NPORT-EX 2 gugg83702gof.htm GUGGENHEIM STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES FUND NQ
Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)  February 28, 2022

  

  Shares   Value
COMMON STOCKS - 29.8%
Financial - 8.0%
Pershing Square Tontine Holdings Ltd. — Class A*,1 1,042,741   $   20,656,692  
KKR Acquisition Holdings I Corp. — Class A*,1 783,532   7,623,766  
Aequi Acquisition Corp. — Class A*,1 738,900   7,237,526  
TPG Pace Beneficial II Corp.*,1 160,210   1,560,445  
RXR Acquisition Corp. — Class A*,1 160,538   1,558,824  
Colicity, Inc. — Class A*,1 120,524   1,171,493  
MSD Acquisition Corp. — Class A*,1 116,869   1,133,629  
AfterNext HealthTech Acquisition Corp. — Class A*,1 107,300   1,034,909  
M&T Bank Corp.2 5,625   1,025,044  
People's United Financial, Inc.2 48,536   1,023,139  
American Express Co.2 5,126   997,212  
Conyers Park III Acquisition Corp. — Class A*,1 99,600   976,080  
Allstate Corp.2 7,926   969,825  
Signature Bank2 2,807   968,106  
Comerica, Inc.2 10,129   967,218  
American International Group, Inc.2 15,741   963,979  
Raymond James Financial, Inc.2 8,772   961,850  
Zions Bancorp North America2 13,545   960,205  
Ventas, Inc. REIT2 17,700   955,800  
W R Berkley Corp.2 10,578   955,193  
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. — Class B*,2 2,970   954,706  
Progressive Corp.2 9,007   954,112  
MetLife, Inc.2 14,121   953,874  
Travelers Companies, Inc.2 5,550   953,657  
Acropolis Infrastructure Acquisition Corp. — Class A*,1 98,300   949,578  
Citizens Financial Group, Inc.2 18,063   946,862  
Everest Re Group Ltd.2 3,171   945,656  
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. REIT2 51,484   940,613  
Globe Life, Inc.2 9,314   940,341  
Assurant, Inc.2 5,524   937,478  
Fifth Third Bancorp2 19,565   935,990  
KeyCorp2 37,209   932,830  
Regions Financial Corp.2 38,515   931,678  
Loews Corp.2 14,994   919,732  
Boston Properties, Inc. REIT2 7,504   917,814  
Chubb Ltd.2 4,471   910,474  
Wells Fargo & Co.2 17,055   910,225  
Discover Financial Services2 7,332   905,062  
Aflac, Inc.2 14,803   904,315  
Cincinnati Financial Corp.2 7,357   903,366  
Waverley Capital Acquisition Corp. 1 - Class A*,1 93,900   902,379  
Truist Financial Corp.2 14,416   896,963  
Charles Schwab Corp.2 10,595     894,854  
Prudential Financial, Inc.2 7,998   893,057  
CME Group, Inc. — Class A2 3,748   886,514  
Mastercard, Inc. — Class A2 2,447   882,927  
Vornado Realty Trust REIT2 20,366   881,440  
Kimco Realty Corp. REIT2 37,290   877,434  
Public Storage REIT2 2,460   873,349  
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.2 12,563   872,877  
Capital One Financial Corp.2 5,692   872,413  
Huntington Bancshares, Inc.2 56,069   870,191  
Iron Mountain, Inc. REIT2 17,682   869,601  
Visa, Inc. — Class A2 4,012   867,073  
Welltower, Inc. REIT2 10,351   862,135  
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.2 2,875   861,896  
Brown & Brown, Inc.2 12,739   861,284  
Lincoln National Corp.2 12,689   855,492  
Aon plc — Class A2 2,914   851,296  
Bank of America Corp.2 19,231   850,010  
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.2 4,248   846,414  
Realty Income Corp. REIT2 12,790   845,291  
Equity Residential REIT2 9,857   840,802  
Principal Financial Group, Inc.2 11,893   840,122  
U.S. Bancorp2 14,821   837,979  
Citigroup, Inc.2 14,103   835,321  
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. REIT2 3,496   834,111  
Weyerhaeuser Co. REIT2 21,394   831,799  
Northern Trust Corp.2 7,234   823,953  
Willis Towers Watson plc2 3,662   814,063  
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. REIT2 3,955   809,233  
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.2 6,316   809,206  
UDR, Inc. REIT2 14,666   804,723  
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.2 15,092   802,140  
CBRE Group, Inc. — Class A*,2 8,256   799,594  
Arthur J Gallagher & Co.2 5,048   798,543  
Morgan Stanley2 8,698   789,256  
Healthpeak Properties, Inc. REIT2 25,338   786,998  
Invesco Ltd.2 37,000   785,880  
Essex Property Trust, Inc. REIT2 2,477   785,630  
Prologis, Inc. REIT2 5,382   784,965  
State Street Corp.2 9,156   781,281  
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.2 4,983   774,408  
Simon Property Group, Inc. REIT2 5,617   772,674  
Federal Realty Investment Trust REIT2 6,570   772,501  
Extra Space Storage, Inc. REIT2 4,102   771,791  
Regency Centers Corp. REIT2 11,685   769,925  
Synchrony Financial2 17,885   765,120  
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. REIT2 4,039   764,987  

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)  February 28, 2022

 

  Shares   Value

COMMON STOCKS - 29.8% (continued)

   
Financial - 8.0% (continued)    
Equinix, Inc. REIT2 1,073   $   761,540  
Cboe Global Markets, Inc.2 6,483   760,391  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.2 5,357   759,623  
Franklin Resources, Inc.2 25,145   747,561  
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.2 2,189   747,084  
Crown Castle International Corp. REIT2 4,431   738,160  
SVB Financial Group*,2 1,216   736,896  
Duke Realty Corp. REIT2 13,901   736,753  
SBA Communications Corp. REIT2 2,385   723,585  
American Tower Corp. — Class A REIT2 3,141   712,599  
Nasdaq, Inc.2 4,161   712,155  
First Republic Bank2 4,103   710,886  
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. REIT2 5,123   691,195  
BlackRock, Inc. — Class A2 925   688,098  
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.2 4,364   630,860  
Blue Whale Acquisition Corp. 1*,1 57,300   555,237  
Exide Technologies*,††† 342   341,710  
TPG, Inc.* 8,300   255,142  
Sparta Systems*,††† 1,922       –  
Total Financial     125,120,668  
Consumer, Non-cyclical - 5.9%
S&P Global, Inc.2 3,637   1,366,294  
Organon & Co.2 29,790   1,112,061  
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.2 13,493   1,058,526  
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.2 15,191   1,043,166  
Sysco Corp.2 11,622   1,012,276  
McKesson Corp.2 3,673   1,009,928  
AbbVie, Inc.2 6,824   1,008,382  
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.2 15,007   996,915  
AmerisourceBergen Corp. — Class A2 6,953   991,011  
Kraft Heinz Co.2 25,071   983,285  
Henry Schein, Inc.*,2 11,313   977,217  
Altria Group, Inc.2 18,988   973,894  
Molson Coors Beverage Co. — Class B2 18,520   966,374  
Philip Morris International, Inc.2 9,509   961,075  
Universal Health Services, Inc. — Class B2 6,668   959,725  
Cardinal Health, Inc.2 17,657   953,654  
Becton Dickinson and Co.2 3,495   948,124  
Cigna Corp.2 3,983   947,078  
Coca-Cola Co.2 15,213   946,857  
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,2 4,115   946,532  
Tyson Foods, Inc. — Class A2 10,179   943,186  
Robert Half International, Inc.2 7,815   940,066  
Conagra Brands, Inc.2 26,689   933,314  
Corteva, Inc.2 17,852   928,839  
Hershey Co.2 4,590   928,374  
Amgen, Inc.2 4,060   919,509  
Boston Scientific Corp.*,2 20,796   918,559  
DaVita, Inc.*,2 8,091   912,422  
Global Payments, Inc.2 6,806   907,784  
Merck & Company, Inc.2 11,790     902,878  
Centene Corp.*,2 10,913   901,632  
Mondelez International, Inc. — Class A2 13,752   900,481  
McCormick & Company, Inc.2 9,460   900,308  
FleetCor Technologies, Inc.*,2 3,843   900,031  
Baxter International, Inc.2 10,588   899,662  
Kroger Co.2 19,197   898,420  
CVS Health Corp.2 8,660   897,609  
Anthem, Inc.2 1,986   897,374  
Teleflex, Inc.2 2,664   895,930  
STERIS plc2 3,726   894,240  
Incyte Corp.*,2 13,091   894,115  
Campbell Soup Co.2 19,842   892,295  
General Mills, Inc.2 13,221   891,492  
Hormel Foods Corp.2 18,613   886,723  
HCA Healthcare, Inc.2 3,515   879,840  
Eli Lilly & Co.2 3,507   876,575  
Cooper Companies, Inc.2 2,143   876,530  
Church & Dwight Company, Inc.2 8,951   875,855  
Rollins, Inc.2 26,831   875,496  
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.2 6,877   874,686  
Kellogg Co.2 13,672   874,188  
Dentsply Sirona, Inc.2 16,066   869,813  
ABIOMED, Inc.*,2 2,798   869,451  
J M Smucker Co.2 6,443   868,194  
Stryker Corp.2 3,290   866,421  
Procter & Gamble Co.2 5,507   858,486  
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.2 1,790   851,808  
Johnson & Johnson2 5,173   851,321  
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.2 2,219   846,393  
PepsiCo, Inc.2 5,067   829,671  
Colgate-Palmolive Co.2 10,773   828,982  
Kimberly-Clark Corp.2 6,292   818,904  
PerkinElmer, Inc.2 4,559   818,842  
Quanta Services, Inc.2 7,486   815,525  
Hologic, Inc.*,2 11,454   815,181  
ResMed, Inc.2 3,275   808,106  
Monster Beverage Corp.*,2 9,561   806,948  
Humana, Inc.2 1,856   806,098  
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings*,2 2,969   805,371  
Medtronic plc2 7,615   799,499  
Waters Corp.*,2 2,511   795,309  
United Rentals, Inc.*,2 2,462   791,828  
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,2 1,279   790,882  
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.*,2 7,027   789,624  
Constellation Brands, Inc. — Class A2 3,638   784,425  
Brown-Forman Corp. — Class B2 12,013   783,608  
Biogen, Inc.*,2 3,680   776,517  
Bio-Techne Corp.2 1,837   770,456  
Abbott Laboratories2 6,372   768,591  
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.2 1,984   767,967  
Pfizer, Inc.2 16,222   761,461  
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.*,2 1,408   749,549  

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)  February 28, 2022

 

  Shares   Value

COMMON STOCKS - 29.8% (continued)

   
Consumer, Non-cyclical - 5.9% (continued)    
Illumina, Inc.*,2 2,286   $   746,608  
Gartner, Inc.*,2 2,659   745,637  
Viatris, Inc.2 67,416   742,250  
Clorox Co.2 5,080   740,613  
Danaher Corp.2 2,697   740,084  
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.2 3,617   739,460  
Gilead Sciences, Inc.2 12,187   736,095  
IQVIA Holdings, Inc.*,2 3,167   728,790  
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.2 1,332   724,608  
Nielsen Holdings plc2 41,401   721,205  
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.*,2 2,482   720,599  
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. — Class A*,2 1,147   717,976  
Zoetis, Inc.2 3,699   716,311  
Catalent, Inc.*,2 6,999   714,178  
Avery Dennison Corp.2 4,027   709,558  
Quest Diagnostics, Inc.2 5,349   702,163  
Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. — Class A2 2,369   702,006  
Cintas Corp.2 1,867   700,722  
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.*,2 2,393   696,746  
Moody's Corp.2 2,152   693,009  
Verisk Analytics, Inc. — Class A2 3,777   669,813  
Align Technology, Inc.*,2 1,281   655,180  
Equifax, Inc.2 2,901   633,404  
Dexcom, Inc.*,2 1,511   625,418  
Moderna, Inc.*,2 3,331   511,642  
PayPal Holdings, Inc.*,2 4,542   508,386  
Cengage Learning Holdings II, Inc.*,†† 11,126   178,016  
Targus Group International Equity, Inc.*,†††,3 45,049   120,420  
Save-A-Lot*,†† 40,316   50,395  
Chef Holdings, Inc.*,††† 51   2,363  
Total Consumer, Non-cyclical     91,639,673  
Consumer, Cyclical - 3.4%
ATD New Holdings, Inc.*,†† 23,593   1,962,159  
Las Vegas Sands Corp.*,2 22,734   974,379  
Alaska Air Group, Inc.*,2 16,570   930,240  
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.*,2 7,653   924,636  
Ralph Lauren Corp. — Class A2 6,966   919,791  
MGM Resorts International2 20,676   915,740  
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.*,2 11,340   915,365  
Newell Brands, Inc.2 38,342   910,622  
Marriott International, Inc. — Class A*,2 5,324   905,825  
Carnival Corp.*,2 44,408   902,815  
Penn National Gaming, Inc.*,2 17,487   897,957  
Delta Air Lines, Inc.*,2 22,425   895,206  
Southwest Airlines Co.*,2 20,400   893,520  
PACCAR, Inc.2 9,605   881,835  
Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.*,2 5,859   872,171  
United Airlines Holdings, Inc.*,2 19,436     862,958  
Dollar Tree, Inc.*,2 6,049   859,442  
Wynn Resorts Ltd.*,2 9,776   845,820  
Hasbro, Inc.2 8,492   824,149  
PVH Corp.2 8,419   824,136  
Walmart, Inc.2 6,071   820,556  
American Airlines Group, Inc.*,2 47,539   820,048  
Darden Restaurants, Inc.2 5,640   819,041  
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.*,2 1,254   814,147  
Caesars Entertainment, Inc.*,2 9,622   810,076  
Tapestry, Inc.2 19,805   810,025  
Cummins, Inc.2 3,926   801,375  
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.2 17,297   797,219  
Best Buy Company, Inc.2 8,247   796,990  
AutoZone, Inc.*,2 427   795,667  
Costco Wholesale Corp.2 1,532   795,491  
WW Grainger, Inc.2 1,667   795,259  
Ulta Beauty, Inc.*,2 2,122   794,689  
McDonald's Corp.2 3,231   790,852  
Yum! Brands, Inc.2 6,395   783,899  
Genuine Parts Co.2 6,350   775,716  
Dollar General Corp.2 3,849   763,411  
BorgWarner, Inc.2 18,584   762,130  
TJX Companies, Inc.2 11,457   757,308  
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. — Class A*,2 497   757,105  
PulteGroup, Inc.2 15,229   756,272  
Whirlpool Corp.2 3,722   749,127  
Tractor Supply Co.2 3,654   744,649  
Tesla, Inc.*,2 842   732,902  
Advance Auto Parts, Inc.2 3,566   729,176  
Lowe's Companies, Inc.2 3,275   723,971  
Target Corp.2 3,595   718,173  
NVR, Inc.*,2 144   714,016  
Copart, Inc.*,2 5,738   705,085  
Ford Motor Co.2 39,915   700,908  
Pool Corp.2 1,521   697,500  
LKQ Corp.2 14,769   693,405  
Ross Stores, Inc.2 7,586   693,285  
Domino's Pizza, Inc.2 1,602   692,400  
NIKE, Inc. — Class B2 5,064   691,489  
Fastenal Co.2 13,357   687,351  
Mohawk Industries, Inc.*,2 4,800   675,744  
Starbucks Corp.2 7,334   673,188  
DR Horton, Inc.2 7,808   666,803  
Lennar Corp. — Class A2 7,323   658,191  
Aptiv plc*,2 5,067   655,872  
VF Corp.2 11,268   653,769  
Home Depot, Inc.2 2,061   650,926  
General Motors Co.*,2 13,545   632,822  
CarMax, Inc.*,2 5,727   626,133  
Bath & Body Works, Inc.2 11,196   597,530  
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.*,2 25,392   494,890  
Under Armour, Inc. — Class A*,2 18,705   334,632  
Under Armour, Inc. — Class C*,2 20,665   322,994  
Total Consumer, Cyclical     53,852,973  
 

