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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC  20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number
811-21982
 
Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
 
227 West Monroe Street, Chicago, IL 60606
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
 
Amy J. Lee
 
227 West Monroe Street, Chicago, IL 60606
(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (312) 827-0100

Date of fiscal year end: May 31
Date of reporting period: June 1, 2014 – August 31, 2014
 
 
 

 
 
Item 1.  Schedule of Investments.
Attached hereto.
 
 
 
Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund 
 
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) 
August 31, 2014 
   
 
     
 
Shares 
Value 
COMMON STOCKS- 0.2% 
   
Basic Materials - 0.1% 
   
Mirabela Nickel Ltd.*,1 
5,244,841
$   440,846 
Communications - 0.1% 
   
Cengage Learning 
   
Acquisitions, Inc.*,††,1 
11,126 
353,251 
Consumer, Cyclical - 0.0%** 
   
Global Aviation Holdings, Inc. — 
   
Class A*,†††,1,2 
32,331 
Deb Store Holdings, LLC*,†††,2 
9,389 
Total Consumer, Cyclical 
 
Total Common Stocks 
   
(Cost $2,144,014) 
 
794,100 
PREFERRED STOCKS- 6.4% 
   
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 
   
5.50%1,3 
269,144 
6,588,645 
Seaspan Corp. 
   
6.38%1 
98,000 
2,519,580 
9.50%1 
40,000 
1,080,800 
Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. 
   
5.95%1,3 
124,000 
3,200,440 
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 
   
6.13%1,3 
69,000 
1,911,300 
Wells Fargo & Co. 
   
5.85%1,3 
60,000 
1,564,200 
Centaur Funding Corp. 
   
9.08%1,5 
1,000 
1,257,500 
Morgan Stanley 
   
7.13%1,3 
28,000 
778,400 
Falcons Funding Trust I 
   
8.88% 1,3,5 
500 
517,688 
Aegon N.V. 
   
6.38%1 
20,000 
514,400 
AgriBank FCB 
   
6.88%1,3 
4,000 
425,125 
City National Corp. 
   
6.75% 1,3 
12,000 
336,240 
GSC Partners CDO Fund Limited / GSC Partners CDO Fund Corp. 
0.00%*,††,1,3,5 
5,200 
22,412 
Total Preferred Stocks 
   
(Cost $19,979,624) 
 
20,716,730 
WARRANTS††† - 0.0%** 
   
Alion Science & Technology 
   
Corp. 
   
03/15/17†††,1,2 
1,050 
Total Warrants 
   
(Cost $11) 
 
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS- 19.2% 
 
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust6 
156,200 
31,350,902 
iShares Russell 2000 ETF6 
134,400 
15,665,664 
Powershares QQQ Trust Series 
   
16 
94,700 
9,449,166 
SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF 
   
Trust6 
12,000 
3,140,880 
Technology Select Sector 
   
SPDR Fund6 
77,900 
3,137,812 
Total Exchange-Traded Funds 
   
(Cost $61,287,590) 
 
62,744,424 
 
     
 
Face 
 
 
Amount 
Value 
ASSET BACKED SECURITIES†† - 43.4% 
 
Rockwall CDO II Ltd. 
   
2007-1A, 0.49% due 
   
08/01/241,3,5 
$8,521,798 
$8,151,951 
Fortress Credit Opportunities 
   
2005-1A, 0.57% due 
   
07/15/191 
7,700,000 
6,843,760 
Airplanes Pass Through Trust 
   
2001-1A, 0.71% due 
   
03/15/191,3 
12,703,315 
5,478,304 
Churchill Financial Cayman Ltd. 
 
2007-1A, 2.83% due 
   
07/10/191,3,5 
3,500,000 
3,279,500 
2007-1A, 8.37% due 
   
07/10/191,5 
1,000,000 
1,007,200 
2007-1A, 1.48% due 
   
07/10/191,3,5 
1,000,000 
946,900 
Attentus CDO III Ltd. 
   
2007-3A, 0.49% due 
   
10/11/423,5 
5,495,146 
4,780,777 
Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-FX1 
 
2006-FX1, 5.78% due 
   
10/25/361,7 
5,332,455 
4,512,595 
Gramercy Real Estate CDO 2007-1 Ltd. 
 
2007-1A, 0.51% due 
   
08/15/561,3,5 
4,759,885 
4,153,000 
Cedar Woods CRE CDO Ltd. 
   
2006-1A, 0.42% due 
   
07/25/511 
4,806,368 
4,076,281 
Castlelake Aircraft Securitization Trust 
 
2014-1, 5.25% due 
   
02/15/29 
2,285,026 
2,299,193 
2014-1, 7.50% due 
   
02/15/29 
1,371,016 
1,376,225 
Aerco Ltd. 
   
2000-2A, 0.61% due 
   
07/15/251,3 
6,532,343 
3,527,465 
N-Star Real Estate CDO VIII Ltd. 
 
