About the Index
(1) Traditional CEFs with $250K+ 90-day average trading dollar $, a Discount narrower than -6.5% (above), 1-year Discount Range over 50%, 6 month Relative Z-Stat over 0 and Comp Discount over 0. The remaining funds ranked by 25 largest (highest) CEF premiums. Business Development Companies (BDC): Equity or Debt-Focused BDCs with -6.5% or higher Discounts, Comp Discount over 0 and above average 6-month Relative Z-Stats. The remaining funds are ranked by the highest 8 1-year Relative Discounts. Traditional CEFs are an 87.5% allocation and BDCs are an 12.5% allocation for this index with the underlying funds equal weighted into their overall allocation. If no BDC funds meet the criteria, the allocation will be split between the qualifying traditional CEFs. The index constituents will be rebalanced each quarter.
Index Performance
Current($) | Previous Day(%) | 1 Week(%) | 1 Month(%) | 3 Month(%) | 6 Month(%) | 1 Year(%) | 3 Year(%) | 5 Year(%) | 10 Year(%) | MTD(%) | QTD(%) | YTD(%) | |||||||
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Price | 990.71 | 0.06 | -0.98 | -2.45 | 1.14 | 3.10 | 11.88 | -4.42 | -2.66 | -1.06 | -0.19 | -2.84 | 6.66 | ||||||
NAV | 1,763.14 | 0.19 | 0.01 | 0.12 | 3.19 | 7.38 | 18.94 | 3.36 | 7.25 | 6.29 | 0.86 | 0.09 | 12.31 | ||||||
Difference | 0.13 | 0.98 | 2.57 | 2.05 | 4.28 | 7.07 | 7.77 | 9.91 | 7.35 | 1.04 | 2.93 | 5.65 | |||||||
* Periods greater than 1 Year are annualized. ** On Inception Date (12/30/16), Index Price was $1,000 and NAV was $1,000.13 |
2024 - Monthly Performance (%) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Jan | Feb | Mar | Q1 | Apr | May | Jun | Q2 | 1H | Jul | Aug | Sep | Q3 | Oct | Nov | Dec | Q4 | 2H | 2024 | |
Price | 0.66 | 1.04 | 1.16 | 2.89 | -1.84 | 2.04 | 0.81 | 0.97 | 3.89 | 2.18 | 0.90 | 2.48 | 5.65 | -2.66 | - | - | - | - | - |
NAV | 1.08 | 0.74 | 1.64 | 3.49 | -0.50 | 1.63 | 1.12 | 2.25 | 5.82 | 1.97 | 1.98 | 1.97 | 6.03 | -0.76 | - | - | - | - | - |
Difference | 0.41 | -0.30 | 0.48 | 0.60 | 1.34 | -0.41 | 0.30 | 1.28 | 1.93 | -0.20 | 1.07 | -0.51 | 0.38 | 1.90 | - | - | - | - | - |
2023 - Monthly Performance (%) | |||||||||||||||||||
Jan | Feb | Mar | Q1 | Apr | May | Jun | Q2 | 1H | Jul | Aug | Sep | Q3 | Oct | Nov | Dec | Q4 | 2H | 2023 | |
