99%.

(c)      The expense limit is equal to the annual rate of the Advisor’s contractual advisory fee, which can range from 0.65% to 0.85%.

(d)      Prior to November 1, 2019, the expense limit was 0.75%.

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The Advisor may recapture operating expenses waived and/or reimbursed within three years after the date on which such waiver or reimbursement occurred. The Funds must pay their ordinary operating expenses before the Advisor is permitted to recapture and must remain in compliance with any applicable expense limitation. All or a portion of the following Advisor waived and/or reimbursed expenses may be recaptured during the fiscal years indicated:

Fund

 

Expenses
Reimbursed

 

Recoupment
Balance

 

Recoupment
Expiration

Dorsey Wright ADR ETF

 

$

220,876

 

$

105,551

 

6/30/2022

Total

 

 

220,876

 

 

105,551

   
   

 

   

 

     

Dorsey Wright Alpha Equal Weight ETF

 

 

31,003

 

 

 

6/30/2023

Total

 

 

31,003

 

 

   
   

 

   

 

     

Dorsey Wright FSM All Cap World ETF

 

 

22,184

 

 

 

6/30/2023

Total

 

 

22,184

 

 

   
   

 

   

 

     

Dorsey Wright FSM US Core ETF

 

 

26,148

 

 

 

6/30/2023

Total

 

 

26,148

 

 

   
   

 

   

 

     

Dorsey Wright Micro Cap ETF

 

 

86,234

 

 

86,234

 

6/30/2022

   

 

77,363

 

 

77,363

 

6/30/2023

   

 

82,864

 

 

82,864

 

6/30/2024

Total

 

 

246,461

 

 

246,461

   
   

 

   

 

     

Dorsey Wright Short ETF

 

 

42,681

 

 

42,681

 

6/30/2022

Total

 

 

42,681

 

 

42,681

   
   

 

   

 

     

DoubleLine Value Equity ETF

 

 

200,619

 

 

200,619

 

6/30/2022

   

 

91,372

 

 

91,372

 

6/30/2023

   

 

67,609

 

 

67,609

 

6/30/2024

Total

 

 

359,600

 

 

359,600

   
   

 

   

 

     

Focused Equity ETF

 

 

136,738

 

 

136,738

 

6/30/2022

   

 

125,698

 

 

125,698

 

6/30/2023

   

 

125,958

 

 

125,958

 

6/30/2024

Total

 

 

388,394

 

 

388,394

   
   

 

   

 

     

Hotel ETF

 

 

47,305

 

 

47,305

 

6/30/2024

Total

 

 

47,305

 

 

47,305

   
   

 

   

 

     

Newfleet Multi-Sector Income ETF

 

 

249,159

 

 

249,159

 

6/30/2022

   

 

50,459

 

 

50,459

 

6/30/2023

   

 

21,007

 

 

21,007

 

6/30/2024

Total

 

 

320,625

 

 

320,625

   

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3. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Agreements – (continued)

Fund

 

Expenses
Reimbursed

 

Recoupment
Balance

 

Recoupment
Expiration

North Square McKee Core Reserves ETF

 

$

192,747

 

$

192,747

 

6/30/2022

   

 

165,567

 

 

165,567

 

6/30/2023

   

 

158,115

 

 

158,115

 

6/30/2024

Total

 

 

516,429

 

 

516,429

   
   

 

   

 

     

North Square McKee ESG Core Bond ETF

 

 

82,792

 

 

82,792

 

6/30/2022

   

 

39,057

 

 

39,057

 

6/30/2023

   

 

79,608

 

 

79,608

 

6/30/2024

Total

 

 

201,457

 

 

201,457

   
   

 

   

 

     

Pure Cannabis ETF

 

 

33,071

 

 

 

6/30/2022

   

 

196,096

 

 

114,084

 

6/30/2023

Total

 

 

229,167

 

 

114,084

   
   

 

   

 

     

Pure US Cannabis ETF

 

 

16,091

 

 

16,091

 

6/30/2024

Total

 

 

16,091

 

 

16,091

   
   

 

   

 

     

Q Dynamic Growith ETF

 

 

10,281

 

 

10,281

 

6/30/2024

Total

 

 

10,281

 

 

10,281

   
   

 

   

 

     

Q Portfolio Blended Allocation ETF

 

 

71,767

 

 

71,767

 

6/30/2024

Total

 

 

71,767

 

 

71,767

   
   

 

   

 

     

Restaurant ETF

 

 

47,820

 

 

47,820

 

6/30/2024

Total

 

 

47,820

 

 

47,820

   
   

 

   

 

     

STAR Global Buy-Write ETF

 

 

77,386

 

 

77,386

 

6/30/2022

   

 

49,370

 

 

49,370

 

6/30/2023

   

 

78,833

 

 

78,833

 

6/30/2024

Total

 

 

205,589

 

 

205,589

   
   

 

   

 

     

Vice ETF

 

 

89,372

 

 

89,372

 

6/30/2022

   

 

79,288

 

 

79,288

 

6/30/2023

   

 

83,764

 

 

83,764

 

6/30/2024

Total

 

 

252,424

 

 

252,424

   

Administrator, Custodian, Fund Accountant and Transfer Agent

The Bank of New York Mellon (‘‘BNYM’’) (in each capacity, the ‘‘Administrator’’, ‘‘Custodian’’, ‘‘Fund Accountant’’ or ‘‘Transfer Agent’’), serves as the Fund’s Administrator, Custodian, Fund Accountant and Transfer Agent pursuant to a certain Fund Administration and Accounting Agreement, a Custody Agreement or a Transfer Agency and Service Agreement, as the case may be.

Distribution Arrangement

Foreside Fund Services, LLC (the ‘‘Distributor’’) serves as the Fund’s distributor of Creation Units for the Fund pursuant to the distribution agreement. The Distributor does not maintain any secondary market shares. The Funds have adopted a Distribution and Service Plan (‘‘Plan’’) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under

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3. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Agreements – (continued)

the 1940 Act. In accordance with its Plan, each Fund is authorized to pay an amount up to 0.25% of its average daily net assets each year for certain distribution-related activities. No fees are currently paid by each Fund under the Plan, and there are no current plans to impose these fees. However, in the event Rule 12b-1 fees were charged, over time they would increase the cost of an investment in each Fund.

4. Creation and Redemption Transactions

The Funds issue and redeem shares on a continuous basis at NAV in groups of 25,000 shares, at minimum, called ‘‘Creation Units.’’ Except when aggregated in Creation Units, shares are not redeemable securities of a Fund. Only ‘‘Authorized Participants’’ may purchase or redeem shares directly from each Fund. An Authorized Participant is either (i) a broker-dealer or other participant in the clearing process through the Continuous Net Settlement System of the National Securities Clearing Corporation or (ii) a DTC participant and, in each case, must have executed a Participant Agreement with the Distributor. Most retail investors will not qualify as Authorized Participants or have the resources to buy and sell whole Creation Units. Therefore, they will be unable to purchase or redeem the shares directly from the Fund. Rather, most retail investors will purchase shares in the secondary market with the assistance of a broker and will be subject to customary brokerage commissions or fees.

