11. Alternative Income Index

About the Index

All funds in index must be monthly or quarterly paying funds that have a 6%+ with 65%+ of the yield paid February to October (seeking to avoid large year-end dividends to cause inclusion in the index, and not counting special dividends in this calculation for yield). (1) 15% allocation to all the funds in the Hybrid / Balanced Index, equal weight (2) 15% allocation to all the funds in the Multisector Bond Index, equal weight. (3) 14% allocation to funds in the Equity Income Index (non MLP/Non REIT) 1/3 of funds from the index (after MLP/REIT removal) ranked by lowest daily NAV correlation over the past 6 months to the Equity Income Index NAV, equal weight. (4) 14% allocation to funds in the Taxable Bond and BDC Index (non BDC or Multisector funds) 1/4 of the funds from the index (after BDC / Multisector fund removal) ranked by lowest daily NAV correlation in the past 6 months to the Taxable Bond and BDC Index's NAV, equal weight. (5) 10% allocation to the 10 most liquid as measured by 90 day average trade volume for the BDCs in our BDC index while allowing only 1 BDC per Fund Sponsor, equal weight. (6) 10% allocation to the 10 most liquid as measured by 90 day average trade volume for the MLP funds in our MLP index while only allowing 1 MLP fund per Fund Sponsor, equal weight. (7) 8% allocation to 1/2 of the REIT / Real Asset Funds in our index with the lowest 6 month NAV correlation to the Index's NAV while allowing only 1 fund per Fund Sponsor (lowest correlation), equal weight. (8) 8% allocation to any non-BDC CEFs that report a quarterly NAV, equal weight. (9) 6% allocation to the 5 Preferred Equity funds in our Preferred Equity Index with the lowest 6 month NAV correlation to the Preferred Equity Index's NAV while allowing only 1 fund per Fund Sponsor (lowest correlation), equal weight. 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	1,479.62	-2.26	-3.88	-0.58	-3.37	-0.43	16.28	9.32	7.61	7.89	-2.89	-2.89	-2.89
NAV	1,456.08	-0.73	-1.82	-0.75	-1.43	1.19	11.26	9.17	7.54	7.89	-2.26	-2.26	-2.26
Difference		1.53	2.05	-0.17	1.94	1.61	-5.02	-0.15	-0.07	0.00	0.63	0.63	0.63
* 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 (%)
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Q1	Apr	May	Jun	Q2	1H	Jul	Aug	Sep	Q3	Oct	Nov	Dec	Q4	2H	2021