2006-8A, 0.52% due 
   
02/01/411,3,5 
1,750,000 
1,594,775 
2006-8A, 0.45% due 
   
02/01/411,3,5 
1,258,728 
1,208,757 
RAIT CRE CDO I Ltd. 
   
2006-1X, 0.48% due 
   
11/20/461 
3,136,589 
2,802,542 
ARES XXVI CLO Ltd. 
   
2013-1A, 0.00% due 
   
04/15/251,5,8 
3,700,000 
2,779,810 
N-Star Real Estate CDO IX Ltd. 
   
0.51% due 02/01/411 
2,685,287 
2,579,218 
Atlas Senior Loan Fund II Ltd. 
   
2012-2A, 0.00% due 
   
01/30/241,5,8 
2,600,000 
2,418,780 
Carlyle Global Market Strategies CLO 2012-3 Ltd. 
2012-3A, 0.00% due 
   
10/04/241,5,8 
2,600,000 
2,412,020 
 
 
 
 

 
   
Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund 
 
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) 
August 31, 2014 
   
 
     
 
Face 
 
 
Amount 
Value 
ASSET BACKED SECURITIES†† - 43.4% (continued) 
SRERS Funding Ltd. 
   
2011-RS, 0.41% due 
   
05/09/461,3,5 
$2,462,875 
$2,323,723 
GSAA Home Equity Trust 
   
2006-18, 6.00% due 
   
11/25/361,7 
2,398,730 
1,648,650 
2007-7, 0.43% due 
   
07/25/373 
702,173 
602,564 
Babcock & Brown Air Funding I Ltd. 
 
2007-1A, 0.46% due 
   
11/14/331,3,5 
1,480,771 
1,258,655 
2007-1X, 0.45% due 
   
11/14/331 
1,151,711 
978,954 
Highland Park CDO I Ltd. 
   
2006-1A, 0.56% due 
   
11/25/511,3,5 
2,358,445 
2,235,099 
321 Henderson Receivables III LLC 
 
2008-1A, 10.81% due 
   
01/15/501,5 
500,000 
744,450 
2008-1A, 9.36% due 
   
01/15/481,5 
500,000 
734,500 
2008-1A, 8.37% due 
   
01/15/461,5 
500,000 
701,950 
Finn Square CLO Ltd. 
   
2012-1A, 0.00% due 
   
12/24/231,5,8 
2,500,000 
2,169,250 
Great Lakes CLO 2012-1 Ltd. 
   
2012-1A, 0.00% due 
   
01/15/231,5,8 
2,500,000 
2,134,500 
Halcyon Structured Asset Management Long 
 
Secured/Short Unsecured 2007-1 Ltd. 
 
2007-1A, 2.54% due 
   
08/07/213,5 
2,100,000 
2,071,020 
TCW Global Project Fund II Ltd. 
 
2004-1A, 2.18% due 
   
06/15/16†††,1,3,5 
2,000,000 
1,634,200 
2004-1A, 1.58% due 
   
06/24/16†††,1,3,5 
456,060 
433,075 
Structured Asset Securities Corporation Mortgage Loan 
Trust 2006-BC6 
   
2006-BC6, 0.33% due 
   
01/25/371,3 
2,500,000 
2,064,848 
Aircraft Certificate Owner Trust 
 
2003-1A, 7.00% due 
   
09/20/22†††,1,5 
1,833,837 
1,951,569 
Dryden Senior Loan Fund 
   
3.73% due 10/20/201 
2,000,000 
1,921,200 
Structured Asset Securities Corporation Mortgage Loan 
Trust 
   
2006-OPT1, 0.42% due 
   
04/25/361,3 
2,000,000 
1,798,240 
Adams Outdoor Advertising, LP 
 
2010-1, 10.76% due 
   
12/20/401,5 
1,100,000 
1,203,660 
2010-1, 8.84% due 
   
12/20/401,5 
500,000 
536,752 
Monroe Capital CLO 2014-1 Ltd. 
 
2014-1A, 4.96% due 
   
10/22/261,3,5 
1,750,000 
1,682,450 
Emerald Aviation Finance Ltd. 
   
2013-1, 6.35% due 
   
10/15/381,5,7 
1,611,458 
1,636,436 
Business Loan Express SBA Loan Trust 2006-1 
 
2006-AA, 0.40% due 
   
10/20/381,3,5 
1,526,101 
1,303,561 
2007-AA, 0.56% due 
   
10/20/401,3,5 
414,223 
296,377 
BBAM Acquisition Finance 
   
5.38% due 09/17/161 
1,289,082 
1,295,528 
6.25% due 09/17/161 
250,000 
241,250 
Rosedale CLO Ltd. 
   
2006-A, 0.64% due 
   
07/24/211,3,5 
1,500,000 
1,479,450 
MC Funding Limited / MC Funding 2006-1 LLC 
 
2006-1A, 1.18% due 
   
12/20/201,3,5 
1,500,000 
1,442,250 
Marathon CLO II Ltd. 
   
