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	1,240.82	0.11	0.45	1.06	3.16	26.71	6.60	10.51	5.20	2.99	2.72	18.06
NAV	1,206.29	0.04	1.09	1.33	2.37	14.28	7.72	9.55	4.64	2.24	1.95	12.22
Difference		-0.07	0.64	0.27	-0.79	-12.44	1.12	-0.95	-0.56	-0.75	-0.77	-5.84
* Periods greater than 1 Year are annualized. ** On Inception Date (12/30/16), Index Price was $1,000 and NAV was $1,000.00

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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15.07
NAV	6.70	1.40	1.92	10.27	1.10	-1.37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9.98
Difference	-4.93	-0.49	0.51	-5.07	-1.11	1.05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-5.09
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	1.68	2.60	0.89	-1.21	2.25	-7.13	0.69	-6.11	-12.21	-9.95	-8.28
NAV	2.01	-3.24	-0.92	-2.21	1.49	1.17	-0.24	2.42	0.21	2.19	0.90	-0.15	2.95	-3.57	0.01	-3.76	-7.18	-4.23	-4.01
Difference	0.96	-0.40	-0.32	0.21	-1.03	-0.32	-0.29	-1.67	-1.46	-0.41	0.01	1.07	0.70	3.56	-0.68	2.36	5.03	5.73	4.27
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	11.80	1.97	-0.94	1.43	2.45	-0.87	-1.20	2.13	0.03	2.49	14.29
NAV	2.31	1.85	0.63	4.86	1.08	0.49	0.71	2.30	7.16	1.65	-0.02	0.61	2.24	0.15	0.35	1.71	2.22	4.46	11.62
Difference	-2.25	-1.45	-0.15	-4.00	-1.65	0.72	0.28	-0.65	-4.64	-0.32	0.92	-0.82	-0.21	1.02	1.54	-0.42	2.18	1.97	-2.67
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	11.22	4.34	2.37	-0.17	6.63	-2.74	0.72	1.93	-0.15	6.48	17.70
NAV	-3.91	-0.74	4.48	-0.34	3.57	1.33	3.17	8.27	7.93	2.75	0.80	2.01	5.65	-1.34	-0.14	2.28	0.76	6.41	14.34
Difference	1.56	-0.97	-3.35	-2.53	-1.08	0.59	-0.26	-0.77	-3.30	-1.59	-1.57	2.18	-0.98	1.40	-0.87	0.35	0.91	-0.07	-3.36
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	-1.37	-1.93	-3.19	-5.42	-10.20	7.13	-2.06	-3.19	1.57	-8.62	-9.99
NAV	0.06	2.09	-0.37	1.77	1.82	-0.27	-2.32	-0.81	0.96	-0.29	-3.12	-4.35	-7.60	4.18	-1.71	-3.84	-1.54	-9.13	-8.17
Difference	-0.49	-1.01	0.92	-0.56	-0.25	0.57	2.53	2.89	2.33	1.64	0.07	1.07	2.60	-2.95	0.35	-0.65	-3.11	-0.51	1.82

Performance Chart

Discount

Characteristics

PORTFOLIO Weighted Average Data
Discount -1.08%	1Yr Disc -2.13%	3Yr Disc -1.66%	5Yr Disc -2.66%	Rel Disc Range (3yr) 57.20%
Mkt Yield 9.40%	Lev Adj NAV Yield 7.50%	After Tax Yield* 7.87%	Est Tax Friction* 1.53%	3Yr NAV Volatiliy 10.14
1 Yr RoC 29.44%	3 Yr Dest RoC 12.83%	Leverage 26.26%	Non Lev Exp Ratio 2.09%	Beta (2yr) 0.52
Equity Exposure 44.51%	Bond Exposure 53.36%	# Holdings 84	Cash Weighted Duration 1.49
Comp NAV TR 0.64%	Comp Discount 1.90%	Net Assets (M) 815	Liquidity - 90d (K) 2,670
* 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