Price	2.60	4.69	3.50	11.17	4.53	2.38	2.07	9.23	21.43	-0.08	1.33	-2.59	-1.38	4.64	-2.56	1.41	3.40	3.40	23.84
NAV	1.30	2.19	2.26	5.86	2.98	1.80	1.21	6.10	12.32	0.65	1.50	-1.38	0.75	2.26	-1.64	2.28	2.87	2.87	16.41
Difference	-1.30	-2.49	-1.24	-5.31	-1.55	-0.58	-0.86	-3.13	-9.11	0.74	0.16	1.22	2.13	-2.39	0.92	0.86	-0.53	-0.53	-7.43
2020 - Monthly Performance (%)
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Q1	Apr	May	Jun	Q2	1H	Jul	Aug	Sep	Q3	Oct	Nov	Dec	Q4	2H	2020
Price	1.44	-10.30	-29.32	-35.68	15.28	5.11	0.19	21.41	-21.91	2.71	4.11	-3.64	3.03	-1.22	13.70	4.03	16.84	20.38	-5.99
NAV	0.16	-4.81	-19.88	-23.61	10.34	2.71	0.29	13.65	-13.19	3.29	2.42	-1.40	4.32	-0.14	7.57	4.06	11.77	16.59	1.22
Difference	-1.29	5.48	9.44	12.07	-4.95	-2.40	0.09	-7.76	8.72	0.59	-1.68	2.24	1.28	1.08	-6.13	0.02	-5.07	-3.79	7.21
2019 - Monthly Performance (%)
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Q1	Apr	May	Jun	Q2	1H	Jul	Aug	Sep	Q3	Oct	Nov	Dec	Q4	2H	2019
Price	11.63	1.90	1.41	15.34	2.21	-2.42	3.87	3.60	19.50	1.61	-2.20	2.13	1.50	0.44	0.19	2.40	3.04	4.58	24.97
NAV	6.70	1.40	1.92	10.27	1.10	-1.37	2.82	2.53	13.06	0.56	-0.87	1.23	0.91	0.26	0.20	2.81	3.28	4.22	17.84
Difference	-4.93	-0.49	0.51	-5.07	-1.11	1.05	-1.05	-1.07	-6.44	-1.06	1.33	-0.90	-0.58	-0.18	0.01	0.41	0.24	-0.36	-7.14
2018 - Monthly Performance (%)
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Q1	Apr	May	Jun	Q2	1H	Jul	Aug	Sep	Q3	Oct	Nov	Dec	Q4	2H	2018
Price	1.05	-2.84	-0.61	-2.42	2.52	1.49	0.05	4.10	1.58	2.60	0.89	-1.21	2.25	-7.13	0.69	-6.11	-12.21	-10.23	-8.81
NAV	2.01	-3.24	-0.92	-2.21	1.49	1.17	-0.24	2.42	0.16	2.19	0.90	-0.15	2.95	-3.57	0.01	-3.76	-7.18	-4.44	-4.29
Difference	0.96	-0.40	-0.32	0.21	-1.03	-0.32	-0.29	-1.67	-1.42	-0.41	0.01	1.07	0.70	3.56	-0.68	2.36	5.03	5.79	4.53
2017 - Monthly Performance (%)
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Q1	Apr	May	Jun	Q2	1H	Jul	Aug	Sep	Q3	Oct	Nov	Dec	Q4	2H	2017
Price	4.56	3.30	0.79	8.85	2.73	-0.23	0.44	2.95	12.06	1.97	-0.94	1.43	2.45	-0.87	-1.20	2.13	0.03	2.49	14.85
NAV	2.31	1.85	0.63	4.86	1.08	0.49	0.71	2.30	7.27	1.65	-0.02	0.61	2.24	0.15	0.35	1.71	2.22	4.51	12.11
Difference	-2.25	-1.45	-0.15	-4.00	-1.65	0.72	0.28	-0.65	-4.79	-0.32	0.92	-0.82	-0.21	1.02	1.54	-0.42	2.18	2.02	-2.74
2016 - Monthly Performance (%)