2005-2A, 0.00% due 
   
12/20/191,5,8 
3,000,000 
1,427,400 
TCW Global Project Fund III Ltd. 
 
2005-1A, 5.79% due 
   
09/01/17†††,1,5 
1,000,000 
946,000 
2005-1A, 0.88% due 
   
09/01/17†††,1,3,5 
500,000 
480,150 
GoldenTree Loan Opportunities III Ltd. 
 
2007-3A, 3.44% due 
   
05/01/221,3,5 
1,500,000 
1,424,700 
Cerberus Onshore II CLO LLC 
   
2014-1A, 4.23% due 
   
10/15/231,3,5 
1,250,000 
1,179,375 
2014-1A, 3.73% due 
   
10/15/231,3,5 
250,000 
243,050 
ALM XIV Ltd. 
   
2014-14A, 3.68% due 
   
07/28/261,3,5 
1,500,000 
1,416,150 
Ares XXV CLO Ltd. 
   
2013-3A, 0.00% due 
   
01/17/241,5,8 
1,750,000 
1,353,450 
Madison Park Funding VIII Ltd. 
   
2014-8AR, 4.08% due 
   
04/22/221,3,5 
1,300,000 
1,287,780 
Glenn Pool Oil & Gas Trust 
   
6.00% due 08/02/21†††,1 
1,239,095 
1,283,950 
NewStar Arlington Senior Loan Program LLC 
 
2014-1A, 4.48% due 
   
07/25/251,3,5 
750,000 
717,825 
2014-1A, 5.97% due 
   
07/25/251,5 
500,000 
505,300 
MCF CLO I LLC 
   
2013-1A, 5.98% due 
   
04/20/231,3,5 
1,250,000 
1,168,375 
 
 
 

 

   
Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund 
 
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) 
August 31, 2014 
   
 
     
 
Face 
 
 
Amount 
Value 
ASSET BACKED SECURITIES†† - 43.4% (continued) 
DIVCORE CLO Ltd. 
   
2013-1A B, 4.05% due 
   
11/15/321,3 
$1,000,000 
$1,000,600 
KKR Financial CLO Ltd. 
   
2007-1X, 5.23% due 
   
05/15/21 
1,000,000 
998,200 
Fortress Credit Opportunities III CLO, LP 
 
2014-3A, 3.48% due 
   
04/28/261,3,5 
1,000,000 
995,400 
NewStar Commercial Loan Trust 
 
2007-1A, 1.53% due 
   
09/30/221,3,5 
500,000 
469,300 
2007-1A, 2.53% due 
   
09/30/221,3,5 
500,000 
466,100 
Turbine Engines Securitization Ltd. 
 
2013-1A, 6.38% due 
   
12/13/481,5 
846,655 
859,355 
Global Leveraged Capital Credit Opportunity Fund 
2006-1A, 1.23% due 
   
12/20/181,3,5 
900,000 
859,230 
Putnam Structured Product CDO 2002-1 Ltd. 
 
2002-1A, 0.83% due 
   
01/10/381,3,5 
894,247 
818,236 
Northwind Holdings LLC 
   
2007-1A, 1.01% due 
   
12/01/371,3,5 
896,875 
816,156 
Atlas Senior Loan Fund IV Ltd. 
   
2014-2A, 2.93% due 
   
02/17/261,3,5 
850,000 
814,300 
Mountain View CLO III Ltd. 
   
2007-3A, 0.57% due 
   
04/16/211,3,5 
800,000 
775,440 
Katonah IX CLO Ltd. 
   
2006-9A, 0.95% due 
   
01/25/193,5 
800,000 
763,600 
CHLPA Credit Card Pass-Through Trust 
 
2012-BIZ, 0.00%†††,1,4,5,8 
871,104 
752,286 
Ivy Hill Middle Market Credit Fund Ltd. 
 
2011-3A, 6.73% due 
   
01/15/221,3,5 
750,000 
749,925 
Carlyle Global Market Strategies CLO 2012-2 Ltd. 
2014-2AR, 4.13% due 
   
07/20/231,3,5 
750,000 
744,000 
Diversified Asset Securitization Holdings II, LP 
 
2000-1A, 0.72% due 
   
09/15/351,3,5 
670,950 
656,994 
2000-1X, 0.72% due 
   
09/15/353 
39,838 
39,009 
T2 Income Fund CLO Ltd. 
   
2007-1A, 2.98% due 
   
07/15/191,3,5 
700,000 
689,780 
Wachovia Asset Securitization Issuance II LLC 2007-HE1 
Trust 
   
2007-HE1, 0.30% due 
   
07/25/371,3,5 
786,152 
689,542 
New Century Home Equity Loan Trust 
 
2005-1, 0.88% due 
   
03/25/351,3 
609,574 
543,755 
2004-A, 5.47% due 
   
08/25/341,3 
59,820 
61,730 
Northwoods Capital VII Ltd. 
   
