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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) February 29, 2024
   

 

 

 

  Shares   Value
COMMON STOCKS - 7.4%
Consumer, Non-cyclical - 1.6%
Catalent, Inc.*,1 5,912   $   338,994  
Dentsply Sirona, Inc.1 9,569   312,715  
United Rentals, Inc.1 446   309,199  
Align Technology, Inc.*,1 992   300,001  
GE HealthCare Technologies, Inc.1 3,221   294,013  
Cigna Group1 851   286,055  
Eli Lilly & Co.1 369   278,108  
Viatris, Inc.1 22,428   277,434  
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.*,1 1,079   274,271  
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.*,1 711   274,162  
Illumina, Inc.*,1 1,944   271,829  
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.*,1 3,185   270,311  
Merck & Company, Inc.1 2,125   270,194  
Universal Health Services, Inc. — Class B1 1,605   268,131  
Quanta Services, Inc.1 1,106   267,110  
HCA Healthcare, Inc.1 856   266,815  
Stryker Corp.1 763   266,340  
Boston Scientific Corp.*,1 4,015   265,833  
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 630   265,066  
Revvity, Inc.1 2,418   264,989  
Equifax, Inc.1 966   264,288  
Corteva, Inc.1 4,878   261,071  
DaVita, Inc.*,1 2,051   260,415  
AbbVie, Inc.1 1,478   260,202  
Cencora, Inc. — Class A1 1,094   257,746  
Danaher Corp.1 1,014   256,684  
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.1 449   256,011  
STERIS plc1 1,098   255,735  
Waters Corp.*,1 755   254,752  
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 263   254,082  
IQVIA Holdings, Inc.*,1 1,025   253,339  
Moderna, Inc.*,1 2,736   252,369  
McKesson Corp.1 482   251,320  
Cintas Corp.1 399   250,815  
Abbott Laboratories1 2,111   250,449  
Baxter International, Inc.1 6,095   249,407  
Avery Dennison Corp.1 1,151   249,226  
Hormel Foods Corp.1 7,012   247,664  
Colgate-Palmolive Co.1 2,859   247,360  
Cooper Companies, Inc.*,1 2,632   246,355  
Kroger Co.1 4,944   245,272  
Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. — Class A1 1,646   244,563  
Sysco Corp.1 2,988   241,938  
Monster Beverage Corp.*,1 4,088   241,601  
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.1 961   241,336  
Procter & Gamble Co.1 1,518   241,271  
Brown-Forman Corp. — Class B1 3,995   240,619  
FleetCor Technologies, Inc.*,1 860   240,172  
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.*,1 415   238,721  
Clorox Co.1 1,557   238,704  
Agilent Technologies, Inc.1 1,734   238,182  
Global Payments, Inc.1 1,834     237,870  
Hologic, Inc.*,1 3,223   237,857  
Church & Dwight Company, Inc.1 2,372   237,485  
Bio-Techne Corp.1 3,226   237,337  
Zoetis, Inc.1 1,195   237,004  
Molina Healthcare, Inc.*,1 600   236,346  
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. — Class A*,1 723   235,611  
ResMed, Inc.1 1,355   235,391  
Incyte Corp.*,1 4,023   234,782  
Rollins, Inc.1 5,325   234,673  
Centene Corp.*,1 2,991   234,584  
Henry Schein, Inc.*,1 3,066   234,457  
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.1 1,879   233,672  
Constellation Brands, Inc. — Class A1 939   233,360  
CoStar Group, Inc.*,1 2,677   232,979  
Tyson Foods, Inc. — Class A1 4,292   232,798  
Medtronic plc1 2,779   231,657  
Elevance Health, Inc.1 462   231,578  
Cardinal Health, Inc.1 2,065   231,239  
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.1 644   230,784  
Johnson & Johnson1 1,428   230,451  
Verisk Analytics, Inc. — Class A1 946   228,837  
S&P Global, Inc.1 532   227,752  
Gartner, Inc.*,1 488   227,193  
Mondelez International, Inc. — Class A1 3,103   226,736  
Kellanova1 4,101   226,170  
Coca-Cola Co.1 3,763   225,855  
McCormick & Company, Inc.1 3,279   225,792  
PayPal Holdings, Inc.*,1 3,740   225,672  
Amgen, Inc.1 820   224,541  
Moody's Corp.1 589   223,478  
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.1 2,185   223,329  
Becton Dickinson & Co.1 948   223,301  
Hershey Co.1 1,185   222,685  
Kimberly-Clark Corp.1 1,837   222,589  
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.1 4,372   221,879  
J M Smucker Co.1 1,844   221,594  
 
 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) February 29, 2024
   

 

 

  Shares   Value
COMMON STOCKS - 7.4% (continued)
Consumer, Non-cyclical - 1.6% (continued)
Molson Coors Beverage Co. — Class B1 3,539   $ 220,905  
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings1 1,019   219,931  
PepsiCo, Inc.1 1,330   219,902  
Campbell Soup Co.1 5,141   219,212  
CVS Health Corp.1 2,938   218,499  
Altria Group, Inc.1 5,335   218,255  
Philip Morris International, Inc.1 2,414   217,163  
Dexcom, Inc.*,1 1,886   217,022  
General Mills, Inc.1 3,368   216,158  
Kraft Heinz Co.1 6,090   214,855  
Robert Half, Inc.1 2,655   213,462  
Teleflex, Inc.1 955   212,764  
Conagra Brands, Inc.1 7,472   209,814  
Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.1 6,865   205,332  
Kenvue, Inc.1 10,697     203,243  
Pfizer, Inc.1 7,645   203,051  
Quest Diagnostics, Inc.1 1,623   202,696  
Gilead Sciences, Inc.1 2,792   201,303  
Biogen, Inc.*,1 921   199,848  
Bunge Global S.A.1 2,108   198,932  
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.1 401   197,934  
Insulet Corp.*,1 1,133   185,812  
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.1 843   179,905  
Humana, Inc.1 458   160,447  
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.1 2,987   158,640  
Cengage Learning Holdings II, Inc.*,†† 11,126   120,528  
Save-A-Lot*,††† 40,316   7,741  
Total Consumer, Non-cyclical     27,115,911  
Financial - 1.3%
Checkers Holdings, Inc.*,††† 84,343   335,685  
American Express Co.1 1,310   287,440  
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.1 2,818   270,077  
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.1 1,946   269,365  
Travelers Companies, Inc.1 1,217   268,908  
Wells Fargo & Co.1 4,786   266,054  
Iron Mountain, Inc. REIT1 3,371   265,095  
Progressive Corp.1 1,369   259,508  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.1 1,392   258,996  
W R Berkley Corp.1 3,093   258,575  
Synchrony Financial1 6,252   258,208  
Discover Financial Services1 2,136   257,815  
Capital One Financial Corp.1 1,868   257,055  
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. — Class B*,1 625   255,875  
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. REIT1 12,264   254,355  
Mastercard, Inc. — Class A1 535   253,997  
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.1 2,237   253,564  
Allstate Corp.1 1,584   252,680  
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.1 4,497   252,237  
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.1 617   251,341  
Brown & Brown, Inc.1 2,975   250,525  
Citigroup, Inc.1 4,513   250,426  
Blackstone, Inc. — Class A1 1,958   250,272  
Chubb Ltd.1 990   249,153  
Raymond James Financial, Inc.1 2,061   247,979  
Willis Towers Watson plc1 909   247,802  
Bank of America Corp.1 7,126   245,989  
Simon Property Group, Inc. REIT1 1,660   245,912  
Weyerhaeuser Co. REIT1 7,141   245,508  
American International Group, Inc.1 3,367   245,421  
Prologis, Inc. REIT1 1,840   245,217  
CBRE Group, Inc. — Class A*,1 2,666   244,979  
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.1 629   244,712  
Cincinnati Financial Corp.1 2,145   244,530  
Equinix, Inc. REIT1 275   244,426  
Visa, Inc. — Class A1 863   243,918  
Arch Capital Group Ltd.*,1 2,782     243,675  
Fifth Third Bancorp1 7,060   242,440  
Loews Corp.1 3,205   240,792  
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. REIT1 1,636   240,181  
BlackRock, Inc. — Class A1 296   240,157  
MetLife, Inc.1 3,442   240,045  
Huntington Bancshares, Inc.1 18,401   239,949  
Assurant, Inc.1 1,316   238,788  
Prudential Financial, Inc.1 2,187   238,361  
KeyCorp1 16,638   237,424  
Principal Financial Group, Inc.1 2,935   237,324  
Cboe Global Markets, Inc.1 1,234   236,928  
Franklin Resources, Inc.1 8,623   236,701  
Regions Financial Corp.1 12,642   235,520  
Citizens Financial Group, Inc.1 7,451   233,887  
M&T Bank Corp.1 1,663   232,388  
Welltower, Inc. REIT1 2,515   231,782  
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.1 1,568   230,810  

 

 

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) February 29, 2024
   

  

  Shares   Value
COMMON STOCKS - 7.4% (continued)
Financial - 1.3% (continued)
Morgan Stanley1 2,679   $ 230,501  
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. REIT1 1,847   230,376  
Charles Schwab Corp.1 3,443   229,924  
Nasdaq, Inc.1 4,088   229,746  
CME Group, Inc. — Class A1 1,042   229,605  
U.S. Bancorp1 5,457   228,976  
Globe Life, Inc.1 1,803   228,855  
Public Storage REIT1 806   228,799  
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.1 1,128   228,161  
Invitation Homes, Inc. REIT1 6,665   227,077  
Essex Property Trust, Inc. REIT1 976   225,846  
Equity Residential REIT1 3,746   225,547  
Northern Trust Corp.1 2,744   225,365  
Truist Financial Corp.1 6,427   224,816  
Federal Realty Investment Trust REIT1 2,226   224,492  
Extra Space Storage, Inc. REIT1 1,591   224,283  
Zions Bancorp North America1 5,667   223,450  
Arthur J Gallagher & Co.1 916   223,440  
Invesco Ltd.1 14,497   223,399  
Boston Properties, Inc. REIT1 3,440   222,637  
Camden Property Trust REIT1 2,352   222,217  
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. REIT1 1,254   221,996  
UDR, Inc. REIT1 6,228   221,094  
State Street Corp.1 2,983   219,937  
Comerica, Inc.1 4,415   218,013  
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. REIT1 1,732   217,678  
VICI Properties, Inc. REIT1 7,226   216,274  
Aflac, Inc.1 2,673   215,818  
Kimco Realty Corp. REIT1 10,901   215,404  
Aon plc — Class A1 681   215,189  
Regency Centers Corp. REIT1 3,448   213,604  
Realty Income Corp. REIT1 4,093   213,286  
American Tower Corp. — Class A REIT1 1,069     212,581  
Everest Group Ltd.1 573   211,368  
Crown Castle, Inc. REIT1 1,901   208,996  
Ventas, Inc. REIT1 4,722   199,693  
Healthpeak Properties, Inc. REIT1 11,752   196,846  
SBA Communications Corp. REIT1 903   188,935  
Pershing Square Tontine Holdings, Ltd. — Class A*,†††,2 1,042,740   104  
Tensor Ltd.*,††† 505,754   51  
Sparta Systems*,††† 1,922       –  
Total Financial     21,875,130  
Industrial - 1.1%
Trimble, Inc.*,1 4,697   287,409  
Builders FirstSource, Inc.*,1 1,471   287,110  
General Electric Co.1 1,830   287,109  
Axon Enterprise, Inc.*,1 933   286,776  
Caterpillar, Inc.1 849   283,532  
Mohawk Industries, Inc.*,1 2,389   283,383  
Howmet Aerospace, Inc.1 4,142   275,650  
Ingersoll Rand, Inc.1 3,009   274,812  
Eaton Corporation plc1 949   274,261  
Hubbell, Inc.1 715   272,179  
Fortive Corp.1 3,197   272,161  
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.1 470   271,524  
Vulcan Materials Co.1 1,021   271,433  
Parker-Hannifin Corp.1 503   269,331  
Trane Technologies plc1 943   265,898  
Masco Corp.1 3,447   264,592  
TransDigm Group, Inc.1 224   263,814  
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.1 596   263,718  
Xylem, Inc.1 2,074   263,502  
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.1 1,863   263,223  
Jabil, Inc.1 1,826   263,108  
Waste Management, Inc.1 1,279   263,026  
Emerson Electric Co.1 2,460   262,851  
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.1 894   260,708  
Textron, Inc.1 2,905   258,748  
Amphenol Corp. — Class A1 2,366   258,462  
Allegion plc1 1,999   255,612  
Pentair plc1 3,272   254,529  
Dover Corp.1 1,536   254,024  
Jacobs Solutions, Inc.1 1,732   253,998  
CSX Corp.1 6,694   253,970  
IDEX Corp.1 1,076   253,829  
AMETEK, Inc.1 1,404   252,973  
Norfolk Southern Corp.1 998   252,873  
Veralto Corp.1 2,921   252,402  
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.*,1 202   251,938  
Republic Services, Inc. — Class A1 1,364   250,430  
Ball Corp.1 3,836   245,581  
Nordson Corp.1 922   244,929  
Packaging Corporation of America1 1,346     243,882  
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.1 1,182   243,858  
 
 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) February 29, 2024
   

 

 

  Shares   Value
COMMON STOCKS - 7.4% (continued)
Industrial - 1.1% (continued)
Union Pacific Corp.1 960   $ 243,542  
Garmin Ltd.1 1,771   243,247  
RTX Corp.1 2,711   243,095  
Westrock Co.1 5,360   242,754  
Otis Worldwide Corp.1 2,521   240,251  
General Dynamics Corp.1 874   238,821  
L3Harris Technologies, Inc.1 1,127   238,541  
TE Connectivity Ltd.1 1,655   237,592  
Keysight Technologies, Inc.*,1 1,529   235,925  
A O Smith Corp.1 2,829   234,524  
Illinois Tool Works, Inc.1 884   231,741  
Teledyne Technologies, Inc.*,1 536   229,017  
Rockwell Automation, Inc.1 791   225,498  
Honeywell International, Inc.1 1,134   225,360  
Johnson Controls International plc1 3,749   222,203  
Carrier Global Corp.1 3,987   221,597  
Deere & Co.1 606   221,220  
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.1 1,833   219,227  
Snap-on, Inc.1 793   218,599  
Northrop Grumman Corp.1 463   213,452  
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.1 2,376   212,153  
Lockheed Martin Corp.1 492   210,694  
United Parcel Service, Inc. — Class B1 1,410   209,047  
Amcor plc1 22,863   207,139  
Generac Holdings, Inc.*,1 1,815   204,205  
FedEx Corp.1 810   201,666  
3M Co.1 2,133   196,492  
CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.1 2,609   193,275  
Boeing Co.*,1 902   183,755  
BP Holdco LLC*,†††,3 121,041   146,719  
Schur Flexibles GesmbH*,†† 660   145,200  
Vector Phoenix Holdings, LP*,††† 121,040   3,003  
Targus,  Inc.*,††† 45,049   1,771  
Targus,  Inc.*,††† 45,049   1,328  
Targus,  Inc.*,††† 45,049   1,024  
YAK BLOCKER 2 LLC*,††† 34,136   341  
YAK BLOCKER 2 LLC*,††† 31,551   316  
Targus,  Inc.*,††† 45,049   5  
Total Industrial     17,557,487  
Consumer, Cyclical - 1.0%
ATD New Holdings, Inc.*,†† 23,593   550,496  
Exide Technologies*,††† 342   341,710  
Tapestry, Inc.1 6,580   312,747  
Ralph Lauren Corp. — Class A1 1,674   311,230  
Wynn Resorts Ltd.1 2,615   275,098  
Costco Wholesale Corp.1 361   268,544  
Bath & Body Works, Inc.1 5,872   268,350  
General Motors Co.1 6,537   267,886  
WW Grainger, Inc.1 274   266,728  
Tractor Supply Co.1 1,039   264,239  
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. — Class A*,1 98     263,499  
Marriott International, Inc. — Class A1 1,054   263,363  
Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.1 1,288   263,164  
Dollar Tree, Inc.*,1 1,773   260,064  
Southwest Airlines Co.1 7,585   259,938  
NVR, Inc.*,1 34   259,269  
Las Vegas Sands Corp.1 4,750   258,970  
Fastenal Co.1 3,542   258,601  
CarMax, Inc.*,1 3,273   258,567  
Home Depot, Inc.1 676   257,292  
Cummins, Inc.1 956   256,791  
Walmart, Inc.1 4,380   256,712  
PACCAR, Inc.1 2,313   256,489  
Lowe's Companies, Inc.1 1,060   255,110  
LKQ Corp.1 4,851   253,659  
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.*,1 233   253,369  
AutoZone, Inc.*,1 84   252,506  
Dollar General Corp.1 1,733   251,822  
American Airlines Group, Inc.*,1 16,024   251,256  
Ulta Beauty, Inc.*,1 458   251,240  
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.*,1 2,590   251,178  
Domino's Pizza, Inc.1 559   250,628  
Lennar Corp. — Class A1 1,581   250,604  
Target Corp.1 1,632   249,565  
Ford Motor Co.1 20,000   248,800  
Ross Stores, Inc.1 1,670   248,763  
PulteGroup, Inc.1 2,291   248,299  
Pool Corp.1 623   248,029  
Copart, Inc.*,1 4,655   247,413  
Genuine Parts Co.1 1,656   247,175  
Yum! Brands, Inc.1 1,773   245,419  
TJX Companies, Inc.1 2,473   245,173  
United Airlines Holdings, Inc.*,1 5,372   244,372  
Best Buy Company, Inc.1 2,981   241,103  
DR Horton, Inc.1 1,593   238,058  
Darden Restaurants, Inc.1 1,388   236,946  
Delta Air Lines, Inc.1 5,466   231,048  
MGM Resorts International*,1 5,320   230,250  
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.*,1 11,811   229,015  
Hasbro, Inc.1 4,508   226,707  
McDonald's Corp.1 773   225,932  
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.*,1 1,831   225,854  
Aptiv plc*,1 2,755   218,995  
Starbucks Corp.1 2,284   216,752  
 
 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) February 29, 2024
   

 

 

  Shares   Value
COMMON STOCKS - 7.4% (continued)
Consumer, Cyclical - 1.0% (continued)
Caesars Entertainment, Inc.*,1 4,977   $ 216,350  
Whirlpool Corp.1 1,975   212,095  
Lululemon Athletica, Inc.*,1 451   210,658  
BorgWarner, Inc.1 6,686   208,135  
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.1 9,526   202,523  
VF Corp.1 12,152   198,564  
NIKE, Inc. — Class B1 1,903   197,779  
Carnival Corp.*,1 12,183     193,223  
Tesla, Inc.*,1 904   182,500  
Total Consumer, Cyclical     15,836,614  
Technology - 0.8%
NVIDIA Corp.1 466   367,109  
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.*,1 1,712   329,611  
Broadcom, Inc.1 234   304,315  
Applied Materials, Inc.1 1,494   301,220  
Lam Research Corp.1 314   294,611  
Fortinet, Inc.*,1 4,217   291,437  
KLA Corp.1 413   281,790  
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.1 383   275,775  
Western Digital Corp.*,1 4,610   274,157  
Salesforce, Inc.1 880   271,762  
Micron Technology, Inc.1 2,943   266,665  
QUALCOMM, Inc.1 1,659   261,774  
Zebra Technologies Corp. — Class A*,1 933   260,755  
Leidos Holdings, Inc.1 2,034   260,067  
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.1 3,743   258,978  
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.*,1 849   258,419  
ANSYS, Inc.*,1 767   256,308  
NXP Semiconductor N.V.1 1,023   255,474  
Seagate Technology Holdings plc1 2,738   254,771  
Intuit, Inc.1 384   254,550  
Autodesk, Inc.*,1 985   254,297  
International Business Machines Corp.1 1,362   252,011  
EPAM Systems, Inc.*,1 822   250,217  
Fiserv, Inc.*,1 1,667   248,833  
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. — Class A1 3,135   247,728  
Teradyne, Inc.1 2,387   247,269  
Fair Isaac Corp.*,1 194   246,362  
Accenture plc — Class A1 654   245,106  
Microsoft Corp.1 590   244,048  
MSCI, Inc. — Class A1 435   244,022  
Qorvo, Inc.*,1 2,122   243,075  
ServiceNow, Inc.*,1 315   242,972  
PTC, Inc.*,1 1,324   242,305  
Tyler Technologies, Inc.*,1 547   239,115  
Synopsys, Inc.*,1 412   236,377  
Texas Instruments, Inc.1 1,404   234,931  
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.1 1,153   234,728  
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.1 1,340   232,852  
Analog Devices, Inc.1 1,193   228,841  
Dayforce, Inc.*,1 3,280   228,813  
ON Semiconductor Corp.*,1 2,888   227,921  
Electronic Arts, Inc.1 1,609   224,423  
Roper Technologies, Inc.1 411   223,884  
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.1 2,126   223,060  
Intel Corp.1 5,167   222,440  
NetApp, Inc.1 2,468   219,948  
Paychex, Inc.1 1,779     218,141  
Oracle Corp.1 1,939   216,547  
Microchip Technology, Inc.1 2,563   215,651  
Paycom Software, Inc.1 1,176   214,491  
Akamai Technologies, Inc.*,1 1,928   213,854  
HP, Inc.1 7,487   212,107  
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.*,1 1,420   208,641  
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.1 13,585   206,899  
Apple, Inc.1 1,127   203,705  
Adobe, Inc.*,1 362   202,821  
Qlik Technologies, Inc. - Class A*,††† 112   182,647  
Qlik Technologies, Inc. - Class B*,††† 27,624   3  
Total Technology     14,060,633  
Communications - 0.5%
Meta Platforms, Inc. — Class A1 663   324,956  
Netflix, Inc.*,1 486   293,019  
Juniper Networks, Inc.1 7,607   281,687  
Uber Technologies, Inc.*,1 3,522   279,999  
Arista Networks, Inc.*,1 985   273,377  
Walt Disney Co.1 2,377   265,226  
Amazon.com, Inc.*,1 1,497   264,610  
CDW Corp.1 1,035   254,827  
eBay, Inc.1 5,337   252,333  
Match Group, Inc.*,1 6,843   246,622  
Airbnb, Inc. — Class A*,1 1,565   246,441  
Corning, Inc.1 7,568   243,993  
F5, Inc.*,1 1,292   241,888  
Omnicom Group, Inc.1 2,693   238,034  
Booking Holdings, Inc.1 67   232,412  
Verizon Communications, Inc.1 5,768   230,836  
T-Mobile US, Inc.1 1,411   230,416  
FactSet Research Systems, Inc.1 497   229,902  
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.*,1 739   229,496  
 
