11. Alternative Income Index

About the Index

All funds in index must be monthly or quarterly paying funds that have a 6%+ with 65%+ of the yield paid February to October (seeking to avoid large year-end dividends to cause inclusion in the index, and not counting special dividends in this calculation for yield). (1) 15% allocation to all the funds in the Hybrid / Balanced Index, equal weight (2) 15% allocation to all the funds in the Multisector Bond Index, equal weight. (3) 14% allocation to funds in the Equity Income Index (non MLP/Non REIT) 1/3 of funds from the index (after MLP/REIT removal) ranked by lowest daily NAV correlation over the past 6 months to the Equity Income Index NAV, equal weight. (4) 14% allocation to funds in the Taxable Bond and BDC Index (non BDC or Multisector funds) 1/4 of the funds from the index (after BDC / Multisector fund removal) ranked by lowest daily NAV correlation in the past 6 months to the Taxable Bond and BDC Index's NAV, equal weight. (5) 10% allocation to the 10 most liquid as measured by 90 day average trade volume for the BDCs in our BDC index while allowing only 1 BDC per Fund Sponsor, equal weight. (6) 10% allocation to the 10 most liquid as measured by 90 day average trade volume for the MLP funds in our MLP index while only allowing 1 MLP fund per Fund Sponsor, equal weight. (7) 8% allocation to 1/2 of the REIT / Real Asset Funds in our index with the lowest 6 month NAV correlation to the Index's NAV while allowing only 1 fund per Fund Sponsor (lowest correlation), equal weight. (8) 8% allocation to any non-BDC CEFs that report a quarterly NAV, equal weight. (9) 6% allocation to the 5 Preferred Equity funds in our Preferred Equity Index with the lowest 6 month NAV correlation to the Preferred Equity Index's NAV while allowing only 1 fund per Fund Sponsor (lowest correlation), equal weight. The index constituents will be rebalanced each quarter.

Index Performance

	Current($)	Previous Day(%)	1 Week(%)	1 Month(%)	3 Month(%)	6 Month(%)	1 Year(%)	3 Year(%)	5 Year(%)	MTD(%)	QTD(%)	YTD(%)
Price	1,496.11	-0.90	-0.59	-4.01	-1.93	0.04	22.83	10.28	8.82	-0.42	1.54	21.60
NAV	1,454.23	-0.58	-0.55	-2.46	-1.66	1.27	16.66	9.33	8.29	-0.16	0.42	13.63
Difference		0.32	0.03	1.55	0.26	1.23	-6.17	-0.96	-0.52	0.25	-1.12	-7.97
* Periods greater than 1 Year are annualized. ** On Inception Date (12/30/16), Index Price was $1,000 and NAV was $1,000.00

