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08. Discount CEF/BDC Index

Data as of 09/17/2021 08/31/2021 07/30/2021 06/30/2021 05/28/2021 04/30/2021 03/31/2021 02/26/2021 01/29/2021 12/31/2020 11/30/2020 10/30/2020 09/30/2020 08/31/2020 07/31/2020 06/30/2020 05/29/2020 04/30/2020 03/31/2020 02/28/2020 01/31/2020 12/31/2019 11/29/2019 10/31/2019 09/30/2019 08/30/2019 07/31/2019 06/28/2019 05/31/2019 04/30/2019 03/29/2019 02/28/2019 01/31/2019 12/31/2018 11/30/2018 10/31/2018 09/28/2018 08/31/2018 07/31/2018 06/29/2018 05/31/2018 04/30/2018 03/29/2018 02/28/2018 01/31/2018 12/29/2017 11/30/2017 10/31/2017 09/29/2017 08/31/2017 06/30/2017

• About
• Performance
• Discount
• Characteristics
• Asset Allocation
• Constituents
• Prices
• Disclosure

Index Performance

	Current($)	Previous Day(%)	1 Week(%)	1 Month(%)	3 Month(%)	6 Month(%)	1 Year(%)	3 Year(%)	5 Year(%)	MTD(%)	QTD(%)	YTD(%)
Price	1,918.21	-0.50	-0.40	3.41	2.59	15.78	55.38	19.73	14.84	1.24	1.92	29.41
NAV	1,376.67	-0.56	-0.12	2.80	-1.43	4.99	21.94	8.27	7.24	0.04	-1.87	10.83
Difference		-0.06	0.28	-0.61	-4.02	-10.78	-33.44	-11.46	-7.60	-1.20	-3.79	-18.58
* 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 (%) Show Previous Years
	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
NAV	1.56	2.46	1.98	6.11	2.71	2.63	0.98	6.44	12.94	-2.47	0.57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Difference	-1.72	-2.59	-2.24	-6.96	-3.53	-1.34	-0.68	-5.85	-14.03	-2.18	-0.39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Performance Chart

Discount

Characteristics

PORTFOLIO Weighted Average Data
Discount -14.27%	1Yr Disc -17.59%	3Yr Disc -15.69%	5Yr Disc -13.30%	Rel Disc Range (3yr) 65.37%
Mkt Yield 4.98%	Lev Adj NAV Yield 3.67%	After Tax Yield* 4.00%	Est Tax Friction* 0.98%	3Yr NAV Volatiliy 30.80
1 Yr RoC 35.01%	3 Yr Dest RoC 30.73%	Leverage 14.34%	Non Lev Exp Ratio 1.89%	Beta (2yr) 1.22
Equity Exposure 85.60%	Bond Exposure 12.21%	# Holdings 15	Cash Weighted Duration 1.49
Comp NAV TR 1.38%	Comp Discount -3.91%	Net Assets (M) 260	Liquidity - 90d (K) 648
* Based on marginal tax rates of 25% and long-term capital gains rates of 15%.

Constituents

15 Funds

Ticker	Name	Sponsor	Allocation	Discount	Market Yield	RoC(1yr)	Leverage	Net Assets	Liquidity (90d)
SRV	Cushing MLP & Infra Tot Rtn Fd	Cushing	11.26	-16.39	4.69	8.33	30.15	80	480
NTG	Tortoise Midstream Nrg Fd	Tortoise	10.42	-20.83	5.37	100.00	24.50	204	644
IRL	New Ireland Fd	Kleinwort Benson	11.43	-17.74	2.35	0.00	0.00	58	91
SPE	Spl Opp Fd	Bulldog	11.32	-6.24	8.17	5.90	6.04	214	922
TWN	Taiwan Fund	Allianz	10.95	-15.36	7.48	0.00	0.00	318	232
KF	Korea Fund	Allianz	9.73	-14.52	1.26	0.00	0.00	246	190
ASA	ASA Gd & Prcs Mtl	Merk Investments	9.78	-12.59	0.10	0.00	0.00	434	1,168
JEQ	Abd Japan Eq Fd	Aberdeen	12.35	-13.85	4.29	0.00	8.16	158	279
GECC	Great Elm Cap Corp	Great Elm Capital	1.71	-12.31	11.70	0.00	41.35	92	341
SCM	Stellus Cap Inv Corp	Stellus Capital	1.90	-5.12	8.39	0.00	64.35	274	753
CGBD	TCG BDC	Carlyle	1.86	-15.61	9.40	0.00	53.58	872	2,513
BCSF	Bain Cap Splty Fin	BCSF Advisors	1.77	-10.93	8.98	0.00	53.32	1,098	2,409
AINV	Apollo Inv Corp	Apollo	1.77	-16.23	9.24	0.00	57.72	1,042	3,345
ICMB	Investcorp Cr Mgmt BDC	Investcorp	1.90	-17.77	10.54	0.00	62.39	100	352
SLRC	SLR Inv Corp	SLR Capital	1.88	-3.70	8.39	9.87	33.55	857	2,390

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