 

 

  Shares   Value
COMMON STOCKS - 7.4% (continued)
Communications - 0.5% (continued)
Motorola Solutions, Inc.1 680   $ 224,665  
Comcast Corp. — Class A1 5,233   224,234  
Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.1 7,062   221,747  
AT&T, Inc.1 13,039   220,750  
Cisco Systems, Inc.1 4,549   220,035  
Gen Digital, Inc.1 9,961   214,062  
Expedia Group, Inc.*,1 1,516   207,419  
News Corp. — Class A1 7,645   205,497  
VeriSign, Inc.*,1 1,036   202,320  
Etsy, Inc.*,1 2,755   197,506  
Charter Communications, Inc. — Class A*,1 599   176,064  
Warner Bros Discovery, Inc.*,1 19,230   169,032  
Fox Corp. — Class A1 4,911   146,299  
Paramount Global — Class B1 13,094   144,558  
Alphabet, Inc. — Class A*,1 883   122,260  
Alphabet, Inc. — Class C*,1 743   103,857  
Vacasa, Inc. — Class A* 9,841   92,997  
Fox Corp. — Class B1 2,620   71,735  
News Corp. — Class B1 2,306   64,545  
Figs, Inc. — Class A*,1 10,450     54,654  
Total Communications     8,144,310  
Utilities - 0.4%
Constellation Energy Corp.1 1,984   334,205  
NRG Energy, Inc.1 4,615   255,302  
American Electric Power Company, Inc.1 2,770   235,976  
PPL Corp.1 8,466   223,248  
Edison International1 3,268   222,289  
Dominion Energy, Inc.1 4,645   222,170  
DTE Energy Co.1 2,031   220,059  
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.1 3,526   220,022  
Entergy Corp.1 2,163   219,696  
Atmos Energy Corp.1 1,943   219,384  
NiSource, Inc.1 8,383   218,461  
FirstEnergy Corp.1 5,950   217,830  
CMS Energy Corp.1 3,794   217,662  
Eversource Energy1 3,695   216,897  
Sempra1 3,048   215,189  
Duke Energy Corp.1 2,337   214,607  
Evergy, Inc.1 4,275   211,784  
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.1 7,669   210,897  
Consolidated Edison, Inc.1 2,410   210,176  
PG&E Corp.1 12,528   209,092  
Southern Co.1 3,086   207,534  
WEC Energy Group, Inc.1 2,623   205,879  
Alliant Energy Corp.1 4,293   204,991  
NextEra Energy, Inc.1 3,689   203,596  
Exelon Corp.1 5,623   201,528  
Ameren Corp.1 2,826   201,183  
Pinnacle West Capital Corp.1 2,928   200,070  
American Water Works Company, Inc.1 1,678   198,910  
Xcel Energy, Inc.1 3,622   190,843  
AES Corp.1 12,109   184,057  
TexGen Power LLC*,†† 68,676   68,676  
Total Utilities     6,582,213  
Energy - 0.4%
Enphase Energy, Inc.*,1 2,136   271,293  
Diamondback Energy, Inc.1 1,482   270,495  
Marathon Petroleum Corp.1 1,541   260,783  
Valero Energy Corp.1 1,793   253,638  
Phillips 661 1,760   250,817  
Targa Resources Corp.1 2,549   250,414  
ONEOK, Inc.1 3,233   242,863  
Hess Corp.1 1,636   238,447  
Occidental Petroleum Corp.1 3,898   236,258  
First Solar, Inc.*,1 1,513   232,836  
Pioneer Natural Resources Co.1 988   232,368  
Chevron Corp.1 1,525   231,815  
Exxon Mobil Corp.1 2,211   231,094  
Coterra Energy, Inc. — Class A1 8,913   229,777  
Williams Companies, Inc.1 6,211   223,223  
Marathon Oil Corp.1 9,139   221,621  
ConocoPhillips1 1,966   221,254  
Halliburton Co.1 6,300   220,941  
Equities Corp.1 5,929   220,262  
Devon Energy Corp.1 4,990     219,859  
Schlumberger N.V.1 4,507   217,823  
Kinder Morgan, Inc.1 12,465   216,766  
EOG Resources, Inc.1 1,852   211,980  
Baker Hughes Co.1 6,828   202,041  
APA Corp.1 6,377   189,971  
Legacy Reserves, Inc.*,††† 2,359   11,205  
Permian Production Partners LLC*,††† 184,043   8,242  
Total Energy     5,818,086  
Basic Materials - 0.3%
Nucor Corp.1 1,360   261,528  
Steel Dynamics, Inc.1 1,950   260,949  
Ecolab, Inc.1 1,148   258,116  
Sherwin-Williams Co.1 761   252,675  
Linde plc1 550   246,851  
Dow, Inc.1 4,328   241,849  
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. — Class A1 2,380   238,666  
Celanese Corp. — Class A1 1,561   237,225  
Albemarle Corp.1 1,715   236,413  
CF Industries Holdings, Inc.1 2,878   232,312  
 
 

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  Shares   Value
COMMON STOCKS - 7.4% (continued)
Basic Materials - 0.3%
Eastman Chemical Co.1 2,600   $ 228,124  
FMC Corp.1 3,931   221,669  
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.1 5,779   218,504  
PPG Industries, Inc.1 1,532   216,931  
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.1 2,872   216,836  
DuPont de Nemours, Inc.1 3,108   215,043  
International Paper Co.1 5,989   211,771  
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.1 836   195,658  
Mosaic Co.1 6,176   192,444  
Newmont Corp.1 5,645   176,406  
Total Basic Materials     4,559,970  
Total Common Stocks    
(Cost $100,594,510)     121,550,354  
PREFERRED STOCKS†† - 6.4%
Financial - 5.5%
Citigroup, Inc.
7.38% 4,300,000   4,397,313  
3.88% 4,000,000   3,757,517  
4.15% 2,000,000   1,802,455  
4.00% 1,750,000   1,656,288  
Bank of America Corp.
4.38%1 2,925,000   8,040,309  
6.50% 2,000,000   1,997,362  
6.30% 1,000,000   1,002,155  
4.13% 26,000   502,320  
Wells Fargo & Co.
4.75%1 183,750   3,816,488  
3.90% 3,300,000   3,105,109  
4.70%1 148,000   3,075,440  
4.38%1 50,000   971,500  
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
7.50% 7,700,000   8,096,733  
Kuvare US Holdings, Inc.
7.00% due 02/17/515 6,400,000   6,464,000  
Equitable Holdings, Inc.
4.95% 3,650,000   3,538,989  
4.30%1 82,000     1,530,120  
Markel Group, Inc.
6.00% 4,770,000   4,737,690  
Jackson Financial, Inc.
8.00%1 152,000   4,081,200  
Lincoln National Corp.
9.25% 3,600,000   3,879,385  
Public Storage
4.63%1 144,400   3,168,136  
4.13% 16,400   326,852  
W R Berkley Corp.
4.13% due 03/30/61 126,000   2,493,540  
4.25% due 09/30/60 36,800   804,448  
PartnerRe Ltd.
4.88% 128,000   2,624,000  
Charles Schwab Corp.
4.00% 3,150,000   2,594,273  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
4.55%1 49,000   1,052,520  
4.20%1 40,000   796,000  
4.63% 24,000   522,480  
American Financial Group, Inc.
4.50% due 09/15/60 100,000   2,015,000  
MetLife, Inc.
3.85% 1,820,000   1,739,288  
CNO Financial Group, Inc.
5.13% due 11/25/60 80,000   1,375,200  
Assurant, Inc.
5.25% due 01/15/61 58,000   1,239,460  
American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.
5.95% 46,000   1,095,260  
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.
7.13% due 10/15/52 35,825   937,899  
Arch Capital Group Ltd.
4.55%1 38,000   771,020  
Selective Insurance Group, Inc.
4.60%1 36,000   664,560  
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.
4.20% 13,000   245,570  
Globe Life, Inc.
4.25% due 06/15/61 11,000   226,050  
First Republic Bank
4.50%* 200,000   4,000  
4.25%* 158,000   3,160  
4.13%* 84,800   1,696  
Total Financial     91,152,785  
Communications - 0.6%
AT&T Mobility II LLC
6.80%*,††† 10,000   10,193,000  
Government - 0.2%
Farmer Mac
5.75%1 109,834   2,652,491  
Consumer, Cyclical - 0.1%
Exide Technologies*,††† 761   978,758  
Industrial - 0.0%
YAK BLOCKER 2 LLC*,††† 1,875,398     640,787  
Total Preferred Stocks    
(Cost $128,559,628)     105,617,821  
WARRANTS - 0.0%
Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc.      
Expiring 09/16/26 26,852   3,759  
Pershing Square Tontine Holdings, Ltd.      
Expiring 07/24/25†††,2 115,860   12  
Total Warrants    
(Cost $62,178)     3,771  
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS - 3.4%
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust1 38,409   19,514,845  
Invesco QQQ Trust Series1 42,197   18,524,483  
iShares Russell 2000 Index ETF1 90,622   18,462,420  
Total Exchange-Traded Funds    
(Cost $34,060,758)     56,501,748  
 
 

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CLOSED-END MUTUAL FUNDS - 2.5%
Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund3 950,000   $ 13,680,000
BlackRock Taxable Municipal Bond Trust 292,122   4,779,116
Nuveen Taxable Municipal Income Fund 289,790   4,480,153
Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Credit Income Fund 295,196   3,489,217
Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust 229,099   2,201,642
Blackstone Strategic Credit Fund 186,741   2,194,207
Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals 212,335   2,091,500
BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust 184,289   1,973,735
Invesco Municipal Trust 188,704   1,807,784
Eaton Vance Limited Duration Income Fund 141,764   1,400,628
Invesco Advantage Municipal Income Trust II 163,240   1,392,437
BlackRock Municipal Income Trust 108,502   1,115,400
Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund, Inc. 160,170   626,265
Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund 34,021   372,530
Nuveen Quality Municipal Income Fund 28,176   317,825
BlackRock MuniVest Fund, Inc. 24,898   173,539
Total Closed-End Mutual Funds  
(Cost $50,767,428)     42,095,978
MONEY MARKET FUNDS - 1.0%
Dreyfus Treasury Obligations Cash Management Fund — Institutional Shares, 5.20%6 12,449,641   12,449,641
Dreyfus Treasury Securities Cash Management Fund — Institutional Shares, 5.21%6 4,473,066     4,473,066
Total Money Market Funds  
(Cost $16,922,707)     16,922,707
  Face
Amount~
 
CORPORATE BONDS†† - 44.8%
Financial -  11.9%      
NFP Corp.      
6.88% due 08/15/285   6,925,000    $7,033,160
7.50% due 10/01/305   3,700,000    3,893,076
Morgan Stanley Finance LLC      
0.50% due 10/23/29◊,†††,7   13,500,000    10,910,700
Dyal Capital Partners III      
4.40% due 06/15/40†††   10,000,000    8,685,910
United Wholesale Mortgage LLC      
5.50% due 11/15/255   4,060,000    3,990,355
5.50% due 04/15/295   1,925,000    1,796,826
5.75% due 06/15/275   1,400,000    1,358,105
Accident Fund Insurance Company of America      
8.50% due 08/01/321,5   7,000,000    6,921,204
Wilton RE Ltd.      
6.00% 5,8   7,800,000    6,903,964
Jefferies Finance LLC / JFIN Company-Issuer Corp.      
5.00% due 08/15/281,5   7,500,000    6,745,552
Hunt Companies, Inc.      
5.25% due 04/15/291,5   7,325,000    6,701,810
Iron Mountain, Inc.      
5.63% due 07/15/321,5   6,500,000    6,041,127
Jones Deslauriers Insurance Management, Inc.      
10.50% due 12/15/305   3,650,000    3,801,201
8.50% due 03/15/305   2,050,000    2,132,000
Global Atlantic Finance Co.      
4.70% due 10/15/511,5   4,700,000    4,149,884
3.13% due 06/15/315   1,750,000    1,413,603
Maple Grove Funding Trust I      
4.16% due 08/15/511,5   8,000,000    5,496,342
 
 

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  Face
Amount~
   
CORPORATE BONDS†† - 44.8% (continued)
Financial -  11.9% (continued)      
OneMain Finance Corp.      
4.00% due 09/15/301   2,200,000    $ 1,853,349
7.13% due 03/15/26   1,100,000    1,117,866
7.88% due 03/15/30   750,000    762,776
3.88% due 09/15/28   800,000    698,955
6.63% due 01/15/28   450,000    447,445
9.00% due 01/15/291   400,000    420,096
Cushman & Wakefield US Borrower LLC      
6.75% due 05/15/281,5   4,800,000    4,728,336
Liberty Mutual Group, Inc.      
4.30% due 02/01/615   7,300,000    4,644,021
Kennedy-Wilson, Inc.      
5.00% due 03/01/31  3,750,000   2,915,625
4.75% due 02/01/30   1,450,000    1,147,313
4.75% due 03/01/291   425,000    344,250
National Life Insurance Co.      
10.50% due 09/15/395   3,400,000    4,302,040
LPL Holdings, Inc.      
4.00% due 03/15/291,5   4,172,000    3,827,671
4.38% due 05/15/311,5   476,000    430,568
RXR Realty LLC      
6.75% due 07/17/25†††   4,200,000    4,105,239
Rocket Mortgage LLC / Rocket Mortgage Company-Issuer, Inc.      
4.00% due 10/15/331,5   4,031,000    3,346,697
3.88% due 03/01/311,5   825,000    708,312
PHM Group Holding Oy      
4.75% due 06/18/265 EUR  3,900,000    3,923,189
Hampton Roads PPV LLC      
6.62% due 06/15/53†††,5   4,590,000    3,780,263
GLP Capital Limited Partnership / GLP Financing II, Inc.      
3.25% due 01/15/321   3,250,000    2,696,161
5.30% due 01/15/29   1,050,000    1,018,716
Credit Suisse AG NY      
7.95% due 01/09/251   3,600,000    3,664,325
NatWest Group plc      
7.47% due 11/10/261   3,500,000    3,595,935
Sherwood Financing plc      
6.00% due 11/15/265 GBP  2,000,000    2,254,422
4.50% due 11/15/265 EUR  1,000,000    999,968
Jane Street Group / JSG Finance, Inc.      
4.50% due 11/15/291,5   3,500,000    3,220,664
Host Hotels & Resorts, LP      
3.50% due 09/15/301   3,610,000    3,183,359
Standard Chartered plc      
7.78% due 11/16/251,5   3,100,000    3,138,524
Toronto-Dominion Bank      
8.13% due 10/31/821   2,850,000    2,966,163
Ares Finance Company IV LLC      
3.65% due 02/01/521,5   4,100,000    2,834,300
Americo Life, Inc.      
3.45% due 04/15/311,5   3,511,000    2,722,975
BBC Military Housing-Navy Northeast LLC      
6.30% due 10/15/499   2,800,000    2,603,593
Corebridge Financial, Inc.      
6.88% due 12/15/521   2,400,000    2,396,111
HUB International Ltd.      
5.63% due 12/01/295   2,500,000    2,320,353
Bank of Nova Scotia      
8.63% due 10/27/821   2,150,000    2,211,948
Kane Bidco Ltd.      
5.00% due 02/15/27 EUR  2,050,000    2,162,052
Nationstar Mortgage Holdings, Inc.      
5.00% due 02/01/265  2,180,000   2,117,634
Lincoln National Corp.      
4.38% due 06/15/50   2,560,000    1,973,901
First American Financial Corp.      
4.00% due 05/15/30   1,740,000    1,545,574
 
 

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  Face
Amount~
  Value
CORPORATE BONDS†† - 44.8% (continued)
Financial -  11.9% (continued)      
Alliant Holdings Intermediate LLC / Alliant Holdings Company-Issuer      
4.25% due 10/15/271,5   725,000   $ 669,150
7.00% due 01/15/315   425,000    423,338
6.75% due 04/15/285   350,000    347,665
Allianz SE      
3.50% 5,8   1,400,000    1,268,683
OneAmerica Financial Partners, Inc.      
4.25% due 10/15/505   1,730,000    1,196,968
Weyerhaeuser Co.      
6.88% due 12/15/33   1,100,000    1,183,504
Ryan Specialty LLC      
4.38% due 02/01/305   1,100,000    1,021,669
USI, Inc.      
7.50% due 01/15/325   970,000    966,363
QBE Insurance Group Ltd.      
5.88% 1,5,8   950,000    935,446
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.      
3.15% due 06/15/30   1,000,000    882,373
Pershing Square Holdings Ltd.      
3.25% due 10/01/315   1,100,000    881,320
PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.      
7.88% due 12/15/295   850,000    870,068
PartnerRe Finance B LLC      
4.50% due 10/01/50   950,000    846,982
Galaxy Bidco Ltd.      
8.91% (3 Month EURIBOR + 5.00%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 07/31/26 EUR  750,000    814,865
Prudential Financial, Inc.      
5.13% due 03/01/52   700,000    654,386
Fort Moore Family Communities LLC      
6.09% due 01/15/515   685,505    592,979
Pacific Beacon LLC      
5.63% due 07/15/515   659,758    590,807
Macquarie Bank Ltd.      
3.62% due 06/03/305   640,000    561,354
Assurant, Inc.      
7.00% due 03/27/48   400,000    405,150
Fort Gordon Housing LLC      
6.32% due 05/15/515   200,000    189,416
Atlas Mara Ltd.      
due 12/31/21†††,9,10  198,586   25,240
Total Financial      196,433,234
Consumer, Non-cyclical -  6.8%      
Medline Borrower, LP      
5.25% due 10/01/291,5   5,200,000    4,809,927
3.88% due 04/01/295   2,000,000    1,793,266
BCP V Modular Services Finance II plc      
6.13% due 10/30/285 GBP  4,250,000    4,976,172
4.75% due 10/30/285 EUR  1,550,000    1,579,324
Cheplapharm Arzneimittel GmbH      
5.50% due 01/15/281,5   6,945,000    6,528,300
CPI CG, Inc.      
8.63% due 03/15/261,5   5,425,000    5,323,769
Williams Scotsman, Inc.      
4.63% due 08/15/285   3,675,000    3,450,898
6.13% due 06/15/255   1,683,000    1,679,819
Sotheby's      
7.38% due 10/15/271,5   4,899,000    4,705,609
Bausch Health Companies, Inc.      
4.88% due 06/01/285   8,025,000    4,572,075
US Foods, Inc.      
4.63% due 06/01/301,5   2,500,000    2,290,789
4.75% due 02/15/295   2,250,000    2,112,232
Champions Financing, Inc.      
8.75% due 02/15/295   4,020,000    4,106,309
Altria Group, Inc.      
3.70% due 02/04/511   6,000,000    4,085,094
Reynolds American, Inc.      
5.70% due 08/15/351   4,150,000    3,964,065
Post Holdings, Inc.      
4.50% due 09/15/311,5   3,925,000    3,494,430
 
 