5. Summary of Fair Value Disclosure

The Financial Accounting Standard Board’s (‘‘FASB’’) Accounting Standards Codification (‘‘ASC’’) 820-10, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, defines fair value, establishes an authoritative framework for measuring fair value in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosure about fair value measurements. Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. These 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 company 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 that relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the company’s own assumptions about the assumptions that a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and that would be based on the best information available.

Investments that use Level 2 or Level 3 inputs may include, but are not limited to: (i) an unlisted security related to corporate actions; (ii) a restricted security (e.g., one that may not be publicly sold without registration under the Securities Act of 1933 as amended); (iii) a security whose trading has been suspended or which has been de-listed from its primary trading exchange; (iv) a security that is thinly traded; (v) a security in default or bankruptcy proceedings for which there is no current market quotation; (vi) a security affected by currency controls or restrictions; and (vii) a security affected by a significant event (e.g., an event that occurs after the close of the markets on which the security is traded but before the time as of which a Fund’s net asset value is computed and that may

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December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

5. Summary of Fair Value Disclosure – (continued)

materially affect the value of the Fund’s investment). Examples of events that may be ‘‘significant events’’ are government actions, natural disasters, armed conflicts and acts of terrorism. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

For more detailed categories, see the accompanying Schedules of Investments.

6. Derivative Instruments

The Funds have adopted authoritative standards of accounting for derivative instruments which establish enhanced disclosure requirements. These standards improve financial reporting for derivative instruments by requiring enhanced disclosures that enables investors to understand how and why a fund uses derivative instruments, how derivative instruments are accounted for and how derivative instruments affect a fund’s financial position and results of operations. The Funds use derivative instruments as part of their principal investment strategy to achieve their investment objective.

At December 31, 2021, the fair values of derivative instruments were as follows:

Statements of Assets and Liabilities:

Fund:

 

Asset Derivatives:

 

Equity Risk

Psychedelics ETF

 

Unrealized Appreciation on Swaps Contracts

 

$

10,800

Fund:

 

Liability Derivatives:

 

Equity Risk

Poseidon Dynamic Cannabis ETF

 

Unrealized Depreciation on Swaps Contracts

 

$

(3,565

)

Psychedelics ETF

 

Unrealized Depreciation on Swaps Contracts

 

 

(252,172

)

Pure Cannabis ETF

 

Unrealized Depreciation on Swaps Contracts

 

 

(9,751,143

)

Pure US Cannabis ETF

 

Unrealized Depreciation on Swaps Contracts

 

 

(211,929,221

)

STAR Global Buy-Write ETF

 

Options Written, at value

 

 

(45,239

)

Transactions in derivative instruments during the period ended December 31, 2021, were as follows:

Statements of Operations:

Fund:

 

Realized Gain (Loss):

 

Equity Risk

 

Credit Risk

Pure Cannabis ETF

 

Swaps

 

$

(25,859,299

)

 

$

Pure US Cannabis ETF

 

Swaps

 

 

(230,554,640

)

 

 

STAR Global Buy-Write ETF

 

Options Written

 

 

(30,479

)

 

 

STAR Global Buy-Write ETF

 

Purchased Options

 

 

(82,631

)

 

 

Fund:

 

Change in Unrealized Gain (Loss):

 

Equity Risk

 

Credit Risk

Alpha DNA Equity Sentiment ETF

 

Purchased Options

 

$

(756,745

)

 

$

Pure Cannabis ETF

 

Swaps

 

 

(12,174,795

)

 

 

Pure US Cannabis ETF

 

Swaps

 

 

(151,406,224

)

 

 

STAR Global Buy-Write ETF

 

Options Written

 

 

(14,686

)

 

 

STAR Global Buy-Write ETF

 

Purchased Options

 

 

(30,613

)

 

 

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December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

6. Derivative Instruments – (continued)

For the period ended December 31, 2021, the average volume of the derivatives opened by the Funds was as follows:

 

Alpha
DNA
Equity
Sentiment
ETF

 

Poseidon
Dynamic
Cannabis
ETF

 

Psychedelics
ETF

 

Pure
Cannabis
ETF

 

Pure US
Cannabis
ETF

 

STAR
Global
Buy-
Write ETF

Futures Contracts

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

Long Swaps Contracts

 

 

 

 

9,596

 

 

50,471

 

 

1,084,736

 

 

1,073,093

 

 

Purchased Options
Contracts

 

 

257,904

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

35,278

Written Options Contracts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,251

7. Federal Income Tax

Each Fund intends to qualify as a ‘‘regulated investment company’’ under Sub-chapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. If so qualified, the Funds will not be subject to Federal income tax to the extent it distributes substantially all of its net investment income and net capital gains to its shareholders. Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes provides guidance for how uncertain tax positions should be recognized, measured, presented and disclosed in the financial statements, and requires the evaluation of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing a Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are ‘‘more-likely-than-not’’ of being sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions not deemed to meet the more-than-likely-than-not threshold would be recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Interest and penalty related to income taxes would be recorded as income tax expense. Management of the Funds is required to analyze all open tax years (2018 − 2020), as defined by IRS statute of limitations, for all major jurisdictions, including federal tax authorities and certain state tax authorities. As of June 30, 2021, the Funds did not have a liability for any unrecognized tax benefits. The Funds have no examination in progress and is not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months.

At June 30, 2021, the approximate cost of investments, excluding short positions, and net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for federal income tax purposes was as follows:

Fund

 

Cost

 

Gross Unrealized
Appreciation

 

Gross Unrealized
(Depreciation)

 

Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 

Other
Derivatives
Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

Alpha DNA Equity Sentiment ETF

 

$

67,613,919

 

$

3,284,008

 

$

(1,458,085

)

 

$

1,825,923

 

 

$

 

Dorsey Wright ADR ETF

 

 

86,811,248

 

 

20,409,485

 

 

(1,351,183

)

 

 

19,058,302

 

 

 

 

Dorsey Wright Alpha Equal Weight ETF

 

 

79,553,699

 

 

3,169,069

 

 

(3,277,728

)

 

 

(108,659

)

 

 

 

Dorsey Wright FSM All Cap World ETF

 

 

238,666,127

 

 

 

 

(3,966,704

)

 

 

(3,966,704

)

 

 

 

Dorsey Wright FSM US Core ETF

 

 

124,588,493

 

 

14,788,092

 

 

(257,909

)

 

 

14,530,183

 

 

 

 

Dorsey Wright Micro-Cap ETF

 

 

7,971,797

 

 

2,074,140

 

 

(159,093

)

 

 

1,915,047

 

 

 

 

Dorsey Wright Short ETF

 

 

33,819,648

 

 

1,328,291

 

 

(1,323,271

)

 

 

5,020

 

 

 

(410,425

)

DoubleLine Value Equity ETF

 

 

38,392,337

 

 

12,269,579

 

 

(899,707

)

 

 

11,369,872

 

 

 

 

Focused Equity ETF

 

 

20,765,562

 

 

8,283,837

 

 

(86,579

)

 

 

8,197,258

 

 

 

 

Hotel ETF

 

 

8,076,737

 

 

93,395

 

 

(400,273

)

 

 

(306,878

)

 

 

 

Newfleet Multi-Sector Income ETF

 

 

