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08. Discount CEF/BDC Index

Data as of

About the Index

(1) Traditional closed-end funds (CEFs) according to CEFdata.com with $250K+ 90-day average trading dollar $ liquidity. The funds also meet the following criteria: Discount wider than -6.5%, 1-year Discount Range under 65%, 6-month Relative Z-stat under -0.25 and Comp Discount under 0. Rank the remaining funds by the 50 largest (smallest/lowest) discounts. (2) Business Development Companies (BDCs): Equity or Debt-Focused BDCs with -6.5% or lower Discounts, Comp Discount under 0 and below average 6-month Relative Z-Stats. Rank the remaining lowest 10 3-year relative discounts. Traditional CEFs are an 87.5% allocation and BDCs are an 12.5% allocation for this index with the underlying funds equal weighted into their overall allocation. The index constituents will be rebalanced each quarter. We manually have removed DXYZ from firm benchmarks.

Index Performance

Current($) Previous Day(%) 1 Week(%) 1 Month(%) 3 Month(%) 6 Month(%) 1 Year(%) 3 Year(%) 5 Year(%) 10 Year(%) MTD(%) QTD(%) YTD(%)
Price 2,460.64 -0.12 0.49 0.64 4.84 3.88 15.38 10.29 14.35 11.39 1.24 0.92 10.09
NAV 1,551.06 -0.17 0.03 1.02 3.52 2.03 8.58 6.86 6.33 5.04 0.76 0.35 3.84
Difference -0.05 -0.46 0.38 -1.32 -1.84 -6.80 -3.43 -8.02 -6.34 -0.48 -0.57 -6.25
* Periods greater than 1 Year are annualized.      ** On Inception Date (Dec. 30, 2016), Index Price was $1,000 and NAV was $1,000.00
2025 - Monthly Performance (%)
Jan Feb Mar Q1 Apr May Jun Q2 1H Jul Aug Sep Q3 Oct Nov Dec Q4 2H 2025
Price 4.95 1.50 -2.31 4.07 -1.42 2.09 4.15 4.82 9.09 -0.32 - - - - - - - - -
NAV 1.39 0.76 -1.78 0.34 -1.09 1.43 2.79 3.13 3.48 -0.41 - - - - - - - - -
Difference -3.56 -0.74 0.53 -3.72 0.33 -0.66 -1.37 -1.70 -5.60 -0.09 - - - - - - - - -
2024 - Monthly Performance (%)
Jan Feb Mar Q1 Apr May Jun Q2 1H Jul Aug Sep Q3 Oct Nov Dec Q4 2H 2024
Price 1.83 2.04 3.65 7.69 -1.08 3.38 2.56 4.88 12.95 3.74 1.09 2.45 7.44 -1.50 3.34 -1.90 -0.15 7.28 21.16
NAV 0.05 1.58 2.62 4.30 -0.99 1.74 1.42 2.16 6.55 2.28 1.26 1.78 5.41 -1.31 2.67 -0.36 0.96 6.42 13.39
Difference -1.78 -0.45 -1.03 -3.40 0.08 -1.63 -1.14 -2.72 -6.40 -1.46 0.17 -0.67 -2.03 0.19 -0.67 1.54 1.10 -0.86 -7.78
2023 - Monthly Performance (%)
Jan Feb Mar Q1 Apr May Jun Q2 1H Jul Aug Sep Q3 Oct Nov Dec Q4 2H 2023
Price 10.13 -2.22 -0.74 6.88 0.82 -2.08 5.20 3.86 11.01 3.22 -2.07 -9.11 -8.13 -3.60 12.59 3.99 12.86 3.69 15.10