 

 

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)  February 28, 2022

  Shares   Value

COMMON STOCKS - 29.8% (continued)

   
Industrial - 3.4%
Lockheed Martin Corp.2 2,483   $   1,077,125  
Raytheon Technologies Corp.2 9,937   1,020,530  
Northrop Grumman Corp.2 2,307   1,020,017  
Howmet Aerospace, Inc.2 27,744   996,565  
L3Harris Technologies, Inc.2 3,949   996,372  
Packaging Corporation of America2 6,680   983,229  
General Dynamics Corp.2 4,178   979,532  
TransDigm Group, Inc.*,2 1,414   942,558  
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.2 4,604   941,057  
Westrock Co.2 19,628   888,559  
Sealed Air Corp.2 13,151   882,827  
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.2 4,312   875,034  
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.2 9,415   873,900  
United Parcel Service, Inc. — Class B2 4,094   861,459  
Deere & Co.2 2,389   860,088  
Emerson Electric Co.2 9,247   859,231  
Amcor plc2 73,808   858,387  
Boeing Co.*,2 4,175   857,295  
Union Pacific Corp.2 3,446   847,544  
Teledyne Technologies, Inc.*,2 1,966   844,161  
General Electric Co.2 8,831   843,449  
Textron, Inc.2 11,353   830,245  
Snap-on, Inc.2 3,937   827,479  
Ball Corp.2 9,157   821,749  
Parker-Hannifin Corp.2 2,684   795,511  
Nordson Corp.2 3,495   791,583  
CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.2 8,177   790,552  
CSX Corp.2 23,304   790,239  
Caterpillar, Inc.2 4,208   789,337  
Dover Corp.2 4,996   783,673  
Otis Worldwide Corp.2 9,946   779,070  
AMETEK, Inc.2 5,998   778,480  
Generac Holdings, Inc.*,2 2,459   775,741  
Eaton Corporation plc2 5,022   774,844  
Honeywell International, Inc.2 4,081   774,370  
FedEx Corp.2 3,476   772,610  
Amphenol Corp. — Class A2 10,160   772,262  
Illinois Tool Works, Inc.2 3,527   763,031  
TE Connectivity Ltd.2 5,339   760,434  
Republic Services, Inc. — Class A2 6,319   760,049  
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.*,2 539   759,311  
Norfolk Southern Corp.2 2,957   758,530  
Vulcan Materials Co.2 4,167   756,102  
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.2 2,403   754,614  
Waste Management, Inc.2 5,197   750,447  
Allegion plc2 6,533   748,159  
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.2 1,948   739,071  
Fortive Corp.2 11,391   737,567  
Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.2 5,969   734,187  
Ingersoll Rand, Inc.2 14,368   725,871  
3M Co.2 4,834   718,574  
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.2 4,400     715,880  
Agilent Technologies, Inc.2 5,479   714,242  
Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.2 8,102   704,064  
A O Smith Corp.2 10,237   702,054  
Johnson Controls International plc2 10,794   701,178  
Masco Corp.2 12,460   698,259  
IDEX Corp.2 3,623   695,254  
Garmin Ltd.2 6,290   694,668  
Trimble, Inc.*,2 9,945   693,664  
Carrier Global Corp.2 15,424   692,229  
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.2 6,535   675,458  
Keysight Technologies, Inc.* 4,242   667,563  
Pentair plc2 11,382   659,132  
Rockwell Automation, Inc.2 2,441   650,722  
Trane Technologies plc2 4,224   650,200  
Xylem, Inc.2 6,972   620,159  
BP Holdco LLC*,†††,3 121,041   85,334  
Vector Phoenix Holdings, LP*,††† 121,040   33,286  
Total Industrial     53,475,957  
Technology - 2.9%
Activision Blizzard, Inc.2 14,610   1,190,715  
Citrix Systems, Inc.2 10,484   1,074,610  
Cerner Corp.2 11,512   1,073,494  
Leidos Holdings, Inc.2 9,718   989,681  
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.2 5,410   956,488  
DXC Technology Co.*,2 27,744   944,128  
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. — Class A2 10,428   898,164  
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.2 56,291   896,153  
Micron Technology, Inc.2 10,009   889,400  
Fortinet, Inc.*,2 2,574   886,795  
Electronic Arts, Inc.2 6,814   886,433  
Seagate Technology Holdings plc2 8,239   849,935  
International Business Machines Corp.2 6,900   845,319  
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.*,2 5,170   837,540  
Paychex, Inc.2 6,891   820,443  
Akamai Technologies, Inc.*,2 7,576   820,178  
Roper Technologies, Inc.2 1,808   810,382  
Fiserv, Inc.*,2 8,297   810,368  
HP, Inc.2 23,502   807,529  
Intel Corp.2 16,924   807,275  
QUALCOMM, Inc.2 4,656   800,785  
Broadcom, Inc.2 1,355   795,981  
PTC, Inc.*,2 7,101   790,199  
Apple, Inc.2 4,771   787,788  
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.2 8,193   780,219  
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.2 1,700   779,790  
ServiceNow, Inc.*,2 1,323   767,234  
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.*,2 6,180   762,292  

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)  February 28, 2022

 

  Shares   Value

COMMON STOCKS - 29.8% (continued)

   
Technology - 2.9% (continued)    
Western Digital Corp.*,2 14,795   $   753,657  
Applied Materials, Inc.2 5,606   752,325  
NetApp, Inc.2 9,585   751,272  
Analog Devices, Inc.2 4,667   748,073  
Microsoft Corp.2 2,499   746,676  
Texas Instruments, Inc.2 4,368   742,516  
Synopsys, Inc.*,2 2,363   738,178  
Qorvo, Inc.*,2 5,377   735,466  
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.2 5,269   728,018  
KLA Corp.2 2,084   726,274  
NXP Semiconductor N.V.2 3,780   718,654  
Accenture plc — Class A2 2,256   712,941  
Tyler Technologies, Inc.*,2 1,662   711,768  
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.*,2 4,649   703,998  
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.2 4,800   701,808  
Autodesk, Inc.*,2 3,182   700,772  
ANSYS, Inc.*,2 2,149   696,684  
Paycom Software, Inc.*,2 2,040   691,988  
NVIDIA Corp.2 2,835   691,315  
Microchip Technology, Inc.2 9,826   691,063  
MSCI, Inc. — Class A2 1,363   683,804  
Lam Research Corp.2 1,213   680,917  
salesforce.com, Inc.*,2 3,218   677,486  
IPG Photonics Corp.*,2 5,129   668,565  
Oracle Corp.2 8,342   633,742  
Teradyne, Inc.2 5,359   631,933  
Adobe, Inc.*,2 1,308   611,725  
Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc.*,2 8,243   600,997  
Intuit, Inc.2 1,263   599,129  
Zebra Technologies Corp. — Class A*,2 1,393   575,783  
EPAM Systems, Inc.*,2 1,228   255,117  
Qlik Technologies, Inc. - Class A*,††† 112   162,022  
Qlik Technologies, Inc. - Class B*,††† 27,624   3  
Total Technology     45,583,987  
Communications - 1.9%
Vacasa, Inc. — Class A* 196,839   1,468,419  
NortonLifeLock, Inc.2 35,205   1,020,241  
Omnicom Group, Inc.2 12,074   1,012,888  
Expedia Group, Inc.*,2 5,128   1,005,652  
Corning, Inc.2 22,765   919,706  
T-Mobile US, Inc.*,2 7,460   919,147  
Verizon Communications, Inc.2 17,059   915,557  
AT&T, Inc.2 37,486   888,043  
DISH Network Corp. — Class A*,2 26,647   851,638  
Juniper Networks, Inc.2 25,182   850,900  
Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.2 23,115   850,632  
Charter Communications, Inc. — Class A*,2 1,401   843,094  
Paramount Global — Class B2 27,424   839,449  
Walt Disney Co.*,2 5,606   832,267  
Booking Holdings, Inc.*,2 383     831,972  
Comcast Corp. — Class A2 17,671   826,296  
Cisco Systems, Inc.2 14,450   805,876  
Arista Networks, Inc.*,2 6,551   804,004  
Amazon.com, Inc.*,2 248   761,672  
CDW Corp.2 4,393   757,617  
F5, Inc.*,2 3,731   749,371  
VeriSign, Inc.*,2 3,499   747,806  
FactSet Research Systems, Inc.2 1,837   745,987  
Match Group, Inc.*,2 6,569   732,378  
Lumen Technologies, Inc.2 70,584   731,250  
Motorola Solutions, Inc.2 3,232   712,430  
eBay, Inc.2 12,799   698,697  
Fox Corp. — Class A2 16,301   681,871  
Discovery, Inc. — Class C*,2 24,189   676,566  
News Corp. — Class A2 29,963   668,774  
Twitter, Inc.*,2 18,792   668,056  
Etsy, Inc.*,2 3,800   588,582  
Netflix, Inc.*,2 1,399   551,933  
Meta Platforms, Inc. — Class A*,2 2,596   547,834  
Alphabet, Inc. — Class A*,2 149   402,470  
Discovery, Inc. — Class A*,2 13,466   377,721  
Alphabet, Inc. — Class C*,2 139   374,997  
Fox Corp. — Class B2 7,476   286,032  
News Corp. — Class B2 9,327   209,204  
Figs, Inc. — Class A*,2 10,450   171,694  
Total Communications     29,328,723  
Utilities - 1.7%
TexGen Power LLC††† 68,676   1,596,717  
Atmos Energy Corp.2 8,942   981,921  
Sempra Energy2 6,753   973,918  
NiSource, Inc.2 33,019   955,240  
Exelon Corp.2 22,429   954,578  
American Electric Power Company, Inc.2 10,194   924,086  
Pinnacle West Capital Corp.2 12,918   914,982  
FirstEnergy Corp.2 21,610   904,378  
Dominion Energy, Inc. 11,271   896,383  
DTE Energy Co.2 7,367   895,754  
Consolidated Edison, Inc.2 10,364   888,920  
CMS Energy Corp.2 13,692   876,425  
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.2 13,419   869,954  
Xcel Energy, Inc.2 12,873   866,739  
Southern Co.2 13,156   852,114  
Alliant Energy Corp.2 14,538   849,019  
Duke Energy Corp.2 8,434   846,858  
Ameren Corp.2 9,814   843,513  
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.2 30,720   840,192  
Entergy Corp.2 7,971   838,629  
NRG Energy, Inc.2 22,032   833,691  
WEC Energy Group, Inc.2 9,159   832,370  
Edison International2 12,767   809,683  
Evergy, Inc.2 12,790   798,224  
Eversource Energy2 9,742   796,896  
PPL Corp.2 29,801   779,892  
Constellation Energy Corp. 16,847   774,625  
AES Corp.2 35,061   744,345  
NextEra Energy, Inc.2 9,484   742,313  

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)  February 28, 2022

 

  Shares   Value

COMMON STOCKS - 29.8% (continued)

   
Utilities - 1.7% (continued)    
American Water Works Company, Inc.2 4,861   $   734,448  
Total Utilities     26,416,807  
Energy - 1.6%
Occidental Petroleum Corp.2 27,825   1,216,787  
Halliburton Co.2 35,779   1,199,670  
Marathon Oil Corp.2 52,785   1,190,830  
Devon Energy Corp.2 19,718   1,174,207  
APA Corp.2 32,103   1,143,830  
Pioneer Natural Resources Co.2 4,647   1,113,421  
ConocoPhillips2 11,650   1,105,119  
EOG Resources, Inc.2 9,547   1,097,141  
Hess Corp.2 10,816   1,093,065  
Schlumberger N.V.2 27,627   1,084,083  
Exxon Mobil Corp.2 13,588   1,065,571  
Diamondback Energy, Inc.2 7,701   1,063,508  
Marathon Petroleum Corp.2 13,443   1,046,806  
Chevron Corp.2 7,235   1,041,840  
Valero Energy Corp.2 12,084   1,009,135  
Williams Companies, Inc.2 32,139   1,005,308  
Phillips 662 11,806   994,538  
Baker Hughes Co.2 33,655   988,784  
Coterra Energy, Inc. — Class A2 40,946   955,270  
Kinder Morgan, Inc.2 52,981   921,869  
ONEOK, Inc.2 13,809   901,728  
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc.*,2 2,770   884,793  
Enphase Energy, Inc.*,2 3,982   663,800  
Permian Production Partners LLC††† 184,043   220,852  
Legacy Reserves, Inc.*,††† 2,359   15,333  
Bruin E&P Partnership Units††† 40,617   2,112  
Total Energy     24,199,400  
Basic Materials - 1.0%
Mosaic Co.2 23,304   1,221,829  
CF Industries Holdings, Inc.2 13,996   1,136,335  
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.2 22,314   1,047,643  
Newmont Corp.2 15,261   1,010,278  
Nucor Corp.2 7,563   995,442  
FMC Corp.2 7,915   928,034  
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. — Class A2 9,522   925,824  
Dow, Inc.2 15,658   923,196  
Eastman Chemical Co.2 7,299   864,712  
DuPont de Nemours, Inc.2 10,697   827,627  
International Paper Co.2 18,657   812,139  
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.2 5,819   773,927  
Linde plc2 2,563   751,574  
Celanese Corp. — Class A2 5,320   740,970  
PPG Industries, Inc.2 5,241   699,411  
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.2 2,899   685,034  
Ecolab, Inc.2 3,690   650,399  
Sherwin-Williams Co.2 2,471   650,194  
Albemarle Corp.2 3,257     638,014  
Total Basic Materials     16,282,582  
Total Common Stocks    
(Cost $392,240,137)     465,900,770  
PREFERRED STOCKS†† - 6.0%
Financial - 5.8%
Wells Fargo & Co.
4.75% 183,750   4,198,687  
4.70% 148,000   3,387,720  
3.90%*,2 3,300,000   3,176,250  
4.38% 50,000   1,095,000  
Bank of America Corp.
4.38% 275,000   6,085,750  
6.50%*,2 2,000,000   2,132,500  
6.30%*,2 1,000,000   1,076,380  
4.13% 26,000   553,020  
First Republic Bank
4.50% 200,000   4,382,000  
4.25% 158,000   3,355,920  
4.13% 84,800   1,781,648  
Citigroup, Inc.
3.88%*,2 4,000,000   3,810,000  
4.15%* 2,000,000   1,907,500  
4.00%*,2 1,750,000   1,690,675  
Kuvare US Holdings, Inc.
7.00% due 02/17/51*,6 6,400,000   6,752,000  
Charles Schwab Corp.
5.38%*,2 3,000,000   3,158,250  
4.00%*,2 3,150,000   2,915,546  
Equitable Holdings, Inc.
4.95%*,2 3,650,000   3,670,075  
4.30% 82,000   1,733,480  
Markel Corp.
6.00%*,2 4,770,000   5,040,411  
Public Storage
4.63% 144,400   3,347,192  
4.13% 16,400   355,880  
W R Berkley Corp.
4.13% due 03/30/61 126,000   2,850,120  
4.25% due 09/30/60 36,800   837,568  
Prudential Financial, Inc.
4.13% due 09/01/60 140,000   3,207,400  
PartnerRe Ltd.
4.88% 128,000   3,038,720  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
4.55% 49,000   1,105,440  
4.20% 40,000   858,400  
4.63% 24,000   551,520  
American Financial Group, Inc.
4.50% due 09/15/60 100,000   2,287,000  
CNO Financial Group, Inc.
5.13% due 11/25/60 80,000   1,852,800  
MetLife, Inc.
3.85%*,2 1,820,000   1,806,350  
Assurant, Inc.
5.25% due 01/15/61 58,000   1,414,040  
American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.
5.95% 46,000   1,186,340  
Arch Capital Group Ltd.
4.55% 38,000   837,900  

Selective Insurance Group, Inc.