98,243,596

 

 

902,743

 

 

(231,510

)

 

 

671,233

 

 

 

 

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7. Federal Income Tax – (continued)

Fund

 

Cost

 

Gross Unrealized
Appreciation

 

Gross Unrealized
(Depreciation)

 

Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 

Other
Derivatives
Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

North Square McKee Core Reserves ETF

 

$

43,094,665

 

$

137,994

 

$

(6,246

)

 

$

131,748

 

 

$

 

North Square McKee ESG Core Bond
ETF

 

 

5,603,025

 

 

54,980

 

 

(36,868

)

 

 

18,112

 

 

 

 

Pure Cannabis ETF

 

 

335,060,049

 

 

228,569,786

 

 

(243,916,939

)

 

 

(15,347,153

)

 

 

2,423,201

 

Pure US Cannabis ETF

 

 

657,557,918

 

 

1,123,927,286

 

 

(1,131,692,034

)

 

 

(7,764,748

)

 

 

(60,522,997

)

Q Dynamic Growth ETF

 

 

86,188,852

 

 

4,926,648

 

 

(154,181

)

 

 

4,772,467

 

 

 

 

Q Portfolio Blended Allocation ETF

 

 

4,361,055

 

 

191,229

 

 

(64,054

)

 

 

127,175

 

 

 

 

Ranger Equity Bear ETF

 

 

144,754,313

 

 

519,035

 

 

(669,035

)

 

 

(150,000

)

 

 

(1,145,139

)

Restaurant ETF

 

 

6,087,389

 

 

152,258

 

 

(227,220

)

 

 

(74,962

)

 

 

 

STAR Global Buy-Write ETF

 

 

16,888,171

 

 

1,607,246

 

 

(54,086

)

 

 

1,553,160

 

 

 

(2,638

)

Vice ETF

 

 

11,202,703

 

 

3,337,932

 

 

(300,212

)

 

 

3,037,720

 

 

 

 

Under current tax regulations, capital losses on securities transactions realized after October 31 (‘‘Post-October Losses’’) may be deferred and treated as occurring on the first business day of the following fiscal year. Under the recently enacted Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010, the Funds will be permitted to defer taxable ordinary income losses incurred after December 31 and treat as occurring on the first business day of the following fiscal year. Post-October losses and ordinary income losses deferred to July 1, 2021 are as follows:

Fund

 

Late Year
Ordinary Loss
Deferral

 

Short-Term
Capital Post-
October Loss

 

Long-Term
Capital
Post-October
Loss

Alpha DNA Equity Sentiment ETF

 

$

159,177

 

$

 

$

Dorsey Wright ADR ETF

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dorsey Wright Alpha Equal Weight ETF

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dorsey Wright FSM All Cap World ETF

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dorsey Wright FSM US Core ETF

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dorsey Wright Micro-Cap ETF

 

 

2,072

 

 

 

 

Dorsey Wright Short ETF

 

 

399,396

 

 

 

 

DoubleLine Value Equity ETF

 

 

 

 

 

 

Focused Equity ETF

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hotel ETF

 

 

 

 

 

 

Newfleet Multi-Sector Income ETF

 

 

 

 

 

 

North Square McKee Core Reserves ETF

 

 

 

 

 

 

North Square McKee ESG Core Bond ETF

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pure Cannabis ETF

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pure US Cannabis ETF

 

 

 

 

 

 

Q Dynamic Growth ETF

 

 

112,454

 

 

 

 

Q Portfolio Blended Allocation ETF

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ranger Equity Bear ETF

 

 

1,195,402

 

 

 

 

Restaurant ETF

 

 

1,554

 

 

 

 

STAR Global Buy-Write ETF

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vice ETF

 

 

 

 

 

 

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December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

7. Federal Income Tax – (continued)

The following Funds have capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized gains of:

Fund

 

Short-Term
No Expiration

 

Long-Term
No Expiration

 

Total

Alpha DNA Equity Sentiment ETF

 

$

609,821

 

$

 

$

609,821

Dorsey Wright ADR ETF

 

 

48,830,902

 

 

 

 

48,830,902

Dorsey Wright Alpha Equal Weight ETF

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dorsey Wright FSM All Cap World ETF

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dorsey Wright FSM US Core ETF

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dorsey Wright Micro-Cap ETF

 

 

856,571

 

 

 

 

856,571

Dorsey Wright Short ETF

 

 

84,531,744

 

 

139,071

 

 

84,670,815

DoubleLine Value Equity ETF

 

 

28,233,007

 

 

146,240

 

 

28,379,247

Focused Equity ETF

 

 

42,311

 

 

404,533

 

 

446,844

Hotel ETF

 

 

16,142

 

 

 

 

16,142

Newfleet Multi-Sector Income ETF

 

 

2,006,393

 

 

5,756,970

 

 

7,763,363

North Square McKee Core Reserves ETF

 

 

1,051,480

 

 

12,574

 

 

1,064,054

North Square McKee ESG Core Bond ETF

 

 

253,410

 

 

719,752

 

 

973,162

Pure Cannabis ETF

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pure US Cannabis ETF

 

 

 

 

 

 

Q Dynamic Growth ETF

 

 

466,983

 

 

 

 

466,983

Q Portfolio Blended Allocation ETF

 

 

296,802

 

 

 

 

296,802

Ranger Equity Bear ETF

 

 

368,708,556

 

 

564,348

 

 

369,272,904

Restaurant ETF

 

 

3,324

 

 

 

 

3,324

STAR Global Buy-Write ETF

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vice ETF

 

 

 

 

233,930

 

 

233,930

The following Funds utilized capital loss carryforwards to offset taxable gains realized during the year ended June 30, 2021:

Fund

 

Utilized
Amount

Alpha DNA Equity Sentiment ETF

 

$

Dorsey Wright ADR ETF

 

 

13,907,583

Dorsey Wright Alpha Equal Weight ETF

 

 

9,481,255

Dorsey Wright FSM All Cap World ETF

 

 

Dorsey Wright FSM US Core ETF

 

 

Dorsey Wright Micro-Cap ETF

 

 

Dorsey Wright Short ETF

 

 

DoubleLine Value Equity ETF

 

 

3,321,032

Focused Equity ETF

 

 

248,688

Hotel ETF

 

 

Newfleet Multi-Sector Income ETF

 

 

317,008

North Square McKee Core Reserves ETF

 

 

311,467

North Square McKee ESG Core Bond ETF

 

 

Pure Cannabis ETF

 

 

20,264,148

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December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

7. Federal Income Tax – (continued)

Fund

 

Utilized
Amount

Pure US Cannabis ETF

 

$

Q Dynamic Growth ETF

 

 

Q Portfolio Blended Allocation ETF

 

 

Ranger Equity Bear ETF

 

 

Restaurant ETF

 

 

STAR Global Buy-Write ETF

 

 

663,174

Vice ETF

 

 

965,912

8. Investment Transactions

Purchases and sales of investments and securities sold short (excluding short term securities) for the period ended December 31, 2021 were as follows:

 

Purchases

 

Sales

Fund

 

Long Term

 

U.S.
Government

 

In-Kind

 

Long Term

 

U.S.
Government

 

