09. Premium CEF/BDC Index

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. 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	1,183.44	-0.26	0.84	2.79	4.32	1.47	9.83	5.41	2.05	1.54	1.54	1.54
NAV	1,309.12	0.20	0.83	3.47	5.06	5.18	14.87	8.95	7.27	1.83	1.83	1.83
Difference		0.46	-0.01	0.68	0.74	3.71	5.04	3.54	5.21	0.29	0.29	0.29
* 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	7.34	1.90	1.64	11.16	-0.09	-2.39	4.16	1.59	12.75	0.75	-3.03	1.25	-1.08	-0.39	-0.17	2.10	1.53	0.45	13.20
NAV	5.18	1.21	2.36	8.97	1.65	-1.43	3.11	3.32	12.29	0.23	-0.61	0.86	0.48	0.12	-0.31	2.94	2.74	3.21	15.50
Difference	-2.15	-0.69	0.72	-2.20	1.75	0.96	-1.05	1.73	-0.46	-0.52	2.42	-0.39	1.56	0.51	-0.14	0.84	1.20	2.76	2.30
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	-1.93	1.65	1.27	-0.94	1.98	-7.25	1.85	1.58	-4.05	-2.07	-4.00
NAV	1.18	-2.30	-0.61	-1.75	1.79	1.81	-0.03	3.60	1.85	1.29	0.66	0.63	2.61	-2.75	0.09	-2.02	-4.62	-2.02	-0.17
Difference	3.81	0.65	0.20	4.51	-1.46	-0.44	1.15	-0.73	3.78	-0.36	-0.61	1.57	0.63	4.50	-1.76	-3.60	-0.58	0.06	3.84
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	6.95	0.49	-0.79	0.80	0.49	-0.46	-0.74	1.02	-0.19	0.30	7.25
NAV	1.46	1.56	0.52	3.58	1.37	1.27	0.17	2.83	6.41	1.25	0.54	0.47	2.27	0.62	0.66	0.66	1.95	4.22	10.63
Difference	-0.64	0.73	0.51	0.63	-1.07	-0.27	0.18	-1.17	-0.54	0.76	1.32	-0.32	1.78	1.08	1.40	-0.36	2.14	3.92	3.38
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	11.60	2.68	0.53	-1.61	1.56	-5.01	-1.71	0.69	-5.98	-4.43	7.17
NAV	-1.37	0.13	2.10	0.82	4.51	1.22	3.13	9.09	9.91	1.19	0.47	1.69	3.38	-0.75	-2.50	2.04	-1.26	2.12	12.03
Difference	1.24	-1.26	-1.72	-1.68	0.04	1.24	-1.32	-0.00	-1.69	-1.49	-0.05	3.30	1.82	4.26	-0.79	1.35	4.73	6.55	4.86
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	-8.15	-0.91	-4.17	-4.03	-8.87	6.68	-3.72	-0.92	1.76	-7.11	-15.26
NAV	-0.62	2.22	-0.60	0.98	1.06	0.69	-1.96	-0.24	0.74	0.43	-3.16	-2.49	-5.15	4.96	-2.06	-3.15	-0.44	-5.59	-4.85
Difference	1.43	0.71	1.16	3.29	0.31	2.08	3.26	5.60	8.89	1.35	1.01	1.55	3.72	-1.72	1.66	-2.23	-2.20	1.52	10.41

Performance Chart

Discount

Characteristics

PORTFOLIO Weighted Average Data
Discount 17.91%	1Yr Disc 13.17%	3Yr Disc 8.73%	5Yr Disc 5.03%	Rel Disc Range (3yr) 77.52%
Mkt Yield 7.63%	Lev Adj NAV Yield 7.14%	After Tax Yield* 6.45%	Est Tax Friction* 1.18%	3Yr NAV Volatiliy 7.35
1 Yr RoC 19.08%	3 Yr Dest RoC 5.77%	Leverage 30.94%	Non Lev Exp Ratio 1.99%	Beta (2yr) 0.39
Equity Exposure 30.90%	Bond Exposure 67.00%	# Holdings 33	Cash Weighted Duration 3.10
Comp NAV TR 3.33%	Comp Discount 17.01%	Net Assets (M) 776	Liquidity - 90d (K) 2,695
* 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

