Investment Portfolioas of May 31, 2025 (Unaudited)
DWS Equity Sector Strategy Fund
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
Common Stocks 88.8%
Communication Services 10.2%
Diversified Telecommunication Services 0.3%
AT&T, Inc.
4,039
112,284
Verizon Communications, Inc.
2,544
111,834
 
224,118
Entertainment 2.0%
Electronic Arts, Inc.
495
71,171
Netflix, Inc.*
962
1,161,356
Walt Disney Co.
4,154
469,568
 
1,702,095
Interactive Media & Services 7.6%
Alphabet, Inc. "A"
12,469
2,141,426
Alphabet, Inc. "C"
10,397
1,797,121
Meta Platforms, Inc. "A"
3,855
2,496,074
 
6,434,621
Media 0.1%
Comcast Corp. "A"
2,000
69,140
Wireless Telecommunication Services 0.2%
T-Mobile U.S., Inc.
825
199,815
Consumer Discretionary 5.3%
Automobile Components 0.2%
Aptiv PLC*
1,868
124,801
Automobiles 0.1%
General Motors Co.
1,700
84,337
Broadline Retail 3.8%
Amazon.com, Inc.*
15,798
3,238,748
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure 0.7%
Booking Holdings, Inc.
51
281,465
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.*
2,200
110,176
Expedia Group, Inc.
250
41,688
Starbucks Corp.
1,433
120,300
 
553,629
Specialty Retail 0.2%
Home Depot, Inc.
519
191,143
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods 0.3%
Lululemon Athletica, Inc.*
300
95,001
NIKE, Inc. "B"
2,500
151,475
 
246,476

Consumer Staples 2.8%
Beverages 1.3%
Brown-Forman Corp. "B"
800
26,672
Coca-Cola Co.
4,884
352,136
Constellation Brands, Inc. "A"
620
110,540
Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.
1,291
43,468
Monster Beverage Corp.*
1,273
81,408
PepsiCo, Inc.
3,346
439,832
 
1,054,056
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail 0.9%
Costco Wholesale Corp.
335
348,460
Sysco Corp.
1,051
76,723
Target Corp.
800
75,208
Walmart, Inc.
2,882
284,511
 
784,902
Household Products 0.6%
Procter & Gamble Co.
2,942
499,817
Energy 0.9%
Energy Equipment & Services 0.9%
Baker Hughes Co.
7,713
285,767
Halliburton Co.
7,228
141,597
Schlumberger NV
9,270
306,373
 
733,737
Financials 17.1%
Banks 5.5%
Bank of America Corp.
19,465
858,990
Citigroup, Inc.
6,406
482,500
Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
1,350
54,472
Fifth Third Bancorp.
1,900
72,561
Huntington Bancshares, Inc.
3,900
60,957
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
6,131
1,618,584
KeyCorp.
3,300
52,338
M&T Bank Corp.
468
85,476
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
1,381
240,032
Regions Financial Corp.
2,700
57,888
Truist Financial Corp.
4,375
172,812
U.S. Bancorp.
5,540
241,489
Wells Fargo & Co.
8,253
617,159
 
4,615,258
Capital Markets 3.2%
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
200
101,848
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
1,700
150,637
Blackrock, Inc.
355
347,861
Blackstone, Inc.
700
97,132
Cboe Global Markets, Inc.
200
45,824
Charles Schwab Corp.
3,350
295,939
CME Group, Inc.
450
130,050
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.
1,300
233,740
Invesco Ltd.
2,600
37,596
Moody's Corp.
200
95,864
Morgan Stanley
2,600
332,878
Nasdaq, Inc.
700
58,478
Northern Trust Corp.
650
69,381

Raymond James Financial, Inc.
300
44,094
S&P Global, Inc.
400
205,144
State Street Corp.
950
91,466
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
700
65,513
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
525
315,236
 
2,718,681
Consumer Finance 0.3%
American Express Co.
690
202,895
Financial Services 4.1%
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. "B"*
2,846
1,434,270
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.
885
70,455
Fiserv, Inc.*
947
154,162
Global Payments, Inc.
439
33,193
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.
180
32,611
Mastercard, Inc. "A"
1,160
679,296
PayPal Holdings, Inc.*
2,283
160,449
Visa, Inc. "A"
2,480
905,671
 
3,470,107
Insurance 4.0%
Aflac, Inc.
1,755
181,713
Allstate Corp.
906
190,142
American International Group, Inc.
2,282
193,148
Aon PLC "A"
686
255,247
Arch Capital Group Ltd.
957
90,953
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
607
210,896
Assurant, Inc.
171
34,710
Brown & Brown, Inc.
655
73,950
Chubb Ltd.
1,067
317,112
Cincinnati Financial Corp.
465
70,131
Erie Indemnity Co. "A"
60
21,511
Everest Group Ltd.
130
45,135
Globe Life, Inc.
264
32,174
Hartford Insurance Group, Inc.
1,027
133,346
Loews Corp.
560
50,002
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
1,350
315,441
MetLife, Inc.
2,186
171,776
Principal Financial Group, Inc.
807
62,857
Progressive Corp.
1,481
421,981
Prudential Financial, Inc.
1,427
148,251
Travelers Companies, Inc.
763
210,359
W.R. Berkley Corp.
882
65,877
Willis Towers Watson PLC
319
100,979
 