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  Face
Amount~
  Value
CORPORATE BONDS†† - 44.8% (continued)
Consumer, Non-cyclical -  6.8% (continued)      
Upbound Group, Inc.      
6.38% due 02/15/291,5   3,625,000    $ 3,469,560
JBS USA LUX S.A. / JBS USA Food Company / JBS USA Finance, Inc.      
4.38% due 02/02/521   4,800,000    3,453,252
AZ Battery Property LLC      
6.73% due 02/20/46   3,000,000    3,018,596
Legends Hospitality Holding Company LLC / Legends Hospitality Co-Issuer, Inc.      
5.00% due 02/01/265   3,000,000    2,982,134
Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc.      
5.00% due 04/15/291,5   2,400,000    2,268,000
5.50% due 07/01/285   550,000    531,680
DaVita, Inc.      
4.63% due 06/01/305   1,900,000    1,671,329
3.75% due 02/15/315   1,200,000    984,693
Neogen Food Safety Corp.      
8.63% due 07/20/305   2,450,000    2,597,254
Avantor Funding, Inc.      
4.63% due 07/15/281,5  1,700,000   1,604,602
3.88% due 11/01/295   925,000    829,079
Castor S.p.A.      
9.18% (3 Month EURIBOR + 5.25%, Rate Floor: 5.25%) due 02/15/29◊,5 EUR  2,300,000    2,405,039
Sotheby's/Bidfair Holdings, Inc.      
5.88% due 06/01/295   2,700,000    2,370,816
Par Pharmaceutical, Inc.      
due 04/01/275,10   3,345,000    2,120,992
Option Care Health, Inc.      
4.38% due 10/31/295   2,275,000    2,077,530
ADT Security Corp.      
4.13% due 08/01/295   1,050,000    948,937
4.88% due 07/15/325   1,000,000    900,000
Spectrum Brands, Inc.      
5.50% due 07/15/305   1,700,000    1,663,431
Gartner, Inc.      
4.50% due 07/01/281,5   1,700,000    1,609,193
APi Group DE, Inc.      
4.75% due 10/15/295   1,225,000    1,136,188
4.13% due 07/15/295   400,000    360,000
Nathan's Famous, Inc.      
6.63% due 11/01/255   1,462,000    1,454,690
Royalty Pharma plc      
3.55% due 09/02/501   2,100,000    1,429,501
HealthEquity, Inc.      
4.50% due 10/01/291,5   1,550,000    1,424,625
Kronos Acquisition Holdings, Inc. / KIK Custom Products, Inc.      
7.00% due 12/31/271,5   1,038,000    1,001,670
5.00% due 12/31/265   250,000    240,313
Endo Luxembourg Finance Company I SARL / Endo US, Inc.      
due 04/01/295,10   1,900,000    1,196,031
Grifols S.A.      
4.75% due 10/15/285   1,350,000    1,124,280
TreeHouse Foods, Inc.      
4.00% due 09/01/28   1,150,000    1,014,875
Central Garden & Pet Co.      
4.13% due 10/15/301   625,000    555,230
4.13% due 04/30/315   400,000    349,986
AMN Healthcare, Inc.      
4.63% due 10/01/275   725,000    682,189
Carriage Services, Inc.      
4.25% due 05/15/295   775,000    673,951
Valvoline, Inc.      
3.63% due 06/15/315   760,000    642,206
Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc.      
3.50% due 04/01/301,5   625,000    601,988
Performance Food Group, Inc.      
6.88% due 05/01/255   450,000    451,161

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) February 29, 2024
   

 

 

  Face
Amount~
  Value
CORPORATE BONDS†† - 44.8% (continued)
Consumer, Non-cyclical -  6.8% (continued)      
WW International, Inc.      
4.50% due 04/15/291,5  950,000   $439,983
Prestige Brands, Inc.      
3.75% due 04/01/315   300,000    259,173
Darling Ingredients, Inc.      
6.00% due 06/15/305   250,000    246,361
Tenet Healthcare Corp.      
4.88% due 01/01/26   200,000    199,793
Nidda Healthcare Holding      
7.50% due 08/21/26 EUR  175,000    195,353
Albertsons Companies Incorporated / Safeway Inc / New Albertsons Limited Partnership / Albertsons LLC      
5.88% due 02/15/285   100,000    98,551
Endo Dac / Endo Finance LLC / Endo Finco, Inc.      
due 07/31/275,10   181,000    10,860
Total Consumer, Non-cyclical      112,767,153
Consumer, Cyclical -  6.5%      
Delta Air Lines, Inc.      
7.00% due 05/01/251,5   10,535,000    10,707,687
Suburban Propane Partners Limited Partnership/Suburban Energy Finance Corp.      
5.88% due 03/01/271   3,210,000    3,161,850
5.00% due 06/01/315   1,800,000    1,617,014
CD&R Smokey Buyer, Inc.      
6.75% due 07/15/251,5   4,445,000    4,427,442
Penn Entertainment, Inc.      
4.13% due 07/01/291,5   4,925,000    4,137,000
Crocs, Inc.      
4.25% due 03/15/295   3,188,000    2,861,265
4.13% due 08/15/315   1,400,000    1,191,118
Wabash National Corp.      
4.50% due 10/15/285   4,350,000    3,980,250
Delta Air Lines, Inc. / SkyMiles IP Ltd.      
4.75% due 10/20/281,5   3,950,000    3,861,169
Hawaiian Brand Intellectual Property Ltd. / HawaiianMiles Loyalty Ltd.      
5.75% due 01/20/261,5   4,075,000    3,845,781
Allwyn Entertainment Financing UK plc      
7.88% due 04/30/295   3,750,000    3,843,750
Station Casinos LLC      
4.63% due 12/01/311,5   4,200,000    3,734,136
Fertitta Entertainment LLC / Fertitta Entertainment Finance Company, Inc.      
4.63% due 01/15/295   4,100,000    3,720,586
Wolverine World Wide, Inc.      
4.00% due 08/15/295   4,450,000    3,565,563
Evergreen Acqco 1 Limited Partnership / TVI, Inc.      
9.75% due 04/26/285   3,240,000    3,418,556
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.      
6.50% due 05/15/271,5  3,350,000   3,378,833
Air Canada Class A Pass Through Trust      
5.25% due 04/01/291,5   3,363,608    3,296,012
Air Canada      
4.63% due 08/15/295 CAD  2,900,000    2,009,154
3.88% due 08/15/261,5   825,000    781,320
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.      
4.10% due 04/15/501   3,800,000    2,768,584
Clarios Global, LP / Clarios US Finance Co.      
8.50% due 05/15/271,5   2,650,000    2,663,732
PetSmart, Inc. / PetSmart Finance Corp.      
4.75% due 02/15/285   2,725,000    2,554,156
 
 

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) February 29, 2024
   

 

 

  Face
Amount~
  Value
CORPORATE BONDS†† - 44.8% (continued)
Consumer, Cyclical -  6.5% (continued)      
Scotts Miracle-Gro Co.      
4.00% due 04/01/31   2,150,000    $ 1,823,673
4.38% due 02/01/32   700,000    585,351
United Airlines, Inc.      
4.63% due 04/15/291,5   2,575,000    2,375,192
JB Poindexter & Company, Inc.      
8.75% due 12/15/315   2,270,000    2,325,485
Ontario Gaming GTA, LP      
8.00% due 08/01/305   2,150,000    2,192,806
Ritchie Bros Holdings, Inc.      
7.75% due 03/15/315   1,750,000    1,839,687
Yum! Brands, Inc.      
4.63% due 01/31/321   1,987,000    1,824,086
Superior Plus Limited Partnership / Superior General Partner, Inc.      
4.50% due 03/15/295   2,000,000    1,810,000
Hanesbrands, Inc.      
9.00% due 02/15/311,5   1,500,000    1,503,323
4.88% due 05/15/265   225,000    217,130
HP Communities LLC      
6.82% due 09/15/535   918,478    908,472
6.16% due 09/15/535   1,000,000    810,264
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.      
4.38% due 08/15/281,5   1,625,000    1,510,849
1011778 BC ULC / New Red Finance, Inc.      
3.88% due 01/15/281,5   850,000    792,863
4.00% due 10/15/305   725,000    636,843
Hilton Domestic Operating Company, Inc.      
3.63% due 02/15/321,5   1,350,000    1,153,251
Boyne USA, Inc.      
4.75% due 05/15/295   1,250,000    1,149,218
Deuce FinCo plc      
5.50% due 06/15/27 GBP  900,000    1,065,139
Tempur Sealy International, Inc.      
3.88% due 10/15/315  700,000   582,223
4.00% due 04/15/295   500,000    448,172
Vail Resorts, Inc.      
6.25% due 05/15/255   1,000,000    1,003,610
Clarios Global, LP      
6.75% due 05/15/255   990,000    989,318
Six Flags Theme Parks, Inc.      
7.00% due 07/01/255   969,000    971,251
Ferrellgas Limited Partnership / Ferrellgas Finance Corp.      
5.38% due 04/01/265   975,000    965,280
Allison Transmission, Inc.      
3.75% due 01/30/311,5   1,100,000    950,494
Scientific Games Holdings Limited Partnership/Scientific Games US FinCo, Inc.      
6.63% due 03/01/305   850,000    796,875
United Airlines Class AA Pass Through Trust      
3.45% due 12/01/27   405,994    379,686
Superior Plus, LP      
4.25% due 05/18/285 CAD  350,000    240,064
Aramark Services, Inc.      
5.00% due 02/01/285   110,000    105,416
Exide Technologies      
due 10/31/24†††,10   2,353,687    2
Total Consumer, Cyclical      107,480,981
Communications -  5.3%      
Altice France S.A.      
5.50% due 10/15/291,5   8,175,000    6,189,858
5.13% due 07/15/291,5   3,025,000    2,284,313
8.13% due 02/01/275   1,300,000    1,194,602
McGraw-Hill Education, Inc.      
8.00% due 08/01/291,5   6,300,000    5,748,750
5.75% due 08/01/281,5   3,525,000    3,274,779
 
 

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) February 29, 2024
   

 

 

  Face
Amount~
  Value
CORPORATE BONDS†† - 44.8% (continued)
Communications -  5.3% (continued)      
Cogent Communications Group, Inc.      
7.00% due 06/15/271,5   7,500,000    $ 7,489,650
VZ Secured Financing BV      
5.00% due 01/15/321,5   6,850,000    5,846,932
British Telecommunications plc      
4.88% due 11/23/815   5,550,000    4,882,636
4.25% due 11/23/815   950,000    889,147
Outfront Media Capital LLC / Outfront Media Capital Corp.      
4.25% due 01/15/295   5,725,000    5,141,909
Paramount Global      
4.95% due 05/19/501   6,390,000    4,546,491
Sunrise FinCo I BV      
4.88% due 07/15/311,5   4,550,000    4,026,750
CSC Holdings LLC      
11.25% due 05/15/285   2,750,000    2,837,368
4.63% due 12/01/301,5   1,913,000    1,063,886
Radiate Holdco LLC / Radiate Finance, Inc.      
4.50% due 09/15/261,5  4,700,000   3,701,075
LCPR Senior Secured Financing DAC      
6.75% due 10/15/271,5   2,114,000    1,997,730
5.13% due 07/15/291,5   1,900,000    1,596,608
Corning, Inc.      
4.38% due 11/15/571   4,100,000    3,375,185
Vodafone Group plc      
5.13% due 06/04/81   4,100,000    3,037,172
CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp.      
4.50% due 06/01/331,5   1,225,000    942,328
4.25% due 02/01/315   850,000    683,687
4.25% due 01/15/345   750,000    560,743
4.50% due 05/01/32   325,000    256,752
AMC Networks, Inc.      
4.25% due 02/15/291   3,450,000    2,232,840
Ciena Corp.      
4.00% due 01/31/301,5   2,150,000    1,924,250
Sirius XM Radio, Inc.      
3.88% due 09/01/315   2,300,000    1,901,125
Rogers Communications, Inc.      
4.55% due 03/15/521   2,200,000    1,815,561
Vmed O2 UK Financing I plc      
4.25% due 01/31/311,5   1,225,000    1,038,865
4.75% due 07/15/315   650,000    562,071
TripAdvisor, Inc.      
7.00% due 07/15/251,5   1,575,000    1,576,874
Charter Communications Operating LLC / Charter Communications Operating Capital      
3.90% due 06/01/52   2,000,000    1,257,397
Virgin Media Secured Finance plc      
4.50% due 08/15/301,5   1,200,000    1,048,812
Zayo Group Holdings, Inc.      
4.00% due 03/01/275   1,050,000    874,125
Match Group Holdings II LLC      
3.63% due 10/01/311,5   875,000    737,187
Ziggo BV      
4.88% due 01/15/305   725,000    645,838
Ziggo Bond Company BV      
5.13% due 02/28/305   500,000    427,812
Total Communications      87,611,108
Industrial -  4.8%      
New Enterprise Stone & Lime Company, Inc.      
9.75% due 07/15/285   7,717,000    7,813,462
5.25% due 07/15/281,5   2,025,000    1,929,607
Standard Industries, Inc.      
4.38% due 07/15/301,5   7,050,000    6,285,677
3.38% due 01/15/315   1,100,000    911,457
IP Lending X Ltd.      
7.75% due 07/02/29†††,5  4,190,000   4,199,715
 
 

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) February 29, 2024
   

 

 

  Face
Amount~
  Value
CORPORATE BONDS†† - 44.8% (continued)
Industrial -  4.8% (continued)      

 Calderys Financing LLC

     
11.25% due 06/01/285  3,737,000   $4,000,844
Builders FirstSource, Inc.      
6.38% due 06/15/325   2,500,000    2,499,605
4.25% due 02/01/325   1,675,000    1,471,697
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp.      
5.25% due 06/01/291,5   4,500,000    3,931,065
Victoria plc      
3.63% due 08/05/26 EUR  4,004,000    3,630,654
Enviri Corp.      
5.75% due 07/31/271,5   3,624,000    3,386,408
Waste Pro USA, Inc.      
5.50% due 02/15/265   3,370,000    3,302,600
Mauser Packaging Solutions Holding Co.      
7.88% due 08/15/265   1,875,000    1,899,969
9.25% due 04/15/275   1,000,000    972,433
Howmet Aerospace, Inc.      
3.00% due 01/15/291   1,175,000    1,053,828
5.95% due 02/01/37   875,000    888,477
6.88% due 05/01/25   800,000    808,382
Artera Services LLC      
8.50% due 02/15/315   2,400,000    2,451,728
Clearwater Paper Corp.      
4.75% due 08/15/285   2,547,000    2,355,975
SCIL IV LLC / SCIL USA Holdings LLC      
9.50% due 07/15/28 EUR  1,800,000    2,111,838
GrafTech Global Enterprises, Inc.      
9.88% due 12/15/281,5   2,600,000    2,064,400
AmeriTex HoldCo Intermediate LLC      
10.25% due 10/15/285   1,900,000    1,990,250
GrafTech Finance, Inc.      
4.63% due 12/15/281,5   2,860,000    1,879,917
Ardagh Metal Packaging Finance USA LLC / Ardagh Metal Packaging Finance plc      
4.00% due 09/01/291,5   2,300,000    1,867,971
Summit Materials LLC / Summit Materials Finance Corp.      
5.25% due 01/15/291,5   1,775,000    1,718,235
Brundage-Bone Concrete Pumping Holdings, Inc.      
6.00% due 02/01/265   1,625,000    1,603,456
Deuce FinCo plc      
5.50% due 06/15/275 GBP  1,200,000    1,420,185
8.68% (3 Month EURIBOR + 4.75%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 06/15/27 EUR  100,000    109,155
TK Elevator US Newco, Inc.      
5.25% due 07/15/275   1,550,000    1,488,847
Cellnex Finance Company S.A.      
3.88% due 07/07/415   1,750,000    1,361,815
Level 3 Financing, Inc.      
3.63% due 01/15/29  1,500,000   877,500
3.75% due 07/15/29   600,000    351,000
Worldpay US, Inc.      
8.50% due 01/15/31 GBP  750,000    1,017,800
Amsted Industries, Inc.      
4.63% due 05/15/305   950,000    864,950
TVL Finance plc      
9.43% (3 Month EURIBOR + 5.50%, Rate Floor: 5.50%) due 04/28/28 EUR  780,000    855,091
Ball Corp.      
3.13% due 09/15/311   875,000    737,150
Masonite International Corp.      
3.50% due 02/15/305   700,000    617,825
GATX Corp.      
4.00% due 06/30/30   560,000    518,680
PGT Innovations, Inc.      
4.38% due 10/01/295   400,000    402,686
TopBuild Corp.      
4.13% due 02/15/325   400,000    350,332
Arcosa, Inc.      
4.38% due 04/15/295   350,000    323,049
EnerSys      
4.38% due 12/15/275   325,000    305,906
Hillenbrand, Inc.      
3.75% due 03/01/311   250,000    213,125
 
 

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) February 29, 2024
   

  

  Face
Amount~
  Value
CORPORATE BONDS†† - 44.8% (continued)
Industrial -  4.8% (continued)      
MIWD Holdco II LLC / MIWD Finance Corp.      
5.50% due 02/01/305   125,000    $ 114,055
Enpro, Inc.      
5.75% due 10/15/26   115,000    113,235
Vertical Midco GmbH      
4.38% due 07/15/27 EUR  100,000    104,324
Level 3 Financing, Inc.      
11.00% due 11/15/29†††   312,448    –
Total Industrial      79,176,360
Energy -  4.2%      
Global Partners Limited Partnership / GLP Finance Corp.      
7.00% due 08/01/271   4,800,000    4,801,536
6.88% due 01/15/29   2,980,000    2,937,118
ITT Holdings LLC      
6.50% due 08/01/291,5   8,050,000    7,145,011
Occidental Petroleum Corp.      
6.20% due 03/15/40   2,100,000    2,132,885
7.00% due 11/15/27   2,000,000    2,046,100
4.30% due 08/15/39   2,100,000    1,693,104
4.63% due 06/15/45   750,000    605,393
BP Capital Markets plc      
4.88% 1,8   6,750,000    6,370,306
Venture Global LNG, Inc.      
9.88% due 02/01/321,5   6,000,000    6,317,286
NuStar Logistics, LP      
6.38% due 10/01/301   5,625,000    5,640,919
5.63% due 04/28/27   200,000    197,942
6.00% due 06/01/26   125,000    123,569
CVR Energy, Inc.      
8.50% due 01/15/295  3,500,000   3,521,875
5.75% due 02/15/285   2,100,000    1,949,241
Energy Transfer, LP      
7.38% due 02/01/311,5   3,800,000    3,976,130
4.25% due 04/01/24   1,000,000    998,890
Buckeye Partners, LP      
5.85% due 11/15/43   3,750,000    3,089,437
4.35% due 10/15/24   750,000    739,192
TransMontaigne Partners Limited Partnership / TLP Finance Corp.      
6.13% due 02/15/26   4,025,000    3,715,228
Parkland Corp.      
4.63% due 05/01/305   2,700,000    2,466,342
4.50% due 10/01/295   1,300,000    1,187,875
EnLink Midstream LLC      
6.50% due 09/01/301,5   2,600,000    2,665,172
Hess Corp.      
5.60% due 02/15/41   1,550,000    1,560,809
6.00% due 01/15/40   1,000,000    1,049,676
Southwestern Energy Co.      
5.38% due 02/01/291   1,400,000    1,352,970
Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LLC      
4.13% due 08/15/315   775,000    680,186
Viper Energy, Inc.      
7.38% due 11/01/315   300,000    308,898
5.38% due 11/01/275   200,000    194,019
DT Midstream, Inc.      
4.13% due 06/15/291,5   425,000    388,342
FLNG Liquefaction 2 LLC      
4.13% due 03/31/385   232,128    201,388
Basic Energy Services, Inc.      
due 10/15/2310   1,030,000    5,150
Total Energy      70,061,989
Basic Materials -  2.5%      
Carpenter Technology Corp.      
6.38% due 07/15/281   5,225,000    5,202,271
7.63% due 03/15/30   2,500,000    2,581,975
SCIL IV LLC / SCIL USA Holdings LLC      
5.38% due 11/01/261,5   6,075,000    5,886,127
Kaiser Aluminum Corp.      
4.50% due 06/01/315   4,860,000    4,152,654
4.63% due 03/01/285   1,000,000    922,036
Alcoa Nederland Holding BV      
5.50% due 12/15/271,5   3,625,000    3,562,569
6.13% due 05/15/281,5   1,475,000    1,475,270
SK Invictus Intermediate II SARL      
5.00% due 10/30/291,5   5,250,000    4,457,232
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.      
1.23% due 10/01/251,5   3,060,000    2,851,716
 
 

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) February 29, 2024
   

  