84 Funds

Ticker	Name	Sponsor	Allocation	Discount	Market Yield	RoC(1yr)	Leverage	Net Assets	Liquidity (90d)
NIE	AG Eq & Convt Incm Fd	Allianz	1.12	-8.63	7.08	0.00	0.00	651	1,573
CSQ	Calamos Stgc Tot Rtn Fd	Calamos	1.18	-1.92	7.77	24.37	32.64	2,009	3,239
DDF	DI Div & Incm Fd	Delaware	1.22	26.99	7.94	6.31	29.07	84	332
ZTR	Virtus Glbl Div & Inc Fd	Virtus	1.25	9.79	11.74	60.62	27.73	259	877
FOF	C&S CE Opp Fd	Cohen & Steers	1.19	-2.79	8.11	35.85	0.00	361	814
NHF	NexPoint Stgc Opp Fd	NexPoint Advisors	1.00	-13.32	12.63	53.29	24.16	1,006	6,832
EGIF	Eagle Gwth & Incm Opp Fd	Four Wood	1.13	-15.89	6.25	8.34	29.94	131	265
CGO	Calamos Glbl Tot Rtn Fd	Calamos	1.21	6.80	9.32	37.31	33.68	104	295
GLV	Clough Glbl Div & Incm Fd	Clough	1.15	-9.83	10.97	90.45	37.17	87	295
CHW	Calamos Glbl Dyn Incm Fd	Calamos	1.18	-0.37	10.28	35.18	38.01	486	1,221
RIV	RiverNorth Opp Fd	RiverNorth	1.19	-1.90	11.95	78.10	15.65	125	570
SCD	LMP Cap & Incm Fd	Legg Mason	1.19	-10.02	9.27	60.86	24.00	267	744
GLO	Clough Glbl Opp Fd	Clough	1.11	-13.01	11.33	71.04	36.30	347	1,125
BTZ	BR Cr Alloc Incm Tr	BlackRock	1.18	-10.82	6.21	0.00	30.18	1,507	2,994
DBL	DbLin Opportunistic Cr Fd	Doubleline	1.16	0.24	6.37	17.42	20.24	308	1,161
VGI	Virtus Glbl Mlt-Sctr Incm Fd	Virtus	1.20	-6.16	11.96	58.13	27.44	152	603
GGM	Gghm Cr Alloc Fd	Guggenheim	1.18	4.59	10.48	3.73	24.32	147	626
GOF	Gghm Stgc Opp Fd	Guggenheim	1.19	15.08	10.69	19.89	0.00	640	3,189
AWF	AB Glbl Hi Incm Fd	AllianceBernstein	1.16	-10.41	6.67	0.00	41.27	1,135	2,201
PFN	PIMCO Incm Stgy Fd II	PIMCO	1.19	7.83	9.05	0.00	24.48	615	2,048
PFL	PIMCO Incm Stgy Fd	PIMCO	1.19	8.42	9.11	14.38	25.61	296	986
DSL	DbLin Incm Solutions Fd	Doubleline	1.16	0.05	8.86	2.53	29.10	2,058	5,771
RA	Brkf Real Ast Incm Fd	Brookfield	1.18	-7.16	10.84	40.31	24.05	866	2,326
PHK	PIMCO Hi Incm Fd	PIMCO	1.01	26.00	9.32	23.59	27.54	820	6,011
BIT	BR Mlt-Sctr Incm Tr	BlackRock	1.19	-7.06	8.06	2.72	35.66	702	2,035
PGP	PIMCO Glbl Stk+ & Incm Fd	PIMCO	0.97	28.88	8.93	20.55	35.56	107	745
CLM	Cornerstone Stgc Val Fd	Cornerstone	0.90	5.03	21.06	87.67	0.00	820	5,132
CRF	Cornerstone Tot Rtn Fd	Cornerstone	0.89	5.47	20.95	86.10	0.00	420	3,543
DNP	DNP Sel Incm Fd	Duff & Phelps	0.94	12.32	6.63	31.28	24.97	3,070	3,635
GGN	GAMCO Glbl Gd NtrRes Incm	Gabelli	0.98	2.71	13.22	91.40	13.00	602	2,913
BTO	JH Fin Opp Fd	John Hancock	0.89	-3.18	7.03	0.00	17.57	604	1,685
EOD	WF Glbl Div Opp Fd	Wells Fargo	0.97	-8.85	10.74	17.33	15.40	266	817
FDEU	FT Dyn Euro Eq Incm Fd	First Trust	0.92	-8.56	10.30	1.26	27.06	266	806
IHD	Voya Emrg Mkt Hi Div Eq Fd	Voya	0.89	-10.02	9.70	71.75	0.00	161	492
UTG	Reaves Util Incm Fd	W.H. Reaves	0.98	0.84	6.02	0.00	21.09	1,731	4,192
IAE	Voya AP Hi Div Eq Incm Fd	Voya	0.91	-7.72	8.91	73.21	0.00	119	370
HQL	Tekla Life Sci Invstr	Tekla	0.90	-8.50	8.76	37.59	0.00	420	1,509
BGY	BR Enh Intl DivTr	BlackRock	0.91	-11.31	7.39	26.18	0.00	665	1,232
UTF	C&S Infra Fd	Cohen & Steers	0.95	-6.40	7.35	0.22	27.90	2,307	4,709
DPG	D&P Glbl Util Incm Fd	Duff & Phelps	0.95	-9.40	8.96	38.36	29.76	654	2,244
ETJ	EV Risk-Mgd Divr Eq Incm Fd	Eaton Vance	0.94	-0.21	9.72	67.93	0.00	598	1,945
BKT	BR Incm Tr	BlackRock	1.08	-5.16	6.81	20.58	31.33	408	825
NBB	Nuv Taxable Muni Incm Fd	Nuveen	1.11	-1.93	5.78	0.00	36.74	596	1,331
