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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.

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 1,967.03 0.48 1.01 -0.23 5.15 26.40 14.96 3.52 9.53 8.79 -0.98 -0.98 6.63
NAV 1,362.92 0.36 0.90 -0.31 3.84 17.79 9.52 0.28 3.32 4.01 -0.80 -0.80 3.46
Difference -0.13 -0.11 -0.09 -1.31 -8.60 -5.44 -3.24 -6.21 -4.78 0.18 0.18 -3.17
* 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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
NAV 0.05 1.58 2.62 4.30 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Difference -1.78 -0.45 -1.03 -3.40 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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
-16.13%
1Yr Disc
-14.57%
3Yr Disc
-10.00%
5Yr Disc
-10.39%
Rel Disc Range (3yr)
20.62%
Mkt Yield
7.97%
Lev Adj NAV Yield
5.55%
After Tax Yield*
7.13%
Est Tax Friction*
0.84%
3Yr NAV Volatiliy
12.83
1 Yr RoC
50.68%
3 Yr Dest RoC
28.86%
Leverage
21.07%
Non Lev Exp Ratio
1.99%
Beta (2yr)
0.74
Equity Exposure
48.00%
Bond Exposure
48.39%
# Holdings
60
Cash Weighted Duration
3.25
Comp NAV TR
-0.88%
Comp Discount
-8.10%
Net Assets (M)
625
Liquidity - 90d (K)
1,713
* 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 1.62 -49.88 7.16 0.00 16.14 879 1,988
HGLB Highland Glbl Alloc Fd NexPoint 1.60 -38.96 14.01 0.00 3.11 258 513
STEW SRH Tot Rtn Fd Paralel Advisors 1.68 -22.77 3.85 33.55 11.11 1,795 1,032
TYG Tortoise Nrg Infra Corp Tortoise 1.81 -18.44 8.97 42.07 21.50 418 1,403
IIF MS India Inv Fd Morgan Stanley 1.80 -19.24 6.98 0.00 0.00 287 914
NTG Tortoise Midstream Nrg Fd Tortoise 1.80 -18.25 7.91 46.63 18.90 242 464
GAM General American Invstr General American Inv 1.75 -18.72 5.76 0.00 13.35 1,344 906
TTP Tortoise Pip & Nrg Fd Tortoise 1.80 -17.12 7.31 81.63 17.80 78 246
GLO Clough Glbl Opp Fd Clough 1.71 -18.98 11.73 99.90 28.61 260 751
PEO Adams Ntr Res Fd Adams Funds 1.80 -16.74 5.76 0.00 0.00 718 780
CAF MS China A Shr Fd Morgan Stanley 1.79 -17.79 1.00 0.00 0.00 258 718
GLV Clough Glbl Div & Incm Fd Clough 1.70 -17.74 11.73 95.91 28.64 82 290
GLQ Clough Glbl Eq Fd Clough 1.71 -18.05 11.47 99.48 28.67 145 419
ASA ASA Gd & Prcs Mtl Merk Investments 1.99 -17.06 0.23 0.00 0.00 401 1,169
ECF Ellsworth Gwth & Incm Fd Gabelli 1.69 -16.59 6.72 10.79 24.00 128 431
AEF abrdn Emrg Mkt Eq Incm Fd abrdn 1.76 -15.15 7.14 88.02 10.32 301 516
HQL abrdn Life Sci Invstr abrdn 1.68 -14.61 12.03 65.56 0.00 407 1,367
HQH abrdn Health Invstr abrdn 1.69 -14.60 11.94 67.98 0.00 931 2,575
TDF Tmp Dragon Fd Franklin Templeton 1.85 -15.35 0.00 N/A 0.00 246 443
AOD abrdn Tot Dyn Div Fd abrdn 1.71 -15.10 8.58 32.28 2.57 998 2,245
NML NB Nrg Infra & Incm Fd Neuberger Berman 1.79 -13.34 9.38 100.00 18.85 488 1,811
DMB BNY Mellon Muni Bnd Infra Fd BNY Mellon 1.70 -14.91 3.60 0.00 31.05 216 651