2006-7A, 3.73% due 
   
10/22/211,3,5 
600,000 
584,040 
Structured Asset Receivables Trust Series 
 
2005-1A, 0.73% due 
   
01/21/151,3,5 
598,635 
579,180 
Vega Containervessel plc 
   
2006-1A, 5.56% due 
   
02/10/211,5 
512,515 
504,828 
Newstar Commercial Loan Funding 2014-1 LLC 
 
2014-1A, 5.07% due 
   
04/20/251,3,5 
500,000 
492,900 
COA Summit CLO Ltd. 
   
2014-1A, 4.09% due 
   
04/20/231,3,5 
500,000 
492,300 
Liberty CLO Ltd. 
   
2005-1A, 0.74% due 
   
11/01/171,3,5 
500,000 
489,100 
NXT Capital CLO 2013-1 LLC 
   
2013-1A, 4.38% due 
   
04/25/241,3,5 
500,000 
481,600 
Great Lakes CLO 2014-1 Ltd. 
   
2014-1A, 4.43% due 
   
04/15/251,3,5 
500,000 
477,500 
Marlborough Street CLO Ltd. 
   
2007-1A, 0.98% due 
   
04/18/191,3,5 
500,000 
475,150 
Connecticut Valley Structured Credit CDO III Ltd. 
 
2006-3A, 6.68% due 
   
03/23/231,5 
441,767 
428,514 
Gramercy Park CLO Ltd. 
   
2014-1AR, 4.28% due 
   
07/17/231,3,5 
400,000 
397,280 
Salus CLO 2012-1 Ltd. 
   
2013-1AN, 6.98% due 
   
03/05/211,3,5 
400,000 
395,520 
Airlie CLO 
   
2006-2A, 0.98% due 
   
12/20/201,3,5 
400,000 
370,440 
Putnam Structured Product CDO 
   
2008-1A, 0.61% due 
   
10/15/381,3,5 
340,410 
324,819 
Golub Capital Partners CLO 18 Ltd. 
 
2014-18A, 4.23% due 
   
04/25/261,3,5 
300,000 
288,900 
Insurance Note Capital VII 
   
2005-1R1A, 0.48% due 
   
06/09/333,5 
282,400 
266,868 
Raspro Trust 
   
2005-1A, 0.63% due 
   
03/23/241,3,5 
267,481 
262,800 
 
 
 

 
 
   
Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund 
 
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) 
August 31, 2014 
   
 
     
 
Face 
 
 
Amount 
Value 
ASSET BACKED SECURITIES†† - 43.4% (continued) 
Newstar Commercial Loan Funding 2013-1 LLC 
 
2013-1A, 5.53% due 
   
09/20/231,3,5 
$250,000 
$249,375 
Hewett's Island CDO Ltd. 
   
2006-5A, 0.93% due 
   
12/05/183,5 
250,000 
244,100 
OFSI Fund Ltd. 
   
2006-1A, 1.08% due 
   
09/20/191,3,5 
250,000 
240,550 
Halcyon Structured Asset Management Long/Short CLO 
Ltd. 
   
2007-1A, 1.08% due 
   
08/07/213,5 
250,000 
236,700 
Gale Force CLO Ltd. 
   
2007-3A, 0.93% due 
   
04/19/211,3,5 
250,000 
232,875 
Blade Engine Securitization Ltd. 
   
2006-1A, 3.16% due 
   
09/15/411,3,5 
460,369 
184,147 
Silverleaf Finance Vii LLC 
   
2010-A, 8.00% due 
   
07/15/221,5 
89,248 
90,611 
Bush Truck Leasing LLC 
   
2011-AA, 5.00% due 
   
09/25/181,5 
21,607 
18,460 
Blue Falcon 
   
A-2, 3.16% due 12/25/161 
10,297 
10,257 
Total Asset Backed Securities 
   
(Cost $138,706,670) 
 
141,568,471 
CORPORATE BONDS†† - 40.8% 
 
Financial - 19.5% 
   
Citigroup, Inc. 
   
5.35%1,4,9 
6,575,000 
6,278,263 
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 
   
5.00%1,4,9 
3,100,000 
3,074,134 
6.13%1,4,9 
1,000,000 
1,022,500 
Fifth Third Bancorp 
   
4.90%1,4,9 
3,000,000 
3,011,400 
5.10%4,9 
1,000,000 
952,500 
Prudential Financial, Inc. 
   
5.63% due 06/15/431,9 
3,500,000 
3,753,750 
Bank of America Corp. 
   
5.20%4,9 
2,000,000 
1,927,500 
5.13%1,4,9 
1,000,000 
989,680 
QBE Capital Funding III Ltd. 
   
7.25% due 05/24/411,5,9 
2,650,000 
2,881,875 
Wilton Re Finance LLC 
   
5.88% due 03/30/331,3,5 
2,750,000 
2,866,875 
Customers Bank 
   
6.13% due 06/26/291,3,5 
2,500,000 
2,521,875 
Barclays plc 
   
6.63%1,4,9 
1,362,000 
1,338,165 
8.25%1,4,9 
950,000 
1,006,220 
Icahn Enterprises, LP / Icahn 
   
Enterprises Finance Corp. 
   