  Face
Amount~
  Value
CORPORATE BONDS†† - 44.8% (continued)
Basic Materials -  2.5% (continued)      
WR Grace Holdings LLC      
4.88% due 06/15/275   2,325,000    $ 2,208,707
7.38% due 03/01/315   500,000    506,970
Compass Minerals International, Inc.      
6.75% due 12/01/271,5 2,550,000   2,487,499
Arsenal AIC Parent LLC      
8.00% due 10/01/301,5   1,550,000    1,623,625
Illuminate Buyer LLC / Illuminate Holdings IV, Inc.      
9.00% due 07/01/285   1,625,000    1,599,115
Minerals Technologies, Inc.      
5.00% due 07/01/285   1,350,000    1,280,813
HB Fuller Co.      
4.25% due 10/15/28   1,150,000    1,065,113
Mirabela Nickel Ltd.      
due 06/24/19†††,9,10   2,667,995    13,340
Total Basic Materials      41,877,032
Technology -  2.2%      
AthenaHealth Group, Inc.      
6.50% due 02/15/305   7,900,000    7,072,686
Cloud Software Group, Inc.      
6.50% due 03/31/291,5   5,630,000    5,242,983
Capstone Borrower, Inc.      
8.00% due 06/15/301,5   3,800,000    3,927,490
NCR Voyix Corp.      
5.25% due 10/01/301,5   3,150,000    2,845,427
5.13% due 04/15/295   900,000    834,458
Broadcom, Inc.      
3.19% due 11/15/361,5   4,400,000    3,449,415
Central Parent Incorporated / CDK Global, Inc.      
7.25% due 06/15/291,5   3,400,000    3,422,525
TeamSystem S.p.A.      
3.50% due 02/15/28 EUR  1,700,000    1,745,946
Twilio, Inc.      
3.88% due 03/15/311   2,000,000    1,740,127
Playtika Holding Corp.      
4.25% due 03/15/291,5   2,025,000    1,727,811
Dun & Bradstreet Corp.      
5.00% due 12/15/295   1,800,000    1,656,000
Oracle Corp.      
3.95% due 03/25/511   2,100,000    1,566,500
Central Parent LLC / CDK Global II LLC / CDK Financing Company, Inc.      
8.00% due 06/15/295   350,000    358,729
Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.      
4.00% due 07/01/295   325,000    300,020
Total Technology      35,890,117
Utilities -  0.6%      
Terraform Global Operating, LP      
6.13% due 03/01/261,5   5,255,000    5,176,964
Alexander Funding Trust II      
7.47% due 07/31/281,5   1,950,000    2,040,906
Clearway Energy Operating LLC      
3.75% due 02/15/311,5  1,663,000   1,402,350
3.75% due 01/15/325   525,000    439,142
Total Utilities      9,059,362
Total Corporate Bonds    
(Cost $810,205,813)   740,357,336
SENIOR FLOATING RATE INTERESTS††,◊ - 35.9%
Consumer, Cyclical -  8.0%      
First Brands Group LLC      
10.57% (3 Month Term SOFR + 5.00%, Rate Floor: 6.00%) due 03/30/27   7,867,736    7,877,155
Pacific Bells LLC      
10.11% (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.50%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 11/10/28   7,889,207    7,822,149
FR Refuel LLC      
10.19% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.75%, Rate Floor: 5.50%) due 11/08/28   7,830,667    7,654,477
 
 

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  Face
Amount~
  Value
SENIOR FLOATING RATE INTERESTS††,◊ - 35.9% (continued)
Consumer, Cyclical -  8.0% (continued)      
MB2 Dental Solutions, LLC      
11.32% (1 Month Term SOFR + 6.00%, Rate Floor: 6.75%) due 01/29/31   5,739,964    $ 5,728,278
Alexander Mann      
11.40% (1 Month SOFR + 6.00%, Rate Floor: 6.00%) due 06/29/27   5,358,570    5,204,511
BRE/Everbright M6 Borrower LLC      
10.42% (1 Month Term SOFR + 5.00%, Rate Floor: 5.75%) due 09/09/26   5,181,821    5,164,566
Shaw Development LLC      
11.16% (6 Month Term SOFR + 6.00%, Rate Floor: 6.00%) due 10/30/29†††   4,468,085    4,383,697
Secretariat Advisors LLC      
10.36% (3 Month Term SOFR + 5.01%, Rate Floor: 5.76%) due 12/29/28†††   4,318,000    4,274,820
Accuride Corp.      
12.20% (1 Month Term SOFR + 5.25%, Rate Floor: 6.25%) (in-kind rate was 1.62%) due 05/18/2611  5,353,929   4,176,064
ImageFIRST Holdings LLC      
9.57% (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 04/27/28   3,069,352    3,061,679
10.47% (6 Month Term SOFR + 4.75%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 04/27/28   1,073,111    1,070,428
Albion Financing 3 SARL      
9.21% (3 Month EURIBOR + 5.25%, Rate Floor: 5.25%) due 08/17/26 EUR  3,700,000    3,994,249
Truck Hero, Inc.      
8.94% (1 Month Term SOFR + 3.50%, Rate Floor: 4.25%) due 01/31/28   3,890,000    3,816,596
Zephyr Bidco Ltd.      
11.19% (3 Month GBP SONIA + 6.00%, Rate Floor: 6.00%) due 07/31/28 GBP  3,000,000    3,772,960
Alterra Mountain Co.      
due 05/31/30   2,650,000    2,650,000
8.94% (1 Month Term SOFR + 3.50%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 08/17/28   579,801    579,801
The Facilities Group      
11.19% (3 Month Term SOFR + 5.75%, Rate Floor: 6.75%) due 11/30/27†††   3,293,083    3,229,284
NFM & J LLC      
11.16% (3 Month Term SOFR + 5.75%, Rate Floor: 6.75%) due 11/30/27†††   3,239,773    3,177,007
WIRB - Copernicus Group, Inc.      
9.44% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 01/08/27   3,144,831    3,142,252
Breitling Financing SARL      
7.79% (6 Month EURIBOR + 3.90%, Rate Floor: 3.90%) due 10/25/28 EUR  2,800,000    2,944,934
Thevelia US LLC      
7.68% (3 Month EURIBOR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 3.75%) due 06/01/29 EUR 2,100,000   2,269,794
9.07% (3 Month Term SOFR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 4.25%) due 06/01/29   650,000    650,539
PetSmart LLC      
9.18% (1 Month Term SOFR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 02/11/28   2,778,750    2,766,023
Arcis Golf LLC      
9.19% (1 Month Term SOFR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 4.25%) due 11/24/28   2,684,125    2,687,480
 
 

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  Face
Amount~
  Value
SENIOR FLOATING RATE INTERESTS††,◊ - 35.9% (continued)
Consumer, Cyclical -  8.0% (continued)      
BGIS (BIFM CA Buyer, Inc.)      
8.95% (1 Month Term SOFR + 3.61%, Rate Floor: 3.61%) due 06/01/26   2,635,896    $2,631,495
Caesars Entertainment, Inc.      
8.04% (3 Month Term SOFR + 2.75%, Rate Floor: 3.25%) due 01/24/31   2,000,000    1,995,840
8.66% (3 Month Term SOFR + 3.25%, Rate Floor: 3.75%) due 02/06/30   545,875    545,951
TTF Holdings Intermediate LLC      
9.44% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 03/31/28   2,262,299    2,259,471
BCP V Modular Services Holdings IV Ltd.      
8.35% (3 Month EURIBOR + 4.43%, Rate Floor: 4.43%) due 12/15/28 EUR  2,000,000    2,122,789
BCPE Empire Holdings, Inc.      
9.33% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 12/11/28   2,075,000    2,073,962
OEConnection LLC      
9.43% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 09/25/26   1,982,272    1,977,812
PAI Holdco, Inc.      
9.32% (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.01%, Rate Floor: 4.76%) due 10/28/27   2,065,059    1,955,611
CNT Holdings I Corp.      
8.82% (3 Month Term SOFR + 3.50%, Rate Floor: 4.25%) due 11/08/27  1,799,125   1,797,002
Sweetwater Sound      
9.69% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 08/07/28   1,800,000    1,791,000
ScribeAmerica Intermediate Holdco LLC (Healthchannels)      
9.94% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.50%, Rate Floor: 5.50%) due 04/03/25   2,440,512    1,769,371
Packers Holdings LLC      
8.67% (1 Month Term SOFR + 3.25%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 03/09/28   2,701,144    1,737,186
Orion Group      
11.86% ((1 Month Term SOFR + 6.25%) and (3 Month Term SOFR + 6.25%), Rate Floor: 7.25%) due 03/19/27†††   1,619,604    1,579,437
11.52% ((3 Month Term SOFR + 6.00%) and (Commercial Prime Lending Rate + 5.00%), Rate Floor: 7.00%) due 03/19/27†††   81,326    74,489
Ontario Gaming GTA LP      
9.60% (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 08/01/30   1,500,000    1,497,990
BIFM CA Buyer Inc.      
9.57% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 05/31/28   1,475,000    1,472,537
Holding SOCOTEC      
9.57% (3 Month SOFR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 06/30/28   1,323,000    1,312,522
Fertitta Entertainment LLC      
9.33% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 01/29/29   1,179,741    1,180,189

 

 

 

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
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  Face
Amount~
  Value
SENIOR FLOATING RATE INTERESTS††,◊ - 35.9% (continued)
Consumer, Cyclical -  8.0% (continued)      
Galls LLC      
12.22% (3 Month Term SOFR + 6.75%, Rate Floor: 7.75%) due 01/31/25†††  926,905   $919,953
12.21% (3 Month Term SOFR + 6.90%, Rate Floor: 7.90%) due 01/31/25†††   124,522    123,588
12.15% ((1 Month Term SOFR + 6.75%) and (3 Month Term SOFR + 6.75%), Rate Floor: 7.75%) due 01/31/25†††   92,106    91,416
SHO Holding I Corp.      
10.82% (3 Month Term SOFR + 5.51%, Rate Floor: 6.51%) due 04/29/24   1,910,162    1,101,533
10.87% (3 Month Term SOFR + 5.49%, Rate Floor: 6.49%) due 04/29/24   32,514    18,750
Congruex Group LLC      
11.21% (3 Month Term SOFR + 5.75%, Rate Floor: 6.50%) due 05/03/29   1,182,000    1,116,990
Parts Holding Europe      
7.64% (3 Month EURIBOR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 3.75%) due 01/22/31 EUR  1,000,000    1,078,389
PT Intermediate Holdings III LLC      
11.47% (3 Month Term SOFR + 5.98%, Rate Floor: 6.73%) due 11/01/28†††   979,210    974,314
CD&R Firefly Bidco Ltd.      
9.54% (3 Month GBP SONIA + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 4.25%) due 06/23/25††† GBP  703,016    885,260
Elvis UK HoldCo Ltd.      
8.58% (3 Month EURIBOR + 4.68%, Rate Floor: 4.68%) due 10/19/28 EUR  800,000    862,166
Checkers Holdings, Inc.      
20.72% (6 Month Term SOFR + 9.43%, Rate Floor: 9.43%) (in-kind rate was 6.00%) due 06/16/28†††,11   660,172    660,172
16.72% (6 Month Term SOFR + 7.43%, Rate Floor: 7.43%) (in-kind rate was 4.00%) due 06/16/27†††,11   93,651    93,651
CCRR Parent, Inc.      
9.19% (1 Month Term SOFR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 03/06/28  745,532   664,456
Outcomes Group Holdings, Inc.      
12.93% (1 Month Term SOFR + 7.50%, Rate Floor: 8.00%) due 10/26/26†††   450,000    423,000
Sotheby's      
10.08% (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.50%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 01/15/27   357,021    353,540
Mavis Tire Express Services TopCo Corp.      
9.08% (1 Month Term SOFR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 05/04/28   316,875    316,827
SHO Holding I Corp.      
10.38% (3 Month Term SOFR + 5.00%, Rate Floor: 6.00%) due 04/27/24†††   484,000    301,694
10.83% (3 Month Term SOFR + 5.49%, Rate Floor: 6.49%) due 04/29/24†††   323    201
EG Finco Ltd.      
11.24% (12 Month SOFR + 5.50%, Rate Floor: 5.50%) due 02/07/28   169,290    166,115

 

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
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  Face
Amount~
  Value
SENIOR FLOATING RATE INTERESTS††,◊ - 35.9% (continued)
Consumer, Cyclical -  8.0% (continued)      
Scientific Games Holdings, LP      
8.58% (3 Month Term SOFR + 3.25%, Rate Floor: 3.75%) due 04/04/29  123,438   $123,129
Total Consumer, Cyclical      132,148,541
Consumer, Non-cyclical -  7.6%      
HAH Group Holding Co. LLC      
10.43% (1 Month Term SOFR + 5.00%, Rate Floor: 6.00%) due 10/29/27   7,668,928    7,601,825
LaserAway Intermediate Holdings II LLC      
11.33% (3 Month Term SOFR + 5.75%, Rate Floor: 6.50%) due 10/14/27   7,557,327    7,494,374
Quirch Foods Holdings LLC      
10.39% (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.75%, Rate Floor: 5.75%) due 10/27/27   6,830,490    6,819,835
Southern Veterinary Partners LLC      
9.44% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 10/05/27   6,560,698    6,546,330
Women's Care Holdings, Inc.      
9.91% (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.50%, Rate Floor: 5.25%) due 01/17/28   6,654,375    5,761,557
Blue Ribbon LLC      
11.63% (3 Month Term SOFR + 6.00%, Rate Floor: 6.75%) due 05/08/28   5,968,835    5,166,027
PlayCore      
9.84% (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.50%, Rate Floor: 5.50%) due 02/14/30   4,900,000    4,900,000
Florida Food Products LLC      
10.44% (1 Month Term SOFR + 5.00%, Rate Floor: 5.75%) due 10/18/28   5,600,992    4,865,862
Kronos Acquisition Holdings, Inc.      
9.36% (3 Month Term SOFR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 4.25%) due 12/22/26   2,889,208    2,889,208
11.49% (3 Month Term SOFR + 6.00%, Rate Floor: 7.00%) due 12/22/26   1,764,000    1,765,464
Gibson Brands, Inc.      
10.58% (3 Month Term SOFR + 5.00%, Rate Floor: 5.75%) due 08/11/28   4,826,500    4,518,811
National Mentor Holdings, Inc.      
9.18% ((1 Month Term SOFR + 3.75%) and (3 Month Term SOFR + 3.75%), Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 03/02/28   4,279,813    3,985,575
9.20% (3 Month Term SOFR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 03/02/28   150,000    139,687
Curriculum Associates LLC      
10.17% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.75%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 01/09/27  4,200,000   4,116,000
Celeste Bidco B.V.      
due 07/02/29 EUR  3,750,000    4,023,649
Mission Veterinary Partners      
9.44% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 04/27/28   3,910,000    3,898,583
Inception Holdco SARL      
9.68% (3 Month EURIBOR + 5.75%, Rate Floor: 5.75%) due 09/26/29††† EUR  3,600,000    3,852,973
 
 

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
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  Face
Amount~
  Value
SENIOR FLOATING RATE INTERESTS††,◊ - 35.9% (continued)
Consumer, Non-cyclical -  7.6% (continued)      
Heritage Grocers Group LLC      
12.20% (3 Month Term SOFR + 6.75%, Rate Floor: 7.50%) due 08/01/29   3,820,980    $3,823,387
AI Aqua Merger Sub, Inc.      
9.58% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 07/30/28   3,750,000    3,752,362
Balrog Acquisition, Inc.      
9.94% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.50%, Rate Floor: 5.25%) due 09/05/28   3,034,750    3,030,957
9.44% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 09/05/28   711,490    710,159
Cambrex Corp.      
8.93% (1 Month Term SOFR + 3.50%, Rate Floor: 4.25%) due 12/04/26   3,400,548    3,333,966
Dhanani Group, Inc.      
11.42% (1 Month Term SOFR + 6.00%, Rate Floor: 7.00%) due 06/10/27†††   2,918,182    2,889,000
Weber-Stephen Products LLC      
8.69% (1 Month Term SOFR + 3.25%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 10/29/27   3,019,200    2,730,233
Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.      
10.18% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.75%, Rate Floor: 5.25%) due 08/23/29   2,495,625    2,494,078
Lyons Magnus      
12.06% (3 Month Term SOFR + 2.50%, Rate Floor: 2.50%) (in-kind rate was 4.25%) due 05/10/2711  2,497,611   2,276,997
PetIQ LLC      
10.17% (6 Month Term SOFR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 04/13/28   2,242,500    2,220,075
Confluent Health LLC      
9.44% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 11/30/28†††   2,163,589    2,136,545
Nidda Healthcare Holding GmbH      
7.45% (3 Month EURIBOR + 3.50%, Rate Floor: 3.50%) due 08/21/26 EUR  1,900,000    2,039,203
PlayPower, Inc.      
10.98% (3 Month Term SOFR + 5.50%, Rate Floor: 6.50%) due 05/08/26   2,127,053    1,999,429
Resonetics LLC      
9.60% (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 04/28/28   1,466,250    1,464,681
Artisan Newco B.V.      
8.15% (3 Month EURIBOR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 4.25%) due 02/12/29 EUR  1,100,000    1,185,717
Moran Foods LLC      
12.70% (3 Month Term SOFR + 7.25%, Rate Floor: 8.25%) due 06/30/26†††   1,775,748    1,182,795
Financiere N      
8.89% (6 Month EURIBOR + 5.00%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 01/31/29 EUR  1,000,000    1,080,746
AI Monet (Luxembourg) Parentco SARL      
due 02/07/31 EUR  1,000,000    1,079,059
Stars UK Bidco Ltd.      
8.04% (6 Month EURIBOR + 4.15%, Rate Floor: 4.25%) due 08/09/29 EUR  1,000,000    1,078,713
Hearthside Group Holdings LLC      
9.60% (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 05/23/25   1,377,500    1,011,884
Summit Behavioral Healthcare, LLC      
10.35% (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.75%, Rate Floor: 5.50%) due 11/24/28  997,462   995,597
 
 

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
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  Face
Amount~
  Value
SENIOR FLOATING RATE INTERESTS††,◊ - 35.9% (continued)
Consumer, Non-cyclical -  7.6% (continued)      
Financiere Mendel      
9.56% (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 4.25%) due 11/08/30   925,000    $925,388
EyeCare Partners LLC      
9.32% (3 Month Term SOFR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 02/18/27   1,687,177    898,422
Endo Luxembourg Finance Company I SARL      
14.50% (Commercial Prime Lending Rate + 6.00%, Rate Floor: 7.75%) due 03/27/28   1,283,750    837,005
Rainbow Finco SARL      
9.55% (6 Month SOFR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 02/26/29†††   700,000    668,500
Snacking Investments US LLC (Arnott's)      
9.33% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 12/18/26   458,792    458,218
TGP Holdings LLC      
8.68% (1 Month Term SOFR + 3.25%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 06/29/28   376,748    349,965
Triton Water Holdings, Inc.      
8.86% (3 Month Term SOFR + 3.25%, Rate Floor: 3.75%) due 03/31/28   222,716    218,587
Surgery Center Holdings, Inc.      
8.82% (1 Month Term SOFR + 3.50%, Rate Floor: 3.50%) due 12/04/30   125,000    125,139
Total Consumer, Non-cyclical      125,342,567
Industrial -  6.1%      
Arcline FM Holdings LLC      
10.36% (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.75%, Rate Floor: 5.50%) due 06/23/28   7,135,750    7,138,462
Charter Next Generation Inc.      
8.83% (1 Month Term SOFR + 3.50%, Rate Floor: 4.25%) due 12/01/27  4,680,872   4,677,642
Fugue Finance LLC      
due 02/13/31   2,200,000    2,198,174
8.20% (3 Month EURIBOR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 4.25%) due 01/31/28 EUR  2,000,000    2,160,692
NA Rail Hold Co. LLC      
9.61% (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 10/19/26   4,228,450    4,220,543
Pelican Products, Inc.      
9.75% (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 12/29/28   4,497,802    4,149,222
Foundation Building Materials Holding Company LLC      
due 01/25/31   4,150,000    4,144,813
American Bath Group LLC      
9.18% (1 Month Term SOFR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 4.25%) due 11/23/27   4,046,104    3,985,413
Merlin Buyer, Inc.      
9.33% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 12/14/28   3,930,000    3,912,001
Integrated Power Services Holdings, Inc.      
9.94% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.50%, Rate Floor: 5.25%) due 11/22/28†††   3,923,375    3,896,861
CPM Holdings, Inc.      
9.83% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.50%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 09/22/28   3,862,027    3,861,216
Michael Baker International LLC      
10.44% (1 Month Term SOFR + 5.00%, Rate Floor: 5.75%) due 12/01/28   3,830,457    3,840,033
 
 

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) February 29, 2024
   

 

 

