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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 2,254.43 0.06 -0.74 -0.18 0.05 5.23 20.09 4.75 10.47 10.23 0.86 0.86 0.86
NAV 1,480.48 -0.21 -1.35 -0.54 -0.73 3.42 12.43 2.79 3.79 4.52 -0.89 -0.89 -0.89
Difference -0.27 -0.61 -0.36 -0.79 -1.82 -7.66 -1.96 -6.68 -5.71 -1.75 -1.75 -1.75
* Periods greater than 1 Year are annualized.      ** On Inception Date (12/30/16), Index Price was $1,000 and NAV was $1,000.00
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
-14.81%
1Yr Disc
-13.47%
3Yr Disc
-11.64%
5Yr Disc
-10.33%
Rel Disc Range (3yr)
30.80%
Mkt Yield
7.71%
Lev Adj NAV Yield
5.18%
After Tax Yield*
6.91%
Est Tax Friction*
0.80%
3Yr NAV Volatiliy
10.76
1 Yr RoC
31.00%
3 Yr Dest RoC
23.36%
Leverage
28.08%
Non Lev Exp Ratio
1.94%
Beta (2yr)
0.69
Equity Exposure
33.49%
Bond Exposure
63.75%
# Holdings
60
Cash Weighted Duration
5.22
Comp NAV TR
-2.18%
Comp Discount
-9.45%
Net Assets (M)
527
Liquidity - 90d (K)
1,703
* 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