4.60% 36,000     799,920  

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)  February 28, 2022

 

  Shares   Value

PREFERRED STOCKS†† - 6.0% (continued)

   
Financial - 5.8% (continued)    
Exide Technologies*,††† 761   $761,240  
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
4.70%*,2 670,000   687,588  
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.
4.20% 13,000   278,850  
Globe Life, Inc.
4.25% due 06/15/61 11,000   251,790  
Total Financial     90,218,870  
Government - 0.2%
Farmer Mac
5.75% 112,000   2,869,440  
AgriBank FCB
6.88% 4,000   420,000  
Total Government     3,289,440  
Total Preferred Stocks    
(Cost $98,486,993)     93,508,310  
WARRANTS - 0.0%
Pershing Square Tontine Holdings, Ltd.      
Expiring 07/24/25*,1 115,860   136,715  
KKR Acquisition Holdings I Corp. - Class A      
Expiring 12/31/27*,1 195,882   114,043  
Aequi Acquisition Corp.      
Expiring 11/30/27*,1 246,299   73,176  
Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc.      
Expiring 12/31/27* 26,852   23,146  
AfterNext HealthTech Acquisition Corp.      
Expiring 07/09/23* 35,766   17,883  
MSD Acquisition Corp.      
Expiring 05/13/23*,1 23,373   17,670  
Waverley Capital Acquisition Corp. 1 - Class A      
Expiring 04/30/27*,1 31,300   16,558  
RXR Acquisition Corp.      
Expiring 03/08/26*,1 32,105   15,863  
Conyers Park III Acquisition Corp.      
Expiring 08/12/28* 33,200   15,272  
Acropolis Infrastructure Acquisition Corp.      
Expiring 03/31/26*,1 32,766   14,089  
Colicity, Inc. - Class A      
Expiring 12/31/27*,1 24,102   11,988  
Blue Whale Acquisition Corp.      
Expiring 07/30/26*,1 14,324   7,305  
Total Warrants    
(Cost $2,301,369)     463,708  
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS - 12.5%
iShares Russell 2000 Index ETF2 318,561   64,769,823  
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust2 147,986   64,615,127  
Invesco QQQ Trust Series2 186,303   64,609,880  
iShares Preferred & Income Securities ETF 50,885     1,852,214  
Total Exchange-Traded Funds    
(Cost $151,468,855)     195,847,044  
CLOSED-END FUNDS - 2.5%
BlackRock Taxable Municipal Bond Trust2 287,142   6,747,837  
Nuveen Taxable Municipal Income Fund 289,790   6,082,692  
Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Credit Income Fund 290,484   4,551,884  
BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc.2 363,427   3,928,646  
Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust2 228,121   2,707,796  
Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals 211,442   2,571,135  
Invesco Municipal Trust2 187,912   2,219,241  
Blackstone Strategic Credit Fund2 137,047   1,811,761  
Invesco Advantage Municipal Income Trust II2 162,563   1,793,070  
BlackRock Municipal Income Trust 107,502   1,440,527  
BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust2 88,777   1,143,448  
Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund, Inc.2 68,740   1,011,165  
Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund 31,057   439,457  
Eaton Vance Limited Duration Income Fund2 33,315   390,452  
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc.2 36,527   387,186  
Nuveen Quality Municipal Income Fund 25,643   370,541  
Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund, Inc.2 63,446   294,390  
BlackRock MuniVest Fund, Inc.2 24,594   215,935  
Total Closed-End Funds    
(Cost $37,543,819)     38,107,163  
MONEY MARKET FUND - 1.4%
Dreyfus Treasury Securities Cash Management Fund — Institutional Shares, 0.01%7 15,762,833     15,762,833  
Dreyfus Treasury Obligations Cash Management Fund — Institutional Shares, 0.01%7 6,442,456     6,442,456  
Total Money Market Fund    
(Cost $22,205,289)     22,205,289  
 
 

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)  February 28, 2022

  

  Face
Amount~
  Value
CORPORATE BONDS†† - 46.4%
Financial -  11.9%      
Morgan Stanley Finance LLC      
1.50% (Daily reference value of Alphas Managed Accounts Platform LXXIX Ltd. – 1.50%, Rate Floor: 0.00%) due 10/23/298  13,500,000   $12,841,200
Dyal Capital Partners III      
4.40% due 06/15/40†††   10,000,000    9,905,300
Wilton RE Ltd.      
6.00%†††,2,5,6,9   7,800,000    7,688,382
Maple Grove Funding Trust I      
4.16% due 08/15/512,6   8,000,000    7,459,709
Jefferies Finance LLC / JFIN Company-Issuer Corp.      
5.00% due 08/15/282,6   7,500,000    7,218,750
Hunt Companies, Inc.      
5.25% due 04/15/292,6   7,325,000    7,011,398
United Wholesale Mortgage LLC      
5.50% due 11/15/252,6   4,060,000    3,907,750
5.50% due 04/15/292,6   1,925,000    1,761,375
5.75% due 06/15/272,6   1,250,000    1,194,431
NFP Corp.      
6.88% due 08/15/282,6   6,925,000    6,438,519
Iron Mountain, Inc.      
5.63% due 07/15/322,6   6,500,000    6,429,605
OneMain Finance Corp.      
4.00% due 09/15/302   2,200,000    2,006,499
6.13% due 03/15/242   1,500,000    1,545,000
7.13% due 03/15/262   1,100,000    1,192,400
3.88% due 09/15/28   800,000    741,000
6.63% due 01/15/282   450,000    480,785
8.88% due 06/01/252   350,000    369,250
Liberty Mutual Group, Inc.      
4.30% due 02/01/612,6   7,300,000    6,004,250
Home Point Capital, Inc.      
5.00% due 02/01/262,6   6,650,000    5,486,250
National Life Insurance Co.      
10.50% due 09/15/392,6   3,400,000    5,328,923
Cushman & Wakefield US Borrower LLC      
6.75% due 05/15/282,6   4,800,000    5,016,000
Hampton Roads PPV LLC      
6.62% due 06/15/536   4,735,000    4,951,217
LPL Holdings, Inc.      
4.00% due 03/15/292,6   4,172,000    4,052,055
4.38% due 05/15/316   550,000    536,250
Kennedy-Wilson, Inc.      
5.00% due 03/01/312   2,825,000    2,741,168
4.75% due 02/01/302   1,450,000    1,386,563
4.75% due 03/01/292   425,000    415,093
RXR Realty LLC      
5.25% due 07/17/25†††   4,200,000    4,348,680
QBE Insurance Group Ltd.      
7.50% due 11/24/432,5,6   3,000,000    3,196,500
5.88%2,5,6,9   950,000    979,688
Sherwood Financing plc      
6.00% due 11/15/266 GBP  2,000,000    2,540,763
4.50% due 11/15/266 EUR  1,000,000    1,068,018
Ares Finance Company IV LLC      
3.65% due 02/01/522,6  4,100,000   3,570,848
Host Hotels & Resorts, LP      
3.50% due 09/15/302   3,610,000    3,521,876
Jane Street Group / JSG Finance, Inc.      
4.50% due 11/15/292,6   3,500,000    3,412,500
American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.      
5.00% due 06/15/272   2,950,000    3,203,964
Barclays plc      
7.75%2,5,9   3,000,000    3,135,600
HUB International Ltd.      
5.63% due 12/01/292,6   2,500,000    2,375,000
7.00% due 05/01/262,6   550,000    553,685
BBC Military Housing-Navy Northeast LLC      
6.30% due 10/15/49†††,2   2,800,000    2,856,952
Lincoln National Corp.      
4.38% due 06/15/502   2,560,000    2,795,918
Assurant, Inc.      
4.90% due 03/27/28   1,950,000    2,139,355
7.00% due 03/27/482,5   400,000    438,000
Global Atlantic Finance Co.      
4.70% due 10/15/512,5,6   2,700,000    2,568,780
Bank of America Corp.      
4.38%5,9   2,650,000    2,553,805
Fort Knox Military Housing Privatization Project      
5.82% due 02/15/526   1,870,925    2,107,799
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.      
3.38% due 03/03/312   2,000,000    1,976,920
First American Financial Corp.      
4.00% due 05/15/302   1,740,000    1,815,457
OneAmerica Financial Partners, Inc.      
4.25% due 10/15/502,6   1,730,000    1,769,337
AmWINS Group, Inc.      
4.88% due 06/30/292,6   1,725,000    1,643,062
Atlas Mara Ltd.      
 due 12/31/21†††,10,11   2,200,000    1,573,000
PHM Group Holding Oy      
4.75% due 06/18/266 EUR  1,400,000    1,556,568
Newmark Group, Inc.      
6.13% due 11/15/232   1,450,000    1,512,858
Weyerhaeuser Co.      
6.88% due 12/15/332   1,100,000    1,454,862
Allianz SE      
3.50%2,5,6,9   1,400,000    1,307,250
GLP Capital Limited Partnership / GLP Financing II, Inc.      
5.30% due 01/15/292   1,050,000    1,141,484
Ryan Specialty Group LLC      
4.38% due 02/01/306   1,100,000    1,058,255

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)  February 28, 2022

 

  Face
Amount~
  Value
CORPORATE BONDS†† - 46.4% (continued)
Financial -  11.9% (continued)      
Pershing Square Holdings Ltd.      
3.25% due 10/01/31  1,100,000   $1,054,306
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.      
3.15% due 06/15/302   1,000,000    994,976
PartnerRe Finance B LLC      
4.50% due 10/01/502,5   950,000    931,000
Fort Benning Family Communities LLC      
6.09% due 01/15/516   704,631    808,216
Pacific Beacon LLC      
5.63% due 07/15/516   677,334    767,501
Prudential Financial, Inc.      
5.13% due 03/01/525   700,000    709,625
Alliant Holdings Intermediate LLC / Alliant Holdings Company-Issuer      
4.25% due 10/15/272,6   725,000    699,625
Rocket Mortgage LLC / Rocket Mortgage Company-Issuer, Inc.      
3.88% due 03/01/316   700,000    655,375
Macquarie Bank Ltd.      
3.62% due 06/03/306   640,000    633,951
Greystar Real Estate Partners LLC      
5.75% due 12/01/252,6   450,000    455,805
Fort Gordon Housing LLC      
6.32% due 05/15/516   200,000    242,188
USI, Inc.      
6.88% due 05/01/252,6   150,000    150,632
Total Financial      186,389,106
Consumer, Non-cyclical -  7.8%      
US Foods, Inc.      
6.25% due 04/15/252,6   3,000,000    3,102,900
4.63% due 06/01/302,6   2,500,000    2,430,950
4.75% due 02/15/292,6   2,250,000    2,225,700
Bausch Health Companies, Inc.      
4.88% due 06/01/282,6   8,025,000    7,708,574
BCP V Modular Services Finance II plc      
6.13% due 10/30/286 GBP  4,250,000    5,311,611
4.75% due 10/30/286 EUR  1,550,000    1,650,493
Mozart Debt Merger Sub, Inc.      
5.25% due 10/01/292,6   5,200,000    4,966,000
3.88% due 04/01/292,6   2,000,000    1,897,670
CPI CG, Inc.      
8.63% due 03/15/262,6   6,800,000    6,466,392
Sabre GLBL, Inc.      
7.38% due 09/01/252,6   3,725,000    3,860,795
9.25% due 04/15/252,6   1,875,000    2,114,550
Sotheby's      
7.38% due 10/15/272,6   4,899,000    5,101,378
Kraft Heinz Foods Co.      
5.20% due 07/15/452  1,400,000   1,579,662
5.00% due 06/04/422   1,225,000    1,350,563
4.38% due 06/01/462   1,300,000    1,332,500
4.88% due 10/01/492   600,000    664,500
Altria Group, Inc.      
3.70% due 02/04/512   6,000,000    4,904,056
Cheplapharm Arzneimittel GmbH      
5.50% due 01/15/282,6   4,195,000    4,192,315
Nielsen Finance LLC / Nielsen Finance Co.      
5.63% due 10/01/282,6   1,900,000    1,836,074
4.75% due 07/15/312,6   1,300,000    1,157,000
5.88% due 10/01/302,6   975,000    944,249
KeHE Distributors LLC / KeHE Finance Corp.      
8.63% due 10/15/262,6   3,632,000    3,840,840
Post Holdings, Inc.      
4.50% due 09/15/312,6   3,925,000    3,635,531
Rent-A-Center, Inc.      
6.38% due 02/15/292,6   3,550,000    3,399,125
Par Pharmaceutical, Inc.      
7.50% due 04/01/272,6   3,345,000    3,350,503
FAGE International S.A. / FAGE USA Dairy Industry, Inc.      
5.63% due 08/15/262,6   3,301,000    3,342,262
Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc.      
5.00% due 04/15/292,6   2,400,000    2,370,000
5.50% due 07/01/286   550,000    551,375
Nathan's Famous, Inc.      
6.63% due 11/01/252,6   2,676,000    2,702,760
Sotheby's/Bidfair Holdings, Inc.      
5.88% due 06/01/292,6   2,700,000    2,673,000
Avantor Funding, Inc.      
4.63% due 07/15/282,6   1,700,000    1,725,500
3.88% due 11/01/292,6   925,000    890,137
Castor S.p.A.      
5.25% (3 Month EURIBOR + 5.25%, Rate Floor: 5.25%) due 02/15/29◊,6 EUR  2,300,000    2,560,572
Legends Hospitality Holding Company LLC / Legends Hospitality Co-Issuer, Inc.      
5.00% due 02/01/262,6   2,575,000    2,523,500
Option Care Health, Inc.      
4.38% due 10/31/292,6   2,275,000    2,195,375
ADT Security Corp.      
4.13% due 08/01/292,6   1,050,000    990,003
4.88% due 07/15/326   1,000,000    932,500
Royalty Pharma plc      
3.55% due 09/02/502   2,100,000    1,822,650
DaVita, Inc.      
4.63% due 06/01/302,6   1,900,000    1,821,625

 

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)  February 28, 2022

 

  Face
Amount~
  Value
CORPORATE BONDS†† - 46.4% (continued)
Consumer, Non-cyclical -  7.8%      
Endo Luxembourg Finance Company I SARL / Endo US, Inc.      
6.13% due 04/01/292,6  1,900,000   $1,786,000
Gartner, Inc.      
4.50% due 07/01/282,6   1,700,000    1,722,151
Spectrum Brands, Inc.      
5.50% due 07/15/302,6   1,700,000    1,691,500
HealthEquity, Inc.      
4.50% due 10/01/292,6   1,550,000    1,475,367
Grifols Escrow Issuer S.A.      
4.75% due 10/15/282,6   1,350,000    1,275,750
Kronos Acquisition Holdings, Inc. / KIK Custom Products, Inc.      
7.00% due 12/31/276   1,038,000    878,356
5.00% due 12/31/266   250,000    225,625
APi Escrow Corp.      
4.75% due 10/15/292,6   1,125,000    1,063,125
TreeHouse Foods, Inc.      
4.00% due 09/01/282   1,150,000    1,049,375
Central Garden & Pet Co.      
4.13% due 10/15/302   625,000    593,625
4.13% due 04/30/316   400,000    374,000
WW International, Inc.      
4.50% due 04/15/296   950,000    797,668
AMN Healthcare, Inc.      
4.63% due 10/01/272,6   725,000    717,750
Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc.      
3.50% due 04/01/306   625,000    581,812
Carriage Services, Inc.      
4.25% due 05/15/292,6   575,000    542,627
Performance Food Group, Inc.      
6.88% due 05/01/252,6   450,000    466,313
APi Group DE, Inc.      
4.13% due 07/15/296   400,000    368,568
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.      
4.00% due 03/15/312,6   300,000    287,250
Prestige Brands, Inc.      
3.75% due 04/01/316   300,000    276,435
Endo Dac / Endo Finance LLC / Endo Finco, Inc.      
9.50% due 07/31/272,6   181,000    176,475
Total Consumer, Non-cyclical      122,474,962
Consumer, Cyclical -  7.2%      
Delta Air Lines, Inc.      
7.00% due 05/01/252,6   10,535,000    11,704,698
Marriott International, Inc.      
4.63% due 06/15/30   2,320,000    2,505,013
3.50% due 10/15/322   1,400,000    1,395,877
2.85% due 04/15/31   1,280,000    1,220,024
5.75% due 05/01/25   490,000    536,239
JB Poindexter & Company, Inc.      
7.13% due 04/15/262,6   5,275,000    5,475,450
Air Canada Class A Pass Through Trust      
5.25% due 04/01/292,6  4,721,203   5,013,368
Suburban Propane Partners Limited Partnership/Suburban Energy Finance Corp.      
5.88% due 03/01/272   3,210,000    3,270,187
5.00% due 06/01/312,6   1,800,000    1,710,000
Delta Air Lines, Inc. / SkyMiles IP Ltd.      
4.75% due 10/20/282,6   3,950,000    4,119,559
Fertitta Entertainment LLC / Fertitta Entertainment Finance Company, Inc.      
4.63% due 01/15/292,6   4,100,000    3,925,750
Wabash National Corp.      
4.50% due 10/15/282,6   4,100,000    3,888,645
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.      
4.10% due 04/15/502   3,800,000    3,809,528
Station Casinos LLC      
4.63% due 12/01/312,6   4,000,000    3,770,000
Williams Scotsman International, Inc.      
4.63% due 08/15/282,6   3,675,000    3,624,469
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.      
6.50% due 05/15/272,6   3,350,000    3,586,711
Mileage Plus Holdings LLC / Mileage Plus Intellectual Property Assets Ltd.      
6.50% due 06/20/272,6   3,350,000    3,534,250
Air Canada      
4.63% due 08/15/296 CAD  2,800,000    2,156,931
3.88% due 08/15/262,6   825,000    801,071
Powdr Corp.      
6.00% due 08/01/252,6   2,790,000    2,877,187
PetSmart, Inc. / PetSmart Finance Corp.      
4.75% due 02/15/282,6   2,725,000    2,718,187
Scotts Miracle-Gro Co.      
4.00% due 04/01/312   2,150,000    1,972,625
4.38% due 02/01/32   700,000    646,170
Hawaiian Brand Intellectual Property Ltd. / HawaiianMiles Loyalty Ltd.      
5.75% due 01/20/262,6   2,575,000    2,607,187
United Airlines, Inc.      
4.63% due 04/15/292,6   2,575,000    2,511,900
Aramark Services, Inc.      
6.38% due 05/01/252,6   2,300,000    2,381,650
5.00% due 02/01/282,6   110,000    110,196
Yum! Brands, Inc.      
4.63% due 01/31/322   1,987,000    1,947,260
7.75% due 04/01/252,6   450,000    468,878
HP Communities LLC      
6.82% due 09/15/536   940,217    1,207,612
6.16% due 09/15/536   1,000,000    1,202,328