2021 - Monthly Performance (%)
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Q1	Apr	May	Jun	Q2	1H	Jul	Aug	Sep	Q3	Oct	Nov	Dec	Q4	2H	2021
Price	2.60	4.69	3.50	11.17	4.53	2.38	2.07	9.23	21.43	-0.08	1.33	-2.59	-1.38	4.64	-2.56	-	-	-	-
NAV	1.30	2.19	2.26	5.86	2.98	1.80	1.21	6.10	12.32	0.65	1.50	-1.38	0.75	2.26	-1.64	-	-	-	-
Difference	-1.30	-2.49	-1.24	-5.31	-1.55	-0.58	-0.86	-3.13	-9.11	0.74	0.16	1.22	2.13	-2.39	0.92	-	-	-	-
2020 - Monthly Performance (%)
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Q1	Apr	May	Jun	Q2	1H	Jul	Aug	Sep	Q3	Oct	Nov	Dec	Q4	2H	2020
Price	1.44	-10.30	-29.32	-35.68	15.28	5.11	0.19	21.41	-21.91	2.71	4.11	-3.64	3.03	-1.22	13.70	4.03	16.84	20.38	-5.99
NAV	0.16	-4.81	-19.88	-23.61	10.34	2.71	0.29	13.65	-13.19	3.29	2.42	-1.40	4.32	-0.14	7.57	4.06	11.77	16.59	1.22
Difference	-1.29	5.48	9.44	12.07	-4.95	-2.40	0.09	-7.76	8.72	0.59	-1.68	2.24	1.28	1.08	-6.13	0.02	-5.07	-3.79	7.21
2019 - Monthly Performance (%)
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Q1	Apr	May	Jun	Q2	1H	Jul	Aug	Sep	Q3	Oct	Nov	Dec	Q4	2H	2019
Price	11.63	1.90	1.41	15.34	2.21	-2.42	3.87	3.60	19.50	1.61	-2.20	2.13	1.50	0.44	0.19	2.40	3.04	4.58	24.97
NAV	6.70	1.40	1.92	10.27	1.10	-1.37	2.82	2.53	13.06	0.56	-0.87	1.23	0.91	0.26	0.20	2.81	3.28	4.22	17.84
Difference	-4.93	-0.49	0.51	-5.07	-1.11	1.05	-1.05	-1.07	-6.44	-1.06	1.33	-0.90	-0.58	-0.18	0.01	0.41	0.24	-0.36	-7.14
2018 - Monthly Performance (%)
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Q1	Apr	May	Jun	Q2	1H	Jul	Aug	Sep	Q3	Oct	Nov	Dec	Q4	2H	2018
Price	1.05	-2.84	-0.61	-2.42	2.52	1.49	0.05	4.10	1.58	2.60	0.89	-1.21	2.25	-7.13	0.69	-6.11	-12.21	-10.23	-8.81
NAV	2.01	-3.24	-0.92	-2.21	1.49	1.17	-0.24	2.42	0.16	2.19	0.90	-0.15	2.95	-3.57	0.01	-3.76	-7.18	-4.44	-4.29
Difference	0.96	-0.40	-0.32	0.21	-1.03	-0.32	-0.29	-1.67	-1.42	-0.41	0.01	1.07	0.70	3.56	-0.68	2.36	5.03	5.79	4.53
2017 - Monthly Performance (%)
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Q1	Apr	May	Jun	Q2	1H	Jul	Aug	Sep	Q3	Oct	Nov	Dec	Q4	2H	2017
Price	4.56	3.30	0.79	8.85	2.73	-0.23	0.44	2.95	12.06	1.97	-0.94	1.43	2.45	-0.87	-1.20	2.13	0.03	2.49	14.85
NAV	2.31	1.85	0.63	4.86	1.08	0.49	0.71	2.30	7.27	1.65	-0.02	0.61	2.24	0.15	0.35	1.71	2.22	4.51	12.11
Difference	-2.25	-1.45	-0.15	-4.00	-1.65	0.72	0.28	-0.65	-4.79	-0.32	0.92	-0.82	-0.21	1.02	1.54	-0.42	2.18	2.02	-2.74
2016 - Monthly Performance (%)
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Q1	Apr	May	Jun	Q2	1H	Jul	Aug	Sep	Q3	Oct	Nov	Dec	Q4	2H	2016
Price	-5.47	0.24	7.84	2.19	4.64	0.74	3.43	9.03	11.42	4.34	2.37	-0.17	6.63	-2.74	0.72	1.93	-0.15	6.47	18.63
NAV	-3.91	-0.74	4.48	-0.34	3.57	1.33	3.17	8.27	7.90	2.75	0.80	2.01	5.65	-1.34	-0.14	2.28	0.76	6.46	14.86
Difference	1.56	-0.97	-3.35	-2.53	-1.08	0.59	-0.26	-0.77	-3.52	-1.59	-1.57	2.18	-0.98	1.40	-0.87	0.35	0.91	-0.01	-3.76
2015 - Monthly Performance (%)
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Q1	Apr	May	Jun	Q2	1H	Jul	Aug	Sep	Q3	Oct	Nov	Dec	Q4	2H	2015
Price	0.55	3.10	-1.29	2.33	2.07	-0.84	-4.86	-3.70	-1.45	-1.93	-3.19	-5.42	-10.20	7.13	-2.06	-3.19	1.57	-8.79	-10.11
NAV	0.06	2.09	-0.37	1.77	1.82	-0.27	-2.32	-0.81	0.95	-0.29	-3.12	-4.35	-7.60	4.18	-1.71	-3.84	-1.54	-9.02	-8.16
Difference	-0.49	-1.01	0.92	-0.56	-0.25	0.57	2.53	2.89	2.40	1.64	0.07	1.07	2.60	-2.95	0.35	-0.65	-3.11	-0.23	1.96

Performance Chart

Discount

Characteristics

PORTFOLIO Weighted Average Data
Discount 4.66%	1Yr Disc 3.41%	3Yr Disc 1.69%	5Yr Disc 1.04%	Rel Disc Range (3yr) 72.52%
Mkt Yield 8.99%	Lev Adj NAV Yield 7.59%	After Tax Yield* 7.34%	Est Tax Friction* 1.65%	3Yr NAV Volatiliy 20.40
1 Yr RoC 37.21%	3 Yr Dest RoC 16.42%	Leverage 27.35%	Non Lev Exp Ratio 2.58%	Beta (2yr) 1.05
Equity Exposure 49.19%	Bond Exposure 48.92%	# Holdings 71	Cash Weighted Duration 1.11
Comp NAV TR -2.54%	Comp Discount 5.94%	Net Assets (M) 1,032	Liquidity - 90d (K) 4,588
* Based on marginal tax rates of 25% and long-term capital gains rates of 15%.

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation as reported by each fund's sponsor as of the last reporting period.