NAV 5.19 -3.06 0.98 2.97 1.09 -2.37 3.68 2.34 5.37 1.88 -2.39 -5.44 -5.96 -2.75 9.22 3.90 10.36 3.78 9.35
Difference -4.94 -0.84 1.72 -3.92 0.27 -0.29 -1.52 -1.53 -5.64 -1.33 -0.32 3.68 2.17 0.86 -3.37 -0.09 -2.51 0.09 -5.75
2022 - Monthly Performance (%)
Jan Feb Mar Q1 Apr May Jun Q2 1H Jul Aug Sep Q3 Oct Nov Dec Q4 2H 2022
Price -1.06 -1.52 1.29 -1.31 -6.05 0.88 -8.24 -13.03 -14.18 6.82 -1.07 -11.76 -6.74 4.92 7.69 -7.87 4.10 -2.92 -16.68
NAV -1.56 0.21 0.65 -0.71 -4.81 0.98 -7.09 -10.69 -11.33 4.70 -2.99 -7.34 -5.89 1.90 4.81 -0.37 6.40 0.14 -11.21
Difference -0.50 1.73 -0.63 0.60 1.24 0.10 1.15 2.34 2.84 -2.12 -1.92 4.42 0.86 -3.02 -2.88 7.49 2.30 3.05 5.47
2021 - Monthly Performance (%)
Jan Feb Mar Q1 Apr May Jun Q2 1H Jul Aug Sep Q3 Oct Nov Dec Q4 2H 2021
Price 3.28 5.05 4.22 13.07 6.24 3.97 1.66 12.29 26.97 -0.29 0.96 -0.58 0.09 3.57 -2.35 0.96 2.11 2.20 29.77
NAV 1.56 2.46 1.98 6.11 2.71 2.63 0.98 6.44 12.94 -2.47 0.57 -1.70 -3.58 1.99 -2.47 0.84 0.30 -3.29 9.22
Difference -1.72 -2.59 -2.24 -6.96 -3.53 -1.34 -0.68 -5.85 -14.03 -2.18 -0.39 -1.12 -3.67 -1.59 -0.12 -0.13 -1.81 -5.50 -20.54
2020 - Monthly Performance (%)
Jan Feb Mar Q1 Apr May Jun Q2 1H Jul Aug Sep Q3 Oct Nov Dec Q4 2H 2020
Price 0.53 -8.09 -26.99 -32.54 22.93 7.09 -1.31 29.93 -12.35 3.89 2.90 -2.97 3.74 -1.17 17.51 5.40 22.41 26.99 11.30
NAV -1.05 -4.85 -18.75 -23.50 14.76 2.78 -0.97 16.81 -10.64 3.75 1.49 -2.23 2.95 -0.23 8.34 3.06 11.40 14.69 2.48
Difference -1.58 3.24 8.24 9.04 -8.17 -4.31 0.34 -13.12 1.71 -0.14 -1.41 0.74 -0.79 0.93 -9.16 -2.34 -11.01 -12.30 -8.82
2019 - Monthly Performance (%)
Jan Feb Mar Q1 Apr May Jun Q2 1H Jul Aug Sep Q3 Oct Nov Dec Q4 2H 2019
Price 11.18 2.19 1.40 15.20 2.11 -2.58 3.67 3.13 18.81 1.03 -2.01 1.71 0.69 -0.90 0.39 4.95 4.41 5.13 24.90
NAV 4.80 1.14 1.71 7.81 0.92 -1.70 2.97 2.15 10.13 -0.21 -1.11 0.83 -0.50 -0.03 -0.01 3.81 3.76 3.24 13.70
Difference -6.38 -1.05 0.31 -7.40 -1.19 0.88 -0.70 -0.98 -8.68 -1.24 0.90 -0.88 -1.19 0.88 -0.41 -1.14 -0.64 -1.89 -11.20
2018 - Monthly Performance (%)
Jan Feb Mar Q1 Apr May Jun Q2 1H Jul Aug Sep Q3 Oct Nov Dec Q4 2H 2018
Price 1.63 -3.14 0.02 -1.54 0.68 0.27 -0.30 0.66 -0.89 1.33 0.78 -1.19 0.90 -3.67 1.69 -2.86 -4.84 -3.98 -4.84
NAV 1.58 -2.73 0.23 -0.97 0.29 0.09 -0.09 0.29 -0.69 1.14 -0.26 -0.01 0.87 -2.24 0.66 -0.75 -2.33 -1.49 -2.16
Difference -0.05 0.41 0.20 0.57 -0.40 -0.18 0.21 -0.37 0.21 -0.19 -1.04 1.18 -0.04 1.42 -1.03 2.11 2.50 2.49 2.67
2017 - Monthly Performance (%)
Jan Feb Mar Q1 Apr May Jun Q2 1H Jul Aug Sep Q3 Oct Nov Dec Q4 2H 2017