6.00% due 08/01/201 
2,000,000 
2,135,000 
AmTrust Financial Services, 
   
Inc. 
   
6.13% due 08/15/231 
2,000,000 
2,105,140 
EPR Properties 
   
5.75% due 08/15/221 
1,500,000 
1,653,180 
Cadence Bank North America 
   
6.25% due 06/28/291,3,5 
1,600,000 
1,628,000 
Fidelity & Guaranty Life 
   
Holdings, Inc. 
   
6.38% due 04/01/211,5 
1,450,000 
1,551,500 
Credit Acceptance Corp. 
   
6.13% due 02/15/211,5 
1,500,000 
1,545,000 
Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. 
   
5.75% due 09/03/241,5 
1,500,000 
1,500,000 
RBS Capital Trust II 
   
6.43%1,4,9 
1,400,000 
1,491,000 
Credit Suisse Group AG 
   
6.25%1,4,5,9 
1,450,000 
1,442,750 
Cadence Financial Corp. 
   
4.88% due 06/28/191,5 
1,350,000 
1,356,750 
MetLife Capital Trust IV 
   
7.88% due 12/15/371,5 
1,000,000 
1,277,500 
Schahin II Finance Company 
   
SPV Ltd. 
   
5.88% due 09/25/221,5 
1,300,133 
1,267,629 
Lock AS 
   
7.00% due 08/15/21 
900,000 EUR 
1,238,749 
KeyCorp Capital III 
   
7.75% due 07/15/291 
1,000,000 
1,238,596 
AXA S.A. 
   
6.38%1,4,5,9 
1,000,000 
1,085,000 
National Life Insurance Co. 
   
10.50% due 09/15/391,5 
700,000 
1,079,651 
Wells Fargo & Co. 
   
5.90%1,4,9 
1,000,000 
1,047,500 
Corporation Financiera de 
   
Desarrollo S.A. 
   
5.25% due 07/15/291,3,5 
1,000,000 
1,021,500 
Voya Financial, Inc. 
   
5.65%1,4,9 
1,000,000 
1,017,500 
Ironshore Holdings US, Inc. 
   
8.50% due 05/15/201,5 
800,000 
946,870 
Pacific Beacon LLC 
   
5.63% due 07/15/511,5 
730,653 
667,072 
Cabot Financial Luxembourg 
   
S.A. 
   
6.50% due 04/01/215 
350,000 GBP 
566,531 
M&T Bank Corp. 
   
6.45%1,4,9 
500,000 
537,500 
Scottrade Financial Services, 
   
Inc. 
   
6.13% due 07/11/211,5 
500,000 
523,344 
Tri-Command Military Housing 
   
LLC 
   
5.38% due 02/15/481,5 
565,714 
518,941 
 
 
 

 

   
Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund 
 
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) 
August 31, 2014 
 
     
 
Face 
 
 
Amount 
Value 
CORPORATE BONDS†† - 40.8% (continued) 
 
Financial - 19.5% 
   
(continued) 
   
Nationstar Mortgage LLC / 
   
Nationstar Capital Corp. 
   
7.88% due 10/01/201 
$   405,000 
$    417,150 
6.50% due 07/01/211 
55,000 
53,900 
Jefferies LoanCore LLC / JLC 
   
Finance Corp. 
   
6.88% due 06/01/201,5 
400,000 
398,000 
Nationwide Mutual Insurance 
   
Co. 
   
9.38% due 08/15/391,5 
250,000 
395,032 
Jefferies Finance LLC / JFIN 
   
Company-Issuer Corp. 
   
7.38% due 04/01/201,5 
350,000 
365,750 
Prosight Global Inc. 
   
7.50% due 11/26/20†††,1 
250,000 
256,950 
LCP Dakota Fund 
   
10.00% due 08/17/151 
46,200 
46,200 
12.50% due 08/17/151 
33,000 
32,997 
Total Financial 
 
64,032,919 
Energy - 6.0% 
   
ContourGlobal Power Holdings 
   
S.A. 
   
7.13% due 06/01/191,5 
2,200,000 
2,216,500 
Gibson Energy, Inc. 
   
6.75% due 07/15/211,5 
2,000,000 
2,159,999 
Atlas Energy Holdings 
   
Operating Company LLC / 
   
Atlas Resource Finance Corp. 
   
7.75% due 01/15/211 
1,425,000 
1,453,500 
9.25% due 08/15/211 
600,000 
631,500 
Penn Virginia Resource 
   
Partners, LP / Penn Virginia 
   
Resource Finance Corp. 
   
8.38% due 06/01/201 
1,849,000 
2,057,013 
Summit Midstream Holdings 
   
LLC / Summit Midstream 
   
Finance Corp. 
   
7.50% due 07/01/211 
1,800,000 
1,980,000 
Keane Group Holdings LLC 
   
7.73% due 08/30/19†††,1,2 
1,500,000 
1,470,000 
1.99% due 08/30/19†††,2 
500,000 
500,000 
BreitBurn Energy Partners LP / 
   
BreitBurn Finance Corp. 
   