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Q1	Apr	May	Jun	Q2	1H	Jul	Aug	Sep	Q3	Oct	Nov	Dec	Q4	2H	2016
Price	-5.47	0.24	7.84	2.19	4.64	0.74	3.43	9.03	11.42	4.34	2.37	-0.17	6.63	-2.74	0.72	1.93	-0.15	6.47	18.63
NAV	-3.91	-0.74	4.48	-0.34	3.57	1.33	3.17	8.27	7.90	2.75	0.80	2.01	5.65	-1.34	-0.14	2.28	0.76	6.46	14.86
Difference	1.56	-0.97	-3.35	-2.53	-1.08	0.59	-0.26	-0.77	-3.52	-1.59	-1.57	2.18	-0.98	1.40	-0.87	0.35	0.91	-0.01	-3.76
2015 - Monthly Performance (%)
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Q1	Apr	May	Jun	Q2	1H	Jul	Aug	Sep	Q3	Oct	Nov	Dec	Q4	2H	2015
Price	0.55	3.10	-1.29	2.33	2.07	-0.84	-4.86	-3.70	-1.45	-1.93	-3.19	-5.42	-10.20	7.13	-2.06	-3.19	1.57	-8.79	-10.11
NAV	0.06	2.09	-0.37	1.77	1.82	-0.27	-2.32	-0.81	0.95	-0.29	-3.12	-4.35	-7.60	4.18	-1.71	-3.84	-1.54	-9.02	-8.16
Difference	-0.49	-1.01	0.92	-0.56	-0.25	0.57	2.53	2.89	2.40	1.64	0.07	1.07	2.60	-2.95	0.35	-0.65	-3.11	-0.23	1.96
2014 - Monthly Performance (%)
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Q1	Apr	May	Jun	Q2	1H	Jul	Aug	Sep	Q3	Oct	Nov	Dec	Q4	2H	2014
Price	1.10	3.33	0.14	4.62	2.37	2.70	2.78	8.06	13.05	-2.51	2.99	-3.85	-3.45	1.13	0.81	-3.03	-1.14	-4.55	7.90
NAV	0.67	2.68	1.40	4.81	1.55	2.07	2.72	6.47	11.59	-1.09	2.32	-2.29	-1.11	0.19	0.21	-2.15	-1.75	-2.84	8.43
Difference	-0.43	-0.66	1.25	0.19	-0.82	-0.62	-0.07	-1.58	-1.46	1.42	-0.67	1.56	2.34	-0.94	-0.60	0.89	-0.60	1.72	0.52
2013 - Monthly Performance (%)
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Q1	Apr	May	Jun	Q2	1H	Jul	Aug	Sep	Q3	Oct	Nov	Dec	Q4	2H	2013
Price	5.48	1.31	1.95	8.95	1.81	-2.32	-2.02	-2.56	6.16	0.01	-2.84	1.68	-1.20	2.98	0.23	1.53	4.79	3.53	9.92
NAV	3.58	0.52	2.00	6.20	1.83	-0.73	-2.50	-1.44	4.67	1.73	-1.82	2.46	2.34	2.50	0.42	1.50	4.47	6.91	11.90
Difference	-1.90	-0.80	0.05	-2.75	0.01	1.59	-0.48	1.12	-1.49	1.73	1.02	0.78	3.54	-0.48	0.19	-0.03	-0.32	3.38	1.99
2012 - Monthly Performance (%)
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Q1	Apr	May	Jun	Q2	1H	Jul	Aug	Sep	Q3	Oct	Nov	Dec	Q4	2H	2012
Price	8.05	3.70	-0.68	11.28	0.28	-3.41	4.01	0.75	12.12	3.03	2.85	2.39	8.50	-0.05	-0.93	0.24	-0.75	7.69	20.74
NAV	3.61	2.64	0.65	7.04	0.44	-3.63	3.89	0.56	7.64	2.46	1.53	1.30	5.38	0.53	0.01	2.79	3.34	8.89	17.22
Difference	-4.43	-1.06	1.33	-4.24	0.16	-0.22	-0.12	-0.19	-4.48	-0.57	-1.32	-1.09	-3.12	0.58	0.94	2.55	4.08	1.20	-3.53