3,397,691
Health Care 12.6%
Biotechnology 3.1%
AbbVie, Inc.
4,582
852,756
Amgen, Inc.
1,783
513,825
Biogen, Inc.*
482
62,559
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
4,454
490,296
Incyte Corp.*
601
39,101
Moderna, Inc.*
2,403
63,824
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
389
190,719
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*
962
425,252
 
2,638,332

Health Care Equipment & Supplies 4.1%
Abbott Laboratories
4,572
610,728
Align Technology, Inc.*
337
60,977
Baxter International, Inc.
1,546
47,153
Becton Dickinson & Co.
1,289
222,469
Boston Scientific Corp.*
3,909
411,461
Dexcom, Inc.*
1,340
114,972
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.*
2,042
159,725
GE HealthCare Technologies, Inc.
1,638
115,545
Hologic, Inc.*
861
53,528
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.*
237
121,666
Insulet Corp.*
170
55,255
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.*
826
456,233
Medtronic PLC
4,446
368,929
ResMed, Inc.
472
115,541
STERIS PLC
285
69,885
Stryker Corp.
1,007
385,319
The Cooper Companies, Inc.*
680
46,430
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
819
75,487
 
3,491,303
Health Care Providers & Services 0.8%
Labcorp Holdings, Inc.
250
62,242
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
1,979
597,480
 
659,722
Life Sciences Tools & Services 0.2%
Agilent Technologies, Inc.
500
55,960
Danaher Corp.
200
37,980
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
150
60,423
 
154,363
Pharmaceuticals 4.4%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
7,829
377,984
Eli Lilly & Co.
1,673
1,234,122
Johnson & Johnson
5,562
863,278
Merck & Co., Inc.
7,469
573,918
Pfizer, Inc.
17,120
402,149
Viatris, Inc.
3,288
28,901
Zoetis, Inc.
1,324
223,266
 
3,703,618
Industrials 5.4%
Aerospace & Defense 2.7%
GE Aerospace
1,761
433,047
General Dynamics Corp.
925
257,603
Howmet Aerospace, Inc.
498
84,605
L3Harris Technologies, Inc.
479
117,039
Lockheed Martin Corp.
741
357,444
Northrop Grumman Corp.
597
289,408
RTX Corp.
4,594
626,989
Textron, Inc.
438
32,425
TransDigm Group, Inc.
90
132,159
 
2,330,719
Air Freight & Logistics 0.6%
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.
400
45,092
FedEx Corp.
750
163,575
United Parcel Service, Inc. "B"
2,800
273,112
 
481,779

Electrical Equipment 1.3%
AMETEK, Inc.
987
176,417
Eaton Corp. PLC
1,571
503,034
Emerson Electric Co.
2,172
259,293
Hubbell, Inc.
200
77,916
Rockwell Automation, Inc.
268
84,568
 
1,101,228
Ground Transportation 0.2%
Uber Technologies, Inc.*
1,800
151,488
Industrial Conglomerates 0.1%
Honeywell International, Inc.
354
80,241
Machinery 0.5%
Cummins, Inc.
210
67,511
Fortive Corp.
500
35,095
PACCAR, Inc.
900
84,465
Parker-Hannifin Corp.
235
156,204
Pentair PLC
404
40,069
Xylem, Inc.
500
63,020
 
446,364
Information Technology 29.2%
Communications Equipment 0.7%
Arista Networks, Inc.*
2,200
190,608
Cisco Systems, Inc.
3,881
244,658
Motorola Solutions, Inc.
297
123,368
 
558,634
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components 0.5%
Amphenol Corp. "A"
2,600
233,818
Corning, Inc.
2,100
104,139
TE Connectivity PLC
600
96,042
 
433,999
IT Services 1.7%
Accenture PLC "A"
1,725
546,514
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. "A"
1,611
130,475
EPAM Systems, Inc.*
161
28,093
International Business Machines Corp.
2,502
648,168
VeriSign, Inc.
180
49,045
 
1,402,295
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 9.9%
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.*
4,648
514,673
Applied Materials, Inc.
2,007
314,597
Broadcom, Inc.
5,170
1,251,502
Intel Corp.
7,100
138,805
KLA Corp.
289
218,738
Lam Research Corp.
3,260
263,376
Micron Technology, Inc.
4,100
387,286
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.
80
52,952
NVIDIA Corp.
35,510
4,798,466
QUALCOMM, Inc.
2,791
405,253
Texas Instruments, Inc.
300
54,855
 
8,400,503
Software 10.8%
Adobe, Inc.*
1,206
500,599
Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc. "A"*
200
94,274

Intuit, Inc.
554
417,422
Microsoft Corp.
13,323
6,133,376
Oracle Corp.
2,985
494,107
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.*
300
57,726
Roper Technologies, Inc.
229
130,592
Salesforce, Inc.
2,634
698,985
ServiceNow, Inc.*
428
432,747
Synopsys, Inc.*
338
156,825
 