Price 4.12 1.93 0.42 6.58 1.74 0.14 0.46 2.36 9.10 2.50 -0.26 1.31 3.57 -1.80 -0.25 1.23 -0.85 2.70 12.04
NAV 2.01 1.68 0.45 4.19 0.48 0.10 0.26 0.84 5.06 1.63 0.29 0.57 2.50 -0.21 0.13 1.26 1.18 3.71 8.96
Difference -2.12 -0.25 0.02 -2.40 -1.26 -0.04 -0.21 -1.52 -4.03 -0.87 0.55 -0.74 -1.07 1.59 0.39 0.03 2.03 1.01 -3.08
2016 - Monthly Performance (%)
Jan Feb Mar Q1 Apr May Jun Q2 1H Jul Aug Sep Q3 Oct Nov Dec Q4 2H 2016
Price -4.86 0.96 8.62 4.33 4.78 0.74 2.87 8.59 13.29 4.60 1.81 1.40 7.99 -2.75 0.52 2.74 0.43 8.45 22.87
NAV -2.80 0.17 4.60 1.85 3.43 0.82 2.04 6.41 8.38 2.39 0.43 1.25 4.12 -1.64 -0.11 2.14 0.35 4.49 13.25
Difference 2.06 -0.78 -4.02 -2.48 -1.35 0.08 -0.83 -2.18 -4.91 -2.21 -1.38 -0.15 -3.87 1.11 -0.63 -0.60 -0.08 -3.96 -9.62
2015 - Monthly Performance (%)
Jan Feb Mar Q1 Apr May Jun Q2 1H Jul Aug Sep Q3 Oct Nov Dec Q4 2H 2015
Price 2.77 2.92 -0.12 5.65 2.09 -1.11 -3.29 -2.36 3.15 -2.06 -3.57 -3.71 -9.07 6.91 -1.58 -1.18 3.97 -5.46 -2.48
NAV 1.16 1.65 0.29 3.13 1.64 -0.26 -1.79 -0.45 2.67 -1.21 -3.32 -3.72 -8.03 3.35 -1.31 -3.14 -1.20 -9.14 -6.71
Difference -1.61 -1.27 0.41 -2.51 -0.46 0.84 1.50 1.91 -0.48 0.86 0.26 -0.01 1.03 -3.56 0.27 -1.95 -5.18 -3.68 -4.23
2014 - Monthly Performance (%)
Jan Feb Mar Q1 Apr May Jun Q2 1H Jul Aug Sep Q3 Oct Nov Dec Q4 2H 2014
Price 0.79 2.75 -0.28 3.28 1.60 2.33 2.15 6.19 9.67 -1.50 1.98 -3.60 -3.17 0.69 0.05 -3.64 -2.92 -5.99 3.10
NAV 0.57 2.64 0.55 3.79 1.25 2.03 1.54 4.89 8.87 -0.45 1.63 -1.96 -0.82 0.66 -0.07 -0.64 -0.05 -0.88 7.91
Difference -0.22 -0.11 0.82 0.52 -0.35 -0.30 -0.61 -1.30 -0.81 1.04 -0.35 1.64 2.34 -0.03 -0.12 3.00 2.87 5.12 4.81
2013 - Monthly Performance (%)
Jan Feb Mar Q1 Apr May Jun Q2 1H Jul Aug Sep Q3 Oct Nov Dec Q4 2H 2013
Price 4.09 0.22 0.94 5.29 0.99 -2.61 -3.30 -4.88 0.15 -0.11 -2.17 3.69 1.33 2.35 -1.07 1.62 2.90 4.26 4.42
NAV 2.41 0.29 0.98 3.72 2.02 -1.08 -3.40 -2.51 1.12 1.52 -1.86 3.38 3.00 2.22 0.06 0.99 3.30 6.40 7.59
Difference -1.68 0.07 0.05 -1.57 1.03 1.53 -0.11 2.38 0.97 1.62 0.31 -0.31 1.67 -0.13 1.13 -0.62 0.40 2.13 3.16
2012 - Monthly Performance (%)
Jan Feb Mar Q1 Apr May Jun Q2 1H Jul Aug Sep Q3 Oct Nov Dec Q4 2H 2012
Price 6.93 2.71 -0.21 9.59 0.50 -4.31 2.17 -1.75 7.68 2.31 0.94 2.29 5.64 -0.27 -0.56 1.19 0.35 6.01 14.15
NAV 3.28 2.19 -0.09 5.44 0.83 -3.42 1.73 -0.92 4.47 1.79 0.82 1.77 4.45 0.03 0.60 1.38 2.02 6.56 11.32
Difference -3.66 -0.52 0.12 -4.15 0.33 0.90 -0.43 0.82 -3.22 -0.52 -0.11 -0.52 -1.19 0.29 1.16 0.20 1.67 0.55 -2.83

