1
Nuveen
Core
Equity
Alpha
Fund
Portfolio
of
Investments
March
31,2024
(Unaudited)
JCE
Shares
Description
(a)
Value
LONG-TERM
INVESTMENTS
-
100.2% 
X
–
COMMON
STOCKS
-
98.8%
X
227,943,432
Automobiles
&
Components
-
0.6%
7,560
(b)
Tesla
Inc
$
1,328,972
Total
Automobiles
&
Components
1,328,972
Banks
-
2.7%
2,985
Bank
of
America
Corp
113,191
29,890
Citigroup
Inc
1,890,244
21,470
JPMorgan
Chase
&
Co
4,300,441
Total
Banks
6,303,876
Capital
Goods
-
8.2%
9,820
AGCO
Corp
1,208,056
4,710
Curtiss-Wright
Corp
1,205,477
12,950
Esab
Corp
1,431,882
29,770
Flowserve
Corp
1,359,894
6,200
General
Dynamics
Corp
1,751,438
15,280
General
Electric
Co
2,682,099
9,220
Honeywell
International
Inc
1,892,405
3,770
Lockheed
Martin
Corp
1,714,860
3,270
Northrop
Grumman
Corp
1,565,218
1,160
Parker-Hannifin
Corp
644,716
5,290
Trane
Technologies
PLC
1,588,058
22,120
Vertiv
Holdings
Co,
Class
A
1,806,540
Total
Capital
Goods
18,850,643
Commercial
&
Professional
Services
-
2.2%
7,680
Booz
Allen
Hamilton
Holding
Corp
1,140,019
10,580
Leidos
Holdings
Inc
1,386,932
6,540
MSA
Safety
Inc
1,266,079
50,840
Vestis
Corp
979,687
1,890
Waste
Management
Inc
402,853
Total
Commercial
&
Professional
Services
5,175,570
Consumer
Discretionary
Distribution
&
Retail
-
6.2%
57,400
(b),(c)
Amazon.com
Inc
10,353,812
68,720
(b)
Coupang
Inc
1,222,529
3,790
Home
Depot
Inc/The
1,453,844
5,620
Ross
Stores
Inc
824,791
3,840
TJX
Cos
Inc/The
389,453
Total
Consumer
Discretionary
Distribution
&
Retail
14,244,429
Consumer
Durables
&
Apparel
-
0.7%
32,040
Tapestry
Inc
1,521,259
Total
Consumer
Durables
&
Apparel
1,521,259
Consumer
Services
-
2.2%
550
Booking
Holdings
Inc
1,995,334
2,750
Domino's
Pizza
Inc
1,366,420
18,660
Starbucks
Corp
1,705,337
Total
Consumer
Services
5,067,091
Consumer
Staples
Distribution
&
Retail
-
2.9%
540
Costco
Wholesale
Corp
395,620
23,670
Kroger
Co/The
1,352,267
15,080
(b)
Performance
Food
Group
Co
1,125,571
Nuveen
Core
Equity
Alpha
Fund
(continued)
Portfolio
of
Investments
March
31,2024
(Unaudited)
2
JCE
Shares
Description
(a)
Value
Consumer
Staples
Distribution
&
Retail
(continued)
6,930
Target
Corp
$
1,228,066
42,387
Walmart
Inc
2,550,426
Total
Consumer
Staples
Distribution
&
Retail
6,651,950
Energy
-
3.3%
43,210
Baker
Hughes
Co
1,447,535
1,669
Chevron
Corp
263,268
1,760
Coterra
Energy
Inc
49,069
8,710
EOG
Resources
Inc
1,113,486
10,430
Exxon
Mobil
Corp
1,212,383
25,080
HF
Sinclair
Corp
1,514,080
240
Ovintiv
Inc
12,456
11,980
Valero
Energy
Corp
2,044,866
Total
Energy
7,657,143
Equity
Real
Estate
Investment
Trusts
(REITs)
-
1.4%
32,870
Americold
Realty
Trust
Inc
819,120
6,600
Lamar
Advertising
Co,
Class
A
788,106
28,590
Ventas
Inc
1,244,809
5,390
Welltower
Inc
503,642
Total
Equity
Real
Estate
Investment
Trusts
(REITs)
3,355,677
Financial
Services
-
6.8%
34,080
(b)
Affirm
Holdings
Inc
1,269,821
13,850
(b)
Berkshire
Hathaway
Inc,
Class
B
5,824,202
10,430
(b)
Block
Inc