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)  February 28, 2022

 

  Face
Amount~
  Value
CORPORATE BONDS†† - 46.4% (continued)
Consumer, Cyclical -  7.2%      
Six Flags Theme Parks, Inc.      
7.00% due 07/01/252,6  1,925,000   $2,010,537
Hyatt Hotels Corp.      
5.75% due 04/23/302   1,690,000    1,948,100
Superior Plus Limited Partnership / Superior General Partner, Inc.      
4.50% due 03/15/292,6   2,000,000    1,907,500
Picasso Finance Sub, Inc.      
6.13% due 06/15/252,6   1,683,000    1,735,594
Boyd Gaming Corp.      
8.63% due 06/01/252,6   1,624,000    1,709,260
CD&R Smokey Buyer, Inc.      
6.75% due 07/15/252,6   1,650,000    1,703,625
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.      
4.38% due 08/15/282,6   1,625,000    1,600,625
1011778 BC ULC / New Red Finance, Inc.      
3.88% due 01/15/286   850,000    826,625
4.00% due 10/15/306   725,000    669,719
Hilton Domestic Operating Company, Inc.      
3.63% due 02/15/322,6   1,350,000    1,283,310
Boyne USA, Inc.      
4.75% due 05/15/292,6   1,250,000    1,228,125
Crocs, Inc.      
4.13% due 08/15/312,6   1,400,000    1,193,500
Clarios Global, LP / Clarios US Finance Co.      
8.50% due 05/15/276   1,050,000    1,094,625
Wolverine World Wide, Inc.      
4.00% due 08/15/292,6   1,150,000    1,060,875
Vail Resorts, Inc.      
6.25% due 05/15/252,6   1,000,000    1,030,000
Clarios Global, LP      
6.75% due 05/15/256   990,000    1,027,343
Allison Transmission, Inc.      
3.75% due 01/30/312,6   1,100,000    1,021,625
Scientific Games Holdings Limited Partnership/Scientific Games US FinCo, Inc.      
6.63% due 03/01/306   650,000    645,600
Tempur Sealy International, Inc.      
3.88% due 10/15/316   700,000    628,849
Penn National Gaming, Inc.      
4.13% due 07/01/296   675,000    624,375
United Airlines Class AA Pass Through Trust      
3.45% due 12/01/27   467,596    476,561
Superior Plus, LP      
4.25% due 05/18/286 CAD 350,000   266,338
Total Consumer, Cyclical      112,391,661
Communications -  5.3%      
Altice France S.A.      
5.50% due 10/15/292,6   8,175,000    7,490,344
5.13% due 07/15/292,6   3,025,000    2,737,625
8.13% due 02/01/272,6   1,300,000    1,368,510
McGraw-Hill Education, Inc.      
8.00% due 08/01/292,6   6,300,000    5,767,902
5.75% due 08/01/282,6   3,525,000    3,345,754
Paramount Global      
4.95% due 05/19/502   6,390,000    6,974,269
VZ Secured Financing BV      
5.00% due 01/15/322,6   6,850,000    6,490,375
British Telecommunications plc      
4.88% due 11/23/812,5,6   5,550,000    5,328,000
4.25% due 11/23/815,6   950,000    914,375
Cengage Learning, Inc.      
9.50% due 06/15/242,6   4,976,000    4,984,509
UPC Broadband Finco BV      
4.88% due 07/15/312,6   4,550,000    4,345,250
Corning, Inc.      
4.38% due 11/15/572   4,100,000    4,284,353
LCPR Senior Secured Financing DAC      
6.75% due 10/15/272,6   2,114,000    2,184,238

5.13% due 07/15/292,6

 

  1,900,000

 

 

 1,825,900

 

Vodafone Group plc      
5.13% due 06/04/812,5   4,100,000    3,659,250
AMC Networks, Inc.      
4.25% due 02/15/292   3,450,000    3,230,062
CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp.      
4.50% due 06/01/332,6   1,225,000    1,148,437
4.25% due 01/15/342,6   750,000    689,550
4.50% due 05/01/32   325,000    308,750
Ciena Corp.      
4.00% due 01/31/306   2,150,000    2,117,363
Level 3 Financing, Inc.      
3.63% due 01/15/292,6   1,500,000    1,313,800
3.75% due 07/15/296   600,000    535,152
Vmed O2 UK Financing I plc      
4.25% due 01/31/312,6   1,225,000    1,127,000
4.75% due 07/15/316   650,000    623,155
Radiate Holdco LLC / Radiate Finance, Inc.      
4.50% due 09/15/262,6   1,800,000    1,719,891
TripAdvisor, Inc.      
7.00% due 07/15/252,6   1,575,000    1,630,125
CSC Holdings LLC      
4.63% due 12/01/302,6   1,913,000    1,594,251
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishers, Inc.      
9.00% due 02/15/252,6   1,500,000    1,573,125
Virgin Media Secured Finance plc      
4.50% due 08/15/302,6   1,200,000    1,134,564

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)  February 28, 2022

 

  Face
Amount~
  Value
CORPORATE BONDS†† - 46.4% (continued)
Communications -  5.3% (continued)      
Sirius XM Radio, Inc.      
3.88% due 09/01/312,6  900,000   $829,143
Match Group Holdings II LLC      
3.63% due 10/01/316   875,000    815,938
Ziggo BV      
4.88% due 01/15/306   725,000    696,131
Ziggo Bond Company BV      
5.13% due 02/28/302,6   500,000    466,250
Total Communications      83,253,341
Industrial -  5.0%      
Boeing Co.      
5.81% due 05/01/502   9,400,000    11,167,284
New Enterprise Stone & Lime Company, Inc.      
9.75% due 07/15/282,6   7,717,000    7,967,802
5.25% due 07/15/282,6   2,025,000    1,969,312
Standard Industries, Inc.      
4.38% due 07/15/302,6   7,050,000    6,674,799
3.38% due 01/15/312,6   1,100,000    973,500
Artera Services LLC      
9.03% due 12/04/252,6   6,290,000    6,306,983
Cleaver-Brooks, Inc.      
7.88% due 03/01/232,6   5,853,000    5,629,005
Harsco Corp.      
5.75% due 07/31/272,6   3,624,000    3,569,640
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp.      
5.25% due 06/01/292,6   3,450,000    3,454,934
Howmet Aerospace, Inc.      
3.00% due 01/15/292   1,175,000    1,114,781
5.95% due 02/01/372   875,000    968,074
6.88% due 05/01/252   800,000    881,106
GrafTech Finance, Inc.      
4.63% due 12/15/282,6   2,785,000    2,706,324
Mauser Packaging Solutions Holding Co.      
8.50% due 04/15/242,6   1,700,000    1,734,000
5.50% due 04/15/246   800,000    796,000
Ardagh Metal Packaging Finance USA LLC / Ardagh Metal Packaging Finance plc      
4.00% due 09/01/292,6   2,300,000    2,156,940
TransDigm, Inc.      
8.00% due 12/15/252,6   2,050,000    2,140,651
Summit Materials LLC / Summit Materials Finance Corp.      
5.25% due 01/15/292,6   1,775,000    1,781,656
Builders FirstSource, Inc.      
4.25% due 02/01/322,6   1,675,000    1,607,858
Deuce FinCo plc      
5.50% due 06/15/27 GBP  1,200,000    1,542,882
TK Elevator US Newco, Inc.      
5.25% due 07/15/272,6   1,550,000    1,534,500
Brundage-Bone Concrete Pumping Holdings, Inc.      
6.00% due 02/01/262,6  1,525,000   1,508,179
Cellnex Finance Company S.A.      
3.88% due 07/07/412,6   1,750,000    1,461,407
JELD-WEN, Inc.      
6.25% due 05/15/252,6   1,350,000    1,388,813
Princess Juliana International Airport Operating Company N.V.      
5.50% due 12/20/272,11   1,374,069    1,249,414
Amsted Industries, Inc.      
4.63% due 05/15/302,6   950,000    935,522
Ball Corp.      
3.13% due 09/15/312   875,000    803,591
GATX Corp.      
4.00% due 06/30/302   560,000    590,651
Hillenbrand, Inc.      
5.75% due 06/15/252   325,000    336,915
3.75% due 03/01/31   250,000    238,651
Intertape Polymer Group, Inc.      
4.38% due 06/15/296   600,000    568,650
TopBuild Corp.      

4.13% due 02/15/326

 

  400,000

 

 

 380,360

 

PGT Innovations, Inc.      
4.38% due 10/01/296   400,000    375,928
Arcosa, Inc.      
4.38% due 04/15/292,6   350,000    331,625
EnerSys      
4.38% due 12/15/272,6   325,000    321,750
EnPro Industries, Inc.      
5.75% due 10/15/26   115,000    119,311
Exide Technologies      
 due 10/31/24†††,10   2,353,687    3
Total Industrial      77,288,801
Energy -  3.8%      
Global Partners Limited Partnership / GLP Finance Corp.      
7.00% due 08/01/272   4,800,000    4,836,000
6.88% due 01/15/292   2,980,000    3,025,326
ITT Holdings LLC      
6.50% due 08/01/292,6   7,950,000    7,453,125
Occidental Petroleum Corp.      
6.20% due 03/15/402   2,100,000    2,336,849
7.00% due 11/15/272   2,000,000    2,174,976
4.30% due 08/15/392   2,100,000    1,984,500
4.63% due 06/15/45   750,000    722,051
BP Capital Markets plc      
4.88% 2,5,9   6,750,000    6,689,925
NuStar Logistics, LP      
6.38% due 10/01/302   5,625,000    5,698,575
5.63% due 04/28/27   200,000    200,179
6.00% due 06/01/26   125,000    127,000
CVR Energy, Inc.      
5.25% due 02/15/252,6   2,275,000    2,202,268
5.75% due 02/15/282,6   2,100,000    1,979,250

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)  February 28, 2022

 

  Face
Amount~
  Value
CORPORATE BONDS†† - 46.4% (continued)
Energy -  3.8% (continued)      
Parkland Corp.      
4.63% due 05/01/302,6  2,700,000   $2,554,875
4.50% due 10/01/292,6   1,300,000    1,225,796
Hess Corp.      
5.60% due 02/15/412   1,550,000    1,778,027
6.00% due 01/15/402   1,000,000    1,181,269
7.13% due 03/15/33   500,000    634,012
Midwest Connector Capital Company LLC      
4.63% due 04/01/292,6   1,809,000    1,871,251
Rattler Midstream, LP      
5.63% due 07/15/252,6   1,650,000    1,678,875
TransMontaigne Partners Limited Partnership / TLP Finance Corp.      
6.13% due 02/15/262   1,525,000    1,479,250
Southwestern Energy Co.      
5.38% due 02/01/292   1,400,000    1,440,278
Exterran Energy Solutions Limited Partnership / EES Finance Corp.      
8.13% due 05/01/252   1,201,000    1,205,702
Energy Transfer, LP      
4.25% due 04/01/242   1,000,000    1,029,390
Comstock Resources, Inc.      
7.50% due 05/15/256   970,000    992,155
Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LLC      
4.13% due 08/15/316   775,000    767,250
Buckeye Partners, LP      
4.35% due 10/15/242   750,000    751,313
DT Midstream, Inc.      
4.13% due 06/15/296   425,000    410,125
FLNG Liquefaction 2 LLC      
4.13% due 03/31/382,6   252,945    262,805
Viper Energy Partners, LP      
5.38% due 11/01/272,6   200,000    205,200
Basic Energy Services, Inc.      
 due 10/15/2310,11   1,075,000    59,125
Schahin II Finance Co. SPV Ltd.      
 due 09/25/2210,11   1,216,133    30,403
Total Energy      58,987,125
Basic Materials -  2.3%      
SCIL IV LLC / SCIL USA Holdings LLC      
5.38% due 11/01/262,6   5,875,000    5,865,659
Alcoa Nederland Holding BV      
5.50% due 12/15/272,6   3,625,000    3,779,063
6.13% due 05/15/282,6   1,475,000    1,552,437
Carpenter Technology Corp.      
6.38% due 07/15/282   5,225,000    5,270,719
EverArc Escrow SARL      
5.00% due 10/30/292,6   5,250,000    4,856,250
Clearwater Paper Corp.      
4.75% due 08/15/282,6   2,547,000    2,394,180
WR Grace Holdings LLC      
4.88% due 06/15/272,6   2,050,000    2,047,991
Compass Minerals International, Inc.      
6.75% due 12/01/272,6  1,725,000   1,791,156
Illuminate Buyer LLC / Illuminate Holdings IV, Inc.      
9.00% due 07/01/282,6   1,625,000    1,719,153
Kaiser Aluminum Corp.      
4.63% due 03/01/282,6   1,000,000    944,270
4.50% due 06/01/316   500,000    450,310
Minerals Technologies, Inc.      
5.00% due 07/01/282,6   1,350,000    1,323,000
Arconic Corp.      
6.00% due 05/15/252,6   1,200,000    1,236,000
HB Fuller Co.      
4.25% due 10/15/282   1,150,000    1,094,696
Diamond BC BV      
4.63% due 10/01/296   825,000    750,923
Valvoline, Inc.      
3.63% due 06/15/316   760,000    680,686
Mirabela Nickel Ltd.      
 due 06/24/1910,11   2,667,995    133,400
Total Basic Materials      35,889,893
Technology -  1.6%      
Minerva Merger Sub, Inc.      
6.50% due 02/15/306   7,900,000    7,605,488
NCR Corp.      
5.25% due 10/01/302,6   3,150,000    3,052,728
6.13% due 09/01/292,6   1,550,000    1,608,590
5.13% due 04/15/296   900,000    889,875
Boxer Parent Company, Inc.      
7.13% due 10/02/252,6   2,350,000    2,432,250
Oracle Corp.      
3.95% due 03/25/512   2,100,000    1,923,687
Playtika Holding Corp.      
4.25% due 03/15/292,6   2,025,000    1,883,250
Twilio, Inc.      
3.88% due 03/15/312   2,000,000    1,877,750
TeamSystem S.p.A.      
3.50% due 02/15/28 EUR  1,700,000    1,778,183
Dun & Bradstreet Corp.      
5.00% due 12/15/292,6   1,800,000    1,728,000
Change Healthcare Holdings LLC / Change Healthcare Finance, Inc.      
5.75% due 03/01/256   400,000    398,200
Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.      
4.00% due 07/01/292,6   325,000    320,684
Total Technology      25,498,685
Utilities -  1.5%      
Midcap Funding XLVI Trust      
3.61% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Rate Floor: 3.61%) due 11/22/23◊,†††   9,250,000    9,252,498
Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC      
3.52% due 12/31/39†††   6,200,000    5,999,554

