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At Close: Jun 22, 2026
My Income Portfolio - Keep It Simple, Sweetheart
11:59am, Monday, 03'rd Apr 2023
The world seeks complexity, but simplicity often trumps complexity. For my investment goals, I have made the choice to focus mainly on CEFs and ETFs, carefully weighing their merits and drawbacks.
GOF: Credit Markets May Be Turning For The Worse
11:52am, Monday, 20'th Mar 2023
GOF is a levered credit fund offered by Guggenheim Investments. The fund is paying an eye-watering 17.5% of NAV distribution.
GOF: Failing To Sustain Distribution Internally And Too Expensive
02:59pm, Monday, 06'th Mar 2023
Investors today are in need of income due to the rising prices that have dominated the economy over the past year. Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund invests in a portfolio that consists mostly o
My Income Portfolio: A Stairway To Heaven
04:49pm, Thursday, 02'nd Mar 2023
As in Led Zeppelin's famous song, for me, investments in high-dividend securities represent a kind of stairway to heaven. Indeed, their steady flow of money relieves psychological pressure during time
The 8% Income Portfolio: 2022 Year-End Review
09:00am, Saturday, 14'th Jan 2023
Presenting our 2022 year-end review of our 8% Income Portfolio. This high-income portfolio earned over $29,000 in distributions (including year-end special distributions) amounting to over 14% yield-o
My Income Portfolio's Year-End Check-Up
07:59am, Sunday, 01'st Jan 2023
Financial markets are set to close a difficult year amid the war in Ukraine, pandemic aftershocks, and inflation-eroding purchasing power. As always, the first rule for every investor is to try to sur
GOF: Premium Extends Higher Than Usual, Distribution Coverage Remains Weak
10:35pm, Monday, 26'th Dec 2022
GOF is known for its steady distribution that's never been cut. However, this popularity seems to be pushing it to never before seen premiums.
GOF: Top 10 Big-Yield CEFs
08:30pm, Sunday, 11'th Dec 2022
We share data on many of the biggest and most-popular big-yield CEFs. We have a special focus on Guggenheim's widely-popular Strategic Opportunities Fund (GOF), currently yielding over 13%, but tradin
GOF: More Positives Than Negatives
10:43pm, Thursday, 08'th Dec 2022
The Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund (GOF) now yields 13.4%, near a peak level in a decade. However, the negative is also clear: it trades at a 25.9% premium above NAV, near a peak level in 5 y
GOF: Good Bond Fund But Ridiculously Expensive
11:27am, Thursday, 08'th Dec 2022
GOF invests in a very large and diversified portfolio of fixed-income securities to provide investors with a high level of current income. The value of the assets in the fund's portfolio will likely d
These Funds Are Solid Bargains When Markets Go South. 9 That Offer High Yields.
11:42am, Friday, 30'th Sep 2022
Closed-end funds offer hefty yields and trade at discounts from the value of their underlying assets. But leverage poses a danger.
GOF: Unsustainable Premium To NAV
04:21pm, Monday, 26'th Sep 2022
GOF is a levered credit fund offered by Guggenheim Investments. It offers a high current distribution yield of 14.3%.
GOF: 12% Monthly Payer And Other High-Yield Outperformers
09:15am, Friday, 02'nd Sep 2022
GOF yields 12.59% and pays monthly. It has outperformed the bond market and the S&P by a big margin in 2022.
GOF: An Income Investor's Friend
07:06am, Monday, 01'st Aug 2022
GOF pays a steady, but not growing, monthly dividend that equates to a ~13% distribution. GOF price doesn't have a ton of upside, but that is by design. The passive income from distributions is why yo
Evaluating Closed-End Funds: GOF Still Not Covering The Distribution
03:00pm, Friday, 01'st Jul 2022
GOF has a yield of 13.58%. This is attractive if the distribution can be supported. I continue my series digging into CEFs beyond the yield with a look at GOF which invests in various forms of debt.