Performance Chart

Discount

Characteristics

PORTFOLIO Weighted Average Data
Discount 2.19%	1Yr Disc 2.93%	3Yr Disc 1.29%	5Yr Disc 0.64%	Rel Disc Range (3yr) 66.44%
Mkt Yield 8.98%	Lev Adj NAV Yield 7.51%	After Tax Yield* 7.36%	Est Tax Friction* 1.62%	3Yr NAV Volatiliy 20.39
1 Yr RoC 38.29%	3 Yr Dest RoC 17.94%	Leverage 26.47%	Non Lev Exp Ratio 2.42%	Beta (2yr) 0.99
Equity Exposure 49.62%	Bond Exposure 48.65%	# Holdings 66	Cash Weighted Duration 1.27
Comp NAV TR 2.46%	Comp Discount 5.06%	Net Assets (M) 1,079	Liquidity - 90d (K) 5,398
* 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

66 Funds

Ticker	Name	Sponsor	Allocation	Discount	Market Yield	RoC(1yr)	Leverage	Net Assets	Liquidity (90d)
CPZ	Calamos Lng-Srt Eq & Dyn Incm	Calamos	1.53	-7.36	8.39	0.00	22.87	424	1,311
CSQ	Calamos Stgc Tot Rtn Fd	Calamos	1.32	-0.81	7.20	2.47	28.45	2,719	3,466
ZTR	Virtus Tot Rtn Fd	Virtus	1.46	3.67	10.30	79.06	26.00	430	1,186
FOF	C&S CE Opp Fd	Cohen&Steers	1.35	1.51	7.76	61.48	0.00	362	805
GLV	Clough Glbl Div & Incm Fd	Clough	1.36	-0.90	11.03	31.68	36.09	112	571
CGO	Calamos Glbl Tot Rtn Fd	Calamos	1.37	0.71	8.46	0.00	31.98	133	312
TEAF	Ecofin Susble & Soc Impact Trm	Tortoise	1.50	-12.92	6.45	7.78	9.40	231	762
CHW	Calamos Glbl Dyn Incm Fd	Calamos	1.38	1.65	9.11	0.00	31.99	547	1,289
RIV	RiverNorth Opp Fd	RiverNorth	2.76	1.46	12.73	10.82	10.79	276	2,612
SCD	LMP Cap & Incm Fd	Franklin Templeton	1.36	-10.52	7.46	70.85	18.60	279	636
GLO	Clough Glbl Opp Fd	Clough	1.35	-0.61	11.67	0.00	37.24	398	2,688
BIT	BR Mlt-Sctr Incm Tr	BlackRock	1.26	-4.08	8.89	33.92	35.29	655	1,973
BTZ	BR Cr Alloc Incm Tr	BlackRock	1.26	-5.23	7.22	15.26	29.22	1,376	3,093
RA	Brkf Real Ast Incm Fd	Brookfield	1.33	5.52	11.56	56.55	29.56	943	4,764
PDI	PIMCO Dyn Incm Fd	PIMCO	1.31	3.80	10.64	2.05	42.80	5,272	20,088
GOF	Gghm Stgc Opp Fd	Guggenheim Funds	1.34	12.79	12.03	50.35	30.15	1,577	11,456
AWF	AB Glbl Hi Incm Fd	AllianceBernstein	1.27	-10.33	6.96	2.11	25.88	1,086	2,176
PFN	PIMCO Incm Stgy Fd II	PIMCO	1.31	2.45	9.38	12.42	33.75	701	2,941
PFL	PIMCO Incm Stgy Fd	PIMCO	1.30	2.36	9.37	15.47	34.50	354	1,568
HFRO	Highland Incm Fd	Highland Capital	1.34	-22.06	8.49	0.00	13.98	997	3,065
DSL	DbLin Incm Solutions Fd	Doubleline	1.29	-8.02	8.59	0.00	29.10	1,704	8,179
PHK	PIMCO Hi Incm Fd	PIMCO	1.35	6.68	9.49	12.07	34.62	765	3,058
FINS	Angel Oak Fin Stgs Incm Trm Tr	Angel Oak	1.27	-9.38	8.17	40.69	31.50	357	1,518
CRF	Cornerstone Tot Rtn Fd	Cornerstone	1.22	48.88	15.63	32.68	0.00	566	9,942
CLM	Cornerstone Stgc Val Fd	Cornerstone	1.23	49.14	15.64	44.19	0.00	1,116	19,928
HQH	Tekla Health Invstr	Tekla	1.15	-0.23	9.44	36.20	0.00	983	2,843
UTG	Reaves Util Incm Fd	W.H. Reaves	1.20	1.19	6.88	0.00	17.20	2,136	7,418
HGLB	Highland Glbl Alloc Fd	Highland Capital	1.34	-18.78	10.13	0.00	10.32	261	1,014
DNP	DNP Sel Incm Fd	Virtus	1.28	13.51	7.14	35.90	25.00	3,304	4,975