9,116,653
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals 5.6%
Apple, Inc.
22,019
4,422,516
Dell Technologies, Inc. "C"
500
55,635
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.
2,300
39,744
HP, Inc.
1,500
37,350
NetApp, Inc.
650
64,454
Seagate Technology Holdings PLC
600
70,764
Western Digital Corp.*
800
41,240
 
4,731,703
Materials 1.1%
Chemicals 0.8%
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
323
90,088
Corteva, Inc.
1,291
91,403
DuPont de Nemours, Inc.
723
48,296
Ecolab, Inc.
498
132,279
Linde PLC
575
268,858
PPG Industries, Inc.
440
48,752
The Mosaic Co.
711
25,696
 
705,372
Metals & Mining 0.3%
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.
3,600
138,528
Newmont Corp.
2,326
122,627
 
261,155
Real Estate 0.4%
Office REITs 0.1%
BXP, Inc.
500
33,665
Real Estate Management & Development 0.1%
CBRE Group, Inc. "A"*
800
100,016
Retail REITs 0.1%
Simon Property Group, Inc.
600
97,842
Specialized REITs 0.1%
American Tower Corp.
342
73,410
Utilities 3.8%
Electric Utilities 2.8%
Alliant Energy Corp.
495
30,804
American Electric Power Co., Inc.
2,024
209,464
Constellation Energy Corp.
850
260,227
Duke Energy Corp.
2,438
287,001
Edison International
1,092
60,770
Entergy Corp.
1,400
116,592
Evergy, Inc.
626
41,573

Eversource Energy
1,002
64,939
Exelon Corp.
3,887
170,328
FirstEnergy Corp.
1,849
77,547
NextEra Energy, Inc.
6,326
446,869
NRG Energy, Inc.
253
39,443
PG&E Corp.
4,800
81,024
PPL Corp.
1,337
46,461
Southern Co.
3,535
318,150
Xcel Energy, Inc.
2,132
149,453
 
2,400,645
Gas Utilities 0.1%
Atmos Energy Corp.
321
49,652
Multi-Utilities 0.9%
Ameren Corp.
480
46,502
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
1,200
44,688
CMS Energy Corp.
600
42,138
Consolidated Edison, Inc.
400
41,796
Dominion Energy, Inc.
3,350
189,845
DTE Energy Co.
500
68,325
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.
1,550
125,597
Sempra
2,300
180,757
 
739,648
Total Common Stocks (Cost $54,692,215)
74,890,416
Exchange-Traded Funds 2.2%
Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (Cost $1,611,237)
23,122
1,885,137
Cash Equivalents 9.1%
DWS Central Cash Management Government Fund, 4.34% (a) (Cost $7,632,269)
7,632,269
7,632,269
 
 
% of
Net Assets
Value ($)
Total Investment Portfolio (Cost $63,935,721)
100.1
84,407,822
Other Assets and Liabilities, Net
(0.1
)
(45,222
)
Net Assets
100.0
84,362,600
For information on the Fund's policies regarding the valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to the Fund's most recent semi-annual or annual financial statements.
A summary of the Fund’s transactions with affiliated investments during the period ended May 31, 2025 are as follows:
Value ($) at
8/31/2024
Purchases
Cost ($)
Sales
Proceeds ($)
Net Realized
Gain/
(Loss) ($)
Net Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) ($)
Income ($)
Capital Gain
Distributions ($)
Number
of Shares
at
5/31/2025
Value ($) at
5/31/2025
Securities Lending Collateral 0.0%
DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio "DWS Government Cash Institutional Shares",
4.22% (a) (b)
0 (c)
60
Cash Equivalents 9.1%
DWS Central Cash Management Government Fund, 4.34% (a)
6,338,919
16,216,322
14,922,972
144,783
7,632,269
7,632,269
6,338,919
16,216,322
14,922,972
144,843
7,632,269
7,632,269
*
Non-income producing security.
(a)
Affiliated fund managed by DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at
period end.

(b)
Represents cash collateral held in connection with securities lending. Income earned by the Fund is net of borrower rebates.
(c)
Represents the net increase (purchase cost) or decrease (sales proceeds) in the amount invested in cash collateral for the period
ended May 31, 2025.
REIT: Real Estate Investment Trust
SPDR: Standard & Poor's Depositary Receipt
Fair Value Measurements
Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. 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.
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of May 31, 2025 in valuing the Fund's investments.
Assets
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Total
Common Stocks (a)
$74,890,416
$
$
$74,890,416
Exchange-Traded Funds
1,885,137
1,885,137
Short-Term Investments
7,632,269
7,632,269
Total
$84,407,822
$
$
$84,407,822
(a)
See Investment Portfolio for additional detailed categorizations.
The brand DWS represents DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA and any of its subsidiaries such as DWS Distributors, Inc. which offers investment products or DWS Investment Management Americas Inc. and RREEF America L.L.C. which offer advisory services.
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