NPCT Nuv Core Plus Impact Fd Nuveen 1.73 -13.22 10.94 60.44 35.67 333 899
PCK PIMCO CA Muni Incm Fd II PIMCO 1.75 -12.98 4.53 47.39 41.77 211 410
VKI Invsc Adv Muni Incm Tr II Invesco 1.71 -14.00 5.09 2.79 37.00 425 859
IDE Voya Infra Ind & Matrls Fd Voya 1.75 -12.69 11.79 6.99 0.00 177 376
FT Frk Univ Tr Franklin Templeton 1.75 -13.21 7.76 0.00 23.77 190 384
BGR BR Nrg & Res Tr BlackRock 1.78 -13.46 5.90 42.80 0.00 424 1,006
RA Brkf Real Ast Incm Fd Brookfield 1.73 -13.72 11.32 50.29 17.27 804 2,992
SABA Saba Cap Incm & Opp Fd II Saba Capital 1.73 -14.22 9.30 38.83 0.00 246 1,016
NUW Nuv AMT-Fr Muni Val Fd Nuveen 1.77 -10.66 3.78 0.00 0.72 271 554
BTT BR Muni 2030 Tgt Trm Tr BlackRock 1.73 -12.93 2.71 0.00 34.44 1,563 2,763
VGI Virtus Glbl Mlt-Sctr Incm Fd Virtus 1.68 -13.25 13.20 75.07 30.47 95 323
PMO Putnam Muni Opp Tr Putnam 1.70 -12.56 4.31 30.98 27.00 350 863
PMM Putnam Mgd Muni Incm Tr Putnam 1.73 -11.25 4.89 29.06 24.00 304 661
PCQ PIMCO CA Muni Incm Fd PIMCO 1.71 -12.15 4.78 50.51 42.10 195 516
NIE Virtus Eq & Convt Incm Fd Virtus 1.73 -10.50 9.13 56.64 0.00 678 1,532
NIM Nuv Sel Maturities Muni Fd Nuveen 1.75 -10.79 3.53 0.00 0.00 123 278
EOT EV Nat Muni Opp Tr Eaton Vance 1.73 -10.06 4.61 0.00 12.10 283 558
JPC Nuv Pref & Incm Opp Fd Nuveen 1.74 -10.24 8.13 0.00 37.72 2,495 5,654
NMCO Nuv Muni Cr Opp Fd Nuveen 1.71 -11.58 5.91 0.92 40.65 630 1,679
JHI JH Invstr Tr John Hancock 1.76 -8.93 6.12 0.00 40.47 126 391
BXMX Nuv S&P 500 By-Wrt Inc Fd Nuveen 1.73 -11.87 7.45 42.99 0.00 1,501 2,407
BRW Saba Cap Incm & Opp Fd Saba Capital 1.73 -9.17 14.31 83.23 20.98 334 1,298
ETJ EV Risk-Mgd Divr Eq Incm Fd Eaton Vance 1.73 -8.08 9.54 38.82 0.00 600 1,527
SPXX Nuv S&P 500 Dyn Owrt Fd Nuveen 1.75 -9.70 7.71 50.25 0.00 304 708
QQQX Nuv Nasdaq 100 Dyn Owrt Fd Nuveen 1.71 -10.89 7.30 37.64 0.00 1,260 2,834
DHY CS Hi Yld Bnd Fd Credit Suisse 1.78 -6.48 9.21 0.00 26.17 224 1,097
PPT Putnam Prmr Incm Tr Putnam 1.75 -7.75 9.04 28.94 0.00 360 566
MCR MFS Charter Incm Tr MFS 1.71 -8.48 8.93 31.67 25.00 285 396
EQS Equus Total Return Equus 1.30 -57.75 0.00 N/A 48.06 48 23
ICMB Investcorp Cr Mgmt BDC Investcorp 1.38 -40.69 14.77 0.00 60.18 79 96
PSBD Palmer Sq Cap BDC Palmer Sq BDC Advis 1.31 -4.25 10.23 0.00 57.21 559 1,111
PSEC Prospect Capital Corp Prospect Capital 1.22 -40.92 13.66 0.00 51.03 3,693 11,288
MRCC Monroe Capital Corp Monroe Capital 1.28 -22.13 13.66 0.00 59.26 204 495
TCPC BR TCP Capital Corp BlackRock 1.22 -15.21 13.48 0.00 58.19 1,019 5,038
SAR Saratoga Inv Corp Saratoga 1.30 -13.06 12.25 0.00 67.73 374 1,672
CION CION Inv Corp CION Inv Mgmt 1.31 -29.51 11.89 0.00 60.69 874 3,488
WHF WhiteHorse Finance H.I.G. Capital 1.36 -5.36 11.94 0.00 52.88 317 1,000
FSK FS KKR Capital Corp FS/KKR 1.33 -20.97 13.24 0.00 53.16 6,850 32,855

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