 

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  Face
Amount~
  Value
CORPORATE BONDS†† - 46.4% (continued)
Utilities -  1.5% (continued)      
Terraform Global Operating LLC      
6.13% due 03/01/262,6  5,255,000   $5,241,863
Clearway Energy Operating LLC      
3.75% due 02/15/312,6   2,100,000    1,953,724
3.75% due 01/15/326   525,000    490,901
Petershill II Senior Secured Notes      
5.00% due 12/02/39†††   839,000    869,028
5.00% due 07/15/39†††   161,000    166,762
Total Utilities      23,974,330
Total Corporate Bonds    
(Cost $745,486,678)   726,147,904
SENIOR FLOATING RATE INTERESTS††,◊ - 32.6%
Consumer, Cyclical -  8.5%      
Pacific Bells, LLC      
5.00% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.50%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 11/10/28   7,967,010    7,902,318
CD&R Firefly Bidco Ltd.      
5.05% (1 Month GBP SONIA + 4.75%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 06/23/25 GBP  5,340,000    7,044,978
FR Refuel LLC      
5.50% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.75%, Rate Floor: 5.50%) due 11/08/28†††   7,066,667    6,996,000
Accuride Corp.      
6.25% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 5.25%, Rate Floor: 6.25%) due 11/17/23   6,965,969    6,661,207
SP PF Buyer LLC      
4.71% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.50%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 12/22/25   5,689,684    5,445,482
NFM & J LLC      
6.75% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 5.75%, Rate Floor: 6.75%) due 11/23/27†††   4,977,945    4,925,787
NES Global Talent      
6.50% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 5.50%, Rate Floor: 6.50%) due 05/11/23   5,151,256    4,855,059
First Brands Group LLC      
6.00% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 5.00%, Rate Floor: 6.00%) due 03/30/27   4,813,625    4,777,523
Zephyr Bidco Ltd.      
5.23% (1 Month GBP LIBOR + 4.75%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 07/23/25 GBP 3,000,000   3,935,961
7.98% (1 Month GBP LIBOR + 7.50%, Rate Floor: 7.50%) due 07/23/26 GBP  360,000    475,816
MB2 Dental Solutions LLC      
7.00% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 6.00%, Rate Floor: 7.00%) due 01/29/27†††   3,207,879    3,155,328
7.11% ((3 Month USD LIBOR + 6.00%) and (Commercial Prime Lending Rate + 6.00%), Rate Floor: 7.00%) due 01/29/27†††   1,057,480    1,040,156
EnTrans International LLC      
6.21% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 6.00%, Rate Floor: 6.00%) due 11/01/24   4,276,925    4,009,617
Alexander Mann      
5.16% (6 Month USD LIBOR + 5.00%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 06/16/25   2,600,000    2,522,000
5.17% (6 Month GBP LIBOR + 5.00%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 06/16/25 GBP  1,150,000    1,469,834
CCRR Parent, Inc.      
4.50% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 03/06/28   3,970,000    3,945,188
Truck Hero, Inc.      
4.00% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.25%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 01/31/28   3,970,000    3,891,950
Secretariat Advisors LLC      
5.50% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.75%, Rate Floor: 5.50%) due 12/29/28†††   3,800,000    3,790,500
BRE/Everbright M6 Borrower LLC      
5.75% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 5.00%, Rate Floor: 5.75%) due 09/09/26   3,491,250    3,476,692
Breitling Financing SARL      
4.00% (3 Month EURIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 10/25/28 EUR  2,800,000    3,109,366

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
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  Face
Amount~
  Value
SENIOR FLOATING RATE INTERESTS††,◊ - 32.6% (continued)
Consumer, Cyclical -  8.5% (continued)      
WIRB - Copernicus Group, Inc.      
5.00% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 01/08/27  3,108,200   $3,090,732
PetSmart LLC      
4.50% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 02/11/28   2,835,750    2,819,813
PAI Holdco, Inc.      
4.25% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Rate Floor: 4.25%) due 10/28/27   2,833,612    2,812,360
Arcis Golf LLC      
4.75% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 11/24/28   2,725,000    2,716,498
Packers Holdings LLC      
4.00% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 3.25%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 03/09/28   2,755,774    2,704,103
BGIS (BIFM CA Buyer, Inc.)      
3.71% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Rate Floor: 3.50%) due 06/01/26   2,691,098    2,660,824
TTF Holdings Intermediate LLC      
5.00% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 03/31/28†††   2,493,316    2,480,849
ScribeAmerica Intermediate Holdco LLC (Healthchannels)      
4.71% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.50%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 04/03/25   2,495,393    2,270,807
BCP V Modular Services Holdings IV Ltd.      
4.50% (3 Month EURIBOR + 4.50%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 10/06/28 EUR  2,000,000    2,174,358
OEConnection LLC      
4.20% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 09/25/26   2,023,323    1,987,915
Blue Nile, Inc.      
8.00% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 7.00%, Rate Floor: 8.00%) due 02/17/23  1,918,125   1,858,989
SHO Holding I Corp.      
6.25% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 5.25%, Rate Floor: 6.25%) due 04/26/24   1,951,463    1,809,982
6.23% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 5.23%, Rate Floor: 6.23%) due 04/29/24   32,514    30,156
BCPE Empire Holdings, Inc.      
4.21% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 06/11/26   1,858,416    1,836,933
CNT Holdings I Corp.      
4.25% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Rate Floor: 4.25%) due 11/08/27   1,836,125    1,825,163
Camin Cargo Control, Inc.      
7.50% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 6.50%, Rate Floor: 7.50%) due 06/04/26†††   1,691,500    1,674,585
Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc.      
5.25% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 5.25%) due 04/25/24   1,752,638    1,508,373
Holding SOCOTEC      
5.00% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 06/30/28   1,350,000    1,337,351
IBC Capital Ltd.      
3.97% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 3.75%) due 09/11/23   1,198,966    1,183,763
WESCO      
5.25% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 5.25%) due 06/14/24†††   1,130,624    1,128,485
ImageFIRST Holdings LLC      
5.25% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.50%, Rate Floor: 5.25%) due 04/27/28   1,095,111    1,078,685

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
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  Face
Amount~
  Value
SENIOR FLOATING RATE INTERESTS††,◊ - 32.6% (continued)
Consumer, Cyclical -  8.5% (continued)      
Galls LLC      
7.75% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 6.25%, Rate Floor: 7.25%) due 01/31/25†††  983,241   $948,827
7.75% ((1 Month USD LIBOR + 6.75%) and (3 Month USD LIBOR + 6.75%), Rate Floor: 7.75%) due 01/31/24†††   119,483    114,499
Fertitta Entertainment LLC      
4.50% (1 Month USD Term SOFR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 01/12/29   1,050,000    1,044,393
Cast & Crew Payroll LLC      
3.71% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Rate Floor: 3.50%) due 02/09/26   1,008,379    1,001,381
Drive Chassis (DCLI)      
6.99% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 6.75%, Rate Floor: 6.75%) due 04/10/26   1,000,000    998,330
Sovos Brands Intermediate, Inc.      
4.50% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 06/08/28   828,966    824,406
PT Intermediate Holdings III LLC      
6.25% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 5.50%, Rate Floor: 6.25%) due 11/01/28†††   440,250    435,848
6.25% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 5.50%, Rate Floor: 6.50%) due 10/15/25†††   243,625    241,189
Alterra Mountain Co.      
4.00% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 08/17/28   591,664    584,759
Mavis Tire Express Services TopCo Corp.      
4.75% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 05/04/28   323,375    321,558
SHO Holding I Corp.      
6.00% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 5.00%, Rate Floor: 6.00%) due 04/27/24†††  334,000   313,125
6.23% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 2.23%, Rate Floor: 3.23%) due 04/29/24†††   323    303
PT Intermediate Holdings III LLC      
6.25% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 5.50%, Rate Floor: 6.25%) due 11/01/28   315,335    312,181
EG Finco Ltd.      
4.22% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 02/07/25   288,052    284,892
Sotheby's      
5.00% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.50%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 01/15/27   237,432    236,244
Landrys, Inc.      
13.00% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 12.00%, Rate Floor: 13.00%) due 10/04/23†††   200,000    212,000
Total Consumer, Cyclical      132,295,421
Industrial -  6.7%      
Arcline FM Holdings LLC      
5.50% (6 Month USD LIBOR + 4.75%, Rate Floor: 5.50%) due 06/23/28   7,281,750    7,231,724
CapStone Acquisition Holdings, Inc.      
5.75% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.75%, Rate Floor: 5.75%) due 11/12/27   4,891,998    4,885,884
DXP Enterprises, Inc.      
5.75% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.75%, Rate Floor: 5.75%) due 12/23/27   4,554,000    4,510,373
NA Rail Hold Co. LLC      
4.25% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.25%) due 10/19/26   4,316,829    4,300,640
Michael Baker International LLC      
5.75% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 5.00%, Rate Floor: 5.75%) due 12/01/28   4,000,000    3,980,000

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)  February 28, 2022

 

  Face
Amount~
  Value
SENIOR FLOATING RATE INTERESTS††,◊ - 32.6% (continued)
Industrial -  6.7% (continued)      
PECF USS Intermediate Holding III Corp.      
4.76% ((1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.25%) and (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.25%), Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 12/15/28  4,000,000   $3,975,640
Merlin Buyer, Inc.      
4.50% (1 Month USD Term SOFR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 12/10/28†††   4,000,000    3,960,000
BHI Investments LLC      
9.75% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 8.75%, Rate Floor: 9.75%) due 02/28/25†††   4,000,000    3,930,000
Mileage Plus Holdings LLC      
6.25% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 5.25%, Rate Floor: 6.25%) due 06/21/27   3,750,000    3,912,675
Charter Next Generation, Inc.      
4.50% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 12/01/27   3,762,000    3,741,836
American Bath Group LLC      
4.25% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 4.25%) due 11/23/27   3,722,120    3,648,348
YAK MAT (YAK ACCESS LLC)      
10.21% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 10.00%, Rate Floor: 10.00%) due 07/10/26   5,605,000    3,496,119
Integrated Power Services Holdings, Inc.      
5.50% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.75%, Rate Floor: 5.50%) due 11/22/28†††   2,780,488    2,752,683
5.50% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.75%, Rate Floor: 5.50%) due 11/18/28†††   534,146    528,805
Minerva Bidco Ltd.      
due 07/30/25 GBP  2,000,000    2,669,421
DG Investment Intermediate Holdings 2, Inc.      
4.25% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Rate Floor: 4.25%) due 03/31/28  2,686,589   2,661,067
Pro Mach Group, Inc.      
5.00% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 08/31/28   2,666,899    2,660,232
StandardAero      
3.72% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Rate Floor: 3.50%) due 04/06/26   2,688,125    2,602,266
US Farathane LLC      
5.25% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 5.25%) due 12/23/24   2,791,250    2,591,201
Aegion Corp.      
5.50% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.75%, Rate Floor: 5.50%) due 05/17/28   2,543,625    2,540,445
ASP Dream Acquisiton Co. LLC      
5.15% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 12/09/28†††   2,500,000    2,462,500
STS Operating, Inc. (SunSource)      
5.25% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 5.25%) due 12/11/24   2,406,466    2,382,402
ILPEA Parent, Inc.      
5.25% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.50%, Rate Floor: 5.25%) due 06/22/28   2,321,323    2,321,323
Tank Holdings Corp.      
5.75% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 5.00%, Rate Floor: 5.75%) due 03/26/26   2,243,967    2,226,194
Waterlogic USA Holdings, Inc.      
5.25% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.75%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 08/17/28   2,238,750    2,223,818
WP CPP Holdings LLC      
4.75% ((1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.75%) and (3 Month USD LIBOR + 3.75%), Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 04/30/25   2,304,988    2,213,503
 
 

 

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)  February 28, 2022

 

  Face
Amount~
  Value
SENIOR FLOATING RATE INTERESTS††,◊ - 32.6% (continued)
Industrial -  6.7% (continued)      
Dispatch Terra Acquisition LLC      
5.00% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 03/27/28  2,089,500   $2,073,829
Pelican Products, Inc.      
4.75% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 11/16/28   1,950,000    1,920,750
Armor Holdco, Inc.      
5.00% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.50%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 12/11/28   1,900,000    1,888,923
Service Logic Acquisition, Inc.      
4.75% ((2 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%) and (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%), Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 10/29/27   1,697,389    1,682,537
Anchor Packaging LLC      
4.21% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 07/20/26   1,615,143    1,590,916
Transcendia Holdings, Inc.      
4.50% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 05/30/24   1,730,632    1,539,190
LTI Holdings, Inc.      
4.96% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.75%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 07/24/26†††   1,500,000    1,492,500
API Holdings III Corp.      
4.46% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 4.25%) due 05/11/26   1,560,000    1,443,000
Protective Industrial Products, Inc.      
4.75% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 12/29/27   1,364,687    1,351,040
TransDigm, Inc.      
2.46% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 2.25%, Rate Floor: 2.25%) due 05/30/25   1,080,702    1,061,065
TK Elevator Midco GmbH      
4.00% (6 Month USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 07/30/27   987,562    979,800
BWAY Holding Co.      
3.36% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.25%, Rate Floor: 3.25%) due 04/03/24   683,282    671,003
MI Windows And Doors LLC      
4.00% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 12/20/27   618,000    615,299
Duran, Inc.      
4.50% (6 Month USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 03/29/24†††  475,023   466,710
CPM Holdings, Inc.      
3.61% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Rate Floor: 3.50%) due 11/17/25   413,772    407,739
Titan Acquisition Ltd. (Husky)      
3.35% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 3.00%, Rate Floor: 3.00%) due 03/28/25   291,912    285,832
Air Canada      
4.25% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Rate Floor: 4.25%) due 08/11/28   250,000    248,215
Park River Holdings, Inc.      
4.00% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 3.25%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 12/28/27   139,581    137,214
Sundyne (Star US Bidco)      
5.25% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 5.25%) due 03/17/27   123,125    122,125
Total Industrial      104,386,786
Consumer, Non-cyclical -  6.2%      
Quirch Foods Holdings LLC      
5.50% ((1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.50%) and (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.50%), Rate Floor: 5.50%) due 10/27/27   8,892,295    8,870,064
Women's Care Holdings, Inc.      
5.25% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.50%, Rate Floor: 5.25%) due 01/17/28   6,790,875    6,756,921

 Southern Veterinary Partners LLC

     
5.00% (6 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 10/05/27   6,695,970    6,666,708
Blue Ribbon LLC      
6.75% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 6.00%, Rate Floor: 6.75%) due 05/08/28   6,693,622    6,614,169

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)  February 28, 2022

 