Price | 3.62 | -3.05 | -0.88 | -0.42 | -0.80 | -2.94 | 4.27 | 0.40 | -0.02 | 4.86 | -3.17 | 0.30 | 1.84 | -6.10 | 7.78 | 3.39 | 4.64 | 6.57 | 6.55 |
NAV | 5.38 | -2.99 | 0.63 | 2.87 | 0.22 | -0.81 | 3.18 | 2.57 | 5.51 | 2.42 | -0.56 | -3.42 | -1.64 | -1.64 | 6.59 | 3.98 | 9.02 | 7.23 | 13.14 |
Difference | 1.76 | 0.05 | 1.51 | 3.29 | 1.02 | 2.13 | -1.09 | 2.17 | 5.53 | -2.44 | 2.61 | -3.73 | -3.48 | 4.46 | -1.20 | 0.60 | 4.38 | 0.66 | 6.59 |
2022 - Monthly Performance (%) | |||||||||||||||||||
Jan | Feb | Mar | Q1 | Apr | May | Jun | Q2 | 1H | Jul | Aug | Sep | Q3 | Oct | Nov | Dec | Q4 | 2H | 2022 | |
Price | -6.56 | -3.13 | 0.22 | -9.28 | -8.57 | -2.49 | -8.03 | -18.01 | -25.62 | 6.56 | -3.32 | -11.57 | -8.90 | 4.05 | 4.74 | 3.08 | 12.33 | 2.34 | -23.88 |
NAV | -2.81 | -1.34 | -0.13 | -4.24 | -6.37 | -0.03 | -7.02 | -12.97 | -16.66 | 5.62 | -2.08 | -6.71 | -3.52 | 3.69 | 6.27 | -3.32 | 6.54 | 2.79 | -14.34 |
Difference | 3.75 | 1.78 | -0.35 | 5.04 | 2.20 | 2.47 | 1.01 | 5.04 | 8.96 | -0.95 | 1.24 | 4.86 | 5.38 | -0.36 | 1.54 | -6.40 | -5.80 | 0.45 | 9.54 |
2021 - Monthly Performance (%) | |||||||||||||||||||
Jan | Feb | Mar | Q1 | Apr | May | Jun | Q2 | 1H | Jul | Aug | Sep | Q3 | Oct | Nov | Dec | Q4 | 2H | 2021 | |
Price | 0.50 | 1.51 | 3.08 | 5.15 | 2.30 | 0.91 | 2.12 | 5.42 | 10.85 | -0.74 | 0.01 | -4.01 | -4.71 | 1.49 | -0.83 | 1.31 | 1.97 | -2.83 | 7.71 |
NAV | 0.35 | 0.45 | 1.86 | 2.68 | 2.56 | 1.42 | 1.59 | 5.67 | 8.50 | 0.83 | 1.51 | -1.38 | 0.94 | 1.92 | -0.74 | 2.58 | 3.77 | 4.75 | 13.66 |
Difference | -0.15 | -1.05 | -1.21 | -2.47 | 0.26 | 0.51 | -0.53 | 0.25 | -2.35 | 1.57 | 1.50 | 2.63 | 5.65 | 0.43 | 0.09 | 1.26 | 1.80 | 7.59 | 5.95 |
2020 - Monthly Performance (%) | |||||||||||||||||||
Jan | Feb | Mar | Q1 | Apr | May | Jun | Q2 | 1H | Jul | Aug | Sep | Q3 | Oct | Nov | Dec | Q4 | 2H | 2020 | |
Price | 1.20 | -9.40 | -21.67 | -28.18 | 2.94 | 5.87 | 1.90 | 11.05 | -20.25 | 2.00 | 2.37 | -1.35 | 3.01 | -1.99 | 9.31 | 3.65 | 11.05 | 14.39 | -8.77 |
NAV | 2.16 | -2.29 | -15.42 | -15.57 | 3.55 | 5.74 | 3.35 | 13.16 | -4.46 | 4.13 | 2.30 | -0.32 | 6.18 | 0.72 | 5.74 | 2.59 | 9.25 | 16.01 | 10.84 |
Difference | 0.96 | 7.11 | 6.25 | 12.61 | 0.61 | -0.13 | 1.46 | 2.11 | 15.79 | 2.13 | -0.08 | 1.04 | 3.17 | 2.71 | -3.58 | -1.06 | -1.79 | 1.62 | 19.61 |