Performance Chart

Discount

Characteristics

PORTFOLIO
Weighted Average Data
Discount
-11.45%
1Yr Disc
-10.54%
3Yr Disc
-10.78%
5Yr Disc
-8.49%
Rel Disc Range (3yr)
45.92%
Mkt Yield
8.12%
Lev Adj NAV Yield
5.72%
After Tax Yield*
7.25%
Est Tax Friction*
0.87%
3Yr NAV Volatiliy
11.56
1 Yr RoC
29.44%
3 Yr Dest RoC
22.52%
Leverage
26.81%
Non Lev Exp Ratio
1.81%
Beta (2yr)
0.96
Equity Exposure
33.38%
Bond Exposure
64.34%
# Holdings
51
Cash Weighted Duration
6.51
Comp NAV TR
-0.88%
Comp Discount
-6.73%
Net Assets (M)
609
Liquidity - 90d (K)
1,450
* 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


51 Funds

Ticker Name Sponsor Allocation Discount Market Yield RoC(1yr) Leverage Net Assets Liquidity (90d)
CET Cntrl Sec Corp Central Securities 2.10 -15.52 4.62 0.00 0.00 1,703 819
RMT Royce Micro-Cap Tr Franklin Templeton 2.12 -11.88 7.41 0.00 0.36 569 1,250
VFL abrdn Nat Muni Incm Fd abrdn 2.01 -9.45 6.26 0.42 43.15 130 408
ZTR Virtus Tot Rtn Fd Virtus 2.05 -10.91 9.54 59.83 29.73 392 1,083
IAF abrdn Australia Eq Fd abrdn 2.09 -10.27 10.37 51.84 6.34 144 233
SWZ Swiss Helvetia Fd Schroder 1.94 -12.37 9.58 6.38 0.00 90 287
CHW Calamos Glbl Dyn Incm Fd Calamos 2.07 -10.47 8.25 14.03 26.50 519 1,134
MFM MFS Muni Incm Tr MFS 2.01 -10.31 5.61 0.00 32.08 236 842
PNI PIMCO NY Muni Incm Fd II PIMCO 3.94 -11.44 5.45 20.82 44.15 175 330
ASA ASA Gd & Prcs Mtl Merk Investments 2.21 -8.41 0.14 0.00 0.00 711 2,928
NBH NB Muni Fd Neuberger Berman 2.05 -8.19 6.59 25.74 40.77 318 973
SBI WA Imd Muni Fd Franklin Templeton 2.08 -8.03 6.57 38.25 33.47 117 405
RVT Royce Small-Cap Tr Franklin Templeton 2.08 -10.85 7.47 0.00 1.72 2,049 4,309
BNY BR NY Muni Incm Tr BlackRock 2.01 -9.42 6.43 21.83 41.54 253 599
MHD BR MuniHldg Fd BlackRock 2.03 -7.83 6.39 15.22 41.14 632 860
RMMZ RivNth Mgd Dur Muni Incm Fd II RiverNorth 2.06 -7.53 8.01 70.30 41.00 130 492
PCF Hi Incm Sec Fd Hi Incm Sec Fd 2.06 -8.92 11.07 31.74 0.00 132 385
MUC BR MuniHldg CA Qlty Fd BlackRock 2.02 -8.39 6.25 16.64 40.99 1,056 2,572
MUE BR MuniHldg Qlty Fd II BlackRock 2.03 -7.73 6.41 18.47 40.62 227 685
MVF BR MuniVest Fd BlackRock 2.06 -6.20 6.49 16.95 41.21 407 746
MYD BR MuniYld Fd BlackRock 2.04 -7.37 6.50 17.04 41.67 497 1,154
MPA BR MuniYld PA Qlty Fd BlackRock 2.04 -8.03 7.36 31.01 40.60 152 681