  Face
Amount~
  Value
SENIOR FLOATING RATE INTERESTS††,◊ - 32.6% (continued)
Consumer, Non-cyclical -  6.2% (continued)      
Florida Food Products LLC      
5.75% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 5.00%, Rate Floor: 5.75%) due 10/18/28  5,600,000   $5,460,000
LaserAway Intermediate Holdings II LLC      
6.50% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 5.75%, Rate Floor: 6.50%) due 10/14/27†††   5,400,000    5,346,000
Gibson Brands, Inc.      
5.75% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 5.00%, Rate Floor: 5.75%) due 08/11/28†††   4,925,000    4,875,750
HAH Group Holding Co. LLC      
6.00% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 5.00%, Rate Floor: 6.00%) due 10/29/27   4,765,325    4,734,065
National Mentor Holdings, Inc.      
4.50% ((1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.75%) and (3 Month USD LIBOR + 3.75%), Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 03/02/28   4,517,829    4,421,193
Kronos Acquisition Holdings, Inc.      
4.25% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 4.25%) due 12/22/26   2,848,272    2,627,132
7.00% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 6.00%, Rate Floor: 7.00%) due 12/22/26   1,800,000    1,788,750
Mission Veterinary Partners      
4.75% (2 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 04/27/28   3,990,000    3,960,075
Cambrex Corp.      
4.25% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Rate Floor: 4.25%) due 12/04/26   3,340,755    3,328,929
SCP Eye Care Services LLC      
5.25% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.50%, Rate Floor: 5.25%) due 03/16/28†††   2,544,034    2,505,874
Sierra Acquisition, Inc.      
5.00% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 11/11/24†††   2,393,451    2,309,680
PetIQ LLC      
4.75% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 04/13/28  2,288,500   2,271,336
Arctic Glacier Group Holdings, Inc.      
4.50% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 03/20/24   2,290,740    2,121,798
PlayPower, Inc.      
5.72% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 5.50%, Rate Floor: 5.50%) due 05/08/26   2,175,200    2,073,683
Confluent Health LLC      
4.50% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 11/30/28   1,810,619    1,790,250
Packaging Coordinators Midco, Inc.      
4.50% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 11/30/27   1,786,500    1,774,888
EyeCare Partners LLC      
3.97% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 3.75%) due 02/18/27   1,721,965    1,702,592
Snacking Investments US LLC (Arnott's)      
5.00% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 12/18/26   1,666,000    1,663,917
Moran Foods LLC      
11.75% (3 Month USD LIBOR, Rate Floor: 1.00%) (in-kind rate was 10.75%) due 10/01/2412   931,745    764,031
8.00% (3 Month USD LIBOR, Rate Floor: 1.00%) (in-kind rate was 7.00%) due 04/01/2412   729,519    722,224
Resonetics LLC      
4.75% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 04/28/28   1,496,250    1,485,028
Fender Musical Instruments Corp.      
4.50% (1 Month USD Term SOFR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 12/01/28†††   1,396,719    1,389,735

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)  February 28, 2022

 

  Face
Amount~
  Value
SENIOR FLOATING RATE INTERESTS††,◊ - 32.6% (continued)
Consumer, Non-cyclical -  6.2% (continued)      
Hearthside Group Holdings LLC      
4.21% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 05/23/25  1,406,500   $1,361,675
Endo Luxembourg Finance Company I SARL      
5.75% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 5.00%, Rate Floor: 5.75%) due 03/27/28   1,290,250    1,244,794
IVC Acquisition Ltd.      
4.00% (1 Month EURIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 02/13/26 EUR  1,000,000    1,107,684
Tecbid US, Inc.      
3.97% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 3.75%) due 07/25/24†††   988,890    979,001
Zep, Inc.      
5.00% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 08/12/24   923,618    893,600
Pearl Intermediate Parent LLC      
4.25% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Rate Floor: 4.25%) due 02/14/25   791,899    785,762
Atkins Nutritionals, Inc.      
3.95% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.35%, Rate Floor: 3.95%) due 07/07/24   658,276    657,730
Balrog Acquisition, Inc.      
4.51% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 09/05/28   625,000    615,625
Kar Nut Products Company LLC      
5.75% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.75%, Rate Floor: 5.75%) due 03/31/23†††  357,929   356,959
5.75% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.75%, Rate Floor: 5.75%) due 09/30/22†††   20,575    20,519
5.75% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.75%, Rate Floor: 5.75%) due 03/31/24†††   20,458    20,403
Chefs' Warehouse, Inc., The      
5.71% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 5.50%, Rate Floor: 5.50%) due 06/23/25   295,489    294,011
Recess Holdings, Inc.      
4.75% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 09/30/24   292,366    289,808
Total Consumer, Non-cyclical      96,652,363
Technology -  3.9%      
Peraton Corp.      
4.50% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 02/01/28   5,012,125    4,980,799
Datix Bidco Ltd.      
8.21% (6 Month GBP LIBOR + 7.75%, Rate Floor: 7.75%) due 04/27/26††† GBP  1,775,000    2,367,959
4.18% (6 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 04/28/25†††   2,001,644    1,992,637
7.93% (6 Month USD LIBOR + 7.75%, Rate Floor: 7.75%) due 04/27/26†††   300,111    298,465
Transact Holdings, Inc.      
4.96% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.75%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 04/30/26   4,060,231    4,027,262
24-7 Intouch, Inc.      
4.96% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.75%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 08/25/25†††   4,021,110    3,965,819
Valkyr Purchaser, LLC      
4.75% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 11/05/27   3,622,625    3,595,455

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)  February 28, 2022

 

  Face
Amount~
  Value
SENIOR FLOATING RATE INTERESTS††,◊ - 32.6% (continued)
Technology -  3.9% (continued)      
Sportradar Capital SARL      
3.50% (6 Month EURIBOR + 3.50%, Rate Floor: 3.50%) due 11/22/27 EUR 3,100,000   $3,422,970
Planview Parent, Inc.      
4.75% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 12/17/27   3,316,500    3,281,942
Polaris Newco LLC      
3.50% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Rate Floor: 3.50%) due 06/04/26†††   2,879,626    2,572,700
Apttus Corp.      
5.00% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 05/08/28   2,462,625    2,448,268
Sitecore Holding III A/S      
6.50% (3 Month EURIBOR + 5.75%, Rate Floor: 5.75%) (in-kind rate was 0.75%) due 03/12/26†††,12 EUR  1,265,206    1,402,052
7.50% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 7.00%, Rate Floor: 7.50%) due 03/12/26†††   1,022,017    1,009,677
Concorde Lux      
4.00% (6 Month EURIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 03/01/28 EUR  2,100,000    2,331,530
Project Ruby Ultimate Parent Corp.      
4.00% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.25%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 03/10/28   2,282,750    2,261,201
Atlas CC Acquisition Corp.      
5.00% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 05/25/28   2,238,750    2,226,505
Aston FinCo SARL      
4.46% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 4.25%) due 10/09/26   1,666,000    1,651,073
4.99% (3 Month GBP LIBOR + 4.75%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 10/09/26 GBP  398,000    526,543
Upland Software, Inc.      
3.96% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 3.75%) due 08/06/26  1,955,000   1,936,428
Team.Blue Finco SARL      
3.75% (3 Month EURIBOR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 3.75%) due 03/27/28 EUR  1,750,000    1,921,270
Misys Ltd.      
4.50% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 06/13/24   1,901,009    1,871,810
Brave Parent Holdings, Inc.      
4.21% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 04/18/25   1,781,930    1,772,272
Wrench Group LLC      
4.22% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 04/30/26   1,781,931    1,764,112
Precise Midco BV      
due 05/13/26 EUR  1,400,000    1,556,254
Navicure, Inc.      
4.21% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 10/22/26†††   1,514,688    1,507,114
Taxware Holdings (Sovos Compliance LLC)      
5.00% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.50%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 08/11/28   1,279,110    1,276,974
Ping Identity Corp.      
4.25% (1 Month USD Term SOFR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 4.25%) due 11/18/28†††   1,000,000    990,000
Greenway Health LLC      
4.75% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 02/16/24   962,217    899,673
Polaris Newco LLC      
4.50% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 06/02/28   820,033    814,350
Sitecore USA, Inc.      
7.50% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 7.00%, Rate Floor: 7.50%) due 03/12/26†††   500,391    494,349

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)  February 28, 2022

 

  Face
Amount~
  Value
SENIOR FLOATING RATE INTERESTS††,◊ - 32.6% (continued)
Technology -  3.9% (continued)      
Epicor Software      
4.00% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.25%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 07/30/27  493,750   $488,590
EXC Holdings III Corp.      
4.50% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 12/02/24   97,710    96,733
Total Technology      61,752,786
Financial -  3.6%      
Jones Deslauriers Insurance Management, Inc.      
5.00% (3 Month Canada Banker Acceptance + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 03/27/28 CAD  5,587,542    4,287,731
8.24% (3 Month Canada Banker Acceptance + 7.50%, Rate Floor: 8.00%) due 03/26/29 CAD  3,679,000    2,888,484
Teneo Holdings LLC      
6.25% (1 Month USD Term SOFR + 5.25%, Rate Floor: 6.25%) due 07/11/25   6,346,631    6,281,578
Franchise Group, Inc.      
5.50% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.75%, Rate Floor: 5.50%) due 03/10/26   4,077,225    4,067,032
HighTower Holding LLC      
4.75% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 04/21/28   4,089,750    4,058,054
Higginbotham Insurance Agency, Inc.      
6.25% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 5.50%, Rate Floor: 6.25%) due 11/25/26†††   3,948,962    3,902,313
Claros Mortgage Trust, Inc.      
5.00% (1 Month USD Term SOFR + 4.50%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 08/10/26   3,520,000    3,502,400
Franchise Group, Inc.      
5.29% (1 Month USD Term SOFR + 4.90%, Rate Floor: 4.90%) due 11/22/23†††   3,270,090    3,253,739
AmeriLife Holdings LLC      
4.11% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 03/18/27  1,951,489   1,931,975
4.75% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 03/18/27   987,500    975,156
Alter Domus      
4.25% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 4.25%) due 02/17/28   2,779,000    2,744,263
Orion Advisor Solutions, Inc.      
4.50% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 09/24/27   2,725,033    2,704,595
Eisner Advisory Group      
6.00% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 5.25%, Rate Floor: 6.00%) due 07/28/28   2,618,438    2,605,345
Avison Young (Canada), Inc.      
5.99% ((1 Month USD LIBOR + 5.75%) and (3 Month USD LIBOR + 5.75%), Rate Floor: 5.75%) due 01/30/26   2,341,837    2,318,419
Cross Financial Corp.      
4.81% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 09/15/27   2,085,147    2,077,328
Duff & Phelps      
4.75% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 04/09/27   1,970,000    1,958,751
Cobham Ultra SeniorCo SARL      
due 11/15/28   1,750,000    1,735,125
Nexus Buyer LLC      
3.96% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 3.75%) due 11/09/26   1,666,000    1,647,607
Aretec Group, Inc.      
4.46% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 4.25%) due 10/01/25   1,649,000    1,641,794

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)  February 28, 2022

 

  Face
Amount~
  Value
SENIOR FLOATING RATE INTERESTS††,◊ - 32.6% (continued)
Financial -  3.6% (continued)      
Sandy Bidco BV      
due 06/12/28 EUR 1,100,000   $1,224,967
Total Financial      55,806,656
Communications -  1.7%      
FirstDigital Communications LLC      
5.00% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 12/17/26†††   8,000,000    7,940,231
Xplornet Communications, Inc.      
4.50% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 10/02/28   4,638,375    4,588,698
Syndigo LLC      
5.25% (6 Month USD LIBOR + 4.50%, Rate Floor: 5.25%) due 12/15/27   4,565,500    4,531,259
Flight Bidco, Inc.      
7.71% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 7.50%, Rate Floor: 7.50%) due 07/23/26   3,715,000    3,584,975
3.71% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Rate Floor: 3.50%) due 07/23/25   437,563    426,808
Conterra Ultra Broadband Holdings, Inc.      
5.75% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.75%, Rate Floor: 5.75%) due 04/30/26   2,448,893    2,442,771
Authentic Brands      
4.00% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 3.25%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 09/27/24   1,189,703    1,182,565
McGraw Hill LLC      
5.25% ((1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.75%) and (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.75%), Rate Floor: 5.25%) due 07/28/28   997,500    987,525
Recorded Books, Inc.      
4.12% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 08/29/25   846,831    840,056
Cengage Learning Acquisitions, Inc.      
5.75% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.75%, Rate Floor: 5.75%) due 07/14/26   448,875    447,753
Titan AcquisitionCo New Zealand Ltd. (Trade Me)      
4.50% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 10/18/28  450,000   447,187
Houghton Mifflin Co.      
7.25% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 6.25%, Rate Floor: 7.25%) due 11/22/24   12,691    12,654
Total Communications      27,432,482
Basic Materials -  1.2%      
Barentz Midco BV      
5.25% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.50%, Rate Floor: 5.25%) due 11/30/27   3,267,124    3,267,123
Vector WP Holdco, Inc.      
5.75% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 5.00%, Rate Floor: 5.75%) due 10/12/28   3,115,000    3,044,912
DCG Acquisition Corp.      
4.71% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.50%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 09/30/26   1,958,298    1,943,611
PetroChoice Holdings      
6.00% ((2 Month USD LIBOR + 5.00%) and (3 Month USD LIBOR + 5.00%), Rate Floor: 6.00%) due 08/19/22   1,977,030    1,869,539
Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC      
5.50% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.75%, Rate Floor: 5.50%) due 08/27/26   1,860,683    1,855,696
Meridian Adhesives Group, Inc.      
4.75% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 07/24/28   1,799,948    1,790,948
LSF11 Skyscraper HoldCo SARL      
4.25% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Rate Floor: 4.25%) due 09/29/27   1,538,404    1,532,635
NIC Acquisition Corp.      
4.50% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 12/29/27   1,191,000    1,149,315

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)  February 28, 2022

 

  Face
Amount~
  Value
SENIOR FLOATING RATE INTERESTS††,◊ - 32.6% (continued)
Basic Materials -  1.2% (continued)      
SCHUR Flexibles GmbH      
4.25% (3 Month EURIBOR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 4.25%) due 09/29/28 EUR 1,250,000   $1,110,025
Pregis TopCo LLC      
4.50% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 07/31/26   668,325    664,983
Vectra Co.      
3.46% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.25%, Rate Floor: 3.25%) due 03/10/25   535,376    506,868
Noranda Aluminum Acquisition Corp.      
due 02/28/19†††,10   468,781    47
Total Basic Materials      18,735,702
Utilities -  0.7%      
Hamilton Projects Acquiror LLC      
5.50% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.50%, Rate Floor: 5.50%) due 06/17/27   5,669,181    5,617,818
Oregon Clean Energy LLC      
4.75% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 03/02/26   2,203,622    2,016,315
UGI Energy Services, Inc.      
3.96% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 3.75%) due 08/13/26   1,608,750    1,602,717
Franklin Energy (KAMC Holdings, Inc.)      
4.51% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 08/14/26   1,612,875    1,346,751
EIF Channelview Cogeneration LLC      
5.25% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 5.25%) due 05/03/25   337,202    336,079
Total Utilities      10,919,680
Energy -  0.1%      
Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LLC      
2.55% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 2.38%, Rate Floor: 2.38%) due 08/19/26†††   1,459,802    1,459,803
Permian Production Partners LLC      
9.00% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 6.00%, Rate Floor: 7.00%) (in-kind rate was 2.00%) due 11/24/25†††,12  675,936   642,139
Centurion Pipe      
4.21% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 09/29/25   198,000    195,402
Total Energy      2,297,344
Total Senior Floating Rate Interests    
(Cost $515,751,838)   510,279,220
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES†† - 13.2%
Collateralized Loan Obligations -  6.6%      
Madison Park Funding LIII Ltd.      
2022-53A,  due 04/21/35◊,6   18,500,000    18,658,545
Palmer Square Loan Funding Ltd.      
2022-1A, 5.48% (3 Month Term SOFR + 5.00%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 04/15/30◊,6   8,750,000    8,706,250
2021-3A, 5.25% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 5.00%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 07/20/29◊,6   7,000,000    6,999,734
2021-2A, 5.48% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 5.00%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 05/20/29◊,6   2,000,000    1,951,620
CIFC Funding Ltd.      
2021-4RA, 7.00% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 7.00%, Rate Floor: 7.00%) due 01/17/35◊,6   11,000,000    10,615,345
Boyce Park CLO Ltd.      
2022-1A,  due 04/21/35◊,†††,6   10,000,000    10,050,700
Fortress Credit Opportunities IX CLO Ltd.      
2021-9A, 4.07% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 3.95%, Rate Floor: 3.95%) due 10/15/33◊,6   8,000,000    7,999,013
LoanCore Issuer Ltd.      
2019-CRE2, 1.69% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 1.50%, Rate Floor: 1.50%) due 05/15/36◊,6   4,750,000    4,743,804
Neuberger Berman Loan Advisers CLO 47 Ltd.      
2022-47A,  due 04/14/35◊,6   4,250,000    4,228,750