2019 - Monthly Performance (%) | |||||||||||||||||||
Jan | Feb | Mar | Q1 | Apr | May | Jun | Q2 | 1H | Jul | Aug | Sep | Q3 | Oct | Nov | Dec | Q4 | 2H | 2019 | |
Price | 7.34 | 1.90 | 1.64 | 11.16 | -0.09 | -2.39 | 4.16 | 1.59 | 12.93 | 0.75 | -3.03 | 1.25 | -1.08 | -0.39 | -0.17 | 2.10 | 1.53 | 0.43 | 13.42 |
NAV | 5.18 | 1.21 | 2.36 | 8.97 | 1.65 | -1.43 | 3.11 | 3.32 | 12.58 | 0.23 | -0.61 | 0.86 | 0.48 | 0.12 | -0.31 | 2.94 | 2.74 | 3.23 | 16.21 |
Difference | -2.16 | -0.69 | 0.72 | -2.20 | 1.75 | 0.96 | -1.05 | 1.73 | -0.34 | -0.52 | 2.42 | -0.39 | 1.56 | 0.51 | -0.14 | 0.84 | 1.21 | 2.79 | 2.80 |
2018 - Monthly Performance (%) | |||||||||||||||||||
Jan | Feb | Mar | Q1 | Apr | May | Jun | Q2 | 1H | Jul | Aug | Sep | Q3 | Oct | Nov | Dec | Q4 | 2H | 2018 | |
Price | -2.63 | -2.95 | -0.80 | -6.26 | 3.26 | 2.25 | -1.18 | 4.33 | -2.20 | 1.65 | 1.27 | -0.94 | 1.98 | -7.25 | 1.85 | 1.58 | -4.05 | -2.15 | -4.31 |
NAV | 1.18 | -2.30 | -0.61 | -1.75 | 1.79 | 1.80 | -0.03 | 3.60 | 1.79 | 1.29 | 0.66 | 0.63 | 2.61 | -2.75 | 0.09 | -2.02 | -4.62 | -2.14 | -0.39 |
Difference | 3.81 | 0.64 | 0.20 | 4.51 | -1.46 | -0.44 | 1.15 | -0.73 | 3.99 | -0.36 | -0.61 | 1.57 | 0.63 | 4.50 | -1.76 | -3.60 | -0.57 | 0.01 | 3.92 |
2017 - Monthly Performance (%) | |||||||||||||||||||
Jan | Feb | Mar | Q1 | Apr | May | Jun | Q2 | 1H | Jul | Aug | Sep | Q3 | Oct | Nov | Dec | Q4 | 2H | 2017 | |
Price | 2.10 | 0.83 | 0.01 | 2.95 | 2.44 | 1.54 | -0.01 | 4.00 | 7.07 | 0.49 | -0.79 | 0.80 | 0.49 | -0.46 | -0.74 | 1.02 | -0.19 | 0.30 | 7.39 |
NAV | 1.46 | 1.56 | 0.52 | 3.58 | 1.36 | 1.27 | 0.17 | 2.83 | 6.51 | 1.25 | 0.53 | 0.47 | 2.27 | 0.62 | 0.66 | 0.66 | 1.95 | 4.26 | 11.06 |
Difference | -0.64 | 0.73 | 0.51 | 0.63 | -1.07 | -0.27 | 0.18 | -1.17 | -0.56 | 0.76 | 1.32 | -0.32 | 1.78 | 1.08 | 1.40 | -0.36 | 2.14 | 3.97 | 3.67 |
2016 - Monthly Performance (%) | |||||||||||||||||||
Jan | Feb | Mar | Q1 | Apr | May | Jun | Q2 | 1H | Jul | Aug | Sep | Q3 | Oct | Nov | Dec | Q4 | 2H | 2016 | |
Price | -2.61 | 1.39 | 3.81 | 2.51 | 4.47 | -0.03 | 4.45 | 9.09 | 11.82 | 2.68 | 0.53 | -1.61 | 1.56 | -5.01 | -1.71 | 0.69 | -5.98 | -4.52 | 6.77 |
