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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. We manually have removed DXYZ from firm benchmarks.

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 2,457.85 0.80 2.73 4.99 5.67 9.96 17.77 13.85 15.97 11.01 4.99 0.80 9.96
NAV 1,551.42 0.37 1.50 3.17 3.51 3.86 10.60 8.59 7.33 4.78 3.17 0.37 3.86
Difference -0.44 -1.23 -1.83 -2.16 -6.10 -7.18 -5.26 -8.63 -6.22 -1.83 -0.44 -6.10
* Periods greater than 1 Year are annualized.      ** On Inception Date (Dec. 30, 2016), Index Price was $1,000 and NAV was $1,000.00
2025 - Monthly Performance (%)
Jan Feb Mar Q1 Apr May Jun Q2 1H Jul Aug Sep Q3 Oct Nov Dec Q4 2H 2025
Price 4.95 1.50 -2.31 4.07 -1.42 2.09 4.15 4.82 9.09 - - - - - - - - - -
NAV 1.39 0.76 -1.78 0.34 -1.09 1.43 2.79 3.13 3.48 - - - - - - - - - -
Difference -3.56 -0.74 0.53 -3.72 0.33 -0.66 -1.37 -1.70 -5.60 - - - - - - - - - -
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 -1.08 3.38 2.56 4.88 12.95 3.74 1.09 2.45 7.44 -1.50 3.34 -1.90 -0.15 7.28 21.16
NAV 0.05 1.58 2.62 4.30 -0.99 1.74 1.42 2.16 6.55 2.28 1.26 1.78 5.41 -1.31 2.67 -0.36 0.96 6.42 13.39
Difference -1.78 -0.45 -1.03 -3.40 0.08 -1.63 -1.14 -2.72 -6.40 -1.46 0.17 -0.67 -2.03 0.19 -0.67 1.54 1.10 -0.86 -7.78
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
-11.78%
1Yr Disc
-10.49%
3Yr Disc
-10.69%
5Yr Disc
-8.95%
Rel Disc Range (3yr)
41.88%
Mkt Yield
7.97%
Lev Adj NAV Yield
5.56%
After Tax Yield*
7.26%
Est Tax Friction*
0.71%
3Yr NAV Volatiliy
11.60
1 Yr RoC
31.71%
3 Yr Dest RoC
19.45%
Leverage
27.58%
Non Lev Exp Ratio
1.74%
Beta (2yr)
0.88
Equity Exposure
32.94%
Bond Exposure
64.64%
# Holdings
53
Cash Weighted Duration
6.35
Comp NAV TR
0.08%
Comp Discount
-7.18%
Net Assets (M)
590
Liquidity - 90d (K)
1,520
* 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