60 Funds

Ticker Name Sponsor Allocation Discount Market Yield RoC(1yr) Leverage Net Assets Liquidity (90d)
HFRO Highland Opp & Incm Fd NexPoint 1.83 -57.37 8.45 0.00 14.86 848 2,127
HGLB Highland Glbl Alloc Fd NexPoint 1.90 -42.58 14.14 0.00 14.70 297 523
STEW SRH Tot Rtn Fd Paralel Advisors 1.71 -22.44 4.19 16.01 9.94 1,966 1,483
CAF MS China A Shr Fd Morgan Stanley 1.69 -19.09 2.70 0.00 0.00 257 489
TDF Tmp Dragon Fd Franklin Templeton 1.65 -17.55 1.43 0.00 0.00 248 638
GF New Germany Fd Deutsche 1.74 -14.33 0.92 0.00 0.00 148 259
EMF Tmp Emrg Mkt Fd Franklin Templeton 1.71 -14.97 4.35 29.16 2.16 209 490
MEGI MainStay CBRE Glbl Infra MTrnd Trm New York Life 1.73 -9.81 12.36 25.00 23.50 701 2,464
LEO BNY Mellon Stgc Muni BNY Mellon 1.75 -11.48 3.74 0.00 33.91 429 1,097
VFL abrdn Nat Muni Incm Fd abrdn 1.74 -11.61 5.92 0.00 40.63 141 388
PGZ Principal Rel-Est Incm Fd ALPS 1.75 -11.67 12.61 54.94 28.32 76 345
DMB BNY Mellon Muni Bnd Infra Fd BNY Mellon 1.73 -12.60 3.51 0.00 34.21 216 755
MUC BR MuniHldg CA Qlty Fd BlackRock 1.72 -12.08 6.09 25.23 37.99 1,130 3,617
BTT BR Muni 2030 Tgt Trm Tr BlackRock 1.73 -13.32 2.71 0.59 34.50 1,556 4,172
MUJ BR MuniHldg NJ Qlty Fd BlackRock 1.73 -12.40 5.88 25.40 39.21 669 1,778
CEV EV CA Muni Incm Tr Eaton Vance 1.72 -11.70 6.02 21.54 24.00 79 345
WIW WA Inf-Lnk Opp & Incm Fd Franklin Templeton 1.73 -13.05 8.79 0.00 30.47 581 1,780
PNF PIMCO NY Muni Incm Fd PIMCO 1.72 -11.69 5.48 33.29 37.02 65 256
MQT BR MuniYld Qlty Fd II BlackRock 1.73 -11.45 6.23 23.98 37.25 246 669
BNY BR NY Muni Incm Tr BlackRock 1.73 -10.80 6.02 27.98 39.38 275 669
AFB AB Nat Muni Incm Fd AllianceBernstein 1.71 -12.01 4.44 0.00 39.91 350 773
HQH abrdn Health Invstr abrdn 1.88 -9.97 14.77 44.57 0.00 989 3,698
MVT BR MuniVest Fd II BlackRock 1.73 -10.84 6.15 27.29 34.95 246 927
RFMZ RivNth Flex Muni Incm Fd II RiverNorth 1.77 -11.03 7.55 61.01 38.70 373 1,282
PCQ PIMCO CA Muni Incm Fd PIMCO 1.70 -12.35 4.91 25.96 40.27 191 668
HQL abrdn Life Sci Invstr abrdn 1.84 -10.35 14.89 34.27 0.00 426 1,284
FUND Sprott Focus Tr Sprott 1.75 -12.04 8.19 16.87 0.00 251 374
FAX abrdn Asia-Pacific Incm Fd abrdn 1.79 -9.24 13.17 42.67 38.06 684 2,542
HEQ JH Hgd Eq & Incm Fd John Hancock 1.74 -11.41 9.76 10.82 0.00 140 337
MIY BR MuniYld MI Qlty Fd BlackRock 1.76 -9.58 5.78 24.83 38.81 363 860
CPZ Calamos Lng-Srt Eq & Dyn Incm Calamos 1.86 -8.86 10.81 11.31 25.97 335 1,114
BYM BR Muni Incm Qlty Tr BlackRock 1.73 -10.49 6.14 22.88 34.84 314 1,047
NBH NB Muni Fd Neuberger Berman 1.70 -12.36 6.41 21.26 39.28 343 997
MUE BR MuniHldg Qlty Fd II BlackRock 1.74 -9.97 6.11 25.24 33.92 244 854
RMMZ RivNth Mgd Dur Muni Incm Fd II RiverNorth 1.76 -10.69 7.55 63.35 38.70 143 605
MYD BR MuniYld Fd BlackRock 1.75 -9.52 6.26 25.20 38.65 528 1,962
BKN BR Inv Qlty Muni Tr BlackRock 1.72 -10.81 6.18 25.79 37.42 213 819
BFK BR Muni Incm Tr BlackRock 1.74 -10.25 6.07 25.28 37.50 483 1,334
NIM Nuv Sel Maturities Muni Fd Nuveen 1.75 -10.59 3.76 0.00 0.00 122 451
PMM Putnam Mgd Muni Incm Tr Putnam 1.75 -9.64 4.76 20.97 26.87 297 769
SPE Spl Opp Fd Bulldog 1.74 -10.53 8.96 17.41 25.12 175 737
RFM RivNth Flex Muni Incm Fd RiverNorth 1.75 -10.44 7.51 62.95 38.10 103 412
GUG Gghm Active Alloc Fd Guggenheim Funds 1.74 -10.34 9.55 32.79 27.85 549 1,423
BFZ BR CA Muni Incm Tr BlackRock 1.78 -6.81 6.16 37.49 36.44 371 1,387
TBLD Thornburg Incm Bldr Opp Tr Thornburg Inv Mgmt 1.74 -10.55 7.68 5.15 0.00 584 1,333
BCX BR Res & Com Stgy Tr BlackRock 1.85 -7.42 9.18 72.17 0.00 789 2,157
RMI RivNth Opportunistic Muni Incm RiverNorth 1.76 -9.33 7.43 61.45 36.50 107 470
ADX Adams Divr Eq Fd Adams Funds 1.75 -9.62 9.81 0.00 0.00 2,542 5,978
RMM RivNth Mgd Dur Muni Incm Fd RiverNorth 1.78 -8.43 7.35 61.24 38.30 319 1,060
CHW Calamos Glbl Dyn Incm Fd Calamos 1.73 -9.85 8.98 8.33 34.02 473 1,028
PSBD Palmer Sq Cap BDC Palmer Sq BDC Advis 1.28 -8.13 11.01 0.00 58.32 542 341
GSBD Goldman Sachs BDC Goldman Sachs 1.22 -11.96 15.10 0.00 52.97 1,588 11,702
EQS Equus Total Return Equus 1.23 -63.18 0.00 N/A 57.58 40 11
OCSL Oaktree Splty Lending Oaktree Capital 1.22 -16.69 14.60 0.00 51.24 1,488 11,661
PSEC Prospect Capital Corp Prospect Capital 1.22 -47.53 12.71 0.00 51.18 3,533 15,766
WHF WhiteHorse Finance H.I.G. Capital 1.29 -24.04 15.88 0.00 51.61 297 1,002
ICMB Investcorp Cr Mgmt BDC Investcorp 1.30 -45.05 15.74 0.00 55.41 80 127
TPVG TP Vntr Gwth BDC Corp TriplePoint Capital 1.26 -17.47 15.98 0.00 51.85 364 3,099
PIAC Princeton Cap Corp House Hanover 1.24 -31.58 0.00 N/A 0.00 23 0
OBDE Blue Owl Cap Corp III Blue Owl 1.22 -8.72 9.90 0.00 54.75 1,911 4,770

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