NAV | -1.37 | 0.13 | 2.09 | 0.82 | 4.51 | 1.22 | 3.13 | 9.09 | 9.98 | 1.18 | 0.47 | 1.69 | 3.38 | -0.75 | -2.50 | 2.04 | -1.25 | 2.08 | 12.27 |
Difference | 1.24 | -1.26 | -1.72 | -1.68 | 0.04 | 1.24 | -1.32 | -0.00 | -1.84 | -1.49 | -0.05 | 3.30 | 1.82 | 4.26 | -0.79 | 1.35 | 4.73 | 6.60 | 5.50 |
2015 - Monthly Performance (%) | |||||||||||||||||||
Jan | Feb | Mar | Q1 | Apr | May | Jun | Q2 | 1H | Jul | Aug | Sep | Q3 | Oct | Nov | Dec | Q4 | 2H | 2015 | |
Price | -2.05 | 1.51 | -1.76 | -2.31 | 0.74 | -1.39 | -5.22 | -5.84 | -8.02 | -0.91 | -4.17 | -4.03 | -8.87 | 6.68 | -3.72 | -0.92 | 1.76 | -7.27 | -14.70 |
NAV | -0.62 | 2.22 | -0.60 | 0.98 | 1.06 | 0.69 | -1.96 | -0.24 | 0.74 | 0.43 | -3.16 | -2.48 | -5.15 | 4.95 | -2.06 | -3.15 | -0.44 | -5.57 | -4.87 |
Difference | 1.43 | 0.71 | 1.16 | 3.29 | 0.31 | 2.08 | 3.26 | 5.60 | 8.76 | 1.35 | 1.01 | 1.55 | 3.72 | -1.72 | 1.66 | -2.23 | -2.20 | 1.69 | 9.83 |
2014 - Monthly Performance (%) | |||||||||||||||||||
Jan | Feb | Mar | Q1 | Apr | May | Jun | Q2 | 1H | Jul | Aug | Sep | Q3 | Oct | Nov | Dec | Q4 | 2H | 2014 | |
Price | 1.89 | 2.54 | 0.28 | 4.76 | 1.67 | 3.08 | 2.03 | 6.93 | 12.02 | -2.13 | 3.99 | -2.36 | -0.63 | 1.72 | 1.47 | -0.74 | 2.45 | 1.80 | 14.04 |
NAV | 1.46 | 2.29 | 0.55 | 4.36 | 1.42 | 2.03 | 2.61 | 6.19 | 10.82 | -1.25 | 2.95 | -1.29 | 0.35 | -0.51 | -0.40 | -1.99 | -2.87 | -2.53 | 8.01 |
Difference | -0.42 | -0.25 | 0.27 | -0.41 | -0.25 | -1.05 | 0.58 | -0.74 | -1.20 | 0.88 | -1.04 | 1.07 | 0.98 | -2.23 | -1.86 | -1.25 | -5.32 | -4.33 | -6.03 |
2013 - Monthly Performance (%) | |||||||||||||||||||
Jan | Feb | Mar | Q1 | Apr | May | Jun | Q2 | 1H | Jul | Aug | Sep | Q3 | Oct | Nov | Dec | Q4 | 2H | 2013 | |
Price | 6.40 | 1.67 | 0.48 | 8.70 | 2.11 | -1.01 | -1.75 | -0.69 | 7.95 | -0.44 | -1.61 | 2.01 | -0.07 | 2.47 | 0.10 | 2.17 | 4.81 | 4.74 | 13.06 |
NAV | 3.84 | 0.45 | 2.02 | 6.42 | 2.00 | -0.08 | -2.17 | -0.29 | 6.11 | 1.79 | -1.68 | 2.59 | 2.67 | 2.00 | 0.78 | 1.01 | 3.84 | 6.61 | 13.12 |
Difference | -2.56 | -1.21 | 1.54 | -2.28 | -0.11 | 0.93 | -0.42 | 0.40 | -1.84 | 2.23 | -0.07 | 0.57 | 2.74 | -0.47 | 0.67 | -1.16 | -0.97 | 1.87 | 0.06 |
2012 - Monthly Performance (%) | |||||||||||||||||||
Jan | Feb | Mar | Q1 | Apr | May | Jun | Q2 | 1H | Jul | Aug | Sep | Q3 | Oct | Nov | Dec | Q4 | 2H | 2012 | |