882,169
790
CME
Group
Inc
170,079
1,901
Mastercard
Inc,
Class
A
915,465
2,200
MSCI
Inc
1,232,990
25,060
(b)
PayPal
Holdings
Inc
1,678,769
16,900
State
Street
Corp
1,306,708
11,260
Tradeweb
Markets
Inc,
Class
A
1,172,954
4,160
Visa
Inc,
Class
A
1,160,973
Total
Financial
Services
15,614,130
Food,
Beverage
&
Tobacco
-
3.8%
13,060
Bunge
Global
SA
1,338,911
1,300
Coca-Cola
Co/The
79,534
20,420
General
Mills
Inc
1,428,788
15,710
PepsiCo
Inc
2,749,407
20,700
Philip
Morris
International
Inc
1,896,534
71,550
WK
Kellogg
Co
1,345,140
Total
Food,
Beverage
&
Tobacco
8,838,314
Health
Care
Equipment
&
Services
-
5.6%
22,650
(b)
Boston
Scientific
Corp
1,551,298
12,120
Cardinal
Health
Inc
1,356,228
19,390
(b)
Centene
Corp
1,521,727
4,880
Cigna
Group/The
1,772,367
3,180
Humana
Inc
1,102,570
2,620
(b)
IDEXX
Laboratories
Inc
1,414,617
6,050
(b)
Insulet
Corp
1,036,970
20,960
Medtronic
PLC
1,826,664
2,700
UnitedHealth
Group
Inc
1,335,690
Total
Health
Care
Equipment
&
Services
12,918,131
Household
&
Personal
Products
-
0.8%
11,940
Procter
&
Gamble
Co/The
1,937,265
Total
Household
&
Personal
Products
1,937,265
3
Shares
Description
(a)
Value
Insurance
-
1.4%
8,870
Marsh
&
McLennan
Cos
Inc
$
1,827,043
4,780
Willis
Towers
Watson
PLC
1,314,500
Total
Insurance
3,141,543
Materials
-
1.2%
6,390
Ecolab
Inc
1,475,451
27,130
Westrock
Co
1,341,579
Total
Materials
2,817,030
Media
&
Entertainment
-
10.4%
30,500
(b),(c)
Alphabet
Inc,
Class
A
4,603,365
36,710
(b),(c)
Alphabet
Inc,
Class
C
5,589,465
46,910
Comcast
Corp,
Class
A
2,033,548
13,570
Meta
Platforms
Inc
6,589,321
2,640
(b)
Netflix
Inc
1,603,351
3,480
(b)
Spotify
Technology
SA
918,372
21,720
Walt
Disney
Co/The
2,657,659
Total
Media
&
Entertainment
23,995,081
Pharmaceuticals,
Biotechnology
&
Life
Sciences
-
7.6%
17,060
AbbVie
Inc
3,106,626
33,580
Bristol-Myers
Squibb
Co
1,821,043
2,950
Eli
Lilly
&
Co
2,294,982
21,459
Johnson
&
Johnson
3,394,599
210
(b)
Medpace
Holdings
Inc
84,872
23,991
Merck
&
Co
Inc
3,165,612
130
(b)
Mettler-Toledo
International
Inc
173,068
1,810
(b)
Neurocrine
Biosciences
Inc
249,635
68,190
Pfizer
Inc
1,892,273
810
(b)
Regeneron
Pharmaceuticals
Inc
779,617
763
Thermo
Fisher
Scientific
Inc
443,463
800
Zoetis
Inc
135,368
Total
Pharmaceuticals,
Biotechnology
&
Life
Sciences
17,541,158
Real
Estate
Management
&
Development
-
0.2%
2,190
(b)
Jones
Lang
LaSalle
Inc
427,247
Total
Real
Estate
Management
&
Development
427,247
Semiconductors
&
Semiconductor
Equipment
-
9.5%
3,290
(b)
Advanced
Micro
Devices
Inc
593,812
10,080
Applied
Materials
Inc
2,078,799
1,610
Broadcom
Inc
2,133,910
12,880
(b)
Cirrus
Logic
Inc
1,192,173
1,520
Micron
Technology
Inc
179,193
14,690
NVIDIA
Corp
13,273,296
14,670
QUALCOMM
Inc
2,483,631
Total
Semiconductors
&
Semiconductor
Equipment
21,934,814
Software
&
Services
-
12.4%
5,190
(b)
Adobe
Inc
2,618,874
560
(b)
Atlassian
Corp
Ltd,
Class
A
109,262
6,050
(b)
Cadence
Design