In-Kind

Alpha DNA Equity Sentiment ETF

 

$

192,448,624

 

$

 

$

38,296,019

 

$

193,347,492

 

$

 

$

33,918,453

Dorsey Wright ADR ETF

 

 

37,981,649

 

 

 

 

 

 

37,304,478

 

 

 

 

8,691,047

Dorsey Wright Alpha Equal Weight ETF

 

 

177,458,615

 

 

 

 

47,071,273

 

 

178,942,165

 

 

 

 

43,689,337

Dorsey Wright FSM All Cap World ETF

 

 

153,287,835

 

 

 

 

81,838,478

 

 

156,353,440

 

 

 

 

91,030,850

Dorsey Wright FSM US Core ETF

 

 

2,702,871

 

 

 

 

3,378,469

 

 

2,973,664

 

 

 

 

3,271,112

Dorsey Wright Micro Cap ETF

 

 

5,701,077

 

 

 

 

3,364,119

 

 

5,541,534

 

 

 

 

963,360

Dorsey Wright Short ETF

 

 

34,387,531

 

 

 

 

 

 

41,204,739

 

 

 

 

Double Line Value ETF

 

 

11,394,788

 

 

 

 

967,016

 

 

11,260,734

 

 

 

 

2,378,172

Focused Equity ETF

 

 

6,725,312

 

 

 

 

8,852,010

 

 

7,238,042

 

 

 

 

8,208,450

Gerber Kawasaki ETF

 

 

3,915,648

 

 

 

 

26,234,501

 

 

3,639,440

 

 

 

 

405,831

Hotel ETF

 

 

3,430,828

 

 

 

 

2,758,768

 

 

3,591,910

 

 

 

 

2,188,254

Newfleet Multi-Sector Income ETF

 

 

27,791,548

 

 

2,776,462

 

 

 

 

28,443,705

 

 

2,230,821

 

 

North Square McKee Core Reserves ETF

 

 

11,727,055

 

 

 

 

 

 

17,003,381

 

 

 

 

North Square McKee ESG Core Bond ETF

 

 

14,020,246

 

 

1,282,457

 

 

 

 

14,129,002

 

 

742,221

 

 

2,317,629

Poseidon Dynamic Cannabis ETF

 

 

171,061

 

 

 

 

2,693,745

 

 

1,195,927

 

 

 

 

Psychedelics ETF

 

 

1,321,213

 

 

 

 

7,873,709

 

 

644,877

 

 

 

 

Pure Cannabis ETF

 

 

81,520,229

 

 

 

 

 

 

25,638,810

 

 

 

 

19,738,729

Pure US Cannabis ETF

 

 

128,896,967

 

 

 

 

118,071,576

 

 

18,728,250

 

 

 

 

20,354,005

Q Dynamic Growth ETF

 

 

37,671,372

 

 

 

 

51,294,431

 

 

37,606,533

 

 

 

 

2,456,832

Q Portfolio Blended Allocation ETF

 

 

4,843,146

 

 

 

 

2,482,998

 

 

4,822,564

 

 

 

 

382,913

Ranger Equity Bear ETF

 

 

464,336,461

 

 

 

 

 

 

479,396,650

 

 

 

 

Restaurant ETF

 

 

1,327,815

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,515,190

 

 

 

 

1,635,581

STAR Global Buy-Write ETF

 

 

3,189,937

 

 

 

 

10,294,673

 

 

3,610,493

 

 

 

 

383,776

Vice ETF

 

 

3,930,347

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,068,768

 

 

 

 

643,257

9. Risks Involved with Investing in the Funds

As with any investment, an investor could lose all or part of their investment in a Fund and the Fund’s performance could trail that of other investments. A Fund may be subject to the principal risks noted below, any of which may adversely affect the Fund’s NAV, trading price, yield, total return and ability to meet its investment objective. Additional principal risks are disclosed in each Fund’s prospectus. Please refer to each Fund’s currently effective prospectus for the specific list and description of the principal risks of investing in the Fund.

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9. Risks Involved with Investing in the Funds – (continued)

Credit Risk

Credit risk is the risk that an issuer or guarantor of debt instruments or the counterparty to a financial transaction, including derivatives contracts, repurchase agreements or loans of portfolio securities, is unable or unwilling to make timely interest and/or principal payments or to otherwise honor its obligations. The Fund’s, and its affiliates, manage counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that they believe have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Funds to issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of each Fund’s exposure to credit and counterparty risks with respect to those financial assets is approximated by their value recorded in its Statements of Assets and Liabilities. High yield securities may also be subject to greater levels of credit or default risk than higher-rated securities and high yield securities may be less liquid and more difficult to sell at an advantageous time or price or to value than higher-rated securities. In particular, high yield securities are often issued by smaller, less creditworthy companies or by highly leveraged (indebted) companies, which are generally less able than more financially stable companies to make scheduled payments of interest and principal.

Fund of Funds Risk

Some of the Funds’ investment performance, because they are fund of funds, depends on the investment performance of the Underlying ETFs in which they invest. An investment in these Funds is subject to the risk associated with the Underlying ETFs that comprise their Underlying Index. The Funds will indirectly pay a proportional share of the asset-based fees, if any, of the Underlying ETFs in which they invest.

Liquidity Risk

In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. To the extent that there is not an established retail market for instruments in which the Fund may invest, trading in such instruments may be relatively inactive. Trading in shares may be halted because of market conditions or for reasons that, in the view of the Exchange, make trading in shares inadvisable. In addition, trading in shares is subject to trading halts caused by extraordinary market volatility pursuant to ‘‘circuit breaker’’ rules. There can be no assurance that the requirements necessary to maintain the listing of the shares of the Fund will continue to be met or will remain unchanged.

Market Risk

Investments in securities, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices to fluctuate over time. The Fund’s investments may decline in value due to factors affecting securities markets generally, or particular countries, segments, economic sectors, industries or companies within those markets. The value of a security held in a short position may increase due to general economic and market conditions which are not specifically related to a particular issuer, such as real or perceived positive economic conditions or changes in interest or currency rates. Because the market value of ETF shares may differ from their net asset value, the shares may trade at a premium or discount. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

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December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

9. Risks Involved with Investing in the Funds – (continued)

A novel strain of coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020. The situation is evolving with various cities and countries around the world responding in different ways to address the outbreak. There are direct and indirect economic effects developing for various industries and individual companies throughout the world. Management will continue to monitor the impact COVID-19 has on the Funds and reflect the consequences as appropriate in the Funds’ accounting and financial reporting. The recent pandemic spread of the novel coronavirus and related geopolitical events could lead to increased market volatility, disruption to U.S. and world economies and markets and may have significant adverse effects on the Funds and their investments.

New Fund Risk

Some of the Funds are new funds. As new funds, there can be no assurance that the Funds will grow to or maintain an economically viable size, than it otherwise would be at higher asset levels or it could ultimately liquidate.