Price | 5.58 | 2.84 | 0.06 | 8.64 | 1.38 | -2.44 | 3.24 | 2.11 | 10.94 | 2.83 | 0.97 | 2.39 | 6.31 | -0.67 | -1.12 | -1.22 | -2.98 | 3.14 | 14.42 |
NAV | 4.00 | 2.55 | 0.19 | 6.85 | 0.91 | -2.37 | 1.24 | -0.27 | 6.56 | 2.14 | 1.54 | 1.84 | 5.62 | 0.59 | 0.64 | -0.02 | 1.22 | 6.91 | 13.92 |
Difference | -1.58 | -0.30 | 0.13 | -1.79 | -0.47 | 0.06 | -2.01 | -2.39 | -4.38 | -0.69 | 0.57 | -0.55 | -0.68 | 1.26 | 1.77 | 1.20 | 4.20 | 3.78 | -0.49 |
Performance Chart
Discount
Characteristics
PORTFOLIO Weighted Average Data |
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Discount 11.92% |
1Yr Disc 8.06% |
3Yr Disc 5.18% |
5Yr Disc 4.54% |
Rel Disc Range (3yr) 63.19% |
Mkt Yield 9.82% |
Lev Adj NAV Yield 8.68% |
After Tax Yield* 8.32% |
Est Tax Friction* 1.50% |
3Yr NAV Volatiliy 10.82 |
1 Yr RoC 41.07% |
3 Yr Dest RoC 27.00% |
Leverage 29.26% |
Non Lev Exp Ratio 1.90% |
Beta (2yr) 0.69 |
Equity Exposure 23.42% |
Bond Exposure 75.06% |
# Holdings 33 |
Cash Weighted Duration 4.94 |
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Comp NAV TR 2.04% |
Comp Discount 14.04% |
Net Assets (M) 929 |
Liquidity - 90d (K) 5,210 |
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* Based on marginal tax rates of 25% and long-term capital gains rates of 15%. |
Asset Allocation
Constituents
33 Funds
Ticker | Name | Sponsor | Allocation | Discount | Market Yield | RoC(1yr) | Leverage | Net Assets | Liquidity (90d) |
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RCS | PIMCO Stgc Incm Fd | PIMCO | 3.65 | 73.20 | 7.96 | 6.39 | 35.98 | 206 | 1,244 |
CCD | Calamos Dyn Convt & Incm Fd | Calamos | 3.43 | 22.28 | 9.76 | 56.79 | 36.72 | 527 | 1,836 |
GOF | Gghm Stgc Opp Fd | Guggenheim Funds | 3.63 | 32.83 | 13.92 | 56.39 | 17.21 | 1,835 | 12,405 |
CRF | Cornerstone Tot Rtn Fd | Cornerstone | 3.96 | 30.03 | 14.16 | 57.01 | 0.00 | 779 | 6,796 |
PDI | PIMCO Dyn Incm Fd | PIMCO | 3.48 | 11.47 | 13.82 | 21.23 | 35.62 | 5,817 | 38,786 |
MCI | Barings Corp Invstr | Barings | 3.65 | 15.12 | 8.08 | 0.00 | 7.89 | 350 | 553 |
ECC | Eagle Point Cr Co | Eagle Point | 3.36 | 5.23 | 18.56 | 0.00 | 22.24 | 947 | 8,761 |
HPS | JH Pref Incm Fd III | John Hancock | 3.29 | 5.53 | 8.43 | 34.95 | 36.23 | 473 | 688 |
HPI | JH Pref Incm Fd | John Hancock | 3.34 | 4.80 | 8.48 | 28.39 | 36.26 | 442 | 774 |