BBN	BR Taxable Muni BndTr	BlackRock	1.10	-3.32	6.12	3.44	37.03	1,376	3,305
MIN	MFS Imd Incm Tr	MFS	1.07	-6.40	9.03	69.73	0.00	477	879
EAD	WF Incm Opp Fd	Wells Fargo	1.11	-9.77	8.72	0.00	28.80	575	1,624
FFC	F&C Pref Sec Incm Fd	Flaherty & Crumrine	1.09	-1.32	6.93	0.00	34.50	870	2,173
GIM	Tmp Glbl Incm Fd	Franklin	1.06	-11.03	6.68	12.35	0.00	948	1,950
OPP	RiverNorth DbLin Stgc Opp Fd	RiverNorth	1.12	-4.98	12.82	47.04	27.10	199	985
RCS	PIMCO Stgc Incm Fd	PIMCO	0.98	35.54	7.64	25.18	40.97	308	1,347
HFRO	Highland Incm Fd	Highland Capital	1.03	-6.11	6.83	15.32	31.12	1,035	1,929
FAX	Abd Asia-Pacific Incm Fd	Aberdeen	1.04	-15.40	8.01	56.15	31.74	1,213	3,767
ARDC	Ares Dyn Cr Alloc Fd	Ares	1.08	-12.36	8.58	0.00	28.20	394	1,148
PPR	Voya Prime Rt Tr	Voya	1.06	-12.98	6.93	0.00	28.09	808	1,292
ARCC	Ares Capital Corp	Ares	1.02	4.24	8.92	0.00	44.38	7,337	29,613
PSEC	Prospect Capital Corp	Prospect Capital	1.01	-27.31	10.91	0.00	40.71	3,332	9,849
FSK	FS KKR Capital Corp	FS/KKR Advisor	0.99	-23.79	12.69	0.00	43.94	4,108	9,653
HTGC	Hercules Capital	Hercules	1.01	24.46	10.02	0.00	52.42	997	7,153
MAIN	Main Street Cap Corp	Main Street Capital	1.09	68.29	5.99	0.00	39.00	1,531	8,726
AINV	Apollo Inv Corp	Apollo Investment	1.06	-16.42	11.30	0.00	45.60	1,312	4,653
NMFC	New Mountain Fin Corp	New Mountain Capital	1.01	4.46	9.68	8.09	57.51	1,083	3,546
TSLX	TPG Specialty Lending	TSL Advisers	0.99	22.64	7.78	0.00	39.17	1,079	3,957
CGBD	TCG BDC	Carlyle	1.06	-11.50	9.67	0.00	50.00	1,049	5,319
GBDC	Golub Capital BDC	Golub Capital	0.96	10.91	7.24	0.00	51.54	966	3,170
TYG	Tortoise Nrg Infra Corp	Tortoise	0.95	-3.62	11.71	61.36	32.40	1,245	3,631
CEM	CB MLP & Midstream Fd	Legg Mason	0.94	-10.94	9.92	89.12	33.22	940	2,037
CEN	Center Coast Brkf MLP & Nrg Infr	Brookfield	0.96	0.13	15.85	85.39	30.12	266	2,774
FEI	FT MLP & Nrg Incm Fd	First Trust	1.04	-5.70	10.07	74.19	26.14	594	1,668
GER	GS MLP & Nrg Renaissance Fd	Goldman Sachs	0.94	-10.23	12.36	66.08	32.40	459	1,355
NML	NB MLP Incm Fd	Neuberger Berman	0.93	-11.94	8.78	55.04	23.90	484	1,172
JMF	Nuv Nrg MLP Total Rtn Fd	Nuveen	0.94	-6.70	11.05	76.38	28.33	396	1,518
FMO	F/C Nrg Infra Fd	Guggenheim	0.91	-7.55	13.53	86.85	38.57	366	989
MIE	C&S MLP Incm & Nrg Opp Fd	Cohen & Steers	0.99	-4.36	9.79	67.43	29.80	264	1,121
SMM	Salient Midstream & MLP Fd	Salient	0.93	-15.91	7.99	96.21	28.73	180	706
JRI	Nuv Rel-Ast Incm & Gwth Fd	Nuveen	2.75	-12.52	7.65	24.19	29.97	522	1,133
AWP	Abd Glbl Prmr Prop Fd	Aberdeen	2.74	-8.52	9.63	70.32	2.86	582	1,936
IGR	CBRE Clr Glbl Rel-Est Incm Fd	CBRE Clarion	2.65	-14.06	7.98	71.00	7.76	1,020	2,094
FLC	F&C Tot Rtn Fd	Flaherty & Crumrine	1.24	-3.36	6.85	0.00	34.60	208	571
JPS	Nuv Pref & Incm Sec Fd	Nuveen	1.25	-2.78	7.11	0.00	36.54	1,981	4,230
FPF	FT Imd Dur Pref & Incm Fd	First Trust	1.24	-3.49	7.54	2.48	31.09	1,428	3,192
PDT	JH Prm Div Fd	John Hancock	1.19	7.90	6.96	17.29	34.63	755	1,168
LDP	C&S Ltd Dur Pref & Incm Fd	Cohen & Steers	1.23	-2.46	7.62	10.97	30.60	727	1,468
BANX	StoneCastle Fin Corp	StoneCastle	3.97	0.88	6.97	0.00	20.96	142	208
OXLC	Oxford Lane Cap Corp	Oxford Lane	4.14	22.48	15.90	0.00	34.08	354	5,644

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