Cannabis-Related Company Risk

Cannabis-related companies are subject to various laws and regulations that may differ at the state/local and federal level. These laws and regulations may (i) significantly affect a cannabis-related company’s ability to secure financing, (ii) impact the market for marijuana industry sales and services, and (iii) set limitations on marijuana use, production, transportation, and storage. Cannabis-related companies may also be required to secure permits and authorizations from government agencies to cultivate or research marijuana. In addition, cannabis-related companies are subject to the risks associated with the greater agricultural industry, including changes to or trends that affect commodity prices, labor costs, weather conditions, and laws and regulations related to environmental protection, health and safety. Cannabis-related companies may also be subject to risks associated with the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. These risks include increased government regulation, the use and enforcement of intellectual property rights and patents, technological change and obsolescence, product liability lawsuits, and the risk that research and development may not necessarily lead to commercially successful products.

10. Subsequent Events

The Funds have evaluated subsequent events through the issuance of the financial statements and determined that no events have occurred that require additional disclosure.

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Liquidity Risk Management Program

Pursuant to Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, AdvisorShares Trust (the “Trust”), on behalf of its series (the “Funds”), has adopted a liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) to govern the Trust’s approach to managing liquidity risk based on factors specific to the circumstances of the Funds. Rule 22e-4 seeks to promote effective liquidity risk management, thereby reducing the risk that a Fund will be unable to meet its redemption obligations without significant dilution of remaining shareholders’ interests. The Board of Trustees of the Trust appointed AdvisorShares Investments, LLC, the Funds’ investment adviser, as the administrator of the Program (the “Program Administrator”).

At the Board’s August 2021 meeting, the Trustees reviewed a written report provided by the Program Administrator addressing the operation of the Program and assessing its adequacy and effectiveness of implementation for the period December 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021. The report did not reflect that any material changes had been made to the Program since its implementation. The report noted that the Program utilizes analysis from a third-party liquidity metrics service provider to assist in liquidity classification, calculation, and monitoring. The Program Administrator concluded in the report that the Program has been adequately designed and effectively implemented to meet the requirements of Rule 22e-4 and the Funds’ liquidity needs.

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Renewal of the Sub-Advisory Agreements for the AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright ADR ETF,
AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright Micro-Cap ETF, AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright Short ETF,
Do
ubleLine Value Equity ETF, and AdvisorShares Ranger Equity Bear ETF

At meetings of the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of AdvisorShares Trust (the “Trust”) held on August 20, 2021 and November 16, 2021, the Board, including those trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust, as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) (the “Independent Trustees”), considered the approval of the renewal of separate sub-advisory agreements (collectively, the “Sub-Advisory Agreements”) between AdvisorShares Investments, LLC (the “Advisor”) and (1) Dorsey, Wright & Associates, LLC, on behalf of the AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright ADR ETF, AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright Micro-Cap ETF, and AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright Short ETF, (2) DoubleLine Equity LP, on behalf of the AdvisorShares DoubleLine Value Equity ETF, and (3) Ranger Alternative Management L.P., on behalf of the AdvisorShares Ranger Equity Bear ETF (collectively, the “Sub-Advisors”), pursuant to which the Sub-Advisors perform portfolio management and related services for the Funds.

Pursuant to Section 15 of the 1940 Act and related exemptive relief, to continue after their initial two-year term, the Sub-Advisory Agreements must be approved annually: (i) by the vote of the Board or by a vote of the shareholders of the Funds and (ii) by the vote of a majority of the Independent Trustees cast at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. Each year, the Board calls and holds meetings to decide whether to renew the Sub-Advisory Agreements for an additional one-year term. In preparation for the meetings, the Board requests and reviews a wide variety of information from the Advisor and Sub-Advisors. The Board uses this information, as well as other information that the Advisor, Sub-Advisors and other service providers may submit to the Board at the meetings and over the course of the prior year, to help evaluate each Sub-Advisor’s fee and other aspects of the Sub-Advisory Agreements and decide whether to renew the Sub-Advisory Agreements for an additional year.

As discussed in further detail below, prior to and at the meetings, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, was presented with information to help it evaluate each Sub-Advisor’s fee and other aspects of the Sub-Advisory Agreements. The Board reviewed written materials from the Advisor and each Sub-Advisor regarding, among other things: (i) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by each Sub-Advisor; (ii) the performance of each Sub-Advisor of its duties; (iii) the investment performance of each Fund; (iv) the costs of the services provided and profits realized by each Sub-Advisor; (v) the potential for economies of scale for the benefit of each Fund’s shareholders; and (vi) any ancillary benefits to each Sub-Advisor. The Board received an overview of each Sub-Advisor’s operations and management of the Funds, including comparative fee data and profitability analysis for each Fund, and was also provided with information with respect to compliance oversight. The Board reviewed the management of each Fund, including the Fund’s strategy, the focus in the markets, the Fund’s positioning in the market, and its attractive and unique offering. The Board reviewed each Sub-Advisor’s overall business generally, including any noteworthy personnel changes.

The Board deliberated on the renewal of the Sub-Advisory Agreements in light of the written materials that it received before the meetings, information it received at the meetings, and information it had received at prior board meetings. In its deliberations, the Board considered the factors and reached the conclusions described below relating to the selection of each Sub-Advisor and the renewal of its Sub-Advisory Agreement. The Board did not identify any single piece of information discussed below that was paramount, controlling or determinative of its decision.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services. In considering the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by each Sub-Advisor, the Board reviewed the portfolio management services provided to each Fund. The Board also considered, among other things, the professional experience and qualifications of the senior management and key professional personnel of the Sub-Advisors, including those individuals responsible for portfolio management. The Board also considered the Sub-Advisors

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operational capabilities and resources and their experience in managing investment portfolios. The most recent Form ADV for each Sub-Advisor was provided to the Board, as were responses to a detailed series of questions that, among other things, requested information about the Sub-Advisor’s business, services, and compensation. The Board considered each Sub-Advisor’s overall quality of personnel, operations, and financial condition, its investment advisory capabilities, and information concerning its compliance function, operational capabilities, and portfolio management team. Based on its review, within the context of its full deliberations, the Board determined that it was satisfied with the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Funds by the Sub-Advisors.

Performance of the Funds. The Board was provided with information regarding each Fund’s performance for various periods, as well as comparative performance information. Each Sub-Advisor provided information regarding factors impacting the performance of the Funds, outlining current market conditions, and explaining its expectations and strategies for the future. Based on this information, the Board concluded that it was satisfied with the investment results that each Sub-Advisor had been able to achieve for its respective Fund.

Cost of Services and Profitability. In considering whether the sub-advisory fee payable with respect to each Fund is reasonable, the Board reviewed the sub-advisory fee paid by the Advisor to each Sub-Advisor, the fee waived and/or expenses reimbursed by each Sub-Advisor over the period, as applicable, the costs and other expenses incurred by each Sub-Advisor in providing the services, and the profitability analysis with respect to each Fund. The Board also reviewed information comparing each Fund’s fee to the fee paid by comparable funds. Based on its review, in the context of its full deliberations, the Board concluded for each Fund that the sub-advisory fee appears to be reasonable in light of the services rendered.

Economies of Scale. The Board considered for each Fund whether economies of scale were realized, noting any fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by a Sub-Advisor and whether a Sub-Advisor’s fee includes breakpoints. The Board determined to continue to assess on an ongoing basis whether the aggregate advisory fee for each Fund appropriately takes into account any economies of scale that had been realized as a result of any significant asset growth of the Fund.