7.88% due 04/15/221 
1,800,000 
1,908,000 
Regency Energy Partners, LP / 
   
Regency Energy Finance Corp. 
   
8.38% due 06/01/191,5 
1,600,000 
1,720,000 
Jones Energy Holdings LLC / 
   
Jones Energy Finance Corp. 
   
6.75% due 04/01/221,5 
1,100,000 
1,160,500 
IronGate Energy Services LLC 
   
11.00% due 07/01/185 
500,000 
507,500 
Pacific Drilling S.A. 
   
5.38% due 06/01/201,5 
500,000 
487,500 
Ultra Resources, Inc. 
   
4.51% due 10/12/20†††,1 
500,000 
479,000 
Crestwood Midstream 
   
Partners, LP / Crestwood 
   
Midstream Finance Corp. 
   
7.75% due 04/01/191 
$330,000 
$350,625 
Endeavor Energy Resources. 
   
LP / EER Finance, Inc. 
   
7.00% due 08/15/211,5 
300,000 
318,750 
Midstates Petroleum Co., Inc. / 
   
Midstates Petroleum Co., LLC 
   
10.75% due 10/01/201 
150,000 
165,938 
Total Energy 
 
19,566,325 
Industrial - 4.8% 
   
Princess Juliana International 
   
Airport Operating Company 
   
N.V. 
   
5.50% due 12/20/271,5 
2,098,613 
2,083,293 
Marquette Transportation 
   
Company LLC / Marquette 
   
Transportation Finance Corp. 
   
10.88% due 01/15/171 
1,530,000 
1,610,325 
BMBG Bond Finance SCA 
   
 
1,200,000 
 
5.20% due 10/15/203,5 
EUR 
1,598,213 
Xefin Lux SCA 
   
 
1,200,000 
 
3.91% due 06/01/193,5 
EUR 
1,582,682 
Quality Distribution LLC / QD 
   
Capital Corp. 
   
9.88% due 11/01/181 
1,460,000 
1,547,600 
Odebrecht Offshore Drilling 
   
Finance Ltd. 
   
6.63% due 10/01/221,5 
1,433,905 
1,536,071 
Cemex SAB de CV 
   
9.00% due 01/11/181,5 
1,210,000 
1,288,650 
America West Airlines 2001-1 
   
Pass Through Trust 
   
7.10% due 04/02/211 
948,389 
1,045,599 
Alion Science & Technology 
   
Corp. 
   
12.00% due 11/01/141,10 
562,400 
568,418 
Unifrax I LLC / Unifrax Holding 
   
Co. 
   
7.50% due 02/15/191,5 
500,000 
515,000 
LMI Aerospace, Inc. 
   
7.38% due 07/15/191,5 
500,000 
506,250 
Atlas Air 1999-1 Class A-1 
   
Pass Through Trust 
   
7.20% due 01/02/19 
465,332 
489,180 
British Airways 2013-1 Class B 
   
Pass Through Trust 
   
5.63% due 06/20/201,5 
398,250 
425,880 
Atlas Air 1998-1 Class A Pass 
   
Through Trust 
   
7.38% due 07/02/19 
371,248 
382,849 
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla 
   
Indians 
   
6.35% due 10/01/151,5 
360,000 
355,514 
 
 
 

 
   
Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund 
 
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) 
August 31, 2014 
   
 
     
 
Face 
 
 
Amount 
Value 
CORPORATE BONDS†† - 40.8% (continued) 
 
Industrial - 4.8% (continued) 
 
Atlas Air 2000-1 Class A Pass 
   
Through Trust 
   
8.71% due 07/02/211 
$266,843 
$282,853 
Total Industrial 
 
15,818,377 
Consumer, Non-cyclical - 
   
2.9% 
   
Bumble Bee Holdings, Inc. 
   
9.00% due 12/15/171,5 
2,278,000 
2,414,680 
Vector Group Ltd. 
   
7.75% due 02/15/211 
2,190,000 
2,332,350 
Valeant Pharmaceuticals 
   
International, Inc. 
   
6.75% due 08/15/181,5 
1,500,000 
1,605,000 
Central Garden and Pet Co. 
   
8.25% due 03/01/18 
1,538,000 
1,586,063 
American Seafoods Group 
   
LLC/ American Seafoods 
   
Finance, Inc. 
   
10.75% due 05/15/161,5 
700,000 
700,000 
R&R Ice Cream plc 
   
8.25% due 05/15/205 
500,000 AUD 
464,808 
KeHE Distributors LLC / KeHE 
   
Finance Corp. 
   
7.63% due 08/15/215 
250,000 
268,750 
Physio-Control International, 
   
Inc. 
   
9.88% due 01/15/191,5 
92,000 
99,705 
Total Consumer, Non-cyclical 
 
9,471,356 
Consumer, Cyclical - 2.5%
   
GRD Holdings III Corp. 
   
