STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
BNY Mellon Worldwide Growth Fund

July 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

        
 

Description

   

Shares

 

Value ($)

 

Common Stocks - 99.2%

     

Banks - 1.6%

     

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

   

125,290

 

 14,453,454

 

Capital Goods - 1.2%

     

Assa Abloy AB, Cl. B

   

439,600

 

 10,382,599

 

Consumer Durables & Apparel - 7.3%

     

adidas AG

   

46,325

 

7,950,251

 

EssilorLuxottica SA

   

65,800

 

10,323,191

 

Hermes International

   

7,226

 

9,893,078

 

LVMH SE

   

54,165

 

37,677,555

 
    

65,844,075

 

Consumer Services - 3.3%

     

Marriott International Inc., Cl. A

   

70,250

 

11,157,105

 

McDonald's Corp.

   

70,325

 

18,521,495

 
    

29,678,600

 

Diversified Financials - 5.2%

     

BlackRock Inc.

   

30,190

 

20,202,544

 

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

   

103,825

 

10,132,510

 

S&P Global Inc.

   

44,897

 

16,923,026

 
    

47,258,080

 

Energy - 7.5%

     

Chevron Corp.

   

233,900

 

38,308,142

 

Hess Corp.

   

259,100

 

29,140,977

 
    

67,449,119

 

Food, Beverage & Tobacco - 10.3%

     

Altria Group Inc.

   

167,325

 

7,338,874

 

Diageo PLC, ADR

   

62,620

 

11,985,468

 

Nestle SA, ADR

   

187,915

 

23,087,237

 

PepsiCo Inc.

   

84,470

 

14,778,871

 

Philip Morris International Inc.

   

178,155

 

17,307,758

 

The Coca-Cola Company

   

289,325

 

18,565,985

 
    

93,064,193

 

Health Care Equipment & Services - 4.2%

     

Abbott Laboratories

   

161,685

 

17,597,795

 

Intuitive Surgical Inc.

   

44,060

a 

10,141,290

 

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

   

17,950

 

9,735,003

 
    

37,474,088

 

Household & Personal Products - 5.8%

     

L'Oreal, ADR

   

505,350

b 

38,254,995

 

The Estee Lauder Companies, Cl. A

   

27,450

 

7,496,595

 


STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

        
 

Description

   

Shares

 

Value ($)

 

Common Stocks - 99.2% (continued)

     

Household & Personal Products - 5.8% (continued)

     

The Procter & Gamble Company

   

43,250

 

6,007,858

 
    

51,759,448

 

Insurance - .8%

     

AIA Group Ltd.

   

698,375

 

 7,048,564

 

Materials - 2.7%

     

Air Liquide SA, ADR

   

414,799

b 

11,394,529

 

Air Products & Chemicals Inc.

   

51,050

 

12,672,141

 
    

24,066,670

 

Media & Entertainment - 9.8%

     

Alphabet Inc., Cl. C

   

302,000

a 

35,225,280

 

Comcast Corp., Cl. A

   

309,695

 

11,619,756

 

Meta Platforms Inc., Cl. A

   

125,815

a 

20,017,166

 

Nintendo Co.

   

23,475

 

10,555,347

 

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

   

130,475

 

5,132,596

 

The Walt Disney Company

   

49,586

a 

5,261,075

 
    

87,811,220

 

Pharmaceuticals Biotechnology & Life Sciences - 5.9%

     

Johnson & Johnson

   

50,025

 

8,730,363

 

Novo Nordisk A/S, ADR

   

242,345

 

28,126,561

 

Roche Holding, ADR

   

402,695

 

16,699,762

 
    

53,556,686

 

Retailing - 3.0%

     

Amazon.com Inc.

   

200,600

a 

 27,070,970

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 5.9%

     

ASML Holding NV

   

40,250

 

23,121,210

 

Texas Instruments Inc.

   

168,700

 

30,178,743

 
    

53,299,953

 

Software & Services - 14.3%

     

Adobe Inc.

   

17,275

a 

7,084,823

 

Intuit Inc.

   

16,175

 

7,378,550

 

Mastercard Inc., Cl. A

   

18,000

 

6,368,220

 

Microsoft Corp.

   

274,035

 

76,932,586

 

Visa Inc., Cl. A

   

143,850

b 

30,512,023

 
    

128,276,202

 

Technology Hardware & Equipment - 6.2%

     

Apple Inc.

   

344,380

 

 55,965,194

 

Transportation - 4.2%

     

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.

   

321,030

 

25,319,636

 

Union Pacific Corp.

   

53,465

 

12,152,595

 
    

37,472,231

 

Total Common Stocks (cost $336,863,649)

   

891,931,346

 


        
 
  

1-Day
Yield (%)

     

Investment Companies - .7%

     

Registered Investment Companies - .7%

     

Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Government Plus Money Market Fund, Institutional Shares
(cost $6,674,829)

 

2.21

 

6,674,829

c 

 6,674,829

 
        

Investment of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned - .0%

     

Registered Investment Companies - .0%

     

Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Government Plus Money Market Fund, SL Shares
(cost $20,610)

 

2.21

 

20,610

c 

 20,610

 

Total Investments (cost $343,559,088)

 

99.9%

 

898,626,785

 

Cash and Receivables (Net)

 

.1%

 

946,918

 

Net Assets

 

100.0%

 

899,573,703

 

ADR—American Depository Receipt

a Non-income producing security.

b Security, or portion thereof, on loan. At July 31, 2022, the value of the fund’s securities on loan was $30,227,431 and the value of the collateral was $30,729,041, consisting of cash collateral of $20,610 and U.S. Government & Agency securities valued at $30,708,431. In addition, the value of collateral may include pending sales that are also on loan.

c Investment in affiliated issuer. The investment objective of this investment company is publicly available and can be found within the investment company’s prospectus.


STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
BNY Mellon Worldwide Growth Fund

July 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of July 31, 2022 in valuing the fund’s investments:

       
 

Level 1-Unadjusted Quoted Prices

Level 2- Other Significant Observable Inputs

 

Level 3-Significant Unobservable Inputs

Total

 

Assets ($)

  

Investments in Securities:

  

Equity Securities - Common Stocks

782,835,655

109,095,691

†† 

-

891,931,346

 

Investment Companies

6,695,439

-

 

-

6,695,439

 

 See Statement of Investments for additional detailed categorizations, if any.

†† Securities classified within Level 2 at period end as the values were determined pursuant to the fund’s fair valuation procedures.


The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) is the exclusive reference of authoritative U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. Rules and interpretive releases of the SEC under authority of federal laws are also sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. The fund is an investment company and applies the accounting and reporting guidance of the FASB ASC Topic 946 Financial Services-Investment Companies. The fund’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP, which may require the use of management estimates and assumptions. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The fair value of a financial instrument is the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (i.e., the exit price). GAAP establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs of valuation techniques used to measure fair value. This hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements).

Additionally, GAAP provides guidance on determining whether the volume and activity in a market has decreased significantly and whether such a decrease in activity results in transactions that are not orderly. GAAP requires enhanced disclosures around valuation inputs and techniques used during annual and interim periods.

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the fund’s investments relating to fair value measurements. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

Level 1—unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments.

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. Valuation techniques used to value the fund’s investments are as follows:

Investments in equity securities are valued at the last sales price on the securities exchange or national securities market on which such securities are primarily traded. Securities listed on the National Market System for which market quotations are available are valued at the official closing price or, if there is no official closing price that day, at the last sales price. For open short positions, asked prices are used for valuation


purposes. Bid price is used when no asked price is available. Registered investment companies that are not traded on an exchange are valued at their net asset value. All of the preceding securities are generally categorized within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

Securities not listed on an exchange or the national securities market, or securities for which there were no transactions, are valued at the average of the most recent bid and asked prices. U.S. Treasury Bills are valued at the mean price between quoted bid prices and asked prices by an independent pricing service (the “Service”) approved by the Board Members (“Board”).These securities are generally categorized within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

The Service’s procedures are reviewed by BNY Mellon under the general supervision of the Board.

Fair valuing of securities may be determined with the assistance of a pricing service using calculations based on indices of domestic securities and other appropriate indicators, such as prices of relevant American Depository Receipts and futures. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

When market quotations or official closing prices are not readily available, or are determined not to accurately reflect fair value, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded (for example, a foreign exchange or market), but before the fund calculates its net asset value, the fund may value these investments at fair value as determined in accordance with the procedures approved by the Board. Certain factors may be considered when fair valuing investments such as: fundamental analytical data, the nature and duration of restrictions on disposition, an evaluation of the forces that influence the market in which the securities are purchased and sold, and public trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable issuers. These securities are either categorized within Level 2 or 3 of the fair value hierarchy depending on the relevant inputs used.

For securities where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and such securities are generally categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

Financial futures and options, which are traded on an exchange, are valued at the last sales price on the securities exchange on which such securities are primarily traded or at the last sales price on the national securities market on each business day and are generally categorized within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. Options traded over-the-counter (“OTC”) are valued at the mean between the bid and asked price and are generally categorized within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. Investments in swap transactions are valued each business day by the Service. Swaps are valued by the Service by using a swap pricing model which incorporates among other factors, default probabilities, recovery rates, credit curves of the underlying issuer and swap spreads on


interest rates and are generally categorized within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. Forward contracts are valued at the forward rate and are generally categorized within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

Pursuant to a securities lending agreement with The Bank of New York Mellon, a subsidiary of BNY Mellon and an affiliate of BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc., the fund may lend securities to qualified institutions. It is the fund’s policy that, at origination, all loans are secured by collateral of at least 102% of the value of U.S. securities loaned and 105% of the value of foreign securities loaned. Collateral equivalent to at least 100% of the market value of securities on loan is maintained at all times. Collateral is either in the form of cash, which can be invested in certain money market mutual funds managed by BNY Mellon Investment Adviser Inc., or U.S. Government and Agency securities. The fund is entitled to receive all dividends, interest and distributions on securities loaned, in addition to income earned as a result of the lending transaction. Should a borrower fail to return the securities in a timely manner, The Bank of New York Mellon is required to replace the securities for the benefit of the fund or credit the fund with the market value of the unreturned securities and is subrogated to the fund’s rights against the borrower and the collateral. Additionally, the contractual maturity of security lending transactions are on an overnight and continuous basis.

At July 31, 2022, accumulated net unrealized appreciation on investments was $555,067,697, consisting of $567,982,695 gross unrealized appreciation and $12,914,998 gross unrealized depreciation.

At July 31, 2022, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was substantially the same as the cost for financial reporting purposes (see the Statement of Investments).

Additional investment related disclosures are hereby incorporated by reference to the annual and semi-annual reports previously filed with the SEC on Form N-CSR.