Ancillary Benefits. The Board noted the potential benefits to be received by each Sub-Advisor as a result of its relationship with a Fund (other than the sub-advisory fee), including the intangible benefits of its association with the Trust generally and any favorable publicity arising in connection with a Fund’s performance.

Conclusion. Based on its deliberations and evaluation of the information described above, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, unanimously: (i) concluded that the terms of each Sub-Advisory Agreement are fair and reasonable; (ii) concluded that each Sub-Advisor’s fee is reasonable in light of the services that it provides to its respective Fund; and (iii) agreed to renew each Sub-Advisory Agreement for another year.

Approval of the Advisory and Sub-Advisory Agreements for
AdvisorShares Gerber Kawasaki ETF

At a meeting held on May 20, 2021, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, considered the approval of the investment advisory agreement (the “Advisory Agreement”) between the Trust and the Advisor on behalf of the AdvisorShares Gerber Kawasaki ETF (the “Fund”). The Board noted that the Advisor provides investment advisory services to the other series of the Trust and that an annual in-depth review of the Advisor with respect to those series was being conducted at that meeting. The Board also considered the approval of a separate sub-advisory agreement (the “Sub-Advisory Agreement” and together with the Advisory Agreement, the “Agreements”) between the Advisor and Gerber Kawasaki, Inc. (the “Sub-Advisor”), on behalf of the Fund, pursuant to which the Sub-Advisor would perform portfolio management and related services.

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In connection with its consideration of the Agreements, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, requested, received and evaluated materials from the Advisor and Sub-Advisor about the Agreements and the services proposed to be provided thereunder, including information about the key features of the Fund and related matters. The Board also reviewed information regarding the proposed investment advisory fee rates and various other materials that it considered relevant to its consideration and approval of the proposed Agreements.

In considering each of the Agreements, the Board considered and discussed information and analysis provided by the Advisor and Sub-Advisor. In its deliberations, the Board did not identify any single piece of information that was paramount or controlling and individual trustees may have attributed different weights to various factors.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services. In considering the nature, extent and quality of the services to be provided by the Advisor and Sub-Advisor to the Fund, the Board reviewed the services to be provided by the Advisor and Sub-Advisor, noting that these services include, among other things, furnishing a continuous investment program for the Fund, including arranging for, or implementing, the purchase and sale of portfolio securities, the provision of related services such as portfolio management compliance services, and the preparation and filing of certain reports on behalf of the Trust. The Trustees reviewed the extensive responsibilities that the Advisor will have as investment advisor to the Fund, including the oversight of the activities and operations of the Sub-Advisor and other service providers, oversight of general fund compliance with federal and state laws, and the implementation of Board directives as they relate to the Fund. The Board received the most recent Form ADV for the Sub-Advisor as well as responses to a detailed series of questions that, among other things, requested information about the Sub-Advisor’s business, services, and financial condition. The Board considered, among other things, the professional experience and qualifications of the senior management and key professional personnel of the Advisor and Sub-Advisor, including those individuals responsible for portfolio management, the Advisor’s and Sub-Advisor’s operational capabilities and resources, and their experience in managing investment portfolios. The Board discussed the Trust’s chief compliance officer’s ongoing review and monitoring of the Sub-Advisor’s compliance infrastructure. The Board concluded that, within the context of its full deliberations, it was satisfied with the nature, extent and quality of the services expected to be provided to the Fund by the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor.

Performance. In connection with the assessment of the ability of each of the Advisor and Sub-Advisor to perform its duties under its Agreement, the Board considered its investment performance and experience generally and whether it has the resources necessary to carry out its functions. The Board concluded that each of the Advisor and Sub-Advisor has the resources necessary to perform its obligations under its Agreement.

Cost of Services and Profitability. The Board considered the cost of the services to be provided by the Advisor and Sub-Advisor, reviewed the fees to be paid pursuant to the Agreements, and considered the estimated profitability projected by each of the Advisor and Sub-Advisor from its relationship with the Fund. In addition, the Board discussed the fee arrangement between the Advisor and Sub-Advisor, noting that the Advisor would pay the Sub-Advisor out of the advisory fee it receives from the Fund. The Board also reviewed information provided by the Advisor regarding advisory fees of comparable funds and evaluated the proposed fee arrangements in light of this information and the factors that judicial decisions have specified as pertinent generally. The Board also considered the Advisor’s contractual arrangement to waive its advisory fee and/or reimburse expenses in an effort to control the expense ratio of the Fund. Based on its review, within the context of its full deliberations, the Board determined that the fees proposed to be paid to the Advisor and Sub-Advisor appear to be reasonable in light of the services to be provided.

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Economies of Scale. The Board considered the potential for economies of scale and determined that it would reconsider this factor at an appropriate time in the future. In the event there were to be significant asset growth in the Fund, the Board determined to reassess whether the investment advisory and sub-advisory fees appropriately took into account any economies of scale that had been realized as a result of that growth. The Board also considered the Advisor’s willingness to enter into a contractual expense limitation agreement for the Fund, noting that this would protect shareholders from high operational costs.

Ancillary Benefits. The Board noted the potential benefits to be received by each of the Advisor and Sub-Advisor as a result of its relationship with the Fund (other than the advisory or sub-advisory fee), including the intangible benefits of its association with the Trust generally and any favorable publicity arising in connection with the Fund’s performance.

Conclusion. Based on its deliberations and evaluation of the information described above, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, unanimously: (i) concluded that the terms of the Agreements are fair and reasonable; (ii) concluded that the fees to be paid to the Advisor are fair and reasonable in light of the services that it will provide to Fund; (iii) concluded that the fees to be paid to the Sub-Advisor are fair and reasonable in light of the services that the Sub-Advisor will provide to the Fund; and (iv) agreed to approve each of the Agreements for an initial term of two years.

Approval of the Advisory Agreement for AdvisorShares Psychedelics ETF

At a meeting held on May 20, 2021, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, considered the approval of the investment advisory agreement (the “Advisory Agreement”) between the Trust and the Advisor on behalf of the AdvisorShares Psychedelics ETF (the “Fund”). The Board noted that the Advisor provides investment advisory services to the other series of the Trust and that an annual in-depth review of the Advisor with respect to those series was being conducted at that meeting.

In connection with its consideration of the Advisory Agreement, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, requested, received and evaluated materials from the Advisor about the services proposed to be provided thereunder, including information about the key features of the Fund and related matters. The Board also reviewed information regarding the proposed investment advisory fee rate and various other materials that it considered relevant to its consideration and approval of the proposed agreement.

In considering the Advisory Agreement, the Board considered and discussed information and analysis provided by the Advisor. In its deliberations, the Board did not identify any single piece of information that was paramount or controlling and individual trustees may have attributed different weights to various factors.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services. In considering the nature, extent and quality of the services to be provided by the Advisor to the Fund, the Board reviewed the services to be provided by the Advisor, noting that these services include, among other things, furnishing a continuous investment program for the Fund, including implementing the purchase and sale of portfolio securities, the provision of related services such as portfolio management compliance services, and the preparation and filing of certain reports on behalf of the Trust. The Trustees reviewed the extensive responsibilities that the Advisor will have as investment advisor to the Fund, including the oversight of service providers, oversight of general fund compliance with federal and state laws, and the implementation of Board directives as they relate to the Fund. The Board also considered, among other things, the professional experience and qualifications of the senior management and key professional personnel of the Advisor, including those individuals responsible for portfolio management, the Advisor’s operational capabilities and resources, and its experience in managing investment portfolios. The Board concluded that, within the context of its full deliberations, it was satisfied with the nature, extent and quality of the services expected to be provided to the Fund by the Advisor.