BWG BwGlobal Glbl Incm Opp Fd Franklin Templeton 2.13 -6.42 11.16 26.72 39.68 154 781
HQH abrdn Health Invstr abrdn 2.14 -9.47 12.40 42.84 0.00 994 3,462
RMM RivNth Mgd Dur Muni Incm Fd RiverNorth 2.06 -6.65 7.97 66.86 39.30 288 1,176
PMO Putnam Muni Opp Tr Putnam 2.03 -7.90 4.76 5.78 32.70 302 677
NIE Virtus Eq & Convt Incm Fd Virtus 2.06 -9.83 8.20 0.00 0.00 750 1,447
MYI BR MuniYld Qlty Fd III BlackRock 2.03 -7.43 6.37 18.71 41.28 751 1,799
RSF RivNth Cap & Income Fd RiverNorth 2.06 -4.23 11.08 0.00 0.00 51 505
ASG Liberty All-Star Gwth Fd ALPS 2.02 -8.05 8.76 0.00 0.00 359 1,030
NIM Nuv Sel Maturities Muni Fd Nuveen 2.06 -6.23 3.59 0.00 0.00 122 212
VKQ Invsc Muni Tr Invesco 2.04 -5.64 8.19 33.82 38.00 540 1,714
EOT EV Nat Muni Opp Tr Eaton Vance 2.02 -6.58 5.06 3.40 11.60 271 746
MQY BR MuniYld Qlty Fd BlackRock 2.03 -6.19 6.29 18.65 35.68 848 1,613
BME BR Health Sci Tr BlackRock 2.03 -8.02 8.65 7.10 0.00 511 1,736
SCD LMP Cap & Incm Fd Franklin Templeton 2.00 -7.88 9.47 0.00 18.84 377 1,491
BMEZ BR Health Sci Trm Tr BlackRock 2.02 -9.61 14.03 99.87 0.00 976 3,590
DHF BNY Mellon Hi Yld Stgs Fd BNY Mellon 2.00 -7.91 8.20 0.00 27.30 202 1,454
JRS Nuv Rel-Est Incm Fd Nuveen 2.04 -8.34 8.84 77.31 29.84 242 621
ETJ EV Risk-Mgd Divr Eq Incm Fd Eaton Vance 2.01 -8.32 8.75 23.30 0.00 656 1,048
OTF Blue Owl Tech Fin Corp Blue Owl 1.22 -14.50 9.54 0.00 36.44 8,021 1,568
WHF WhiteHorse Finance H.I.G. Capital 1.26 -29.98 18.16 0.00 54.13 281 727
PSEC Prospect Capital Corp Prospect Capital 1.13 -60.69 18.95 0.00 52.32 3,274 9,464
PIAC Princeton Cap Corp House Hanover 1.06 -60.00 0.00 N/A 0.00 18 0
OCSL Oaktree Splty Lending Oaktree Capital 1.22 -19.51 11.86 0.00 48.84 1,476 8,325
MSDL MS Direct Lending Fd MS Cap Patnr Advis 1.20 -13.79 11.27 0.00 52.28 1,788 9,055
PTMN Portman Ridge Fin Corpn Sierra Crest Inv Mgmt 1.26 -29.01 14.80 0.00 59.27 236 548
ICMB Investcorp Cr Mgmt BDC Investcorp 1.21 -48.39 17.65 0.00 60.47 76 80
MRCC Monroe Capital Corp Monroe Capital 1.36 -16.04 14.37 0.00 52.86 180 667
CCAP Crescent Capital BDC Crescent Capital 1.37 -22.61 11.10 0.00 54.06 725 3,908
PCQ PIMCO CA Muni Incm Fd PIMCO 3.89 -10.86 5.26 17.44 43.98 517 875

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