 

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)  February 28, 2022

 

  Face
Amount~
  Value
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES†† - 13.2% (continued)
Collateralized Loan Obligations -  6.6% (continued)      
ABPCI Direct Lending Fund CLO II LLC      
2021-1A, 4.75% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.50%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 04/20/32◊,6  3,000,000   $3,008,399
Diamond CLO Ltd.      
2018-1A, 3.96% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 3.70%, Rate Floor: 3.70%) due 07/22/30◊,6   3,000,000    2,995,293
Monroe Capital CLO Ltd.      
2017-1A, 3.86% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 3.60%, Rate Floor: 0.00%) due 10/22/26◊,6   2,750,000    2,746,913
Golub Capital Partners CLO 49M Ltd.      
2021-49A, 4.10% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 3.85%, Rate Floor: 3.85%) due 08/26/33◊,6   2,250,000    2,245,606
Dryden 50 Senior Loan Fund      
2017-50A,  due 07/15/306,13   3,555,000    2,069,010
Carlyle US CLO Ltd.      
2022-4A, 6.87% (3 Month Term SOFR + 6.60%, Rate Floor: 6.60%) due 04/15/35◊,6   2,000,000    2,002,520
Treman Park CLO Ltd.      
2015-1A,  due 10/20/286,13   2,500,000    1,998,004
Cerberus Loan Funding XXVI, LP      
2021-1A, 4.34% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.10%, Rate Floor: 4.10%) due 04/15/31◊,6   1,750,000    1,751,987
ACRES Commercial Realty Ltd.      
2021-FL2, 3.22% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.10%, Rate Floor: 3.10%) due 01/15/37◊,6   1,750,000    1,740,057
First Eagle Clarendon Fund CLO LLC      
2015-1A, 4.61% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.35%, Rate Floor: 0.00%) due 01/25/27◊,6   1,470,691    1,470,613
Dryden Senior Loan Fund      
due 01/15/3113   2,998,799    1,236,493
Carlyle Global Market Strategies CLO Ltd.      
2012-3A,  due 01/14/326,13   2,600,000    1,124,879
Voya CLO Ltd.      
2013-1A,  due 10/15/306,13  3,000,000   921,000
Dryden 41 Senior Loan Fund      
2015-41A,  due 04/15/316,13   1,850,000    800,201
Great Lakes CLO Ltd.      
2014-1A,  due 10/15/296,13   1,153,846    727,062
KVK CLO Ltd.      
2013-1A,  due 01/14/282,6,13   2,300,000    579,600
Marathon CLO V Ltd.      
2013-5A,  due 11/21/276,13   3,566,667    457,960
Dryden 37 Senior Loan Fund      
2015-37A,  due 01/15/316,13   1,050,000    432,946
Atlas Senior Loan Fund IX Ltd.      
2018-9A,  due 04/20/282,6,13   2,600,000    425,100
Babson CLO Ltd.      
2014-IA,  due 07/20/256,13   3,000,000    304,500
Venture XIII CLO Ltd.      
2013-13A,  due 09/10/296,13   1,500,000    303,000
A10 Permanent Asset Financing LLC      
2017-II, 6.24% (WAC) due 06/15/51◊,†††,6   250,000    251,537
Avery Point II CLO Ltd.      
2013-3X COM,  due 01/18/2513   759,981    15,048
West CLO Ltd.      
2013-1A,  due 11/07/256,13   1,350,000    2,430
OHA Credit Partners IX Ltd.      
2013-9A,  due 10/20/256,13   602,740    681
Total Collateralized Loan Obligations      103,564,600
Transport-Aircraft -  3.0%      
Sprite Ltd.      
2021-1, 3.75% due 11/15/466   15,636,320    15,010,368
AASET Trust      
2019-2, 4.46% due 10/16/396   3,524,131    2,970,423
2019-1, 3.84% due 05/15/396   1,851,255    1,634,723
2020-1A, 4.34% due 01/16/406   1,959,012    1,404,144
Castlelake Aircraft Securitization Trust      
2018-1, 4.13% due 06/15/436   2,558,485    2,492,930

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)  February 28, 2022

 

Face
Amount~
  Value
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES†† - 13.2% (continued)
Transport-Aircraft -  3.0% (continued)      
2019-1A, 3.97% due 04/15/396  1,377,624   $1,362,885
2016-1, 4.45% due 08/15/41   1,220,203    1,200,661
GAIA Aviation Ltd.      
2019-1, 3.97% due 12/15/446,14   4,457,654    4,421,401
JOL Air Ltd.      
2019-1, 3.97% due 04/15/446   3,406,567    3,326,867
WAVE LLC      
2019-1, 3.60% due 09/15/446   2,411,642    2,372,880
Castlelake Aircraft Structured Trust      
2021-1A, 6.66% due 01/15/466   1,853,414    1,922,840
Falcon Aerospace Ltd.      
2019-1, 3.60% due 09/15/396   1,169,626    1,120,988
2017-1, 6.30% due 02/15/426   800,405    764,006
Start Ltd.      
2018-1, 5.32% due 05/15/436   1,976,829    1,619,449
Sapphire Aviation Finance II Ltd.      
2020-1A, 4.34% due 03/15/406   1,870,268    1,554,538
KDAC Aviation Finance Ltd.      
2017-1A, 4.21% due 12/15/426   1,380,579    1,208,796
MAPS Ltd.      
2019-1A, 4.46% due 03/15/446   898,193    873,698
Sapphire Aviation Finance I Ltd.      
2018-1A, 4.25% due 03/15/406   739,128    656,355
Castlelake Aircraft Securitization Trust      
2014-1,  due 12/31/30†††   3,054,105    605,500
Stripes Aircraft Ltd.      
2013-1 A1, 3.67% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Rate Floor: 3.50%) due 03/20/23◊,†††   370,263    360,114
Airplanes Pass Through Trust      
2001-1A, due 03/15/19†††,10,11   6,677,317   67

Total Transport-Aircraft

     46,883,633
Infrastructure -  1.4%      
VB-S1 Issuer LLC - VBTEL      
2022-1A, 5.27% due 02/15/526   8,000,000    8,021,040
VB-S1 Issuer LLC      
2020-1A, 6.66% due 06/15/506  6,300,000   7,099,376
Hotwire Funding LLC      
2021-1, 4.46% due 11/20/516   5,250,000    5,011,197
Secured Tenant Site Contract Revenue Notes Series      
2018-1A, 5.92% due 06/15/486   1,863,684    1,823,956
Total Infrastructure      21,955,569
Financial -  1.0%      
Ceamer Finance LLC      
3.69% due 03/22/31†††   3,982,844    3,805,568
Thunderbird A      
due 03/01/37   3,180,000    3,218,573
Lightning A      
due 03/01/37   3,180,000    3,218,573
Aesf Vi Verdi, LP      
2.15% (3 Month EURIBOR + 2.15%, Rate Floor: 2.15%) due 11/25/24◊,††† EUR  1,848,882    2,073,279
Nassau LLC      
2019-1, 3.98% due 08/15/346   1,523,804    1,520,468
KKR Core Holding Company LLC      
4.00% due 08/12/31†††   1,148,879    1,142,204
Thunderbird B      
due 03/01/37   405,000    410,237
Lightning B      
due 03/01/37   405,000    410,237
NCBJ      
2015-1A, 5.88% due 07/08/22†††   227,247    228,922
Total Financial      16,028,061
Whole Business -  0.8%      
Applebee's Funding LLC / IHOP Funding LLC      
2019-1A, 4.19% due 06/05/496   7,375,500    7,355,660
TSGE      
2017-1, 6.25% due 09/25/31†††   5,000,000    5,056,388
Total Whole Business      12,412,048
Net Lease -  0.2%      
CARS-DB4, LP      
2020-1A, 4.95% due 02/15/506   2,750,000    2,751,744

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)  February 28, 2022

  

  Face
Amount~
  Value
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES†† - 13.2% (continued)
Diversified Payment Rights -  0.1%      
Bib Merchant Voucher Receivables Ltd.      
4.18% due 04/07/28†††  1,062,961   $1,080,733
Collateralized Debt Obligations -  0.1%      
Anchorage Credit Funding 4 Ltd.      
2021-4A, 3.52% due 04/27/396   1,000,000    996,936
Insurance -  0.0%      
CBC Insurance Revenue Securitization LLC      
2016-1, 5.25% due 07/15/4611   312,297    279,388
Transport-Rail -  0.0%      
Trinity Rail Leasing, LP      
2009-1A, 6.66% due 11/16/396   129,652    136,380
Total Asset-Backed Securities    
(Cost $211,367,165)   206,089,092
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS†† - 1.7%
Military Housing -  1.0%      
Freddie Mac Military Housing Bonds Resecuritization Trust Certificates      
2015-R1, 0.70% (WAC) due 11/25/55◊,†††,4,6   74,057,459    5,107,401
2015-R1, 5.94% (WAC) due 11/25/52◊,†††,11   3,538,481    3,484,342
GMAC Commercial Mortgage Asset Corp.      
2004-POKA, 6.36% due 09/10/44†††,6   3,500,000    4,191,460
Capmark Military Housing Trust      
2007-AETC, 5.75% due 02/10/52†††,6   1,548,097    1,719,936
2007-AET2, 6.06% due 10/10/52†††,6  464,403   530,664
Total Military Housing      15,033,803
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities -  0.6%      
Lehman XS Trust Series      
2006-18N, 0.55% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 0.36%, Rate Floor: 0.36%) due 12/25/36   2,561,895    2,627,065
2006-16N, 0.61% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 0.42%, Rate Floor: 0.42%) due 11/25/46   1,369,926    1,387,778
WaMu Asset-Backed Certificates WaMu Series      
2007-HE4, 0.36% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 0.17%, Rate Floor: 0.17%) due 07/25/47   1,815,748    1,482,083
2007-HE4, 0.44% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 0.25%, Rate Floor: 0.25%) due 07/25/47   1,037,326    768,249
2007-HE2, 0.38% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 0.19%, Rate Floor: 0.19%) due 04/25/37   1,434,242    661,886
GSAA Home Equity Trust      
2006-16, 0.53% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 0.34%, Rate Floor: 0.34%) due 10/25/36   4,165,112    1,526,333
Morgan Stanley IXIS Real Estate Capital Trust      
2006-2, 0.41% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 0.22%, Rate Floor: 0.22%) due 11/25/36   2,828,488    1,209,297
Total Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities      9,662,691
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities -  0.1%      
GS Mortgage Securities Corporation Trust      
2020-DUNE, 2.69% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 2.50%, Rate Floor: 2.50%) due 12/15/36◊,6   2,000,000    1,954,784
Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations    
(Cost $27,644,750)   26,651,278
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT DEBT†† - 0.3%
Panama Government International Bond
4.50% due 01/19/63   4,150,000   3,945,239  
Total Foreign Government Debt    
(Cost $4,124,087)     3,945,239  
  Face
Amount~
  Value
MUNICIPAL BONDS†† - 0.0%
Oklahoma -  0.0%      
Oklahoma Development Finance Authority Revenue Bonds      
5.45% due 08/15/28  400,000   $437,538
Total Municipal Bonds    
(Cost $400,000)   437,538
  Notional Value~    
       
OTC OPTIONS PURCHASED†† - 0.0%
Call Options on:      
 
 

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)  February 28, 2022

 

Citibank, N.A. 2Y-10 CMS CAP Expiring July 2022 with strike price of $0.40 295,300,000   242,146  
Bank of America, N.A. 2Y-10 CMS CAP Expiring July 2022 with strike price of $0.61 99,000,000   39,600  
Bank of America, N.A. 2Y-10 CMS CAP Expiring July 2022 with strike price of $0.40 5,000,000   4,100  
Total OTC Options Purchased    
(Cost $844,140)     285,846  
Total Investments - 146.4%    
(Cost $2,209,865,120)   $2,289,868,401  
  Contracts   Value
LISTED OPTIONS WRITTEN - (1.3)%
Call Options on:      
Equity Options      
 Figs, Inc. Expiring December 2022 with strike price of $55.00 (Notional Value $13,144) 8   $   (240)
 Figs, Inc. Expiring December 2022 with strike price of $50.00 (Notional Value $13,144) 8       (300)
 SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust Expiring March 2022 with strike price of $437.00 (Notional Value $960,586) 22       (21,131)
 S&P 500 Index Expiring March 2022 with strike price of $4,255.00 (Notional Value $127,281,654) 291       (5,166,705)
 NASDAQ-100 Index Expiring March 2022 with strike price of $13,625.00 (Notional Value $129,564,071) 91       (7,252,245)
 Russell 2000 Index Expiring March 2022 with strike price of $1,960.00 (Notional Value $129,439,225) 632       (7,388,080)
Total Listed Options Written    
(Premiums received $11,238,642)         (19,828,701)
Other Assets & Liabilities, net - (45.1)%     (705,343,520)
Total Net Assets - 100.0%   $   1,564,696,180  

  

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts††    
Counterparty Currency Type Quantity

Contract

Amount

Settlement Date Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
Barclays Bank plc EUR Sell 23,067,000 26,365,990 USD 03/16/22 $474,884
Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC GBP Sell 21,157,000 28,633,672 USD 03/16/22  248,892
Goldman Sachs International EUR Sell 3,881,000 4,421,185 USD 03/31/22  62,015
Citibank, N.A. EUR Sell 61,000 69,749 USD 03/16/22  1,281
Barclays Bank plc CAD Buy 70,000 55,150 USD 03/16/22  89
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. EUR Buy 300,000 341,021 USD 03/16/22  (4,292)
Goldman Sachs International CAD Sell 12,406,000 9,783,017 USD 03/16/22  (6,965)
Citibank, N.A. EUR Buy 2,070,000 2,339,514 USD 03/31/22  (14,473)
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. GBP Buy 2,000,000 2,712,666 USD 03/16/22  (29,413)
            $732,018

  

~ The face amount is denominated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated.
* Non-income producing security.
Value determined based on Level 1 inputs, unless otherwise noted— See Note 4.
 
 

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)  February 28, 2022

 

†† Value determined based on Level 2 inputs, unless otherwise noted — See Note 4.
††† Value determined based on Level 3 inputs — See Note 4.
Variable rate security. Rate indicated is the rate effective at February 28, 2022. 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 Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC).
2 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 28, 2022, the total value of segregated securities was $957,833,725.
3 Affiliated issuer.
4 Security is an interest-only strip.
5 Security has a fixed rate coupon which will convert to a floating or variable rate coupon on a future date.
6 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 $720,124,071 (cost $731,637,564), or 46.0% of total net assets.
7 Rate indicated is the 7-day yield as of February 28, 2022.
8 Variable rate security. Rate indicated is the rate effective at February 28, 2022. 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.
9 Perpetual maturity.
10 Security is in default of interest and/or principal obligations.
11 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 $6,809,139 (cost $17,370,671), or 0.4% of total net assets — See Note 7.
12 Payment-in-kind security.
13 Security has no stated coupon. However, it is expected to receive residual cash flow payments on defined deal dates.
14 Security is a step down bond, with a 3.97% coupon rate until November 14, 2026. Future rate will be 2.00% commencing on November 15, 2026.

 

 

  BofA — Bank of America
  CAD — Canadian Dollar
  CMS — Constant Maturity Swap
  EUR — Euro
  EURIBOR — European Interbank Offered Rate
  GBP — British Pound
  LIBOR — London Interbank Offered Rate
  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
 
        See Sector Classification in Other Information section.