Systems
Inc
1,883,244
7,940
(b)
DocuSign
Inc
472,827
42,745
Microsoft
Corp
17,983,676
10,931
Salesforce
Inc
3,292,198
5,880
(b)
VeriSign
Inc
1,114,319
16,980
(b)
Zoom
Video
Communications
Inc,
Class
A
1,109,983
Total
Software
&
Services
28,584,383
Nuveen
Core
Equity
Alpha
Fund
(continued)
Portfolio
of
Investments
March
31,2024
(Unaudited)
4
JCE
Investments
in
Derivatives
Shares
Description
(a)
Value
Technology
Hardware
&
Equipment
-
7.0%
85,738
(c)
Apple
Inc
$
14,702,352
4,250
Motorola
Solutions
Inc
1,508,665
Total
Technology
Hardware
&
Equipment
16,211,017
Transportation
-
0.1%
3,850
(b)
Alaska
Air
Group
Inc
165,512
Total
Transportation
165,512
Utilities
-
1.6%
22,760
Evergy
Inc
1,214,929
18,200
Sempra
1,307,306
21,190
Xcel
Energy
Inc
1,138,962
Total
Utilities
3,661,197
Total
Common
Stocks
(cost
$166,597,510)
227,943,432
Shares
Description
(a)
Value
X
–
EXCHANGE-TRADED
FUNDS
-
1.4%
X
3,264,783
6,210
iShares
Core
S&P
500
ETF
$
3,264,783
Total
Exchange-Traded
Funds
(cost
$2,912,025)
3,264,783
Type
Description
(d)
Number
of
Contracts
Notional
Amount
(e)
Exercise
Price
Expiration
Date
Value
OPTIONS
PURCHASED
-
0.0%
Put
S&P
500
Index
10
$
4,500,000
$
4500
4/19/24
$
1,675
Total
Options
Purchased
(cost
$4,024)
10
$
4,500,000
1,675
Total
Long-Term
Investments
(cost
$169,513,559)
231,209,890
Principal
Amount
(000)
Description
(a)
Coupon
Maturity
Value
SHORT-TERM
INVESTMENTS
-
2.3% 
–
REPURCHASE
AGREEMENTS
-
2.3%
X
5,297,002
$
5,297
(f)
Fixed
Income
Clearing
Corp
(FICC)
1.600%
4/01/24
$
5,297,002
Total
Repurchase
Agreements
(cost
$5,297,002)
5,297,002
Total
Short-Term
Investments
(cost
$5,297,002)
5,297,002
Total
Investments
(cost
$174,810,561
)
-
102.5%
236,506,892
Other
Assets
&
Liabilities,
Net
-  (2.5)%
(5,672,892)
Net
Assets
Applicable
to
Common
Shares
-
100%
$
230,834,000
Options
Written
Type
Description(d)
Number
of
Contracts
Notional
Amount
(e)
Exercise
Price
Expiration
Date
Value
Call
Russell
2000
Index/Old
(11)
$
(2,420,000)
$
2,200
4/19/24
$
(12,980)
Call
S&P
500
Index
(25)
(13,000,000)
5,200
4/19/24
(237,125)
Call
S&P
500
Index
(55)
(29,150,000)
5,300
4/19/24
(193,325)
Call
S&P
500
Index
(15)
(8,100,000)
5,400
4/19/24
(12,225)
5
Part
F
of
Form
N-PORT
was
prepared
in
accordance
with
U.S.
generally
accepted
accounting
principles
(“U.S.
GAAP”)
and
in
conformity
with
the
applicable
rules
and
regulations
of
the
U.S.
Securities
and
Exchange
Commission
(“SEC”)
related
to
interim
filings.
Part
F
of
Form
N-PORT
does
not
include
all
information
and
footnotes
required
by
U.S.
GAAP
for
complete
financial
statements.
Certain
footnote
disclosures
normally
included
in
financial
statements
prepared
in
accordance
with
U.S.
GAAP
have
been
condensed
or
omitted
from
this
report
pursuant
to
the
rules
of
the
SEC.
For
a
full
set
of
the
Fund’s
notes
to
financial
statements,
please
refer
to
the
Fund’s
most
recently
filed
annual
or
semi-annual
report.