Constituents

71 Funds

Ticker	Name	Sponsor	Allocation	Discount	Market Yield	RoC(1yr)	Leverage	Net Assets	Liquidity (90d)
CPZ	Calamos Lng-Srt Eq & Dyn Incm	Calamos	1.35	-7.74	8.97	0.00	20.79	398	1,094
CSQ	Calamos Stgc Tot Rtn Fd	Calamos	1.53	1.99	6.66	1.93	28.79	2,850	3,569
ZTR	Virtus Tot Rtn Fd	Virtus	1.48	3.77	10.27	64.27	26.00	430	1,172
FOF	C&S CE Opp Fd	Cohen&Steers	1.49	0.66	7.56	68.49	0.00	375	883
GLV	Clough Glbl Div & Incm Fd	Clough	1.43	-1.65	10.79	35.55	39.15	123	508
CGO	Calamos Glbl Tot Rtn Fd	Calamos	1.43	2.85	7.74	0.00	31.22	142	337
TEAF	Ecofin Susble & Soc Impact Trm	Tortoise	1.49	-16.92	6.77	8.51	11.30	230	540
CHW	Calamos Glbl Dyn Incm Fd	Calamos	1.50	1.55	8.57	0.00	32.06	579	1,409
RIV	RiverNorth Opp Fd	RiverNorth	1.44	0.79	12.29	8.88	10.79	288	2,707
SCD	LMP Cap & Incm Fd	Franklin Templeton	1.51	-11.36	7.40	65.69	18.60	284	584
GLO	Clough Glbl Opp Fd	Clough	2.41	0.53	11.36	0.00	39.68	454	2,133
PKO	PIMCO Incm Opp Fd	PIMCO	1.05	3.17	9.59	8.44	39.26	491	1,929
BIT	BR Mlt-Sctr Incm Tr	BlackRock	1.04	3.24	8.18	34.51	36.38	661	1,729
BTZ	BR Cr Alloc Incm Tr	BlackRock	1.06	-1.90	6.74	15.83	29.26	1,424	2,463
RA	Brkf Real Ast Incm Fd	Brookfield	1.10	8.27	11.19	57.50	30.62	950	4,481
PDI	PIMCO Dyn Incm Fd	PIMCO	1.04	4.69	10.40	2.86	44.92	1,757	9,698
GOF	Gghm Stgc Opp Fd	Guggenheim Funds	2.14	14.44	11.54	52.07	23.70	1,580	9,252
AWF	AB Glbl Hi Incm Fd	AllianceBernstein	1.04	-6.47	6.63	3.90	27.17	1,093	2,222
PFN	PIMCO Incm Stgy Fd II	PIMCO	1.02	4.86	9.08	15.94	34.13	700	3,052
PFL	PIMCO Incm Stgy Fd	PIMCO	1.00	4.68	9.10	18.42	36.61	353	1,410
HFRO	Highland Incm Fd	Highland Capital	1.11	-20.65	8.35	4.38	12.99	996	2,978
DSL	DbLin Incm Solutions Fd	Doubleline	1.01	-5.36	7.96	0.00	29.10	1,788	5,943
PCI	PIMCO Dyn Cr & Mortg Incm	PIMCO	1.06	3.82	10.11	0.77	43.11	3,058	10,804
PHK	PIMCO Hi Incm Fd	PIMCO	1.05	6.65	9.46	16.09	36.72	766	2,985
FINS	Angel Oak Fin Stgs Incm Trm Tr	Angel Oak	1.07	-5.16	7.70	37.60	31.50	362	1,904
CLM	Cornerstone Stgc Val Fd	Cornerstone	1.19	41.63	15.44	42.55	0.00	1,183	18,248
CRF	Cornerstone Tot Rtn Fd	Cornerstone	1.19	41.71	15.31	32.07	0.00	603	8,997
HQH	Tekla Health Invstr	Tekla	0.96	-0.48	8.87	32.60	0.00	1,032	2,521
UTG	Reaves Util Incm Fd	W.H. Reaves	1.08	0.46	6.89	0.00	17.26	2,098	8,179
BMEZ	BR Health Sci Tr II	BlackRock	0.92	-8.22	7.53	5.04	N/A	2,836	3,600
THW	Tekla Wld Health Fd	Tekla	1.02	5.22	9.02	98.99	17.50	548	1,530
GUT	Gabelli Util Tr	Gabelli	1.10	92.79	7.48	95.50	27.00	264	854
IHD	Voya Emrg Mkt Hi Div Eq Fd	Voya	1.05	-7.53	10.11	81.88	0.00	147	439
DNP	DNP Sel Incm Fd	Virtus	1.07	14.67	7.34	29.87	25.13	3,148	4,775
CUBA	Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fd	Herzfeld Cuba	0.98	-16.22	20.09	100.00	0.00	37	142
GLQ	Clough Glbl Eq Fd	Clough	1.04	0.21	11.47	0.00	39.48	247	1,318