33 Funds

Ticker	Name	Sponsor	Allocation	Discount	Market Yield	RoC(1yr)	Leverage	Net Assets	Liquidity (90d)
GUT	Gabelli Util Tr	Gabelli	3.55	55.51	7.59	98.33	28.00	274	1,188
EDF	SH Emrg Mkt Incm Fd	Stone Harbor	3.46	50.99	15.75	61.31	6.26	149	1,403
ECC	Eagle Point Cr Co	Eagle Point	3.68	52.04	15.71	22.92	37.21	280	3,421
PCQ	PIMCO CA Muni Incm Fd	PIMCO	3.34	32.48	4.09	0.00	46.20	271	708
PML	PIMCO Muni Incm Fd II	PIMCO	3.39	21.28	4.60	0.00	46.12	795	1,713
DNP	DNP Sel Incm Fd	Duff & Phelps	3.49	17.37	6.07	30.13	24.63	3,292	4,615
PDI	PIMCO Dyn Incm Fd	PIMCO	3.51	20.04	8.08	0.00	38.64	1,579	5,765
PKO	PIMCO Incm Opp Fd	PIMCO	3.51	14.94	8.12	0.00	34.29	439	1,736
PMF	PIMCO Muni Incm Fd	PIMCO	3.50	13.04	4.22	3.78	45.41	351	869
PCM	PCM Fund	PIMCO	3.50	14.26	8.32	1.00	39.29	117	311
PSF	C&S Sel Pref & Incm Fd	Cohen & Steers	3.38	15.20	6.50	7.17	28.70	331	750
PDT	JH Prm Div Fd	John Hancock	3.50	11.86	6.43	20.29	33.73	791	1,522
PCK	PIMCO CA Muni Incm Fd II	PIMCO	3.40	7.20	3.91	4.89	44.64	294	473
CGO	Calamos Glbl Tot Rtn Fd	Calamos	3.47	8.74	8.85	69.38	32.79	108	334
ERH	WF Util & Hi Incm Fd	Wells Fargo	3.53	7.20	6.68	0.00	15.20	123	332
PCI	PIMCO Dyn Cr & Mortg Incm	PIMCO	3.45	9.08	8.31	0.00	43.94	3,222	11,039
ZTR	Virtus Glbl Div & Inc Fd	Virtus	3.51	6.00	11.81	79.65	27.42	512	1,542
IGI	WA Inv Grd Dfin Opp Tr	Legg Mason	3.31	3.51	4.15	0.61	0.00	232	474
FEN	FT Nrg Incm & Gwth Fd	First Trust	3.52	6.40	10.03	78.23	26.41	435	2,340
FFC	F&C Pref Sec Incm Fd	Flaherty & Crumrine	3.53	5.56	6.05	0.00	33.20	935	2,446
BST	BR Sci & Tech Tr	BlackRock	3.70	3.48	5.62	0.00	0.00	782	2,805
CHW	Calamos Glbl Dyn Incm Fd	Calamos	3.46	3.08	9.64	66.75	37.07	501	1,568
OIA	Invsc Muni Incm Opp Tr	Invesco	3.46	2.96	4.75	0.00	23.00	369	466
ASG	Liberty All-Star Gwth Fd	ALPS	3.69	6.28	7.49	0.00	0.00	245	1,020
MMD	MainStay MK DfinTrm Muni Opp	New York Life	3.57	5.28	4.69	0.00	36.80	570	1,115
TSLX	TPG Specialty Lending	TSL Advisers	1.60	30.98	7.12	0.00	43.52	1,112	4,734
MAIN	Main Street Cap Corp	Main Street Capital	1.61	84.38	5.51	0.00	39.77	1,535	10,714
ARCC	Ares Capital Corp	Ares	1.57	9.85	8.44	0.00	45.64	7,373	34,789
NEWT	Newtek Biz Serv Corp	Newtek	1.48	41.66	13.01	0.00	53.68	300	3,481
HRZN	Horizon Tech Fin Corp	Horizon Tech Fin	1.60	13.37	9.07	0.00	46.89	170	1,971
SUNS	Solar Senior Capital	Solar Capital	1.58	9.81	7.87	0.00	32.99	262	571
GLAD	Gladstone Cap Corp	Gladstone	1.61	26.28	8.09	1.49	40.64	249	1,664
GSBD	Goldman Sachs BDC	Goldman Sachs	1.57	25.27	8.46	0.00	50.03	685	3,000

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