Fair
Value
Measurements
The
Fund’s
investments
in
securities
are
recorded
at
their
estimated
fair
value
utilizing
valuation
methods
approved
by
the
Board
of
Directors/
Trustees.
Fair
value
is
defined
as
the
price
that
would
be
received
upon
selling
an
investment
or
transferring
a
liability
in
an
orderly
transaction
to
an
independent
buyer
in
the
principal
or
most
advantageous
market
for
the
investment.
U.S.
GAAP
establishes
the
three-tier
hierarchy
which
is
used
to
maximize
the
use
of
observable
market
data
and
minimize
the
use
of
unobservable
inputs
and
to
establish
classification
of
fair
value
measurements
for
disclosure
purposes.
Observable
inputs
reflect
the
assumptions
market
participants
would
use
in
pricing
the
asset
or
liability.
Observable
inputs
are
based
on
market
data
obtained
from
sources
independent
of
the
reporting
entity.
Unobservable
inputs
reflect
management’s
assumptions
about
the
assumptions
market
participants
would
use
in
pricing
the
asset
or
liability.
Unobservable
inputs
are
based
on
the
best
information
available
in
the
circumstances.
The
following
is
a
summary
of
the
three-tiered
hierarchy
of
valuation
input
levels.
Level
1
–
Inputs
are
unadjusted
and
prices
are
determined
using
quoted
prices
in
active
markets
for
identical
securities.
Level
2
–
Prices
are
determined
using
other
significant
observable
inputs
(including
quoted
prices
for
similar
securities,
interest
rates,
credit
spreads,
etc.).
Level
3
–
Prices
are
determined
using
significant
unobservable
inputs
(including
management’s
assumptions
in
determining
the
fair
value
of
investments).
The
following
table
summarizes
the
market
value
of
the
Fund's
investments
as
of
the
end
of
the
reporting
period,
based
on
the
inputs
used
to
value
them:
Type
Description(d)
Number
of
Contracts
Notional
Amount
(e)
Exercise
Price
Expiration
Date
Value
Call
S&P
500
Index
(30)
$
(15,900,000)
$
5,300
4/30/24
$
(156,000)
Total
Options
Written
(premiums
received
$494,936)
(136)
$(68,570,000)
$(611,655)
Level
1
Level
2
Level
3
Total
Long-Term
Investments:
Common
Stocks
$
227,943,432
$
–
$
–
$
227,943,432
Exchange-Traded
Funds
3,264,783
–
–
3,264,783
Options
Purchased
1,675
–
–
1,675
Short-Term
Investments:
Repurchase
Agreements
–
5,297,002
–
5,297,002
Investments
in
Derivatives:
Options
Written
(611,655)
–
–
(611,655)
Total
$
230,598,235
$
5,297,002
$
–
$
235,895,237
For
Fund
portfolio
compliance
purposes,
the
Fund’s
industry
classifications
refer
to
any
one
or
more
of
the
industry
sub-classifications
used
by
one
or
more
widely
recognized
market
indexes
or
ratings
group
indexes,
and/or
as
defined
by
Fund
management.
This
definition
may
not
apply
for
purposes
of
this
report,
which
may
combine
industry
sub-classifications
into
sectors
for
reporting
ease.
(a)
All
percentages
shown
in
the
Portfolio
of
Investments
are
based
on
net
assets
applicable
to
common
shares
unless
otherwise
noted.
(b)
Non-income
producing;
issuer
has
not
declared
an
ex-dividend
date
within
the
past
twelve
months.
(c)
Investment,
or
portion
of
investment,
has
been
pledged
to
collateralize
the
net
payment
obligations
for
investments
in
derivatives.
(d)
Exchange-traded,
unless
otherwise
noted.
(e)
For
disclosure
purposes,
Notional
Amount
is
calculated
by
multiplying
the
Number
of
Contracts
by
the
Exercise
Price
by
100.
(f)
Agreement
with
Fixed
Income
Clearing
Corporation,
1.600%
dated
3/28/24
to
be
repurchased
at
$5,297,944
on
4/1/24,
collateralized
by
Government
Agency
Securities,
with
coupon
rate
4.750%
and
maturity
date
2/15/41,
valued
at
$5,403,030.
ETF
Exchange-Traded
Fund
REIT
Real
Estate
Investment
Trust
S&P
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&
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