Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund Aktie News

We closed out the first half of 2025, making it an appropriate time to give the overall CEF space a fresh look for potential opportunities. As the broader equity indexes have been performing quite well, discounts in the CEF space have narrowed overall. The best relative value more broadly is in the municipal bond space and the "hybrid" funds.

Recent events have compressed credit spreads to the thinnest levels in the past 4 decades or so. This leads use to see a poor reward/risk ratio for Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund given its large exposure to high-yield corporate bonds. PIMCO Corporate and Income Opportunity Fund is better positioned than GOF due to its larger allocation to government securities.

NEW YORK, July 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Guggenheim Investments today announced that certain closed-end funds have declared their distributions. The table below summarizes the distribution schedule for each closed-end fund (collectively, the “Funds” and each, a “Fund”).

With respective dividend or distribution yields of 14.7%, 8.3%, and 6.6%, these three investments could provide an investor with an aggregate yield of 9.9% if purchased together. However, I think that the closed-end Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund (GOF 0.71%), the home appliance company Whirlpool (WHR 0.23%), and UPS (UPS -0.40%) are likely to reduce their dividends or distributions to ...

NEW YORK, June 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Guggenheim Investments today announced that certain closed-end funds have declared their distributions. The table below summarizes the distribution schedule for each closed-end fund (collectively, the “Funds” and each, a “Fund”).

Total Return can be misleading if not supported by NAV growth, as it may include unsustainable distributions and Return of Capital. Behavioral finance shows markets are irrational, making it crucial to consider practical aspects beyond theoretical Total Return calculations. I believe that NAV performance can affect our discretion in the reinvestment choices for the distributions we receive from...

NEW YORK, May 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Guggenheim Investments today announced that certain closed-end funds have declared their distributions. The table below summarizes the distribution schedule for each closed-end fund (collectively, the “Funds” and each, a “Fund”).

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund (GOF) trades at a 27.84% premium, leveraging opportunistic credit with a high 15.15% distribution rate and significant leverage of ~23%. Despite impressive historical returns, the fund's premium poses a risk, especially in volatile markets, potentially leading to severe drawdowns. The portfolio includes high-risk assets like distressed debt and CLO equity...