  Face
Amount~
  Value
SENIOR FLOATING RATE INTERESTS††,◊ - 35.9% (continued)
Industrial -  6.1% (continued)      
Dispatch Terra Acquisition LLC      
9.75% (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 03/27/28   4,131,469    $3,834,541
Geo Parent Corp.      
10.50% (6 Month Term SOFR + 5.25%, Rate Floor: 5.25%) due 12/19/28  3,800,000   3,771,500
ASP Dream Acquisiton Co. LLC      
9.43% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 12/15/28   3,256,250    3,252,180
Aegion Corp.      
9.58% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 05/17/28   3,014,102    3,006,566
StandardAero      
9.33% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 08/24/28   2,760,801    2,766,157
Mileage Plus Holdings LLC      
10.77% (3 Month Term SOFR + 5.25%, Rate Floor: 6.25%) due 06/21/27   2,625,000    2,701,072
STS Operating, Inc. (SunSource)      
9.68% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 5.25%) due 12/11/24   2,356,332    2,355,601
AI Convoy Luxembourg SARL      
7.61% (6 Month EURIBOR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 3.75%) due 01/18/27 EUR  2,200,000    2,353,524
Mauser Packaging Solutions Holding Co.      
9.33% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 08/14/26   2,297,924    2,302,703
CapStone Acquisition Holdings, Inc.      
10.18% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.75%, Rate Floor: 5.75%) due 11/12/27†††   2,302,801    2,290,668
Atlantic Aviation      
8.83% (1 Month Term SOFR + 3.50%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 09/22/28   2,178,041    2,179,065
Weener Plastics Group BV      
8.43% (3 Month EURIBOR + 4.50%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 11/30/28 EUR  1,900,000    2,048,919
Artera Services LLC      
9.81% (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.50%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 02/06/31  1,750,000   1,754,375
Service Logic Acquisition, Inc.      
9.57% ((1 Month Term SOFR + 4.00%) and (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.00%), Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 10/29/27   1,650,000    1,647,937
ILPEA Parent, Inc.      
9.94% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.50%, Rate Floor: 5.25%) due 06/22/28†††   1,613,260    1,580,995
Anchor Packaging LLC      
8.93% (1 Month Term SOFR + 3.50%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 07/20/26   1,582,012    1,579,054
DXP Enterprises, Inc.      
10.29% (6 Month Term SOFR + 4.75%, Rate Floor: 5.75%) due 10/05/30   1,546,125    1,544,192
Inspired Finco Holdings Ltd.      
8.11% (1 Month EURIBOR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 4.25%) due 12/31/28 EUR  1,250,000    1,347,608
Protective Industrial Products, Inc.      
9.44% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 12/29/27   1,337,182    1,323,810
Spring Education Group, Inc.      
9.85% (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.50%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 10/04/30   1,200,000    1,199,256
 
 

 

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  Face
Amount~
  Value
SENIOR FLOATING RATE INTERESTS††,◊ - 35.9% (continued)
Industrial -  6.1% (continued)      
Merlin Buyer, Inc.      
10.08% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.75%, Rate Floor: 5.25%) due 12/14/28†††   1,097,236    $1,097,236
API Holdings III Corp.      
12.35% (3 Month Term SOFR + 1.00%, Rate Floor: 2.00%) (in-kind rate was 6.00%) due 05/09/26†††,11   1,583,684    966,047
12.35% (3 Month Term SOFR + 1.00%, Rate Floor: 1.00%) (in-kind rate was 6.00%) due 03/25/27†††,11   119,264    116,027
Solis IV B.V.      
7.95% (3 Month EURIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 02/26/29 EUR 1,000,000   1,065,135
TK Elevator Midco GmbH      
6.61% (1 Month EURIBOR + 2.75%, Rate Floor: 2.75%) due 01/29/27††† EUR  665,382    683,567
TK Elevator Midco GmbH      
9.08% (6 Month Term SOFR + 3.50%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 07/30/27   626,000    626,426
Valcour Packaging LLC      
9.19% (1 Month Term SOFR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 4.25%) due 10/04/28   645,076    523,892
ProAmpac PG Borrower LLC      
9.81% (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.50%, Rate Floor: 5.25%) due 09/15/28   500,000    500,000
Bleriot US Bidco LLC      
9.61% (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 10/31/28   398,000    398,685
Patriot Container Corp. (Wastequip)      
9.18% (1 Month Term SOFR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 03/20/25   349,074    337,837
Sundyne (Star US Bidco)      
9.68% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 5.25%) due 03/17/27   319,753    319,833
Osmose Utility Services, Inc.      
8.69% (1 Month Term SOFR + 3.25%, Rate Floor: 3.75%) due 06/23/28   296,212    294,115
Titan Acquisition Ltd. (Husky)      
8.44% (1 Month Term SOFR + 3.00%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 03/28/25†††   285,846    282,631
Park River Holdings, Inc.      
8.84% (3 Month Term SOFR + 3.25%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 12/28/27   235,748    228,994
White Cap Supply Holdings LLC      
9.08% (1 Month Term SOFR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 4.25%) due 10/19/27  98,492   98,568
Air Canada      
8.93% (1 Month Term SOFR + 3.50%, Rate Floor: 4.25%) due 08/11/28   82,155    82,166
Total Industrial      100,645,954
Technology -  5.8%      
Visma AS      
7.18% (6 Month EURIBOR + 3.25%, Rate Floor: 3.25%) due 12/03/25††† EUR  7,250,000    7,798,649
Avalara, Inc.      
12.60% (3 Month Term SOFR + 7.25%, Rate Floor: 8.00%) due 10/19/28†††   7,000,000    6,922,112
Polaris Newco LLC      
8.98% ((1 Month Term SOFR + 3.50%) and (3 Month Term SOFR + 3.50%), Rate Floor: 3.50%) due 06/04/26†††   5,286,400    4,987,484
Finastra      
12.71% (6 Month Term SOFR + 7.25%, Rate Floor: 8.25%) due 09/13/29†††   4,900,000    4,859,313
 
 

 

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  Face
Amount~
  Value
SENIOR FLOATING RATE INTERESTS††,◊ - 35.9% (continued)
Technology -  5.8% (continued)      
Concorde Lux      
7.91% (3 Month EURIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 03/01/28 EUR  4,252,725    $4,583,196
Datix Bidco Ltd.      
12.94% (6 Month GBP SONIA + 7.75%, Rate Floor: 8.44%) due 04/27/26††† GBP  1,775,000    2,236,704
9.94% (6 Month Term SOFR + 4.50%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 04/28/25†††   2,001,644    1,999,242
13.19% (6 Month Term SOFR + 7.75%, Rate Floor: 8.26%) due 04/27/26†††   300,111    299,571
Alteryx Inc.      
due 05/14/24   4,150,000    4,150,000
Wrench Group LLC      
9.61% (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 04/30/26   4,145,379    4,145,379
Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc.      
due 02/23/29  4,190,000   4,137,625
24-7 Intouch, Inc.      
10.18% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.75%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 08/25/25   4,085,648    3,971,577
Apttus Corp.      
9.44% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 05/08/28   3,802,437    3,801,259
Park Place Technologies, LLC      
10.43% (1 Month Term SOFR + 5.00%, Rate Floor: 6.00%) due 11/10/27   3,770,479    3,765,766
Precise Midco BV      
8.43% (3 Month EURIBOR + 4.50%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 10/16/30 EUR  2,624,615    2,831,520
7.68% (3 Month EURIBOR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 3.75%) due 05/13/26 EUR  775,385    835,220
Xerox Corp.      
9.33% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 11/19/29   3,550,000    3,551,491
Sitecore Holding III A/S      
13.38% (6 Month Term SOFR + 7.75%, Rate Floor: 8.25%) due 03/12/29†††   1,965,959    1,947,434
11.83% (6 Month EURIBOR + 7.75%, Rate Floor: 7.75%) due 03/12/29††† EUR  1,455,989    1,559,211
Central Parent LLC      
9.35% (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 07/06/29   3,206,250    3,212,406
Indicor, LLC      
9.35% (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 11/22/29   2,580,533    2,587,629
IRIS Software Group      
9.22% (1 Month GBP SONIA + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 09/08/25 GBP  2,000,000    2,518,462
iSolved, Inc.      
9.48% (6 Month Term SOFR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 10/14/30   2,400,000    2,406,000
Project Ruby Ultimate Parent Corp.      
8.69% (1 Month Term SOFR + 3.25%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 03/10/28  2,236,750   2,221,182
Atlas CC Acquisition Corp.      
9.85% (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 05/25/28   2,489,205    2,218,503
RLDatix      
13.19% (6 Month Term SOFR + 7.75%, Rate Floor: 7.75%) due 04/27/26†††   1,387,999    1,385,500
9.94% (6 Month Term SOFR + 4.50%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 04/28/25†††   652,084    651,302
 
 

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
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  Face
Amount~
  Value
SENIOR FLOATING RATE INTERESTS††,◊ - 35.9% (continued)
Technology -  5.8% (continued)      
Waystar Technologies Inc.      
9.33% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 10/31/29   1,983,854    $1,983,855
Aston FinCo SARL      
9.69% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 5.25%) due 10/09/26   1,636,250    1,441,356
9.96% (1 Month GBP SONIA + 4.77%, Rate Floor: 4.77%) due 10/09/26 GBP  390,040    450,529
Team.Blue Finco SARL      
7.13% (3 Month EURIBOR + 3.20%, Rate Floor: 3.20%) due 03/30/28 EUR  1,750,000    1,846,014
Upland Software, Inc.      
9.18% (1 Month Term SOFR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 08/06/26   1,785,370    1,714,402
CoreLogic, Inc.      
8.94% (1 Month Term SOFR + 3.50%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 06/02/28   1,254,864    1,218,197
Boxer Parent Co., Inc.      
due 12/06/28   500,000    501,365
SUSE      
9.82% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.50%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 11/11/30  500,000   500,155
Epicor Software      
8.69% (1 Month Term SOFR + 3.25%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 07/30/27   483,750    484,809
Project Ruby Ultimate Parent Corp.      
8.94% (1 Month Term SOFR + 3.50%, Rate Floor: 3.50%) due 03/10/28†††   450,000    450,000
Polaris Newco LLC      
9.57% (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 06/02/28   335,776    328,181
Total Technology      96,502,600
Financial -  4.6%      
Eisner Advisory Group      
due 02/22/31   8,450,000    8,386,625
HighTower Holding LLC      
9.59% (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 04/21/28   8,017,704    8,007,682
Higginbotham Insurance Agency, Inc.      
10.93% (1 Month Term SOFR + 5.50%, Rate Floor: 6.50%) due 11/24/28†††   7,262,361    7,197,090
AqGen Island Holdings, Inc.      
8.94% (1 Month Term SOFR + 3.50%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 08/02/28   4,200,000    4,169,550
Howden Group Holdings Ltd.      
due 03/03/31 EUR  3,750,000    4,033,784
Asurion LLC      
9.68% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 4.25%) due 08/20/28   3,926,718    3,900,959
Duff & Phelps      
9.10% (3 Month Term SOFR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 04/09/27   2,005,000    1,979,376
7.93% (3 Month EURIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 04/09/27 EUR  1,740,979    1,866,857
Tegra118 Wealth Solutions, Inc.      
9.32% (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 02/18/27  3,750,000   3,561,337
Franchise Group, Inc.      
10.36% (6 Month Term SOFR + 5.18%, Rate Floor: 5.93%) due 03/10/26   3,995,519    3,516,057
Teneo Holdings LLC      
10.68% (1 Month Term SOFR + 5.25%, Rate Floor: 6.25%) due 07/11/25   3,355,923    3,351,728
Aretec Group, Inc.      
9.93% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.50%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 08/09/30   3,191,980    3,202,769
 
 

 

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  Face
Amount~
  Value
SENIOR FLOATING RATE INTERESTS††,◊ - 35.9% (continued)
Financial -  4.6% (continued)      
Claros Mortgage Trust, Inc.      
9.92% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.50%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 08/10/26   3,448,805    $3,172,901
Osaic Holdings, Inc.      
9.83% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.50%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 08/10/28   2,950,000    2,948,171
Alter Domus      
8.82% (3 Month SOFR + 3.25%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 02/17/28   2,723,000    2,717,908
Ardonagh Midco 3 plc      
due 02/16/31   2,518,072    2,480,301
Apex Group Treasury LLC      
10.32% (3 Month Term SOFR + 5.00%, Rate Floor: 5.50%) due 07/27/28†††   2,029,500    2,026,963
Navacord Inc.      
8.82% (1 Month Term SOFR + 3.50%, Rate Floor: 3.50%) due 03/15/30   1,850,000    1,850,777
Cobham Ultra SeniorCo SARL      
9.01% (6 Month Term SOFR + 3.50%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 08/06/29   1,728,234    1,710,952
Nexus Buyer LLC      
9.18% (1 Month Term SOFR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 3.75%) due 11/09/26   1,731,740    1,701,435
Sandy Bidco BV      
8.13% (6 Month EURIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 08/17/29 EUR 1,100,000   1,183,243
Saphilux SARL      
10.14% ((6 Month Term SOFR + 4.75%) and (6 Month SOFR + 4.75%), Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 07/18/28   1,150,000    1,150,725
Global Blue Acquisition B.V.      
8.87% (1 Month EURIBOR + 5.00%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 11/13/30 EUR  1,000,000    1,083,114
Avison Young (Canada), Inc.      
11.94% (1 Month Term SOFR + 6.50%, Rate Floor: 6.50%) due 01/31/26   2,305,623    849,230
Avison Young (Canada), Inc.      
9.50% (1 Month Term SOFR + 7.50%, Rate Floor: 8.50%) due 11/24/27†††   373,134    –
Total Financial      76,049,534
Communications -  1.5%      
FirstDigital Communications LLC      
9.69% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 12/17/26†††   7,980,000    7,769,050
Syndigo LLC      
9.94% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.50%, Rate Floor: 5.25%) due 12/15/27   4,473,500    4,451,132
Flight Bidco, Inc.      
12.94% (1 Month Term SOFR + 7.50%, Rate Floor: 7.50%) due 07/23/26   3,715,000    3,640,700
8.94% (1 Month Term SOFR + 3.50%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 07/23/25   428,518    422,304
Simon & Schuster      
9.32% (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 10/30/30   2,500,000    2,507,825
Conterra Ultra Broadband Holdings, Inc.      
10.18% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.75%, Rate Floor: 5.75%) due 04/30/26   2,398,890    2,375,645
Xplornet Communications, Inc.      
9.61% (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 10/02/28  4,545,375   2,063,418
 
 

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
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  Face
Amount~
  Value
SENIOR FLOATING RATE INTERESTS††,◊ - 35.9% (continued)
Communications -  1.5% (continued)      
McGraw Hill LLC      
10.19% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.75%, Rate Floor: 5.25%) due 07/28/28   975,000    $970,652
Cengage Learning Acquisitions, Inc.      
10.33% (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.75%, Rate Floor: 5.75%) due 07/14/26   439,875    439,602
Titan AcquisitionCo New Zealand Ltd. (Trade Me)      
9.61% (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 10/18/28   442,125    439,088
Total Communications      25,079,416
Basic Materials -  1.4%      
Illuminate Buyer LLC      
due 12/31/29   3,300,000    3,296,337
Barentz Midco BV      
9.70% (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 11/30/27†††   3,202,350    3,170,326
Pregis TopCo Corp.      
due 07/31/26   3,150,000    3,149,433
Vector WP Holdco, Inc.      
10.44% (1 Month Term SOFR + 5.00%, Rate Floor: 5.75%) due 10/12/28   3,052,700    3,052,700
LTI Holdings, Inc.      
10.19% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.75%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 07/24/26   2,950,235    2,902,294
Eden S.A.S.      
8.55% (3 Month EURIBOR + 4.63%, Rate Floor: 4.63%) due 06/22/29 EUR  2,100,000    2,266,207
DCG Acquisition Corp.      
9.93% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.50%, Rate Floor: 5.50%) due 09/30/26   1,918,836    1,908,436
Barentz Midco BV      
due 11/30/27 EUR  1,000,000    1,078,108
Arsenal AIC Parent LLC      
9.07% (1 Month Term SOFR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 3.75%) due 08/19/30  897,750   897,373
NIC Acquisition Corp.      
9.36% (3 Month Term SOFR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 12/29/27   1,043,229    858,056
Pregis TopCo LLC      
9.19% (1 Month Term SOFR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 4.25%) due 07/31/26   654,925    653,943
Schur Flexibles GmbH      
9.59% (6 Month EURIBOR + 5.50%, Rate Floor: 5.50%) due 09/28/27††† EUR  312,500    195,946
Vantage Specialty Chemicals, Inc.      
10.07% (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.75%, Rate Floor: 5.25%) due 10/26/26   124,685    121,958
Total Basic Materials      23,551,117
Energy -  0.8%      
BANGL LLC      
9.83% (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.50%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 02/01/29   7,581,000    7,609,429
Par Petroleum LLC      
9.69% (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 02/28/30   3,870,750    3,868,350
Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LLC      
8.05% (1 Month Term SOFR + 2.63%, Rate Floor: 3.63%) due 08/19/26   857,515    853,227
 
 

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
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  Face
Amount~
  Value
SENIOR FLOATING RATE INTERESTS††,◊ - 35.9% (continued)
Energy -  0.8% (continued)      
Permian Production Partners LLC      
13.44% (1 Month Term SOFR + 6.11%, Rate Floor: 7.11%) (in-kind rate was 2.00%) due 11/24/2511   376,749    $362,621
Total Energy      12,693,627
Utilities -  0.1%      
Franklin Energy (KAMC Holdings, Inc.)      
9.60% (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 08/14/26   1,579,875    1,423,467
EIF Channelview Cogeneration LLC      
9.75% (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 5.25%) due 05/03/25  43,472   43,037
Total Utilities      1,466,504
Total Senior Floating Rate Interests    
(Cost $607,019,270)   593,479,860
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES†† - 18.1%
Collateralized Loan Obligations -  8.1%      
Madison Park Funding LIII Ltd.      
2022-53A E, 11.32% (3 Month Term SOFR + 6.00%, Rate Floor: 6.00%) due 04/21/35◊,5   18,500,000    17,667,674
Palmer Square Loan Funding Ltd.      
2022-1A D, 10.32% (3 Month Term SOFR + 5.00%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 04/15/30◊,5   8,750,000    8,468,137
2021-3A D, 10.58% (3 Month Term SOFR + 5.26%, Rate Floor: 5.26%) due 07/20/29◊,5   7,000,000    6,864,789
2021-2A D, 10.58% (3 Month Term SOFR + 5.26%, Rate Floor: 5.26%) due 05/20/29◊,5   2,000,000    1,961,978
CIFC Funding Ltd.      
2021-4RA DR, 12.58% (3 Month Term SOFR + 7.26%, Rate Floor: 7.00%) due 01/17/35◊,5   11,000,000    10,653,037
2022-3A E, 12.59% (3 Month Term SOFR + 7.27%, Rate Floor: 7.27%) due 04/21/35◊,5   2,000,000    1,972,340
Boyce Park CLO Ltd.      
2022-1A E, 11.57% (3 Month Term SOFR + 6.25%, Rate Floor: 6.25%) due 04/21/35◊,5  10,000,000   9,800,435
Fortress Credit Opportunities IX CLO Ltd.      
2021-9A DR, 9.53% (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.21%, Rate Floor: 3.95%) due 10/15/33◊,5   8,000,000    7,305,005
Fontainbleau Vegas      
  10.97% (1 Month Term SOFR + 5.65%, Rate Floor: 5.65%) due 01/31/26◊,†††   6,500,000    6,500,000
Cerberus Loan Funding XLIV LLC      
2024-5A C, 9.30% (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.20%, Rate Floor: 4.20%) due 01/15/36◊,5   6,100,000    6,104,369
Cerberus Loan Funding XLII LLC      
2023-3A C, 9.46% (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.15%, Rate Floor: 4.15%) due 09/13/35◊,5   5,750,000    5,749,324
Carlyle Global Market Strategies      
2022-1A E, 12.66% (3 Month Term SOFR + 7.35%, Rate Floor: 7.35%) due 04/15/35◊,5   5,500,000    5,296,946
Cerberus Loan Funding XLV LLC      
2024-1A D,  due 04/15/36◊,5   5,000,000    5,000,000
Owl Rock CLO I LLC      
2024-1A C, 9.59% (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 4.25%) due 02/20/36◊,5   4,600,000    4,601,562
 
 

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) February 29, 2024
   

 

