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 | 1,002.10 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 2.31 | 4.89 | 5.73 | 14.59 | -4.42 | -2.67 | -0.77 | 0.71 | 3.84 | 7.88 | ||||||
NAV | 1,737.48 | -0.01 | 0.39 | 1.69 | 5.48 | 8.02 | 16.96 | 3.32 | 6.85 | 6.01 | 0.57 | 4.58 | 10.67 | ||||||
Difference | -0.06 | 0.35 | -0.61 | 0.59 | 2.29 | 2.37 | 7.75 | 9.52 | 6.77 | -0.14 | 0.75 | 2.79 | |||||||
* 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 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
NAV | 1.08 | 0.74 | 1.64 | 3.49 | -0.50 | 1.63 | 1.12 | 2.25 | 5.82 | 1.97 | 1.98 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Difference | 0.41 | -0.30 | 0.48 | 0.60 | 1.34 | -0.41 | 0.30 | 1.28 | 1.93 | -0.20 | 1.07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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 15.76% |
1Yr Disc 11.63% |
3Yr Disc 9.40% |
5Yr Disc 7.92% |
Rel Disc Range (3yr) 66.74% |
Mkt Yield 10.65% |
Lev Adj NAV Yield 9.78% |
After Tax Yield* 8.79% |
Est Tax Friction* 1.86% |
3Yr NAV Volatiliy 9.90 |
1 Yr RoC 36.80% |
3 Yr Dest RoC 26.51% |
Leverage 27.99% |
Non Lev Exp Ratio 1.99% |
Beta (2yr) 0.57 |
Equity Exposure 25.10% |
Bond Exposure 71.98% |
# Holdings 33 |
Cash Weighted Duration 2.13 |
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Comp NAV TR 2.67% |
Comp Discount 17.40% |
Net Assets (M) 920 |
Liquidity - 90d (K) 4,751 |
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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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GUT | Gabelli Util Tr | Gabelli | 3.10 | 73.70 | 11.21 | 93.17 | 25.00 | 231 | 1,205 |
FCO | abrdn Glbl Incm Fd | abrdn | 3.51 | 59.46 | 14.24 | 64.68 | 31.08 | 50 | 463 |
RCS | PIMCO Stgc Incm Fd | PIMCO | 4.13 | 64.75 | 8.24 | 4.45 | 34.72 | 209 | 1,189 |
PTY | PIMCO Corp & Incm Opp Fd | PIMCO | 3.45 | 23.28 | 9.97 | 17.87 | 17.47 | 1,943 | 8,267 |
GOF | Gghm Stgc Opp Fd | Guggenheim Funds | 3.57 | 28.58 | 14.16 | 55.97 | 17.89 | 1,791 | 12,154 |
CHI | Calamos Convt Opp & Incm | Calamos | 3.45 | 16.80 | 9.82 | 86.09 | 37.28 | 750 | 1,649 |
CRF | Cornerstone Tot Rtn Fd | Cornerstone | 3.48 | 16.18 | 15.75 | 59.39 | 0.00 | 776 | 5,642 |
MCN | Madison Cov Call & Eq Stgc | Madison | 3.24 | 5.64 | 9.86 | 55.06 | 0.00 | 146 | 267 |
ECC | Eagle Point Cr Co | Eagle Point | 3.39 | 15.02 | 17.14 | 0.00 | 23.01 | 875 | 9,966 |
HPS | JH Pref Incm Fd III | John Hancock | 3.59 | 10.73 | 7.95 | 26.30 | 36.91 | 479 | 739 |
VVR | Invsc Sr Incm Tr | Invesco | 3.36 | 6.05 | 12.26 | 15.71 | 32.98 | 608 | 2,814 |
PAXS | PIMCO Access Incm Fd | PIMCO | 3.57 | 5.10 | 11.02 | 16.01 | 42.86 | 684 | 2,948 |
PDO | PIMCO Dyn Incm Opp Fd | PIMCO | 3.62 | 5.79 | 11.05 | 17.21 | 41.02 | 1,556 | 6,878 |
MPV | Barings Partcp Invstr | Barings | 3.50 | 5.94 | 8.83 | 0.00 | 8.17 | 168 | 318 |
KIO | KKR Incm Opp Fd | KKR Credit | 3.65 | 7.76 | 10.00 | 0.00 | 35.27 | 367 | 1,779 |
JCE | Nuv Core Eq Alpha Fd | Nuveen | 3.46 | 1.41 | 8.49 | 51.59 | 0.00 | 240 | 686 |
ACP | abrdn Incm Cr Stgs Fd | abrdn | 3.35 | -2.39 | 18.35 | 41.33 | 30.70 | 772 | 4,201 |
EFT | EV Flt-Rt Incm Tr | Eaton Vance | 3.29 | -2.80 | 10.26 | 0.00 | 35.10 | 347 | 1,055 |
PGP | PIMCO Glbl Stk+ & Incm Fd | PIMCO | 3.69 | 2.03 | 10.29 | 13.04 | 18.01 | 91 | 387 |
BHK | BR Core Bnd Tr | BlackRock | 3.77 | 6.13 | 7.61 | 36.95 | 34.06 | 600 | 1,875 |
EFR | EV Sr Flt-Rt Tr | Eaton Vance | 3.34 | -1.62 | 9.91 | 2.14 | 33.50 | 378 | 1,093 |
ARDC | Ares Dyn Cr Alloc Fd | Ares | 3.51 | 2.90 | 9.25 | 0.00 | 36.00 | 339 | 1,460 |
BLW | BR Ltd Dur Incm Tr | BlackRock | 3.55 | 1.33 | 9.40 | 11.67 | 40.77 | 512 | 1,459 |
AWP | abrdn Glbl Prmr Prop Fd | abrdn | 4.07 | 1.57 | 10.60 | 70.13 | 17.79 | 381 | 1,844 |
EOI | EV Enh Eq Incm Fd | Eaton Vance | 3.48 | -1.20 | 8.13 | 6.33 | 0.00 | 807 | 1,701 |
HTGC | Hercules Capital | Hercules | 1.47 | 70.25 | 8.22 | 0.00 | 47.58 | 1,856 | 20,830 |
MAIN | Main Street Cap Corp | Main Street Capital | 1.52 | 68.36 | 5.86 | 0.00 | 44.34 | 2,595 | 18,785 |
CGBD | Carlyle Secured Lending | Carlyle | 1.52 | 3.13 | 9.15 | 0.00 | 51.50 | 862 | 3,533 |
GLAD | Gladstone Cap Corp | Gladstone | 1.53 | 15.26 | 8.51 | 0.00 | 41.24 | 439 | 2,564 |
CSWC | Cap Southwest Corp | Capital Southwest | 1.46 | 52.29 | 9.18 | 0.00 | 47.63 | 778 | 6,009 |
BXSL | Blackstone Secur Lending Fd | Blackstone | 1.52 | 10.89 | 10.22 | 0.00 | 51.69 | 5,464 | 28,981 |
ARCC | Ares Capital Corp | Ares | 1.47 | 3.72 | 9.44 | 0.00 | 49.67 | 12,362 | 65,049 |
MSDL | MS Direct Lending Fd | MS Cap Patnr Advis | 1.42 | -3.17 | 9.92 | 0.00 | 45.53 | 1,861 | 3,752 |