<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001752724-20-002966.txt : 20200110
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001752724-20-002966
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	N-CEN/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190531
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200110
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200110
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20200110

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GUGGENHEIM STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES FUND
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001380936
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0531

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		N-CEN/A
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-21982
		FILM NUMBER:		20520854

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		227 WEST MONROE STREET
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60606
		BUSINESS PHONE:		312-827-0100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		227 WEST MONROE STREET
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60606

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CLAYMORE/GUGGENHEIM STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES FUND
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20090630

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Claymore/Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20070605

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Claymore Strategic Opportunities Fund
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20061113
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Firm</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees<BR>
of Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements
of Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund (the &ldquo;Fund&rdquo;) as of and for the year ended May 31, 2019, in accordance with
the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), we considered the Fund&rsquo;s internal control
over financial reporting, including controls over safeguarding securities, as a basis for designing our auditing procedures for
the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of Form N-CEN, but not for
the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund&rsquo;s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly,
we express no such opinion.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">The management of the Fund is responsible for establishing and maintaining
effective internal control over financial reporting. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are
required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of controls. A company&rsquo;s internal control over financial reporting
is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial
statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. A company&rsquo;s internal control
over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable
detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance
that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted
accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations
of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized
acquisition, use or disposition of a company&rsquo;s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial
reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject
to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies
or procedures may deteriorate.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting exists
when the design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned
functions, to prevent or detect misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies,
in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the company&rsquo;s
annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Our consideration of the Fund&rsquo;s internal control over financial
reporting was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies in internal
control that might be material weaknesses under standards established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United
States). However, we noted no deficiencies in the Fund&rsquo;s internal control over financial reporting and its operation, including
controls over safeguarding securities that we consider to be a material weakness as defined above as of May 31, 2019.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">This report is intended solely for the information and use of management
and the Board of Trustees of Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended
to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Tysons, Virginia<BR>
July 29, 2019</P>



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