  Face
Amount~
  Value
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES†† - 18.1% (continued)
Collateralized Loan Obligations -  8.1% (continued)      
Neuberger Berman Loan Advisers CLO 47 Ltd.      
2022-47A E, 11.57% (3 Month Term SOFR + 6.25%, Rate Floor: 6.25%) due 04/14/35◊,5   4,250,000    $4,173,079
ACRES Commercial Realty Ltd.      
2021-FL2 C, 8.09% (1 Month Term SOFR + 2.76%, Rate Floor: 2.76%) due 01/15/37◊,5   1,750,000    1,641,278
2021-FL2 D, 8.54% (1 Month Term SOFR + 3.21%, Rate Floor: 3.21%) due 01/15/37◊,5   1,750,000    1,615,597
Voya CLO Ltd.      
2022-1A SUB,  due 04/20/355,12   3,650,000    2,878,025
2013-1A INC,  due 10/15/305,12   3,000,000    97,830
ABPCI Direct Lending Fund CLO II LLC      
2021-1A DR, 10.08% (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.76%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 04/20/32◊,5   3,000,000    2,887,883
KREF Ltd.      
2021-FL2 AS, 6.74% (1 Month Term SOFR + 1.41%, Rate Floor: 1.30%) due 02/15/39◊,5   2,850,000    2,738,376
Owl Rock CLO XVI      
2024-16A C,  due 04/20/36◊,5  2,650,000   2,650,000
Cerberus Loan Funding XL LLC      
2023-1A D, 11.71% (3 Month Term SOFR + 6.40%, Rate Floor: 6.40%) due 03/22/35◊,5   2,500,000    2,502,009
LCCM Trust      
2021-FL2 C, 7.58% (1 Month Term SOFR + 2.26%, Rate Floor: 2.26%) due 12/13/38◊,5   2,600,000    2,405,390
FS Rialto Issuer LLC      
2022-FL6 C, 9.55% (1 Month Term SOFR + 4.23%, Rate Floor: 4.23%) due 08/17/37◊,5   2,250,000    2,242,899
Golub Capital Partners CLO 49M Ltd.      
2021-49A D, 9.43% (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.11%, Rate Floor: 4.11%) due 08/26/33◊,5   2,250,000    2,071,640
Carlyle US CLO Ltd.      
2022-4A DR, 11.91% (3 Month Term SOFR + 6.60%, Rate Floor: 6.60%) due 04/15/35◊,5   2,000,000    1,883,273
FS Rialto      
2021-FL2 C, 7.49% (1 Month Term SOFR + 2.16%, Rate Floor: 2.16%) due 05/16/38◊,5   1,400,000    1,328,044
Cerberus Loan Funding XXXIII, LP      
2021-3A D, 9.58% (3 Month Term SOFR + 4.26%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 07/23/33◊,5   1,200,000    1,170,034
Dryden 50 Senior Loan Fund      
2017-50A SUB,  due 07/15/305,12   3,555,000    906,880
Carlyle Global Market Strategies CLO Ltd.      
2012-3A SUB,  due 01/14/325,12   2,600,000    764,140
Great Lakes CLO Ltd.      
2014-1A SUB,  due 10/15/295,12   1,153,846    439,069
Dryden Senior Loan Fund      
2015-37X, due 01/15/3112   2,998,799    226,125
A10 Permanent Asset Financing LLC      
2017-II C1, 6.24% (WAC) due 06/15/51◊,5   250,000    172,409
Dryden 41 Senior Loan Fund      
2015-41A SUB,  due 04/15/315,12  1,850,000   135,507
 
 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) February 29, 2024
   

 

  Face
Amount~
  Value
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES†† - 18.1% (continued)
Collateralized Loan Obligations -  8.1% (continued)      
Marathon CLO V Ltd.      
2013-5A SUB,  due 11/21/275,12   3,566,667    $118,502
KVK CLO Ltd.      
2013-1A SUB,  due 01/14/281,5,12   2,300,000    114,770
Babson CLO Ltd.      
2014-IA SUB,  due 07/20/255,12   2,923,125    86,144
Dryden 37 Senior Loan Fund      
2015-37A SUB,  due 01/15/315,12   1,050,000    79,175
Atlas Senior Loan Fund IX Ltd.      
2018-9A SUB,  due 04/20/281,5,12   2,600,000    53,586
Venture XIII CLO Ltd.      
2013-13A SUB,  due 09/10/295,12   1,500,000    42,693
Treman Park CLO Ltd.      
2015-1A COM,  due 10/20/285,12   814,751    2,746
West CLO Ltd.      
2013-1A SUB,  due 11/07/255,12   1,350,000    135
Total Collateralized Loan Obligations      133,372,834
Transport-Aircraft -  3.8%      
Sprite Ltd.      
2021-1, 3.75% due 11/15/465   11,410,891    10,600,370
GAIA Aviation Ltd.      
2019-1, 3.97% due 12/15/445,13   9,618,537    8,824,533
2019-1, 5.19% due 12/15/445,13   1,444,220    1,191,020
AASET Trust      
2021-2A, 2.80% due 01/15/475   3,785,496    3,293,684
2020-1A, 3.35% due 01/16/405   2,064,544    1,844,474
2019-2, 4.46% due 10/16/395   3,524,131    1,638,980
2020-1A, 4.34% due 01/16/405   1,111,510    622,579
2019-1, 3.84% due 05/15/395   383,761    307,023
Project Silver      
2019-1, 3.97% due 07/15/445   7,769,476    6,692,005
KDAC Aviation Finance Ltd.      
2017-1A, 4.21% due 12/15/425  6,780,400   5,831,614
Labrador Aviation Finance Ltd.      
2016-1A, 4.30% due 01/15/425   4,267,869    3,734,385
MACH 1 Cayman Ltd.      
2019-1, 3.47% due 10/15/395   3,721,243    3,251,568
Start Ltd.      
2018-1, 4.09% due 05/15/435   1,754,347    1,605,473
2018-1, 5.32% due 05/15/435   1,292,028    1,117,746
JOL Air Ltd.      
2019-1, 3.97% due 04/15/445   2,679,123    2,451,612
Castlelake Aircraft Securitization Trust      
2019-1A, 3.97% due 04/15/395   1,298,938    1,169,115
2018-1, 4.13% due 06/15/435   1,203,475    1,097,173
Start II Ltd.      
2019-1, 4.09% due 03/15/445   1,940,939    1,795,446
WAVE LLC      
2019-1, 3.60% due 09/15/445   1,896,905    1,620,052
Castlelake Aircraft Structured Trust      
2021-1A, 6.66% due 01/15/465   1,404,424    1,306,237
Sapphire Aviation Finance II Ltd.      
2020-1A, 4.34% due 03/15/405   1,526,812    1,153,690
Falcon Aerospace Ltd.      
2019-1, 3.60% due 09/15/395   729,859    667,822
2017-1, 6.30% due 02/15/425   466,653    414,159
MAPS Ltd.      
2019-1A, 4.46% due 03/15/445   421,232    377,209
Sapphire Aviation Finance I Ltd.      
2018-1A, 4.25% due 03/15/405   294,337    268,691
Castlelake Aircraft Securitization Trust      
2014-1,  due 12/31/30†††   3,054,105    619
Total Transport-Aircraft      62,877,279
Financial -  2.4%      
Lightning A      
 5.50% due 03/01/37†††   13,780,000    12,672,652
Thunderbird A      
 5.50% due 03/01/37†††   13,780,000    12,672,651

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) February 29, 2024
   

 

  Face
Amount~
  Value
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES†† - 18.1% (continued)
Financial -  2.4% (continued)      
Ceamer Finance LLC      
 6.92% due 11/15/37†††  3,866,541   $3,756,699
 3.69% due 03/24/31†††   3,315,370    3,110,857
KKR Core Holding Company LLC      
 4.00% due 08/12/31†††   2,791,497    2,470,368
Lightning B      
 7.50% due 03/01/37†††   1,755,000    1,617,155
Thunderbird B      
 7.50% due 03/01/37†††   1,755,000    1,617,155
Nassau LLC      
2019-1, 3.98% due 08/15/345   1,016,227    969,208
Bib Merchant Voucher Receivables Ltd.      
 4.18% due 04/07/28†††   752,365    719,954
Total Financial      39,606,699
Infrastructure -  1.5%      
Hotwire Funding LLC      
2023-1A, 8.84% due 05/20/535   11,000,000    10,205,859
2021-1, 4.46% due 11/20/515   5,250,000    4,614,188
VB-S1 Issuer LLC - VBTEL      
2022-1A, 5.27% due 02/15/525   8,000,000    6,884,124
Vault DI Issuer LLC      
2021-1A, 2.80% due 07/15/465   1,850,000    1,609,211
Aligned Data Centers Issuer LLC      
2021-1A, 2.48% due 08/15/465   1,500,000    1,330,324
Blue Stream Issuer LLC      
2023-1A, 6.90% due 05/20/535   1,000,000    946,439
Total Infrastructure      25,590,145
Net Lease -  0.8%      
CARS-DB4, LP      
2020-1A, 4.95% due 02/15/505   7,110,000    5,889,469
SVC ABS LLC      
2023-1A, 5.55% due 02/20/535   3,690,750    3,449,970
CARS-DB7, LP      
2023-1A, 6.50% due 09/15/535   3,332,552    3,295,187
Total Net Lease      12,634,626
Whole Business -  0.7%      
Applebee's Funding LLC / IHOP Funding LLC      
2019-1A, 4.72% due 06/05/495   8,217,000    7,911,379
SERVPRO Master Issuer LLC      
2019-1A, 3.88% due 10/25/495   1,962,875    1,861,292
Sonic Capital LLC      
2020-1A, 3.85% due 01/20/505  1,206,250   1,142,377
2020-1A, 4.34% due 01/20/505   772,000    718,520
Wingstop Funding LLC      
2020-1A, 2.84% due 12/05/505   98,500    89,021
Total Whole Business      11,722,589
Single Family Residence -  0.6%      
FirstKey Homes Trust      
2022-SFR3, 4.50% due 07/17/385   3,200,000    3,081,984
2020-SFR2, 4.00% due 10/19/375   3,050,000    2,875,289
2020-SFR2, 4.50% due 10/19/375   3,000,000    2,835,742
2020-SFR2, 3.37% due 10/19/375   1,900,000    1,779,484
Total Single Family Residence      10,572,499
Insurance -  0.1%      
CHEST      
 7.13% due 03/15/43†††   1,425,000    1,433,856
CBC Insurance Revenue Securitization LLC      
2016-1, 5.25% due 07/15/469   286,425    251,721
Total Insurance      1,685,577
Collateralized Debt Obligations -  0.1%      
Anchorage Credit Funding 4 Ltd.      
2021-4A CR, 3.52% due 04/27/395   1,000,000    826,373
Transport-Rail -  0.0%      
Trinity Rail Leasing, LP      
2009-1A, 6.66% due 11/16/395   99,860    100,556
Total Asset-Backed Securities    
(Cost $313,508,080)   298,989,177
 
 

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) February 29, 2024
   

 

COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS†† - 5.6%
Government Agency -  2.4%      
Fannie Mae      
4.00% due 06/01/521   6,893,837    $6,418,510
4.00% due 07/01/521   6,422,442    6,006,018
5.00% due 08/01/531   5,837,430    5,665,296
5.00% due 09/01/521   2,138,491    2,076,483
5.00% due 06/01/531   1,959,754    1,900,890
4.00% due 05/01/521   1,670,322    1,546,883
Freddie Mac      
5.00% due 09/01/521   5,641,281    5,477,572
4.00% due 05/01/521   5,343,525    4,947,231
4.00% due 06/01/521   4,632,899    4,306,706
4.00% due 08/01/521  1,703,440   1,603,956
Total Government Agency      39,949,545
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities -  2.1%      
LSTAR Securities Investment Ltd.      
2024-1, 8.43% (30 Day Average SOFR + 3.10%, Rate Floor: 3.10%) due 01/01/29◊,†††,5   7,812,821    7,832,737
Finance of America HECM Buyout      
2022-HB2, 6.00% (WAC) due 08/01/32◊,5   3,800,000    3,608,877
Carrington Mortgage Loan Trust Series      
2006-NC5, 5.59% (1 Month Term SOFR + 0.26%, Rate Cap/Floor: 14.50%/0.15%) due 01/25/37   3,827,710    3,269,394
CFMT LLC      
2022-HB9, 3.25% (WAC) due 09/25/37◊,9   3,400,000    2,779,127
WaMu Asset-Backed Certificates WaMu Series      
2007-HE4, 5.61% (1 Month Term SOFR + 0.28%, Rate Floor: 0.28%) due 07/25/47   1,584,707    1,122,954
2007-HE4, 5.69% (1 Month Term SOFR + 0.36%, Rate Floor: 0.36%) due 07/25/47   904,841    530,785
2007-HE2, 5.63% (1 Month Term SOFR + 0.30%, Rate Floor: 0.30%) due 04/25/37   1,346,545    502,624
New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust      
2022-NQM5, 6.50% due 11/25/525,13   2,080,909    2,063,312
GCAT Trust      
2022-NQM5, 5.71% due 08/25/675,13   1,981,995    1,956,766
Lehman XS Trust Series      
2006-18N, 5.80% (1 Month Term SOFR + 0.47%, Rate Floor: 0.36%) due 12/25/36   1,859,675    1,770,994
PRPM LLC      
2023-1, 6.88% (WAC) due 02/25/28◊,5   1,556,527    1,566,830
BRAVO Residential Funding Trust      
2022-NQM3, 5.50% (WAC) due 07/25/62◊,5   1,576,312    1,543,129
Saluda Grade Alternative Mortgage Trust      
2023-FIG4, 7.12% (WAC) due 11/25/53◊,5  1,305,204   1,322,702
PRKCM Trust      
2022-AFC2, 6.14% (WAC) due 08/25/57◊,5   1,201,901    1,190,510
OBX Trust      
2022-NQM8, 6.10% due 09/25/625,13   1,065,854    1,052,958
Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust      
2022-A, 6.17% due 09/25/625,13   1,025,420    1,026,233
 
 

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) February 29, 2024
   

 

 

  Face
Amount~
  Value
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS†† - 5.6% (continued)
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities -  2.1% (continued)      
JP Morgan Mortgage Acquisition Trust      
2006-WMC4, 5.57% (1 Month Term SOFR + 0.24%, Rate Floor: 0.13%) due 12/25/36   1,401,465    $835,889
CSMC Trust      
2020-RPL5, 4.68% (WAC) due 08/25/60◊,5   738,168    734,953
Total Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities      34,710,774
Military Housing -  0.6%      
Freddie Mac Military Housing Bonds Resecuritization Trust Certificates      
2015-R1, 5.94% (WAC) due 11/25/52◊,9   3,366,973    2,974,977
2015-R1, 0.70% (WAC) due 11/25/55◊,5,14   39,575,735    2,503,323
2015-R1, 0.70% (WAC) due 11/25/52◊,5,14   31,563,373    1,785,837
Capmark Military Housing Trust      
2007-AETC, 5.75% due 02/10/52†††,5   1,508,230    1,325,490
2007-AET2, 6.06% due 10/10/52†††,5   453,691    437,491
Total Military Housing      9,027,118
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities -  0.5%      
BX Commercial Mortgage Trust      
2021-VOLT, 7.43% (1 Month Term SOFR + 2.11%, Rate Floor: 2.00%) due 09/15/36◊,5   3,743,000    3,689,215
BX Trust      
2023-DELC, 8.66% (1 Month Term SOFR + 3.34%, Rate Floor: 3.34%) due 05/15/38◊,5   2,750,000    2,780,937
GS Mortgage Securities Corporation Trust      
2020-DUNE, 8.09% (1 Month Term SOFR + 2.76%, Rate Floor: 2.65%) due 12/15/36◊,5  2,000,000   1,912,167
Total Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities      8,382,319
Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations    
(Cost $95,931,411)   92,069,756
U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES†† - 1.0%
U.S. Treasury Bonds
 due 08/15/511,15,16 32,650,000     9,947,962  
 due 05/15/441,15,16 5,030,000     2,020,993  
 due 11/15/441,15,16 5,030,000     1,977,155  
 due 02/15/4615,16 5,060,000     1,883,946  
Total U.S. Government Securities    
(Cost $20,999,416)     15,830,056  
MUNICIPAL BONDS†† - 0.4%
District of Columbia -  0.4%      
District of Columbia Revenue Bonds      
6.73% due 09/01/475   5,300,000    5,537,783
Oklahoma -  0.0%      
Oklahoma Development Finance Authority Revenue Bonds      
5.45% due 08/15/28   400,000    359,863
Total Municipal Bonds    
(Cost $6,054,154)   5,897,646
U.S. TREASURY BILLS†† - 0.2%
U.S. Treasury Bills
5.20% due 03/28/244 3,296,000     3,282,948  
5.23% due 05/02/244 230,000     227,912  
5.17% due 03/14/244 150,000     149,714  
Total U.S. Treasury Bills    
(Cost $3,660,785)     3,660,574  
CONVERTIBLE BONDS†† - 0.2%
Consumer, Non-cyclical -  0.1%      
Block, Inc.      
 due 05/01/261,15   2,840,000    2,508,004
Communications -  0.1%      
Cable One, Inc.      
 due 03/15/2615   1,250,000    1,065,625
Total Convertible Bonds    
(Cost $3,674,116)   3,573,629
 
 

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) February 29, 2024
   

 

 

  Face
Amount~
  Value
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT DEBT†† - 0.1%
Panama Government International Bond
4.50% due 01/19/63   4,150,000   $2,570,149  
Total Foreign Government Debt    
(Cost $4,124,551)     2,570,149  
SENIOR FIXED RATE INTERESTS†† - 0.0%
Industrial -  0.0%      
Schur Flexibles GmbH      
13.40% due 09/30/26 EUR 167,285   159,147
9.59% due 09/30/26 EUR  113,552    108,027
13.55% due 09/30/26 EUR  29,571    28,132
Total Senior Fixed Rate Interests    
(Cost $316,213)   295,306
  Contracts    
       
LISTED OPTIONS PURCHASED - 0.1%
Put Options on:      
Equity Options      
 SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF Expiring January 2025 with strike price of $43.00 (Notional Value $10,874,826) 2,259   695,772  
 SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF Expiring December 2024 with strike price of $42.00 (Notional Value $13,127,778) 2,727   695,385  
Total Listed Options Purchased    
(Cost $1,527,699)     1,391,157  
  Notional Value    
       
OTC OPTIONS PURCHASED†† - 0.0%
Call Options on:      
Goldman Sachs International 10Y-2Y SOFR CMS CAP Expiring June 2024 with strike price of $0.10 USD 44,500,000   15,548  
Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC 10Y-2Y SOFR CMS CAP Expiring June 2024 with strike price of $0.10 USD 41,200,000   14,395  
Barclays Bank plc
 10Y-2Y SOFR CMS CAP Expiring June 2024 with strike price of $0.10
USD 40,800,000   14,256  
Bank of America, N.A. 10Y-2Y SOFR CMS CAP Expiring June 2024 with strike price of $0.10 USD 20,600,000   7,198  
      51,397  

 Put Options on:

Contracts

   
Goldman Sachs International SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF Expiring December 2024 with strike price of $42.00 (Notional Value $4,351,856) 904   271,381  
Total OTC Options Purchased    
(Cost $936,678)     322,778  
Total Investments - 127.1%    
(Cost $2,198,925,395)   $   2,101,129,803  
 
 

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) February 29, 2024
   

 

 

  Contracts   Value
LISTED OPTIONS WRITTEN - (0.1)%
Call Options on:      
 S&P 500 Index Expiring March 2024 with strike price of $4,925.00 (Notional Value $509,627) 1       –  
 S&P 500 Index Expiring March 2024 with strike price of $5,095.00 (Notional Value $509,627) 1       (3,290)
 S&P 500 Index Expiring March 2024 with strike price of $5,080.00 (Notional Value $509,627) 1       (3,725)
 S&P 500 Index Expiring March 2024 with strike price of $5,075.00 (Notional Value $509,627) 1       (4,755)
 S&P 500 Index Expiring March 2024 with strike price of $5,085.00 (Notional Value $509,627) 1       (4,790)
 S&P 500 Index Expiring March 2024 with strike price of $5,075.00 (Notional Value $509,627) 1       (5,170)
 S&P 500 Index Expiring March 2024 with strike price of $5,070.00 (Notional Value $509,627) 1       (5,700)
 S&P 500 Index Expiring March 2024 with strike price of $5,030.00 (Notional Value $509,627) 1       (6,245)
 S&P 500 Index Expiring March 2024 with strike price of $5,015.00 (Notional Value $509,627) 1       (7,960)
 S&P 500 Index Expiring March 2024 with strike price of $4,985.00 (Notional Value $509,627) 1       (10,890)
 S&P 500 Index Expiring March 2024 with strike price of $4,975.00 (Notional Value $509,627) 1       (12,115)
 S&P 500 Index Expiring March 2024 with strike price of $4,955.00 (Notional Value $509,627) 1       (14,060)
 SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust Expiring March 2024 with strike price of $502.00 (Notional Value $1,066,968) 21       (19,362)
 S&P 500 Index Expiring March 2024 with strike price of $5,065.00 (Notional Value $36,693,144) 72       (464,400)
 NASDAQ-100 Index Expiring March 2024 with strike price of $17,870.00 (Notional Value $37,892,085) 21       (692,265)
 Russell 2000 Index Expiring March 2024 with strike price of $2,040.00 (Notional Value $36,987,174) 180       (800,100)
Total Listed Options Written    
(Premiums received $1,649,650)         (2,054,827)
Other Assets & Liabilities, net - (27.0)%     (446,896,115)
Total Net Assets - 100.0%   $   1,652,178,861 
       