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Performance. In connection with the assessment of the ability of the Advisor to perform its duties under the Advisory Agreement, the Board considered its investment performance and experience generally and whether it has the resources necessary to carry out its functions. The Board concluded that the Advisor has the resources necessary to perform its obligations under the Advisory Agreement.

Cost of Services and Profitability. The Board considered the cost of the services to be provided by the Advisor, reviewed the fee to be paid pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, and considered the estimated profitability projected by the Advisor from its relationship with the Fund. The Board also reviewed information provided by the Advisor regarding advisory fees of comparable funds and evaluated the proposed fee arrangement in light of this information and the factors that judicial decisions have specified as pertinent generally. The Board also considered the Advisor’s contractual arrangement to waive its advisory fee and/or reimburse expenses in an effort to control the expense ratio of the Fund. Based on its review, within the context of its full deliberations, the Board determined that the fee proposed to be paid to the Advisor appears to be reasonable in light of the services to be provided.

Economies of Scale. The Board considered the potential for economies of scale and determined that it would reconsider this factor at an appropriate time in the future. In the event there were to be significant asset growth in the Fund, the Board determined to reassess whether the investment advisory fee appropriately took into account any economies of scale that had been realized as a result of that growth. The Board also considered the Advisor’s willingness to enter into a contractual expense limitation agreement for the Fund, noting that this would protect shareholders from high operational costs.

Ancillary Benefits. The Board noted the potential benefits to be received by the Advisor as a result of its relationship with the Fund (other than the advisory fee), including the intangible benefits of its association with the Trust generally and any favorable publicity arising in connection with the Fund’s performance.

Conclusion. Based on its deliberations and evaluation of the information described above, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, unanimously: (i) concluded that the terms of the Advisory Agreement are fair and reasonable; (ii) concluded that the fee to be paid to the Advisor is fair and reasonable in light of the services that it will provide to the Fund; and (iii) agreed to approve the Advisory Agreement for an initial term of two years.

Approval of the Advisory and Sub-Advisory Agreements for
AdvisorShares Poseidon Dynamic Cannabis ETF

At a meeting held on October 18, 2021, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, considered the approval of the investment advisory agreement (the “Advisory Agreement”) between the Trust and the Advisor on behalf of the AdvisorShares Poseidon Dynamic Cannabis ETF (the “Fund”). The Board noted that the Advisor provides investment advisory services to the other series of the Trust and that an annual in-depth review of the Advisor with respect to those series was most recently conducted at the May 2021 Board meeting. The Board also considered the approval of a separate sub-advisory agreement (the “Sub-Advisory Agreement” and together with the Advisory Agreement, the “Agreements”) between the Advisor and Poseidon Investment Management, LLC (the “Sub-Advisor”), on behalf of the Fund, pursuant to which the Sub-Advisor would perform portfolio management and related services.

In connection with its consideration of the Agreements, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, requested, received and evaluated materials from the Advisor and Sub-Advisor about the Agreements and the services proposed to be provided thereunder, including information about the key features of the Fund and related matters. The Board also reviewed information regarding the proposed investment advisory fee rates and various other materials that it considered relevant to its consideration and approval of the proposed Agreements.

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In considering each of the Agreements, the Board considered and discussed information and analysis provided by the Advisor and Sub-Advisor. In its deliberations, the Board did not identify any single piece of information that was paramount or controlling and individual trustees may have attributed different weights to various factors.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services. In considering the nature, extent and quality of the services to be provided by the Advisor and Sub-Advisor to the Fund, the Board reviewed the services to be provided by the Advisor and Sub-Advisor, noting that these services include, among other things, furnishing a continuous investment program for the Fund, including arranging for, or implementing, the purchase and sale of portfolio securities, the provision of related services such as portfolio management compliance services, and the preparation and filing of certain reports on behalf of the Trust. The Trustees reviewed the extensive responsibilities that the Advisor will have as investment advisor to the Fund, including the oversight of the activities and operations of the Sub-Advisor and other service providers, oversight of general fund compliance with federal and state laws, and the implementation of Board directives as they relate to the Fund. The Board received the most recent Form ADV for the Sub-Advisor as well as responses to a detailed series of questions that, among other things, requested information about the Sub-Advisor’s business, services, and financial condition. The Board considered, among other things, the professional experience and qualifications of the senior management and key professional personnel of the Advisor and Sub-Advisor, including those individuals responsible for portfolio management, the Advisor’s and Sub-Advisor’s operational capabilities and resources, and their experience in managing investment portfolios. The Board concluded that, within the context of its full deliberations, it was satisfied with the nature, extent and quality of the services expected to be provided to the Fund by the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor.

Performance. In connection with the assessment of the ability of each of the Advisor and Sub-Advisor to perform its duties under its Agreement, the Board considered its investment performance and experience generally and whether it has the resources necessary to carry out its functions. The Board concluded that each of the Advisor and Sub-Advisor has the resources necessary to perform its obligations under its Agreement.

Cost of Services and Profitability. The Board considered the cost of the services to be provided by the Advisor and Sub-Advisor, reviewed the fees to be paid pursuant to the Agreements, and considered the estimated profitability projected by each of the Advisor and Sub-Advisor from its relationship with the Fund. In addition, the Board discussed the fee arrangement between the Advisor and Sub-Advisor, noting that the Advisor would pay the Sub-Advisor out of the advisory fee it receives from the Fund. The Board also reviewed information provided by the Advisor regarding advisory fees of comparable funds and evaluated the proposed fee arrangements in light of this information and the factors that judicial decisions have specified as pertinent generally. The Board also considered the Advisor’s contractual arrangement to waive its advisory fee and/or reimburse expenses in an effort to control the expense ratio of the Fund. Based on its review, within the context of its full deliberations, the Board determined that the fees proposed to be paid to the Advisor and Sub-Advisor appear to be reasonable in light of the services to be provided.

Economies of Scale. The Board considered the potential for economies of scale and determined that it would reconsider this factor at an appropriate time in the future. In the event there were to be significant asset growth in the Fund, the Board determined to reassess whether the investment advisory and sub-advisory fees appropriately took into account any economies of scale that had been realized as a result of that growth. The Board also considered the Advisor’s willingness to enter into a contractual expense limitation agreement for the Fund, noting that this would protect shareholders from high operational costs.

Ancillary Benefits. The Board noted the potential benefits to be received by each of the Advisor and Sub-Advisor as a result of its relationship with the Fund (other than the advisory or sub-advisory fee), including the intangible benefits of its association with the Trust generally and any favorable publicity arising in connection with the Fund’s performance.