HPF | JH Pref Incm Fd II | John Hancock | 3.37 | 4.91 | 8.56 | 35.77 | 36.34 | 355 | 629 |
BHK | BR Core Bnd Tr | BlackRock | 3.33 | 5.63 | 8.09 | 37.01 | 33.96 | 567 | 1,536 |
NHS | NB Hi Yld Stgs Fd | Neuberger Berman | 3.23 | -1.91 | 14.12 | 50.53 | 27.50 | 225 | 1,119 |
EIC | Eagle Point Incm Co | Eagle Point | 3.56 | 4.45 | 15.28 | 0.00 | 28.31 | 289 | 2,861 |
MPV | Barings Partcp Invstr | Barings | 3.56 | 3.61 | 9.04 | 0.00 | 8.17 | 168 | 336 |
PMF | PIMCO Muni Incm Fd | PIMCO | 3.36 | 0.74 | 5.28 | 34.26 | 40.69 | 249 | 721 |
FOF | C&S CE Opp Fd | Cohen&Steers | 3.57 | 4.67 | 8.17 | 63.85 | 0.00 | 337 | 556 |
SRV | NXG Cushing Midstream Nrg Fd | Cushing | 3.61 | -5.32 | 12.09 | 100.00 | 28.37 | 189 | 1,455 |
PML | PIMCO Muni Incm Fd II | PIMCO | 3.35 | -1.59 | 5.47 | 32.34 | 39.53 | 584 | 1,538 |
OIA | Invsc Muni Incm Opp Tr | Invesco | 3.43 | 0.62 | 5.37 | 16.62 | 27.31 | 308 | 499 |
PGP | PIMCO Glbl Stk+ & Incm Fd | PIMCO | 3.48 | 3.24 | 10.40 | 13.51 | 20.02 | 89 | 286 |
IGR | CBRE Clr Glbl Rel-Est Incm Fd | CBRE Invst Mgmt | 3.10 | 0.00 | 12.86 | 57.93 | 28.77 | 787 | 3,269 |
AWP | abrdn Glbl Prmr Prop Fd | abrdn | 3.39 | 2.38 | 11.14 | 67.92 | 16.50 | 360 | 1,227 |
MUA | BR MuniAst Fd | BlackRock | 3.51 | 1.53 | 5.56 | 25.95 | 29.10 | 454 | 1,139 |
ARDC | Ares Dyn Cr Alloc Fd | Ares | 3.62 | 2.42 | 9.26 | 0.00 | 39.13 | 341 | 1,267 |
NPV | Nuv VA Qlty Muni Incm Fd | Nuveen | 3.68 | 6.56 | 6.57 | 21.44 | 39.28 | 221 | 571 |
GLAD | Gladstone Cap Corp | Gladstone | 1.80 | 26.49 | 7.39 | 0.00 | 39.95 | 473 | 3,378 |
GAIN | Gladstone Inv Corp | Gladstone | 1.61 | 9.69 | 7.01 | 0.00 | 39.25 | 458 | 2,359 |
MAIN | Main Street Cap Corp | Main Street Capital | 1.72 | 73.96 | 5.53 | 0.00 | 43.17 | 2,696 | 19,800 |
NCDL | Nuv Churchill Direct Lending | Churchill DLC Advis | 1.62 | -6.12 | 10.56 | 0.00 | 51.14 | 989 | 1,635 |
CSWC | Cap Southwest Corp | Capital Southwest | 1.46 | 38.58 | 10.09 | 0.00 | 48.93 | 791 | 7,073 |
ARCC | Ares Capital Corp | Ares | 1.68 | 10.42 | 8.80 | 0.00 | 49.82 | 12,773 | 71,676 |
HTGC | Hercules Capital | Hercules | 1.56 | 67.37 | 8.39 | 0.00 | 47.57 | 1,852 | 15,657 |
PSBD | Palmer Sq Cap BDC | Palmer Sq BDC Advis | 1.60 | -5.18 | 10.67 | 0.00 | 58.32 | 542 | 440 |