       

 

 

 

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) February 29, 2024
   

 

 

Futures Contracts      
Description Number of Contracts Expiration Date Notional Amount Value and Unrealized
Appreciation**
Equity Futures Contracts Purchased  
S&P 500 Index Mini Futures Contracts 30   Mar 2024 $7,644,750 $654,965
       

 

 

 

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swap Agreements Protection Purchased††      

Counterparty Exchange Index Protection Premium Rate Payment Frequency Maturity Date   Notional Amount Value Upfront Premiums (Received) Unrealized Depreciation**
BofA Securities, Inc. ICE ITRAXX.EUR.38.V1 1.00% Quarterly 12/20/27 EUR $63,300,000 $(1,407,961) $(307,793) $(1,100,168)
                     

 

 

 

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swap Agreements††    
Counterparty Exchange Floating Rate Type Floating Rate Index Fixed Rate Payment Frequency Maturity Date   Notional Amount Value

Upfront Premiums

Paid

Unrealized Depreciation**
BofA Securities, Inc. CME Pay U.S. Secured Overnight Financing Rate 2.78% Annually 07/18/27   $143,900,000 $(6,312,335) $639 $(6,312,974)
                       
 
 

 

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) February 29, 2024
   

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts††    
Counterparty Currency Type Quantity Contract Amount Settlement Date Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
Bank of America, N.A. GBP Sell 16,585,000 20,958,995 USD 03/15/24 $20,811
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. CAD Sell 3,118,000 2,317,031 USD 03/15/24  18,565
UBS AG EUR Sell 985,000 1,069,316 USD 03/15/24  3,956
Barclays Bank plc EUR Buy 50,000 54,074 USD 03/15/24  5
UBS AG CAD Buy 65,000 48,074 USD 03/15/24  (159)
Citibank, N.A. EUR Sell 1,100,000 1,181,720 USD 03/15/24  (8,022)
Bank of America, N.A. EUR Sell 71,505,000 77,228,117 USD 03/15/24  (110,544)
            $(75,388)
             

 

~ The face amount is denominated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated.
* Non-income producing security.
** Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation).
Value determined based on Level 1 inputs, unless otherwise noted — See Note 3.
†† Value determined based on Level 2 inputs, unless otherwise noted — See Note 3.
††† Value determined based on Level 3 inputs — See Note 3.
Variable rate security. Rate indicated is the rate effective at February 29, 2024. In some instances, the effective rate is limited by a minimum rate floor or a maximum rate cap established by the issuer. The settlement status of a position may also impact the effective rate indicated. In some cases, a position may be unsettled at period end and may not have a stated effective rate. In instances where multiple underlying reference rates and spread amounts are shown, the effective rate is based on a weighted average.
1 All or a portion of these securities have been physically segregated in connection with borrowings, options, reverse repurchase agreements and unfunded loan commitments. As of February 29, 2024, the total value of segregated securities was $594,033,871.
2 Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC).
3 Affiliated issuer.
4 Rate indicated is the effective yield at the time of purchase.
5 Security is a 144A or Section 4(a)(2) security. These securities have been determined to be liquid under guidelines established by the Board of Trustees. The total market value of 144A or Section 4(a)(2) securities is $861,980,826 (cost $917,299,861), or 52.2% of total net assets.
6 Rate indicated is the 7-day yield as of February 29, 2024.
7 Variable rate security. Rate indicated is the rate effective at February 29, 2024. The rate is linked to the volatility-adjusted performance of the series 1 securities due 2069 of the underlying company, Alphas Managed Accounts Platform LXXIX Limited.
8 Perpetual maturity.
9 Security is a 144A or Section 4(a)(2) security. These securities have been determined to be illiquid and restricted under guidelines established by the Board of Trustees. The total market value of 144A or Section 4(a)(2) illiquid and restricted securities is $8,647,998 (cost $12,153,481), or 0.5% of total net assets — See Note 6.
10 Security is in default of interest and/or principal obligations.
11 Payment-in-kind security.
12 Security has no stated coupon. However, it is expected to receive residual cash flow payments on defined deal dates.
13 Security is a step up/down bond. The coupon increases or decreases at regular intervals until the bond reaches full maturity. Rate indicated is the rate at February 29, 2024. See table below for additional step information for each security.
14 Security is an interest-only strip.
15 Zero coupon rate security.
16 Security is a principal-only strip.

 

 

 

 

  BofA — Bank of America
  CAD — Canadian Dollar
  CME — Chicago Mercantile Exchange
  CMS — Constant Maturity Swap
  EUR — Euro
  EURIBOR — European Interbank Offered Rate
  GBP — British Pound
  ICE — Intercontinental Exchange
  ITRAXX.EUR.38.V1 — iTraxx Europe Series 38 Index Version 1
  plc — Public Limited Company
  PPV — Public-Private Venture
  REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust
  SARL —  Société à Responsabilité Limitée
  SOFR — Secured Overnight Financing Rate
  SONIA — Sterling Overnight Index Average
  WAC — Weighted Average Coupon
 
 

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) February 29, 2024
   

 

 

        See Sector Classification in Other Information section.
 

 

 

 

 

The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund's investments at February 29, 2024 (See Note 3 in the Notes to Schedule of Investments):
 
Investments in Securities (Assets) Level 1 Quoted Prices

Level 2 Significant

Observable Inputs

Level 3 Significant

Unobservable Inputs

  Total
Common Stocks $ 119,623,559 $ 884,900   $ 1,041,895     $ 121,550,354  
Preferred Stocks     —   93,805,276   11,812,545     105,617,821  
Warrants 3,759       —   12     3,771  
Exchange-Traded Funds 56,501,748       —       —     56,501,748  
Closed-End Mutual Funds 42,095,978       —       —     42,095,978  
Money Market Funds 16,922,707       —       —     16,922,707  
Corporate Bonds     —   708,636,927   31,720,409     740,357,336  
Senior Floating Rate Interests     —          495,188,135       98,291,725     593,479,860  
Asset-Backed Securities     —   252,417,211   46,571,966     298,989,177  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations     —   82,474,038   9,595,718     92,069,756  
U.S. Government Securities     —   15,830,056       —     15,830,056  
Municipal Bonds     —   5,897,646       —     5,897,646  
U.S. Treasury Bills     —   3,660,574       —     3,660,574  
Convertible Bonds     —   3,573,629       —     3,573,629  
Foreign Government Debt     —   2,570,149       —     2,570,149  
Senior Fixed Rate Interests     —   295,306       —     295,306  
Options Purchased 1,391,157   322,778       —     1,713,935  
Equity Futures Contracts** 654,965       —       —     654,965  
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts**     —   43,337       —     43,337  
Total Assets $ 237,193,873     $1,665,599,962       $199,034,270     $ 2,101,828,105  
           
Investments in Securities (Liabilities) Level 1 Quoted Prices

Level 2 Significant

Observable Inputs

Level 3 Significant

Unobservable Inputs

  Total
Options Written $ 2,054,827     $ —     $ —     $ 2,054,827  
Credit Default Swap Agreements**     —   1,100,168       —     1,100,168  
Interest Rate Swap Agreements**     —   6,312,974       —     6,312,974  
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts**     —   118,725       —     118,725  
Unfunded Loan Commitments (Note 5)     —       —   357,264     357,264  
Total Liabilities $ 2,054,827   $ 7,531,867   $ 357,264     $ 9,943,958  

 

           
** This derivative is reported as unrealized appreciation/depreciation at period end.
 
Please refer to the detailed Schedule of Investments for a breakdown of investment type by industry category.
 
The Fund may hold assets and/or liabilities in which the fair value approximates the carrying amount for financial statement purposes. As of the period end, reverse repurchase agreements of $350,995,337 are categorized as Level 2 within the disclosure hierarchy — See Note 2.
 
 

The following is a summary of significant unobservable inputs used in the fair valuation of assets and liabilities categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy:

 

           
Category Ending Balance at February 29, 2024 Valuation Technique Unobservable Inputs Input Range Weighted Average*
Assets:          
Asset-Backed Securities $  39,704,410   Yield Analysis Yield 5.9%-13.0% 7.2%
Asset-Backed Securities       6,867,556   Option adjusted spread off prior month end broker quote Broker Quote
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations       7,832,737   Third Party Pricing Trade Price
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations       1,762,981   Option adjusted spread off prior month end broker quote Broker Quote
Common Stocks          688,158   Enterprise Value Valuation Multiple 2.4x-17.6x 6.6x
Common Stocks          341,710   Model Price Purchase Price
Common Stocks            11,976   Model Price Liquidation Value
Common Stocks                   51   Third Party Pricing Trade Price
Corporate Bonds     20,771,127   Option adjusted spread off prior month end broker quote Broker Quote
Corporate Bonds     10,924,040   Third Party Pricing Broker Quote
Corporate Bonds            25,242   Model Price Purchase Price
Preferred Stocks     10,193,000   Yield Analysis Yield 6.8%
Preferred Stocks          978,758   Model Price Purchase Price
Preferred Stocks          640,787   Enterprise Value Valuation Multiple 5.0x
Senior Floating Rate Interests     52,178,683   Yield Analysis Yield 10.3%-14.2% 11.7%
Senior Floating Rate Interests     30,784,205   Third Party Pricing Broker Quote
Senior Floating Rate Interests     13,011,085   Model Price Purchase Price
Senior Floating Rate Interests       1,182,795   Model Price Liquidation Value
Senior Floating Rate Interests       1,134,957   Model Price Market Comparable Yields 13.0%
Warrants                   12   Model Price Liquidation Value
Total Assets $199,034,270          
Liabilities:          
Unfunded Loan Commitments $       357,264   Model Price Purchase Price

 

* Inputs are weighted by the fair value of the instruments.          

           

           

 

 
 

 

 

Significant changes in a quote, yield, market comparable yields, liquidation value or valuation multiple would generally result in significant changes in the fair value of the security.

 

The Fund’s fair valuation leveling guidelines classify a single daily broker quote, or a vendor price based on a single daily or monthly broker quote, as Level 3, if such a quote or price cannot be supported with other available market information.

 

 
 

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) February 29, 2024
   

 

 

Transfers between Level 2 and Level 3 may occur as markets fluctuate and/or the availability of data used in an investment’s valuation changes. For the period ended February 29, 2024, the Fund had securities with a total value of $23,924,721 transfer into Level 3 from Level 2 due to a lack of observable inputs and had securities with a total value of $24,035,728 transfer out of Level 3 into Level 2 due to the availability of current and reliable market-based data provided by a third-party pricing service which utilizes significant observable inputs.

 

Summary of Fair Value Level 3 Activity

Following is a reconciliation of Level 3 assets for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value for the period ended February 29, 2024:

 

  Assets   Liabilities
 

Asset-

Backed

Securities

Collateralized

Mortgage

Obligations

Corporate Bonds

Senior

Floating

Rate

Interests

Warrants Common Stocks Preferred Stocks Total Assets

Unfunded

Loan

Commitments

Beginning Balance  $ 41,462,306  $ 1,885,323  $ 12,658,388  $ 105,421,682  $ 12  $ 763,367  $ 1,385,670  $ 163,576,748  $ (345,330)
Purchases/(Receipts) 12,650,187  7,900,000  4,190,000 17,280,194 - 335,685 10,000,000 52,356,066 (507,068)
(Sales, maturities and paydowns)/Fundings  (5,587,492) (106,855) (529,506)  (17,135,948) - (509) -  (23,360,310) 403,918
Amortization of premiums/discounts 17,420 279 122,420 511,146 - - - 651,265 81,210
Corporate actions - - -  6,236,149 - - -  6,236,149 -
Total realized gains (losses) included in earnings  (2,222) -  (1,381,179) (217,787) -  (23,294) -  (1,624,482) 48,449
Total change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) included in earnings  (1,021,794)  (83,029)  1,969,323 59,561 -  (41,095) 426,875  1,309,841  (38,443)
Transfers into Level 3 - - 14,690,963  9,226,017 -  7,741 - 23,924,721 -
Transfers out of Level 3 (946,439) - -  (23,089,289) - - -  (24,035,728) -
 Ending Balance   $ 46,571,966  $ 9,595,718  $ 31,720,409  $ 98,291,725  $ 12  $ 1,041,895  $ 11,812,545  $ 199,034,270  $ (357,264)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for investments in Level 3 securities still held at February 29, 2024  $(1,297,655)  $ (83,029)  $ 580,084  $ (590,019)  $-  $ (63,540)  $ 426,875  $(1,027,284)  $ (68,522)

 

 
 

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) February 29, 2024
   

 

Step Coupon Bonds

 

The following table discloses additional information related to step coupon bonds held by the Fund. Certain securities are subject to multiple rate changes prior to maturity. For those securities, a range of rates and corresponding dates have been provided. Rates for all step coupon bonds held by the Fund are scheduled to increase, except GAIA Aviation Ltd., which are scheduled to decrease.

 

 

 

Name

Coupon Rate at

Next Reset Date

Next Rate

Reset Date

Future Reset Rate Future Reset Date
Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2022-A, 6.17% due 09/25/62 9.17% 09/25/25 10.17% 09/25/26
GAIA Aviation Ltd. 2019-1, 3.97% due 12/15/44 2.00% 11/15/26
GAIA Aviation Ltd. 2019-1, 5.19% due 12/15/44 2.00% 10/15/26
GCAT Trust 2022-NQM5, 5.71% due 08/25/67 6.71% 10/01/26
New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust 2022-NQM5, 6.50% due 11/25/52 7.50% 09/01/26
OBX Trust 2022-NQM8, 6.10% due 09/25/62 7.10% 10/01/26
 

 

 

 

 

Affiliated Transactions

 

Investments representing 5% or more of the outstanding voting shares of a company, or control of or by, or common control under Guggenheim Investments, result in that company being considered an affiliated issuer, as defined in the 1940 Act.

 

 

Transactions during the period ended February 29, 2024, in which the company is an affiliated issuer, were as follows:
Security Name Value 05/31/23 Additions Reductions

Realized

Gain

(Loss)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) Value 02/29/24 Shares 02/29/24 Investment Income
Common Stocks                
  BP Holdco LLC* $155,475 $                     – $              – $              – $   (8,756) $       146,719 121,041 $                –
Closed-End Mutual Funds                
  Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund     4,643,255  8,596,852  –  –  439,893  13,680,000 950,000  928,719
  $4,798,730 $8,596,852 $              – $              – $431,137 $13,826,719   $928,719

 

  

 

* Non-income producing security.

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) February 29, 2024
   

 

Note 1 – Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

Organization

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund (the “Fund”) was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on November 13, 2006. The Fund is registered as a diversified, closed-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).

 

The Fund’s investment objective is to maximize total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. There can be no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective. The Fund's investment objective is considered fundamental and may not be changed without shareholder approval.

 

For information on the Fund’s other significant accounting policies, please refer to the Fund’s most recent semi-annual or annual shareholder report.

 

Significant Accounting Policies 

The Fund operates as an investment company and, accordingly, follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services – Investment Companies. 

 

The following significant accounting policies are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) and are consistently followed by the Fund. This requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities, contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates. All time references are based on Eastern Time.

 

(a) Valuation of Investments 

The Board of Trustees of the Fund (the “Board”) adopted policies and procedures for the valuation of the Fund's investments (the “Fund Valuation Procedures”). The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted Rule 2a-5 under the 1940 Act (“Rule 2a-5”) which establishes requirements for determining fair value in good faith. Rule 2a-5 also defines “readily available market quotations” for purposes of the 1940 Act and establishes requirements for determining whether a fund must fair value a security in good faith.

 

Pursuant to Rule 2a-5, the Board has designated Guggenheim Funds Investment Advisors, LLC (“GFIA” or the “Adviser”) as the valuation designee to perform fair valuation determinations for the Fund with respect to all Fund investments and other assets. As the Fund’s valuation designee pursuant to Rule 2a-5, the Adviser has adopted separate procedures (the “Valuation Designee Procedures” and collectively with the Fund Valuation Procedures, the "Valuation Procedures") reasonably designed to prevent violations of the requirements of Rule 2a-5 and Rule 31a-4. The Adviser, in its role as valuation designee, utilizes the assistance of a valuation committee, consisting of representatives from Guggenheim’s investment management, fund administration, legal and compliance departments (the “Valuation Committee”), in determining the fair value of the Fund's securities and other assets.

 

Valuations of the Fund's securities and other assets are supplied primarily by pricing service providers appointed pursuant to the processes set forth in the Valuation Procedures. The Adviser, with the assistance of the Valuation Committee, convenes monthly, or more frequently as needed, to review the valuation of all assets which have been fair valued. The Adviser, consistent with the monitoring and review responsibilities set forth in the Valuation Procedures, regularly reviews the appropriateness of the inputs, methods, models and assumptions employed by the pricing service provider.

 

If the pricing service provider cannot or does not provide a valuation for a particular investment or such valuation is deemed unreliable, such investment is fair valued by the Adviser.

 

Equity securities listed or traded on a recognized U.S. securities exchange or the Nasdaq Stock Market (“NASDAQ”) will generally be valued on the basis of the last sale price on the primary U.S. exchange or market on which the security is listed or traded; provided, however, that securities listed on NASDAQ will be valued at the NASDAQ official closing price, which may not necessarily represent the last sale price.

 

Open-end investment companies are valued at their net asset value as of the close of business, on the valuation date. Exchange-traded funds and closed-end investment companies are generally valued at the last quoted sale price.

 

Generally, trading in foreign securities markets is substantially completed each day at various times prior to the close of the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"). The values of foreign securities are determined as of the close of such foreign markets or the close of the NYSE, if earlier. All investments quoted in foreign currencies are valued in U.S. dollars on the

 
 

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) continued February 29, 2024
   

 

 

basis of the foreign currency exchange rates prevailing at the close of U.S. business at 4:00 p.m. Investments in foreign securities may involve risks not present in domestic investments. The Adviser will determine the current value of such foreign securities by taking into consideration certain factors which may include the following factors, among others: the value of the securities traded on other foreign markets, American Depositary Receipts ("ADR") trading, closed-end fund trading, foreign currency exchange activity, and the trading prices of financial products that are tied to foreign securities. In addition, under the Valuation Procedures, the Adviser is authorized to use prices and other information supplied by a pricing service provider in valuing foreign securities.

 

Commercial paper and discount notes with a maturity of greater than 60 days at acquisition are valued at prices that reflect broker-dealer supplied valuations or are obtained from pricing service providers, which may consider the trade activity, treasury spreads, yields or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity, and type, as well as prices quoted by dealers who make markets in such securities. Commercial paper and discount notes with a maturity of 60 days or less at acquisition are valued at amortized cost, unless the Adviser concludes that amortized cost does not represent the fair value of the applicable asset in which case it will be valued using an independent pricing service provider.

 

U.S. Government securities are valued by pricing service providers, using the last traded fill price, or at the reported bid price at the close of business.

 

Typically, loans are valued using information provided by a pricing service provider which uses broker quotes, among other inputs. If the pricing service provider cannot or does not provide a valuation for a particular loan, or such valuation is deemed unreliable, such investment is valued based on a quote from a broker-dealer or is fair valued by the Adviser.

 

Repurchase agreements are valued at amortized cost, provided such amounts approximate market value.

 

Exchange-traded options are valued at the mean of the bid and ask prices on the principal exchange on which they are traded. Over-the-counter (“OTC”) options and options on swaps ("swaptions") are valued using a price provided by a pricing service provider. 

 

Futures contracts are valued on the basis of the last sale price at the 4:00 p.m. price on the valuation date. In the event that the exchange for a specific futures contract closes earlier than 4:00 p.m., the futures contract is valued at the official settlement price of the exchange. However, the underlying securities from which the futures contract value is derived are monitored until 4:00 p.m. to determine if fair valuation would provide a more accurate valuation.

 

Interest rate swap agreements entered into by the Fund are valued on the basis of the last sale price on the primary exchange on which the swap is traded. Other swap agreements entered into by the Fund will generally be valued using an evaluated price provided by a pricing service provider.

 

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued daily based on the applicable exchange rate of the underlying currency.