HGLB	Highland Glbl Alloc Fd	Highland Capital	1.04	-23.53	9.75	0.00	10.20	251	692
IAE	Voya AP Hi Div Eq Incm Fd	Voya	1.01	-10.66	10.80	80.22	0.00	106	422
PPT	Putnam Prmr Incm Tr	Putnam	1.30	-1.37	7.22	64.81	0.00	448	955
XFLT	XAI Octgn Flt Rt & Alt Incm Trm	XA Investments	1.46	9.82	9.67	0.00	39.64	243	2,075
ACP	Abd Incm Cr Stgs Fd	Aberdeen	1.29	1.56	11.55	17.33	39.40	238	1,359
CIK	CS Ast Mgmt Incm Fd	Credit Suisse	1.35	0.00	7.92	0.00	21.55	178	2,638
BKT	BR Incm Tr	BlackRock	1.29	0.17	7.15	24.54	21.91	368	1,536
DHY	CS Hi Yld Bnd Fd	Credit Suisse	1.36	-2.78	7.59	0.00	22.41	261	1,234
JQC	Nuv Cr Stgs Incm Fd	Nuveen	1.35	-6.28	7.20	57.15	36.69	929	3,877
NSL	Nuv Sr Incm Fd	Nuveen	1.39	-3.11	6.90	5.22	36.03	236	3,577
JRO	Nuv Flt Rt Incm Opp Fd	Nuveen	1.37	-3.11	6.92	6.48	36.22	417	1,641
BGB	Blackstone Stgc Cr Fd	Blackstone	1.34	-6.49	6.38	0.00	36.53	647	1,695
ARCC	Ares Capital Corp	Ares	1.06	9.77	8.07	0.00	52.17	8,533	39,755
FSK	FS KKR Capital Corp	FS/KKR	1.04	-22.55	11.80	0.00	51.21	7,734	29,397
PSEC	Prospect Capital Corp	Prospect Capital	1.17	-17.09	8.58	0.00	37.61	3,945	14,411
HTGC	Hercules Capital	Hercules	1.08	42.63	8.02	0.00	50.47	1,337	11,573
MAIN	Main Street Cap Corp	Main Street Capital	1.15	81.17	5.73	0.00	45.43	1,689	11,568
GSBD	Goldman Sachs BDC	Goldman Sachs	1.12	18.84	9.51	0.00	48.94	1,621	8,121
NEWT	Newtek Biz Serv Corp	Newtek	1.14	82.93	14.15	0.00	47.28	391	7,583
GBDC	Golub Capital BDC	Golub Capital	1.03	1.18	7.81	0.00	49.74	2,583	10,547
TSLX	Sixth St Splty Lending	Sixth St Splty Lending	1.16	38.42	6.90	0.00	45.24	1,256	5,777
OCSL	Oaktree Splty Lending	Oaktree Capital	1.11	1.65	8.38	0.00	48.12	1,313	5,431
KYN	KA Nrg Infra Fd	Kayne Anderson	1.04	-13.42	9.11	100.00	26.39	1,122	4,074
FEI	FT MLP & Nrg Incm Fd	First Trust	1.05	-7.72	8.51	39.18	21.04	346	1,432
CEM	CB MLP & Midstream Fd	Franklin Templeton	1.05	-15.51	7.31	100.00	29.41	422	1,207
GER	GS MLP & Nrg Renaissance Fd	Goldman Sachs	1.03	-18.25	6.43	4.22	8.53	203	533
JRI	Nuv Rel-Ast Incm & Gwth Fd	Nuveen	2.84	-9.29	7.70	34.85	28.80	455	1,176
IGR	CBRE Clr Glbl Rel-Est Incm Fd	CBRE Invst Mgmt	3.05	-8.43	6.73	57.81	20.36	1,134	2,363
AWP	Abd Glbl Prmr Prop Fd	Aberdeen	2.93	-7.20	7.75	58.50	15.00	570	1,889
LDP	C&S Ltd Dur Pref & Incm Fd	Cohen&Steers	1.25	4.24	6.46	3.62	29.30	738	802
JPS	Nuv Pref & Incm Sec Fd	Nuveen	1.24	-2.50	6.47	0.67	36.29	1,973	3,615
PDT	JH Prm Div Fd	John Hancock	1.34	20.15	6.77	10.53	34.00	702	1,166
FFC	F&C Pref Sec Incm Fd	Flaherty & Crumrine	1.23	2.16	7.13	0.00	33.30	985	1,920
FPF	FT Imd Dur Pref & Incm Fd	First Trust	1.25	0.16	6.28	0.93	30.84	1,479	1,834
OXLC	Oxford Lane Cap Corp	Oxford Lane	9.64	16.69	11.19	0.00	25.23	810	8,592

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