10.75% due 06/01/191,5 
2,445,000 
2,695,613 
PF Chang's China Bistro, Inc. 
   
10.25% due 06/30/201,5 
1,255,000 
1,286,375 
Sabre GLBL, Inc. 
   
8.50% due 05/15/191,5 
1,111,000 
1,215,156 
HP Communities LLC 
   
6.82% due 09/15/531,5 
992,754 
1,037,120 
Guitar Center, Inc. 
   
6.50% due 04/15/191,5 
1,065,000 
1,011,750 
Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, 
   
Inc. 
   
11.00% due 12/01/171,5 
600,000 
666,000 
Seminole Hard Rock 
   
Entertainment Incorporated / 
   
Seminole Hard Rock 
   
International LLC 
   
5.88% due 05/15/211,5 
150,000 
147,750 
Total Consumer, Cyclical 
 
8,059,764 
Communications - 2.0% 
   
SITEL LLC / Sitel Finance Corp. 
   
11.00% due 08/01/171,5 
2,575,000 
2,690,875 
MDC Partners, Inc. 
   
6.75% due 04/01/201,5 
2,350,000 
2,455,750 
Expo Event Transco, Inc. 
   
9.00% due 06/15/211,5 
560,000 
583,100 
DCP LLC / DCP Corp. 
   
10.75% due 08/15/151,5 
$500,000 
$497,500 
Avaya, Inc. 
   
7.00% due 04/01/191,5 
380,000 
378,100 
Total Communications 
 
6,605,325 
Diversified - 0.9% 
   
Opal Acquisition, Inc. 
   
8.88% due 12/15/211,5 
2,325,000 
2,452,875 
Harbinger Group, Inc. 
   
7.88% due 07/15/191 
300,000 
325,500 
Total Diversified 
 
2,778,375 
Technology - 0.8% 
   
Aspect Software, Inc. 
   
10.63% due 05/15/171 
1,660,000 
1,693,200 
Eagle Midco, Inc. 
   
9.00% due 06/15/181,5 
950,000 
976,125 
Total Technology 
 
2,669,325 
Basic Materials - 0.8% 
   
Mirabela Nickel Ltd. 
   
9.50% due 05/20/19†††,2 
1,153,000 
1,153,000 
TPC Group, Inc. 
   
8.75% due 12/15/201,5 
1,010,000 
1,113,525 
KGHM International Ltd. 
   
7.75% due 06/15/191,5 
300,000 
322,125 
Total Basic Materials 
 
2,588,650 
Utilities - 0.6% 
   
LBC Tank Terminals Holding 
   
Netherlands BV 
   
6.88% due 05/15/231,5 
900,000 
963,000 
NGL Energy Partners, LP / NGL 
   
Energy Finance Corp. 
   
6.88% due 10/15/211,5 
842,000 
903,045 
Total Utilities 
 
1,866,045 
Total Corporate Bonds 
   
(Cost $126,495,424) 
 
133,456,461 
SENIOR FLOATING RATE INTERESTS††,3 - 24.6% 
Industrial - 6.7% 
   
Travelport Holdings Ltd. 
   
6.25% due 06/26/19 
2,079,720 
2,110,915 
9.50% due 01/31/16 
1,000,000 
1,018,460 
Rise Ltd. 
   
4.75% due 02/12/39 
1,947,917 
1,974,797 
6.50% due 02/12/39 
486,979 
492,433 
SIRVA Worldwide, Inc. 
   
7.50% due 03/27/19 
1,777,500 
1,813,050 
CPM Acquisition Corp. 
   
6.25% due 08/29/17 
983,298 
984,114 
10.25% due 03/01/18 
530,000 
536,302 
Knowledge Learning Corp. 
   
5.25% due 03/18/21 
1,496,250 
1,507,472 
CareCore National LLC 
   
5.50% due 03/05/21 
1,496,250 
1,499,063 
Sabre, Inc. 
   
4.00% due 02/19/19 
1,237,286 
1,231,100 
AABS 
   
4.88% due 01/01/20 
991,146 
1,007,202 
 
 
 
 

 
 
   
Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund 
 
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) 
August 31, 2014 
   
 
     
 
Face 
 
 
Amount 
Value 
SENIOR FLOATING RATE INTERESTS††,3 - 24.6% (continued) 
Industrial - 6.7% (continued) 
 
NaNa Development Corp. 
   
8.00% due 03/15/18 
$840,441 
$827,835 
Flakt Woods 
   
4.82% due 04/01/17 
650,000 EUR 
819,920 
Hunter Defense Technologies 
   
6.50% due 08/04/19 
800,000 
792,000 
VAT Holding AG 
   
4.75% due 02/11/21 
748,125 
747,190 
AlliedBarton Security Services 
   
LLC 
   
8.00% due 08/12/21 
726,027 
719,675 
Mitchell International, Inc. 
   
8.50% due 10/11/21 
700,000 
704,816 
Sutherland Global Services, 
   
Inc. 
   