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Conclusion. Based on its deliberations and evaluation of the information described above, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, unanimously: (i) concluded that the terms of the Agreements are fair and reasonable; (ii) concluded that the fees to be paid to the Advisor are fair and reasonable in light of the services that it will provide to Fund; (iii) concluded that the fees to be paid to the Sub-Advisor are fair and reasonable in light of the services that the Sub-Advisor will provide to the Fund; and (iv) agreed to approve each of the Agreements for an initial term of two years.

Approval of Sub-Advisory Agreement for AdvisorShares North Square McKee Core
Reserves ETF (formerly AdvisorShares Sage Core Reserves ETF) and AdvisorShares North
Square McKee Core Bond ETF (formerly AdvisorShares FolioBeyond Smart Core Bond ETF)

At a meeting held on October 18, 2021, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, considered the approval of the investment sub-advisory agreement (the “Sub-Advisory Agreement”) between the Advisor and CSM Advisors, LLC (“CSM”) with respect to the AdvisorShares North Square McKee Core Reserves ETF and the AdvisorShares North Square McKee ESG Core Bond ETF (each, a “Fund” and, together, the “Funds”). The Sub-Advisory Agreement replaced a sub-advisory agreement between the Advisor and Sage Advisory Services, Ltd. Co. (“Sage”) with respect to the AdvisorShares North Square McKee Core Reserves ETF.

In connection with its consideration of the Sub-Advisory Agreement, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, requested, received and evaluated materials from CSM about the services proposed to be provided thereunder, including information about the key features of the Funds and related matters. The Board also reviewed information regarding the proposed investment sub-advisory fee rate and various other materials that it considered relevant to its consideration and approval of the proposed agreement.

In considering the Sub-Advisory Agreement, the Board considered and discussed information and analysis provided by the Advisor and CSM. In its deliberations, the Board did not identify any single piece of information that was paramount or controlling and individual trustees may have attributed different weights to various factors.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services. In considering the nature, extent and quality of the services to be provided by CSM to the Funds, the Board reviewed the services to be provided by CSM, noting that these services include, among other things, furnishing a continuous investment program for each Fund, including arranging for, or implementing, the purchase and sale of portfolio securities. The Board received the most recent Form ADV for CSM as well as responses to a detailed series of questions that, among other things, requested information about CSM’s business, services, and financial condition. The Board considered, among other things, the professional experience and qualifications of the senior management and key professional personnel of CSM, including those individuals responsible for portfolio management, CSM’s operational capabilities and resources, and its experience in managing investment portfolios. The Board concluded that, within the context of its full deliberations, it was satisfied with the nature, extent and quality of the services expected to be provided to the Funds by CSM.

Performance. In connection with the assessment of the ability of CSM to perform its duties under the Sub-Advisory Agreement, the Board considered its investment performance and experience generally and whether it has the resources necessary to carry out its functions. The Board concluded that CSM has the resources necessary to perform its obligations under the Sub-Advisory Agreement.

Cost of Services and Profitability. The Board considered the cost of the services to be provided by CSM, reviewed the proposed fee to be paid pursuant to the Sub-Advisory Agreement, and considered the estimated profitability projected by CSM from its relationship with each Fund. The Board discussed the fee arrangement between the Advisor and CSM, noting that the Advisor would pay CSM out of the advisory fee it receives from each Fund. With respect to AdvisorShares North Square McKee Core Reserves ETF, the Board noted that the proposed fee under the Sub-Advisory Agreement is lower than

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the current sub-advisory fee payable to Sage. With respect to AdvisorShares North Square McKee ESG Core Bond ETF, the Board noted that the Advisor proposed a decrease in the aggregate advisory fee to be paid by the Fund to the Adviser. The Board also reviewed information regarding advisory fees of comparable funds and evaluated the proposed fee arrangements in light of this information and the factors that judicial decisions have specified as pertinent generally. Based on its review, within the context of its full deliberations, the Board determined that the fees proposed to be paid to CSM appear to be reasonable in light of the services to be provided.

Economies of Scale. The Board considered the potential for economies of scale and determined that it would reconsider this factor at an appropriate time in the future. In the event there were to be significant asset growth in a Fund, the Board determined to reassess whether the fees appropriately took into account any economies of scale that had been realized as a result of that growth. The Board also considered the existence for each Fund of a contractual expense limitation agreement with the Advisor and noted the proposed decrease in the aggregate advisory fee and expense limitation for AdvisorShares North Square McKee ESG Core Bond ETF.

Ancillary Benefits. The Board noted the potential benefits to be received by CSM as a result of its relationship with each Fund (other than the sub-advisory fee), including the intangible benefits of its association with the Trust generally and any favorable publicity arising in connection with the Fund’s performance.

Conclusion. Based on its deliberations and evaluation of the information described above, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, unanimously: (i) concluded that the terms of the Sub-Advisory Agreement are fair and reasonable; (ii) concluded that the fee to be paid to CSM with respect to each Fund is fair and reasonable in light of the services that it will provide to the Fund; and (iii) agreed to approve the Sub-Advisory Agreement for an initial term of two years.

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SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

Quarterly Portfolio Holdings Information

The Funds are required to file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for their first and third quarters as an exhibit to their reports on Form N-PORT. Copies of the filings are available without charge on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

Proxy Voting Information

A description of the Funds proxy voting policies and procedures, as well as a record of how the Funds voted proxies during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, is available without charge upon request by calling 1-877-843-3831. This information is also available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

Premium/Discount Information

Information about the differences between the daily market price on the secondary market for the shares of a Fund and the Fund’s net asset value may be found on the Fund’s website at www.advisorshares.com.

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ADVISORSHARES TRUST

Investment Advisor

AdvisorShares Investments, LLC
4800 Montgomery Lane, Suite 150
Bethesda, MD 20814

Sub-Advisors

Alpha DNA Investment Management LLC

8860 Columbia 100 Parkway, Suite 301

Columbia, MD 21045

ChangePath, LLC

11460 Tomahawk Creek Parkway, Suite 200

Leawood, KS 66211

CMS Advisors, LLC

420 Fort Duquesne Boulevard

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dorsey, Wright & Associates, LLC

3300 W. Leigh Street

Richmond, VA 23230

DoubleLine Equity LP

505 N. Brand Boulevard, Suite 860

Glendale, CA 91203

Gerber Kawasaki, Inc.

2716 Ocean Park Boulevard

Santa Monica, CA 90405

Newfleet Asset Management, LLC

1 Financial Plaza

Hartford, CT 06103

Poseidon Investment Management, LLC

330 Fell Street, Suite 200

San Francisco, CA 94102

Ranger Alternative Management, L.P.

2828 N. Harwood Street, Suite 1900

Dallas, TX 75201

ThinkBetter, LLC

1549 Ringling Boulevard, Suite 510

Sarasota, FL 34236

 

Distributor

Foreside Fund Services, LLC
Three Canal Plaza, Suite 100
Portland, ME 04101

Custodian/Fund Administrator/Transfer Agent

The Bank of New York Mellon
240 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10286

Legal Counsel

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20004

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Tait, Weller & Baker LLP
50 South 16th Street, Suite 2900
Philadelphia, PA 19102

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This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of each Fund. It is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus, which includes information regarding a Fund’s risks, objectives, fees and expenses, experience of management and other information.