 

Investments for which market quotations are not readily available are fair valued as determined in good faith by the Adviser. Valuations in accordance with these methods are intended to reflect each security’s (or asset’s or liability’s) “fair value". Each such determination is based on a consideration of all relevant factors, which are likely to vary from one pricing context to another. Examples of such factors may include, but are not limited to market prices; sale prices; broker quotes; and models which derive prices based on inputs such as prices of securities with comparable maturities and characteristics, or based on inputs such as anticipated cash flows or collateral, spread over U.S. Treasury securities, and other information analysis. In connection with futures contracts and other derivative investments, such factors may include obtaining information as to how (a) these contracts and other derivative investments trade in the futures or other derivative markets, respectively, and (b) the securities underlying these contracts and other derivative investments trade in the cash market.

 

The Fund may acquire an interest in a special purpose acquisition company (“SPAC”) in an initial public offering or a secondary market transaction. SPAC investments carry many of the same risks as investments in initial public offering securities, such as erratic price movements, greater risk of loss, lack of information about the issuer, limited operating and little public or no trading history, and higher transaction costs. An investment in a SPAC is typically subject to a higher risk of dilution by additional later offerings of interests in the SPAC or by other investors exercising existing rights to purchase shares of the SPAC and interests in SPACs may be illiquid and/or be subject to restrictions on resale. A SPAC is a publicly traded company that raises investment capital for the purpose of acquiring the equity securities of one or more existing companies (or interests therein) via merger, combination, acquisition or other similar transactions. Unless and until an acquisition is completed, a SPAC generally invests its assets (less a portion retained to cover expenses) in U.S. government securities, money market securities and cash and does not typically pay dividends in respect of its common stock. SPAC investments are also subject to the risk that a significant portion of the funds raised by the SPAC may be expended during the search for a target acquisition or merger and that the SPAC may have limited time in which to conduct due diligence on potential business combination targets. Because SPACs are in essence blank check companies without operating history or ongoing business other than seeking acquisitions, the value of their securities is particularly dependent on the ability of the entity’s management to identify and complete a profitable acquisition. Among other conflicts of interest, the economic interests of the management, directors, officers and related parties of a SPAC can differ from the economic interests of public shareholders, which may lead to conflicts as they evaluate, negotiate and recommend business combination transactions to shareholders. This risk may become more acute as the deadline for the completion of a business combination nears. There is no guarantee that the SPACs in which the Fund invests will complete an acquisition or that any acquisitions that are completed will be profitable.

 
 

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) continued February 29, 2024
   

  

 

Note 2 – Derivatives

As part of its investment strategy, the Fund utilizes a variety of derivative instruments. These investments involve, to varying degrees, elements of market risk.  Valuation and accounting treatment of these instruments can be found under Significant Accounting Policies in Note 1 of these Notes to Schedule of Investments.

  

Derivatives are instruments whose values depend on, or are derived from, in whole or in part, the value of one or more other assets, such as securities, currencies, commodities or indices. Derivative instruments may be used for investment purposes (including to maintain cash reserves while maintaining exposure to certain other assets), for risk management (hedging) purposes, for diversification purposes, to change the duration of the Fund, for leverage purposes, to facilitate trading, to reduce transaction costs and to pursue higher investment returns. Derivative instruments may also be used to seek to mitigate certain investment risks, foreign currency exchange rate risk, interest rate risk and credit risk. U.S. GAAP requires disclosures to enable investors to better understand how and why the Fund uses derivative instruments, how these derivative instruments are accounted for and their effects on the Fund’s financial position and results of operations.

 

The Fund utilized derivatives for the following purposes:

 

Duration: the use of an instrument to manage the interest rate risk of a portfolio.

 

Hedge: an investment made in order to reduce the risk of adverse price movements in a security, by taking an offsetting position to protect against broad market moves.

 

Income: the use of any instrument that distributes cash flows typically based upon some rate of interest.

 

Index Exposure: the use of an instrument to obtain exposure to a listed or other type of index.

 

Options Purchased and Written  

A call option on a security gives the purchaser of the option the right to buy, and the writer of a call option the obligation to sell, the underlying security. The purchaser of a put option has the right to sell, and the writer of the put option the obligation to buy, the underlying security at any time during the option period. The risk associated with purchasing options is limited to the premium originally paid.

 

The risk in writing a call option is that the Fund may incur a loss if the market price of the underlying security increases and the option is exercised. The risk in writing a put option is that the Fund may incur a loss if the market price of the underlying security decreases and the option is exercised. In addition, there may be an imperfect correlation between the movement in prices of options and the underlying securities where the Fund may not be able to enter into a closing transaction because of an illiquid secondary market; or, for OTC options, the Fund may be at risk because of the counterparty’s inability to perform.

 

 

 

 
 

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) continued February 29, 2024
   

 

Futures Contracts 

A futures contract is an agreement to purchase (long) or sell (short) an agreed amount of securities or other instruments at a set price for delivery at a future date. There are significant risks associated with the Fund’s use of futures contracts, including (i) there may be an imperfect or no correlation between the changes in market value of the underlying asset and the prices of futures contracts; (ii) there may not be a liquid secondary market for a futures contract; (iii) trading restrictions or limitations may be imposed by an exchange; and (iv) government regulations may restrict trading in futures contracts. When investing in futures, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to the Fund because futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees against default. Securities held as collateral are noted on the Schedule of Investments.

 

Swap Agreements

A swap is an agreement that obligates two parties to exchange a series of cash flows at specified intervals based upon or calculated by reference to changes in specified prices or rates for a specified amount of an underlying asset. When utilizing OTC swaps, the Fund bears the risk of loss of the amount expected to be received under a swap agreement in the event of the default or bankruptcy of a swap agreement counterparty or if the underlying asset declines in value. Certain standardized swaps are subject to mandatory central clearing and are executed on a multi-lateral or other trade facility platform, such as a registered exchange. There is limited counterparty credit risk with respect to centrally-cleared swaps as the transaction is facilitated through a central clearinghouse, much like exchange-traded futures contracts. If the Fund utilizes centrally-cleared swaps, the exchange bears the risk of loss resulting from a counterparty not being able to pay. There is no guarantee that the Fund or an underlying fund could eliminate its exposure under an outstanding swap agreement by entering into an offsetting swap agreement with the same or another party.

 

Total return swaps involve commitments where single or multiple cash flows are exchanged based on the price of an underlying reference asset (such as an index) for a fixed or variable interest rate. Total return swaps will usually be computed based on the current value of the reference asset as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE or other exchange, with the swap value being adjusted to include dividends accrued, financing charges and/or interest associated with the swap agreement. When utilizing total return swaps, the Fund bears the risk of loss of the amount expected to be received under a swap agreement in the event of the default or bankruptcy of a swap agreement counterparty or if the underlying reference asset declines in value.

 

Interest rate swaps involve the exchange by the Fund with another party for its respective commitment to pay or receive a fixed or variable interest rate on a notional amount of principal. Interest rate swaps are generally centrally-cleared, but central clearing does not make interest rate swap transactions risk free.

 

Credit default swaps are instruments which allow for the full or partial transfer of third-party credit risk, with respect to a particular entity or entities, from one counterparty to the other. The Fund enters into credit default swaps as a “seller” or “buyer” of protection primarily to gain or reduce exposure to the investment grade and/or high yield bond market. A seller of credit default swaps is selling credit protection or assuming credit risk with respect to the underlying entity or entities. The buyer in a credit default swap is obligated to pay the seller a periodic stream of payments over the term of the contract provided that no event of default on an underlying reference obligation has occurred. If a credit default occurs, as defined under the terms of the swap agreement, the seller will either (i) pay to the buyer of protection an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and take delivery of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index or (ii) pay a net settlement amount in the form of cash or securities equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index. The notional amount reflects the maximum potential amount the seller of credit protection could be required to pay to the buyer if a credit event occurs. The seller of protection receives periodic premium payments from the buyer and may also receive or pay an upfront premium adjustment to the stated periodic payments. In the event a credit default occurs on a credit default swap referencing an index, a factor adjustment will take place and the buyer of protection will receive a payment reflecting the par less the default recovery rate of the defaulted index component based on its weighting in the index. If no default occurs, the counterparty will pay the stream of payments and have no further obligations to the Fund if it is selling the credit protection. If the Fund utilizes centrally cleared credit default swaps, the exchange bears the risk of loss resulting from a counterparty not being able to pay. For OTC credit default swaps, the Fund bears the risk of loss of the amount expected to be received under a swap agreement in the event of the default or bankruptcy of a swap agreement counterparty, or in the case of a credit default swap in which the Fund is selling credit protection, the default of a third-party issuer.

 

The quoted market prices and resulting market values for credit default swap agreements on securities and credit indices serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood of an expected liability (or profit) for the credit derivative had the notional amount of the swap agreement been closed/sold as of the period end. Increasing market values, in absolute terms when compared to the notional amount of the swap, represent a deterioration of the referenced entity’s credit soundness and a greater likelihood or risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the agreement.

 
 

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) continued February 29, 2024
   

  

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

 

A forward foreign currency exchange contract is an agreement between two parties to exchange two designated currencies at a specific time in the future. Certain types of contracts may be cash settled, in an amount equal to the change in exchange rates during the term of the contract. The contracts can be used to hedge or manage exposure to foreign currency risks with portfolio investments or to gain exposure to foreign currencies.

 

The market value of a forward foreign currency exchange contract changes with fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. Furthermore, the Fund may be exposed to risk if the counterparties cannot meet the contract terms or if the currency value changes unfavorably as compared to the U.S. dollar.

 

In conjunction with short sales and the use of derivative instruments, the Fund is required to maintain collateral in various forms. Depending on the financial instrument utilized and the broker involved, the Fund uses margin deposits at the broker, cash and/or securities segregated at the custodian bank, discount notes or repurchase agreements allocated to the Fund as collateral.

 

The Fund has established counterparty credit guidelines and enters into transactions only with financial institutions rated/identified as investment grade or better. The Fund monitors the counterparty credit risk.

 

Foreign Investments

There are several risks associated with exposure to foreign currencies, foreign issuers and emerging markets. The Fund’s indirect and direct exposure to foreign currencies subjects the Fund to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar, or in the case of short positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged. Currency rates in foreign countries may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time for a number of reasons, including changes in interest rates and the imposition of currency controls or other political developments in the U.S. or abroad. In addition, the Fund may incur transaction costs in connection with conversions between various currencies. The Fund may, but is not obligated to, engage in currency hedging transactions, which generally involve buying currency forward, options or futures

contracts. However, not all currency risks may be effectively hedged, and in some cases the costs of hedging techniques may outweigh expected benefits. In such instances, the value of securities denominated in foreign currencies can change significantly when foreign currencies strengthen or weaken relative to the U.S. dollar.

 

The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs and exchange-traded funds, which are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign markets can be more volatile than the U.S. market due to increased risks of adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments and can perform differently from the U.S. market. Investing in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments that are

indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers, may involve risks not typically associated with investing in U.S. issuers. The value of securities denominated in foreign currencies, and of dividends from such securities, can change significantly when foreign currencies strengthen or weaken relative to the U.S. dollar. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets. Many foreign countries lack accounting and disclosure standards comparable to those that apply to U.S. companies, and it may be more difficult to obtain reliable information regarding a foreign issuer’s financial condition and operations. Transaction costs and costs associated with custody services are generally higher for foreign securities than they are for U.S. securities. Some foreign governments levy withholding taxes against dividend and interest income. Although in some countries portions of these taxes are recoverable, the non-recovered portion will reduce the income received by the Fund.

 

Reverse Repurchase Agreements

 

The Fund may enter into reverse repurchase agreements as part of its financial leverage strategy. Under a reverse repurchase agreement, the Fund temporarily transfers possession of a portfolio instrument to another party, such as a bank or broker-dealer, in return for cash. At the same time, the Fund agrees to repurchase the instrument at an agreed upon time and price, which reflects an interest payment. Such agreements have the economic effect of borrowings. The Fund may enter into such agreements to invest the cash acquired at a rate higher than the cost of the agreement, which would increase earned income. When the Fund enters into a reverse repurchase agreement, any fluctuations in the market value of either the instruments transferred to another party or the instruments in which the proceeds may be invested would affect the market value of the Fund's assets. As a result, such transactions may increase fluctuations in the market value of the Fund's assets.

 
 

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) continued February 29, 2024
   

  

Note 3 – Fair Value Measurement  

In accordance with U.S. GAAP, fair value is defined as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an investment or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy based on the types of inputs used to value assets and liabilities and requires corresponding disclosure. The hierarchy and the corresponding inputs are summarized below:

 

Level 1 — unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

 

Level 2 — significant other observable inputs (for example quoted prices for securities that are similar based on characteristics such as interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).

 

Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs based on the best information available under the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available, which may include assumptions.

 

Rule 2a-5 sets forth a definition of “readily available market quotations,” which is consistent with the definition of a Level 1 input under U.S. GAAP. Rule 2a-5 provides that “a market quotation is readily available only when that quotation is a quoted price (unadjusted) in active markets for identical investments that the Fund can access at the measurement date, provided that a quotation will not be readily available if it is not reliable.”

 

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available must be valued at fair value as determined in good faith. Accordingly, any security priced using inputs other than Level 1 inputs will be subject to fair value requirements. The types of inputs available depend on a variety of factors, such as the type of security and the characteristics of the markets in which it trades, if any. Fair valuation determinations that rely on fewer or no observable inputs require greater judgment. Accordingly, fair value determinations for Level 3 securities require the greatest amount of judgment.

 

Pricing service providers are used to value a majority of the Fund’s investments. When values are not available from a pricing service provider, they will be determined using a variety of sources and techniques, including: market prices; broker quotes; and models which derive prices based on inputs such as prices of securities with comparable maturities and characteristics or based on inputs such as anticipated cash flows or collateral, spread over U.S. Treasury securities, and other information and analysis. A significant portion of the Fund’s assets and liabilities are categorized as Level 2, as indicated in this report.

Quotes from broker-dealers, adjusted for fluctuations in criteria such as credit spreads and interest rates, may also be used to value the Fund’s assets and liabilities, i.e. prices provided by a broker-dealer or other market participant who has not committed to trade at that price. Although quotes are typically received from established market participants, the Fund may not have the transparency to view the underlying inputs which support the market quotations. Significant changes in a quote would generally result in significant changes in the fair value of the security.

Certain fixed income securities are valued by obtaining a monthly quote from a broker-dealer, adjusted for fluctuations in criteria such as credit spreads and interest rates.

Certain loans and other securities are valued using a single daily broker quote or a price from a pricing service provider based on a single daily or monthly broker quote.

 

The inputs or methodologies selected and applied for valuing securities or other assets are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The suitability, appropriateness and accuracy of the techniques, methodologies and sources employed to determine fair valuation are periodically reviewed and subject to change.

 

Note 4 – Federal Income Tax Information

The Fund intends to comply with the provisions of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Internal Revenue Code"), applicable to regulated investment companies and will distribute substantially all taxable net investment income and capital gains sufficient to relieve the Fund from all, or substantially all, federal income, excise and state income taxes. Therefore, no provision for federal or state income tax or federal excise tax is required.

 

Tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund's tax returns are evaluated to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” of being sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions not deemed to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold would be recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the Fund's tax positions taken, or to be taken, on U.S. federal income tax returns for all open tax years, and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the Fund's financial statements. The Fund's U.S. federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for a period of three years after they are filed.

 
 

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) continued February 29, 2024
   

 

At February 29, 2024, the cost of investments for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments for which there was an excess of value over tax cost, and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments for which there was an excess of tax cost over value were as follows:

 

Tax Cost Tax Unrealized Appreciation Tax Unrealized Depreciation Net Tax Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
 $2,199,396,398  $71,450,540  $(178,605,527)  $(107,154,987)

 

Note 5 – Unfunded Loan Commitments

Pursuant to the terms of certain loan agreements, the Fund held unfunded loan commitments as of February 29, 2024. The Fund is obligated to fund these loan commitments at the borrower’s discretion.

 

The unfunded loan commitments as of February 29, 2024 were as follows:

 

Borrower Maturity Date   Face Amount* Value
Alteryx Inc. 05/14/24   $461,111 $–
Ardonagh Midco 3 plc 02/16/25    231,928  3,479
Avalara, Inc. 10/19/28    700,000  7,789
Care BidCo 05/04/28 EUR  1,000,000  60,108
Checkers Holdings, Inc. 06/16/27    139,346  –
Datix Bidco Ltd. 05/16/24    6,390,000  –
Finastra USA, Inc. 09/13/29    330,000  –
Galls LLC 01/31/24    46,052  345
Higginbotham Insurance Agency, Inc. 11/25/28    538,556  4,840
Inspired Finco Holdings Ltd. 02/15/31 EUR  2,550,000  11,882
Lightning A 03/01/37    7,420,000  –
Lightning B 03/01/37    945,000  –
MB2 Dental Solutions, LLC 01/29/31    3,580,036  93,726
Orion Group 03/19/27    1,334,870  36,745
Polaris Newco LLC 06/04/26    1,113,600  62,968
Schur Flexibles GmbH 09/30/26 EUR  85,220  11,056
Shaw Development LLC 10/30/29    531,915  –
SHO Holding I Corp. 04/27/24    16,000  6,027
Thunderbird A 03/01/37    7,420,000  –
Thunderbird B 03/01/37    945,000  –
TK Elevator Midco GmbH 01/29/27 EUR  1,084,618  58,299
        $357,264
             

 

 * The face amount is denominated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated. 

 

EUR - Euro

 

Note 6– Restricted Securities

The securities below are considered illiquid and restricted under guidelines established by the Board:

  

Restricted Securities Acquisition Date Cost Value
Atlas Mara Ltd.      
  due 12/31/211 10/01/15 $519,661 $25,240
BBC Military Housing-Navy Northeast LLC      
 6.30% due 10/15/49 05/05/15  2,740,170  2,603,593
CBC Insurance Revenue Securitization LLC      
2016-1, 5.25% due 07/15/46 08/09/19  280,188  251,721
CFMT LLC      
2022-HB9, 3.25% (WAC) due 09/25/372 09/23/22  2,904,899  2,779,127
Freddie Mac Military Housing Bonds Resecuritization Trust Certificates      
2015-R1, 5.94% (WAC) due 11/25/522 09/10/19  3,366,973  2,974,977
Mirabela Nickel Ltd.      
  due 06/24/191 12/31/13  2,341,590  13,340
    $12,153,481 $8,647,998

1 Security is in default of interest and/or principal obligations.
2 Variable rate security.  Rate indicated is the rate effective at February 29, 2024. In some instances, the effective rate is limited by a minimum rate floor or a maximum rate cap established by the issuer. The settlement status of a position may also impact the effective rate indicated. In some cases, a position may be unsettled at period end and may not have a stated effective rate. In instances where multiple underlying reference rates and spread amounts are shown, the effective rate is based on a weighted average.

 
 

 

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) continued February 29, 2024
   

 

 

Note 7 – Market Risks

The value of, or income generated by, the investments held by the Fund are subject to the possibility of rapid and unpredictable fluctuation, and loss that may result from various factors. These factors include, among others, developments affecting individual companies, or from broader influences, including real or perceived changes in prevailing interest rates (which may change at any time based on changes in monetary policies and various market and other economic conditions), changes in inflation rates or expectations about inflation rates, adverse investor confidence or sentiment, changing economic, political (including geopolitical), social or financial market conditions, increased instability or general uncertainty, environmental disasters, governmental actions, public health emergencies (such as the spread of infectious diseases, pandemics and epidemics), debt crises, actual or threatened wars or other armed conflicts (such as the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict and its collateral economic and other effects, including, but not limited to, sanctions and other international trade barriers) or ratings downgrades, and other similar events, each of which may be temporary or last for extended periods. Moreover, changing economic, political, geopolitical, social, financial market or other conditions in one country, geographic region or industry could adversely affect the value, yield and return of the investments held by the Fund in a different country, geographic region, economy, and market because of the increasingly interconnected global economies and financial markets. The duration and extent of the foregoing types of factors or conditions are highly uncertain and difficult to predict and have in the past, and may in the future, cause volatility and distress in economies and financial markets or other adverse circumstances, which may negatively affect the value of the Fund’s investments and performance of the Fund. 

 
 

 

OTHER INFORMATION (Unaudited) February 29, 2024
   

Sector Classification

Information in the “Schedule of Investments” is categorized by sectors using sector-level classifications used by Bloomberg Industry Classification System, a widely recognized industry classification system provider. In the Fund’s registration statement, the Fund has investment policies relating to concentration in specific industries. For purposes of these investment policies, the Fund usually classifies industries based on industry-level classifications used by widely recognized industry classification system providers such as Bloomberg Industry Classification System, Global Industry Classification Standards and Barclays Global Classification Scheme.