BMEZ	BR Health Sci Tr II	BlackRock	1.02	-8.43	8.53	0.00	N/A	2,511	5,188
THW	Tekla Wld Health Fd	Tekla	1.14	2.38	9.57	98.82	17.50	532	1,584
GGN	GAMCO Glbl Gd NtrRes Incm	Gabelli	1.26	-5.09	9.65	68.89	13.00	605	2,208
GUT	Gabelli Util Tr	Gabelli	1.26	99.27	7.33	94.17	27.00	260	811
IHD	Voya Emrg Mkt Hi Div Eq Fd	Voya	1.29	-9.22	10.16	78.25	0.00	149	543
PCF	Hi Incm Sec Fd	Hi Incm Sec Fd	1.44	-5.31	10.68	3.71	0.00	48	1,429
XFLT	XAI Octgn Flt Rt & Alt Incm Trm	XA Investments	1.53	9.65	9.76	0.00	39.47	247	2,136
PPT	Putnam Prmr Incm Tr	Putnam	1.47	-6.39	7.61	58.11	0.00	448	1,212
BKT	BR Incm Tr	BlackRock	1.45	-3.60	7.72	30.16	24.17	355	1,544
MIN	MFS Imd Incm Tr	MFS	1.43	-3.98	9.04	60.13	0.00	408	1,319
PDT	JH Prm Div Fd	John Hancock	2.72	8.26	7.25	12.58	33.79	727	1,314
JQC	Nuv Cr Stgs Incm Fd	Nuveen	1.51	-6.24	7.15	50.47	36.99	934	4,651
FAX	Abd Asia-Pacific Incm Fd	Aberdeen	1.46	-12.44	9.02	44.03	32.76	1,035	4,274
JFR	Nuv Flt Rt Incm Fd	Nuveen	1.52	-2.30	6.82	8.26	36.36	595	2,436
GBAB	Gghm Taxable Muni Bnd & Inv Grd Dbt	Guggenheim Funds	1.38	-2.79	6.99	17.55	28.61	482	1,348
ARCC	Ares Capital Corp	Ares	1.07	13.39	7.81	0.00	52.17	8,533	60,738
FSK	FS KKR Capital Corp	FS/KKR	1.14	-20.85	11.55	0.00	51.21	7,734	33,636
PSEC	Prospect Capital Corp	Prospect Capital	1.10	-16.11	8.48	0.00	37.61	3,945	15,853
HTGC	Hercules Capital	Hercules	1.11	47.40	7.76	0.00	50.47	1,337	18,304
GBDC	Golub Capital BDC	Golub Capital	1.08	1.45	7.79	0.00	49.74	2,583	10,890
GSBD	Goldman Sachs BDC	Goldman Sachs	1.10	21.80	9.28	0.00	48.94	1,621	8,977
NEWT	Newtek Biz Serv Corp	Newtek	1.03	62.05	9.89	0.00	47.28	391	5,537
OCSL	Oaktree Splty Lending	Oaktree Capital	1.08	2.06	8.34	0.00	48.12	1,313	7,010
TSLX	Sixth St Splty Lending	Sixth St Splty Lending	1.10	36.09	7.01	0.00	45.24	1,256	6,463
AINV	Apollo Inv Corp	Apollo	1.13	-19.60	9.60	0.00	59.58	1,034	5,262
KYN	KA Nrg Infra Fd	Kayne Anderson	1.13	-14.59	8.79	100.00	28.33	1,178	5,263
TYG	Tortoise Nrg Infra Corp	Tortoise	1.13	-18.18	9.79	100.00	24.00	423	2,209
CEM	CB MLP & Midstream Fd	Franklin Templeton	1.16	-17.17	6.68	82.20	30.03	470	1,836
FEI	FT MLP & Nrg Incm Fd	First Trust	1.13	-9.17	7.97	38.41	21.06	375	1,656
GER	GS MLP & Nrg Renaissance Fd	Goldman Sachs	1.15	-20.32	6.06	4.22	9.92	221	818
JRI	Nuv Rel-Ast Incm & Gwth Fd	Nuveen	4.06	-10.56	7.68	31.32	29.29	463	1,561
IGR	CBRE Clr Glbl Rel-Est Incm Fd	CBRE Invst Mgmt	3.74	-10.58	7.10	50.17	20.36	1,102	2,234
LDP	C&S Ltd Dur Pref & Incm Fd	Cohen&Steers	1.20	-2.20	6.61	0.00	29.30	725	1,192
JPS	Nuv Pref & Incm Sec Fd	Nuveen	1.22	-4.50	6.64	0.00	36.55	1,964	4,586
FFC	F&C Pref Sec Incm Fd	Flaherty & Crumrine	1.27	2.47	7.03	0.00	33.90	978	1,983
FPF	FT Imd Dur Pref & Incm Fd	First Trust	1.23	-4.83	6.63	0.21	30.95	1,474	2,022
OXLC	Oxford Lane Cap Corp	Oxford Lane	9.00	16.11	11.25	0.00	25.23	810	11,063

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