  

The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund's investments at February 28, 2022 (See Note 4 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 $ 461,130,048   $ 2,190,570   $ 2,580,152   $ 465,900,770  
Preferred Stocks     —   92,747,070   761,240   93,508,310  
Warrants 463,708       —       —   463,708  
Exchange-Traded Funds 195,847,044       —       —   195,847,044  
Closed-End Funds 38,107,163       —       —   38,107,163  
Money Market Fund 22,205,289       —       —   22,205,289  
Corporate Bonds     —   683,487,745   42,660,159   726,147,904  
Senior Floating Rate Interests     —   415,625,576   94,653,644   510,279,220  
Asset-Backed Securities     —   181,434,080   24,655,012   206,089,092  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations     —   11,617,475   15,033,803   26,651,278  
Foreign Government Debt     —   3,945,239       —   3,945,239  
Municipal Bonds     —   437,538       —   437,538  
Options Purchased     —   285,846       —   285,846  
 
 

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)  February 28, 2022

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts*     —   787,161       —   787,161  
Total Assets $ 717,753,252   $ 1,392,558,300   $180,344,010   $ 2,290,655,562  

 

Investments in Securities (Liabilities) Level 1 Quoted Prices Level 2 Significant Observable Inputs Level 3 Significant Unobservable Inputs Total
Options Written $ 19,828,701     $ —     $ —   $ 19,828,701  
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts*     —   55,143       —   55,143  
Unfunded Loan Commitments (Note 6)     —       —   834,666   834,666  
Total Liabilities $ 19,828,701   $ 55,143   $ 834,666   $ 20,718,510  

 

  * 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 $443,957,908 are categorized as Level 2 within the disclosure hierarchy — See Note 3.

 

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 28, 2022 Valuation Technique Unobservable Inputs Input Range Weighted Average*
Assets:          
Asset-Backed Securities $10,050,700   Option Adjusted Spread off third party pricing Trade Price - -
Asset-Backed Securities         8,365,284   Yield Analysis Yield 3.3%-13.0% 5.9%
Asset-Backed Securities 6,238,961   Option Adjusted Spread off the prior month end broker quote Broker Quote - -
Asset-Backed Securities 67   Third Party Pricing Broker Quote - -
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations 8,591,743   Option Adjusted Spread off third party pricing Vendor Price - -
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations 6,442,060   Option Adjusted Spread off the prior month end broker quote Broker Quote - -
Common Stocks 1,596,717   Third Party Pricing Broker Quote - -
Common Stocks                            639,610   Enterprise Value Valuation Multiple 2.8x-17.3x 8.2x
Common Stocks                            341,710   Model Price Purchase Price - -
Common Stocks                                2,115   Model Price Liquidation Value - -
Corporate Bonds                       32,362,984   Option Adjusted Spread off the prior month end broker quote Broker Quote - -
Corporate Bonds       7,688,382   Option Adjusted Spread off third party pricing Vendor Price - -
Corporate Bonds        1,573,003   Model Price Purchase Price - -
Corporate Bonds        1,035,790   Yield Analysis Yield 5.0%  5.0%
Preferred Stocks         761,240   Model Price Purchase Price - -
Senior Floating Rate Interests      56,718,870   Third Party Pricing Broker Quote - -
Senior Floating Rate Interests        30,055,320   Yield Analysis Yield 4.9%-8.4% 6.5%
Senior Floating Rate Interests         4,878,827   Model Price Market Comparable Yields 9.1%-10.4% 10.1%
Senior Floating Rate Interests       3,000,627   Model Price Purchase Price - -
Total Assets $180,344,010          
Liabilities:          
Unfunded Loan Commitments $834,666   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.

 

Transfer 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 28, 2022, the Fund had securities with a total value of $17,269,836 transfer into Level 3 from Level 2 due to a lack of observable inputs and had securities with a total value of $29,510,633 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 28, 2022.

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)  February 28, 2022

 

 

  Assets   Liabilities
  Asset-Backed Securities Collateralized Mortgage Obligations Corporate Bonds Senior Floating Rate Interests Common Stocks Preferred Stocks Total Assets Unfunded Loan Commitments
                 
                 
Beginning Balance  $ 21,322,803  $ 4,473,052  $ 38,752,769  $67,861,369  $1,408,510  $ 761,240  $ 134,579,743  $(851,599)
Purchases/(Receipts) 11,244,602 -  9,250,000  65,369,684  78 -  85,864,364 (1,548,580)
(Sales, maturities and paydowns)/Fundings  (7,541,792) -  (9,250,000)  (31,245,095) (1,115,277) -  (49,152,164) 1,829,506
Amortization of premiums/discounts 420,663  (6,281)  15,236  729,559 - -  1,159,177 58,533
Mergers  - -  1,500,000  17,902,041  1,574,185 -  20,976,226 (483,728)
Total realized gains (losses) included in earnings 493,528 - -  227,521  (34,531) - 686,518  657,337
Total change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) included in earnings  (1,284,792) (275,311)  (464,798)  (667,180)  1,163,024 -  (1,529,057) (496,135)
Transfers into Level 3  - 10,842,343  2,856,952  1,973,824  1,596,717 -  17,269,836  -
Transfers out of Level 3  - - -  (27,498,079) (2,012,554) -  (29,510,633)  -
Ending Balance   $ 24,655,012  $ 15,033,803  $ 42,660,159  $94,653,644  $2,580,152  $ 761,240  $ 180,344,010  $(834,666)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for investments in Level 3 securities still held at February 28, 2022  $ (1,284,792)  $ (275,311)  $ (464,808)  $ 362,468  $ 187,911  $-  $(1,474,532)  $ (21,966)

  

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 28, 2022, in which the company is an affiliated issuer, were as follows:  

 

Security Name Value 05/31/21 Additions Reductions Mergers Realized Gain (Loss) Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) Value 02/28/22 Shares 02/28/22
Common Stocks                
BP Holdco LLC*  $ 19,419  $-   $ -   $46,505    $19,410  $85,334  $ 121,041
Targus Group International Equity, Inc.* 30,190  -  -  78,556    11,674  120,420 45,049
   $ 49,609  $-  $ -  $125,061    $31,084  $205,754  

 

* Non-income producing security.

 

 

 
 

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)  February 28, 2022

  

Note 1 – 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.

 

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

 

Note 2 – 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”) has adopted policies and procedures for the valuation of the Fund's investments (the “Valuation Procedures”). Pursuant to the Valuation Procedures, the Board has delegated to a valuation committee, consisting of representatives from Guggenheim’s investment management, fund administration, legal and compliance departments (the “Valuation Committee”), the day-to-day responsibility for implementing the Valuation Procedures, including, under most circumstances, the responsibility for determining the fair value of the Fund's securities and/or other assets.

 

Valuations of the Fund's securities and other assets are supplied primarily by pricing services appointed pursuant to the processes set forth in the Valuation Procedures. The Valuation Committee convenes monthly, or more frequently as needed, to review the valuation of all assets which have been fair valued for reasonableness. The Fund's officers, through the Valuation Committee and consistent with the monitoring and review responsibilities set forth in the Valuation Procedures, regularly review procedures used and valuations provided by the pricing services.

 

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

 

Equity securities listed or traded on a recognized U.S. securities exchange or the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (“NASDAQ”) National Market System shall 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. If there is no sale on the valuation date, exchange-traded U.S. equity securities will be valued on the basis of the last bid 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 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 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 Valuation Committee will determine the current value of such foreign securities by taking into consideration certain factors which may include those discussed above, as well as the following factors, among others: the value of the securities traded on other foreign markets, 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 Valuation Committee and Guggenheim Funds Investment Advisors, LLC ("GFIA" or the "Adviser") are authorized to use prices and other information supplied by a third party pricing vendor in valuing foreign securities. 

 
 
NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)  February 28, 2022

 

Debt securities with a maturity of greater than 60 days at acquisition are valued at prices that reflect broker-dealer supplied valuations or are obtained from independent pricing services, 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. Short-term debt securities with a maturity of 60 days or less at acquisition are valued at amortized cost, provided such amount approximates market value.

 

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

 

Typically, loans are valued using information provided by an independent third party pricing service which uses broker quotes, among other inputs. If the pricing service 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 Valuation Committee.

 

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 are valued using a price provided by a pricing service. 

 

The value of futures contracts is accounted for using the unrealized appreciation or depreciation on the contracts that is determined by marking the contracts to their current realized settlement prices. Financial futures contracts are valued 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.

 

The value of interest rate swap agreements entered into by the Fund is accounted for using the unrealized appreciation or depreciation on the agreements that is determined using the previous day’s Chicago Mercantile Exchange close price, adjusted for the current day’s spreads.

 

The values of other swap agreements entered into by the Fund are accounted for using the unrealized appreciation or depreciation on the agreements that are determined by marking the agreements to the last quoted value of the index or other underlying position that the swaps pertain to at the close of the NYSE.

 

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 GFIA, subject to review and approval by the Valuation Committee, pursuant to methods established or ratified by the Board. 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.

 

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)  February 28, 2022

 

Note 3 – Financial Instruments and Derivatives

As part of its investment strategy, the Fund utilizes short sales and 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 2 of these Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

Short Sales

A short sale is a transaction in which the Fund sells a security it does not own. If the security sold short decreases in price between the time the Fund sells the security and closes its short position, the Fund will realize a gain on the transaction. Conversely, if the security increases in price during the period, the Fund will realize a loss on the transaction. The risk of such price increases is the principal risk of engaging in short sales.

 

Derivatives 

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 to increase investment flexibility (including to maintain cash reserves while maintaining exposure to certain other assets), for risk management (hedging) purposes, to facilitate trading, to reduce transaction costs and to pursue higher investment returns. Derivative instruments may also be used to mitigate certain investment risks, such as 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 a 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.

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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 a 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 a 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 a Fund may not be able to enter into a closing transaction because of an illiquid secondary market; or, for OTC options, a Fund may be at risk because of the counterparty’s inability to perform.

 

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 a 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 and exchange; and (iv) government regulations may restrict trading in futures contracts. When investing in futures, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to a 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.

 
 
NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)  February 28, 2022

  

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. For a fund utilizing centrally-cleared swaps, the exchange bears the risk of loss resulting from a counterparty not being able to pay. There is no guarantee that a 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 event 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 selling the credit protection. For a fund utilizing 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, a 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 a 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.

 

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.

 
 
NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)  February 28, 2022

 

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.

 

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 when it is able 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.

 

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. 

 

Note 4 – 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 with an independent buyer in the principal market, or in the absence of a principal market, the most advantageous market for the investment or liability. 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 — quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

 
 
NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)  February 28, 2022

 

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.

 

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.

 

Independent pricing services are used to value a majority of the Fund’s investments. When values are not available from a pricing service, 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.

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 third party vendor based on a single daily or monthly broker quote.

 

The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The suitability of the techniques and sources employed to determine fair valuation are regularly monitored and subject to change. 

 

Note 5 – Federal Income Tax Information

The Fund intends to comply with the provisions of Subchapter M of 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 for a period of three years after they are filed.

 

At February 28, 2022, the cost of investments for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments for which there was an excel of value over tax cost, and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments for which there was an excise of tax cost over value, were as follows:

 

Tax Cost

Tax Unrealized

Appreciation

Tax Unrealized

Depreciation

Net Tax Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
 $    2,203,685,960  $    158,148,029  $    (91,062,271)  $       67,085,758

 

Note 6 – Unfunded Loan Commitments

Pursuant to the terms of certain loan agreements, the Fund held unfunded loan commitments as of February 28, 2022. The Fund is obligated to fund these loan commitments at the borrower’s discretion.

 

 

 
 
NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)  February 28, 2022

 

The unfunded loan commitments as of February 28, 2022, were as follows:
 
  Borrower Maturity Date   Face Amount/Par* Value
  Alexander Mann 12/16/24 GBP 2,500,000 $100,606
  Boyd Corp. 07/24/26    1,500,000  7,500
  CapStone Acquisition Holdings, Inc. 11/12/27    510,992  639
  Care BidCo 04/15/26 EUR  1,000,000  92,931
  Confluent Health LLC 11/30/28    389,381  4,380
  Facilities Group 11/23/27    1,672,055  17,520
  FR Refuel LLC 11/08/28    933,333  9,333
  Galls LLC 01/31/24    21,463  895
  Higginbotham Insurance Agency, Inc. 11/25/26    1,546,052  18,263
  Integrated Power Services Holdings, Inc. 11/18/28    685,366  6,854
  Jones Deslauriers Insurance Management, Inc. 03/26/29 CAD  208,000  821
  KKR Core Holding Company LLC 07/15/31    1,740,000  –
  Manscaped                                 763,600
  Lightning A 03/01/37                             2,295,000
  Lightning B 03/01/37                             2,295,000
  MB2 Dental Solutions LLC 01/29/27    861,115  14,107
  National Mentor Holdings, Inc. 03/02/28    201,000  806
  Pacific Bells, LLC 11/10/28    82,990  674
  Polaris Newco LLC 06/04/26    3,520,374  375,221
  Pro Mach Group, Inc. 08/31/28   183,101
  SCP Eye Care Services LLC 03/16/28    443,182  6,648
  Secretariat Advisors LLC 12/29/28    600,000  1,500
  Service Logic Acquisition, Inc. 10/29/27    140,821  1,232
  SHO Holding I Corp. 04/27/24    166,000  10,375
  Taxware Holdings (Sovos Compliance LLC) 08/11/28    220,890  369
  Thunderbird A 03/01/37                           18,020,000
  Thunderbird B 03/01/37                           18,020,000
  Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LLC 08/19/26    223,793  –
  Vertical (TK Elevator) 01/29/27 EUR  1,750,000  163,992
          $834,666

 

 

 

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

CAD – Canadian Dollar

EUR – Euro

GBP – British Pound

  

Note 7– Restricted Securities

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

 

 

  Restricted Securities Acquisition Date Cost Value
  Airplanes Pass Through Trust      
  2001-1A, due 03/15/191 10/14/09 $5,384,675 $67
  Atlas Mara Ltd.      
    due 12/31/211 10/01/15  2,186,657  1,573,000
  Basic Energy Services, Inc.      
    due 10/15/231 09/25/18  1,067,190  59,125
  CBC Insurance Revenue Securitization LLC      
  2016-1, 5.25% due 07/15/46 08/09/19  304,654  279,388
  Freddie Mac Military Housing Bonds Resecuritization Trust Certificates      
  2015-R1, 0.70% (WAC) due 11/25/522 09/10/19  3,538,481  3,484,342
  Mirabela Nickel Ltd.      
    due 06/24/191 12/31/13  2,341,590  133,400

  Princess Juliana International Airport Operating Company N.V.      
   5.50% due 12/20/273 12/17/12  1,368,709  1,249,414
  Schahin II Finance Co. SPV Ltd.      
    due 09/25/221 01/08/14  1,178,715  30,403
      $17,370,671 $6,809,139
         

  

1 Security is in default of interest and/or principal obligations.

2 Variable rate security.  Rate indicated is the rate effective at February 28, 2022. 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.
3 All or a portion of this security has been physically segregated in connection with borrowings.

 

 

Note 8 – COVID-19

The outbreak of COVID-19 and the recovery response causes at times disruption to consumer demand, economic output, and supply chains. There are still travel restrictions, quarantines, and disparate global vaccine distributions. As with other serious economic disruptions, governmental authorities and regulators have responded to this situation with significant fiscal and monetary policy changes. These include providing direct capital infusions into companies, introducing new monetary programs, and considerably lowering interest rates. In some cases, these responses resulted in negative interest rates and higher inflation. Recently, the U.S. and other governments have also made investments and engaged in infrastructure modernization projects that have also increased public debt and spending. These actions, including their possible unexpected or sudden reversal or potential ineffectiveness, could further increase volatility in securities and other financial markets, reduce market liquidity, continue to cause higher inflation, heighten investor uncertainty, and adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investments and the performance of the Fund. These actions also contribute to a risk that asset prices have a higher degree of correlation than historically seen across markets and asset classes. The duration and extent of COVID-19 over the long term cannot be reasonably estimated at this time. The ultimate impact of COVID-19 and the extent to which COVID-19 impacts the Fund will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and difficult to predict. Management continues to monitor and evaluate this situation.  

 

 
 
OTHER INFORMATION (Unaudited)  February 28, 2022

  

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.