53 Funds

Ticker Name Sponsor Allocation Discount Market Yield RoC(1yr) Leverage Net Assets Liquidity (90d)
CET Cntrl Sec Corp Central Securities 2.02 -16.87 4.80 0.00 0.00 1,668 1,428
RMT Royce Micro-Cap Tr Franklin Templeton 2.05 -11.90 7.66 0.00 0.37 551 1,464
VFL abrdn Nat Muni Incm Fd abrdn 2.04 -10.56 6.16 0.34 42.69 134 365
ZTR Virtus Tot Rtn Fd Virtus 2.03 -11.35 9.60 66.33 29.88 392 1,145
IAF abrdn Australia Eq Fd abrdn 2.04 -10.34 10.64 51.35 6.66 141 273
SWZ Swiss Helvetia Fd Schroder 2.02 -11.72 9.21 6.38 0.00 93 485
CHW Calamos Glbl Dyn Incm Fd Calamos 2.02 -10.30 8.40 0.00 27.54 508 1,192
PCK PIMCO CA Muni Incm Fd II PIMCO 2.05 -9.97 4.76 13.72 43.07 194 602
MFM MFS Muni Incm Tr MFS 2.01 -11.05 5.59 0.00 32.08 238 858
PNI PIMCO NY Muni Incm Fd II PIMCO 2.03 -10.62 5.26 22.97 43.47 84 327
ASA ASA Gd & Prcs Mtl Merk Investments 2.08 -8.44 0.15 0.00 0.00 674 2,195
NBH NB Muni Fd Neuberger Berman 2.03 -10.01 6.57 29.37 40.77 326 1,032
SBI WA Imd Muni Fd Franklin Templeton 2.05 -9.55 6.65 40.08 28.22 118 518
PZC PIMCO CA Muni Incm Fd III PIMCO 2.04 -10.07 5.66 26.30 43.17 156 519
PNF PIMCO NY Muni Incm Fd PIMCO 2.03 -10.03 5.74 30.60 40.04 61 260
RVT Royce Small-Cap Tr Franklin Templeton 2.05 -9.70 7.60 0.00 1.77 1,989 4,184
BNY BR NY Muni Incm Tr BlackRock 2.04 -9.31 6.28 21.01 42.15 259 519
MHD BR MuniHldg Fd BlackRock 2.03 -9.52 6.36 15.95 39.93 647 1,054
RMMZ RivNth Mgd Dur Muni Incm Fd II RiverNorth 2.03 -9.49 8.08 77.34 41.00 132 414
PCF Hi Incm Sec Fd Hi Incm Sec Fd 2.04 -8.56 11.10 31.62 0.00 131 441
MUC BR MuniHldg CA Qlty Fd BlackRock 2.03 -9.44 6.20 17.32 40.81 1,077 2,379
MUE BR MuniHldg Qlty Fd II BlackRock 2.04 -9.25 6.37 17.89 40.13 232 765
MVF BR MuniVest Fd BlackRock 2.04 -9.08 6.54 15.61 41.49 417 753
MYD BR MuniYld Fd BlackRock 2.03 -9.21 6.51 17.47 40.34 506 1,336
MPA BR MuniYld PA Qlty Fd BlackRock 2.02 -9.59 7.37 28.57 39.93 154 608
BWG BwGlobal Glbl Incm Opp Fd Franklin Templeton 2.05 -8.63 11.48 29.91 40.23 154 723
HQH abrdn Health Invstr abrdn 2.05 -8.07 13.73 49.59 0.00 936 3,434
RMM RivNth Mgd Dur Muni Incm Fd RiverNorth 2.03 -8.80 8.06 70.65 40.40 292 956
PMO Putnam Muni Opp Tr Putnam 2.03 -8.20 4.73 5.83 32.70 321 848
NIE Virtus Eq & Convt Incm Fd Virtus 2.01 -8.38 8.39 0.00 0.00 721 1,595
MYI BR MuniYld Qlty Fd III BlackRock 2.04 -8.10 6.31 19.31 40.59 763 2,239
RSF RivNth Cap & Income Fd RiverNorth 2.02 -8.77 11.18 0.00 43.40 53 443
ASG Liberty All-Star Gwth Fd ALPS 2.02 -6.97 7.31 0.00 0.00 354 1,290
NIM Nuv Sel Maturities Muni Fd Nuveen 2.05 -6.72 3.60 0.00 0.00 122 257
VKQ Invsc Muni Tr Invesco 2.04 -6.86 8.16 33.80 39.00 548 1,677
EOT EV Nat Muni Opp Tr Eaton Vance 2.03 -6.94 5.01 2.56 12.30 275 795
MQY BR MuniYld Qlty Fd BlackRock 2.04 -7.32 6.25 19.63 38.99 863 1,991
BME BR Health Sci Tr BlackRock 2.04 -7.10 8.55 9.36 0.00 512 1,772
SCD LMP Cap & Incm Fd Franklin Templeton 2.05 -6.76 9.15 0.00 18.85 289 994
BMEZ BR Health Sci Trm Tr BlackRock 2.05 -5.61 13.87 99.86 0.00 958 4,138
DHF BNY Mellon Hi Yld Stgs Fd BNY Mellon 2.00 -7.53 8.14 0.00 27.30 203 1,325
JRS Nuv Rel-Est Incm Fd Nuveen 2.09 -6.42 8.64 82.13 29.62 243 713
ETJ EV Risk-Mgd Divr Eq Incm Fd Eaton Vance 2.01 -6.24 8.66 28.63 0.00 647 1,433
OTF Blue Owl Tech Fin Corp Blue Owl 1.27 -8.95 0.00 N/A 38.79 7,949 1,833
WHF WhiteHorse Finance H.I.G. Capital 1.25 -27.17 17.46 0.00 53.20 281 840
PSEC Prospect Capital Corp Prospect Capital 1.26 -55.45 16.72 0.00 52.32 3,274 11,032
PIAC Princeton Cap Corp House Hanover 1.24 -56.25 0.00 N/A 0.00 19 0
OCSL Oaktree Splty Lending Oaktree Capital 1.25 -17.91 11.64 0.00 47.04 1,475 10,063
MSDL MS Direct Lending Fd MS Cap Patnr Advis 1.25 -8.57 10.59 0.00 51.35 1,800 8,932
PTMN Portman Ridge Fin Corpn Sierra Crest Inv Mgmt 1.24 -33.63 15.03 0.00 57.74 173 632
ICMB Investcorp Cr Mgmt BDC Investcorp 1.22 -49.26 17.45 0.00 58.28 78 135
MRCC Monroe Capital Corp Monroe Capital 1.27 -24.57 15.36 0.00 58.76 187 582
CCAP Crescent Capital BDC Crescent Capital 1.24 -28.13 11.91 0.00 54.70 727 3,161

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