7.25% due 03/06/19 
703,125 
703,125 
Ceva Group Plc (United 
   
Kingdom) 
   
6.50% due 03/19/21 
589,655 
569,017 
Mast Global 
   
8.75% due 09/12/19†††,2 
481,250 
477,150 
Panolam Industries 
   
International, Inc. 
   
7.75% due 08/23/17 
415,938 
413,859 
SI Organization 
   
5.75% due 11/23/19 
309,112 
310,271 
Ceva Logistics US Holdings 
   
6.50% due 03/19/21 
275,172 
268,695 
Ceva Logistics Holdings BV 
   
(Dutch) 
   
6.50% due 03/19/21 
199,500 
194,804 
Brickman Group Holdings, Inc. 
   
7.50% due 12/17/21 
170,000 
170,141 
Doncasters Group Ltd. 
   
9.50% due 10/09/20 
165,517 
166,345 
Ceva Logistics Canada, ULC 
   
6.50% due 03/19/21 
34,397 
33,587 
Carey International, Inc. 
   
9.00% due 07/31/15†††,2 
39,872 
15,949 
Global Aviation Holdings, Inc. 
   
10.00% due 
   
07/13/17†††,2,11 
618,730 
3.00% due 02/13/1811 
202,291 
Total Industrial 
 
22,109,287 
Consumer, Cyclical - 3.4% 
   
Lions Gate Entertainment 
   
Corp. 
   
5.00% due 07/19/20 
2,250,000 
2,259,382 
STG-Fairway Acquisitions, Inc. 
   
6.25% due 02/28/19 
1,283,757 
1,274,129 
10.50% due 08/28/19†††,2 
450,000 
446,521 
Fitness International LLC 
   
5.50% due 07/01/20 
1,325,000 
1,319,474 
National Vision, Inc. 
   
6.75% due 03/11/22 
1,200,000 
1,179,996 
Jacobs Entertainment, Inc. 
   
5.25% due 10/29/18 
1,129,875 
1,062,083 
American Tire Distributors, Inc. 
   
5.75% due 06/01/18 
947,696 
947,696 
Ollies Bargain Outlet 
   
4.75% due 09/28/19 
727,372 
725,554 
Alexander Mann Solutions Ltd. 
   
5.75% due 12/20/19 
398,000 
397,005 
Navistar, Inc. 
   
5.75% due 08/17/17 
361,111 
364,119 
GCA Services Group, Inc. 
   
9.25% due 11/01/20 
320,000 
320,534 
Deb Store Holdings, LLC 
   
1.50% due 10/11/16†††,2 
622,972 
249,189 
Fleetpride Corp. 
   
9.25% due 05/15/20 
120,000 
117,376 
5.25% due 11/19/19 
98,747 
97,667 
Capital Automotive LP 
   
6.00% due 04/30/20 
150,000 
151,500 
Armored AutoGroup, Inc. 
   
6.00% due 11/05/16 
123,933 
124,026 
CKX Entertainment, Inc. 
   
9.00% due 06/21/17 
96,850 
85,712 
Total Consumer, Cyclical 
 
11,121,963 
Technology - 3.4% 
   
Blue Coat Systems, Inc. 
   
4.00% due 05/31/19 
2,210,797 
2,190,082 
Deltek, Inc. 
   
4.50% due 10/10/18 
1,410,171 
1,404,530 
Greenway Medical 
   
Technologies 
   
6.00% due 11/04/20 
1,094,500 
1,091,764 
Sparta Systems 
   
6.25% due 07/28/20†††,2 
1,000,000 
990,110 
MRI Software LLC 
   
5.25% due 02/04/21 
947,625 
947,625 
EIG Investors Corp. 
   
5.00% due 11/09/19 
936,298 
936,298 
Peak 10, Inc. 
   
5.00% due 06/17/21 
900,000 
902,250 
Data Device Corp. 
   
5.75% due 07/15/20 
900,000 
898,875 
Active Network, Inc., The 
   
5.50% due 11/13/20 
598,497 
597,749 
Aspect Software, Inc. 
   
7.25% due 05/07/16 
484,227 
483,622 
GlobalLogic Holdings, Inc. 
   
6.25% due 05/31/19 
348,250 
334,320 
P2 Energy Solutions 
   
9.00% due 04/30/21 
200,000 
200,000 
 
 
 
 

 
 

   
Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund 
 
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) 
August 31, 2014 
   
 
     
 
Face 
 
 
Amount 
Value 
SENIOR FLOATING RATE INTERESTS††,3 - 24.6% (continued) 
Technology - 3.4% (continued) 
 
Openlink Financial, Inc. 
   
6.25% due 10/30/17 
$99,490 
$99,428 
Total Technology 
 
11,076,653 
Consumer, Non-cyclical - 3.0% 
 
AdvancePierre Foods, Inc. 
   
9.50% due 10/10/17 
1,341,000 
1,304,122 
Harvard Drug 
   
5.00% due 08/16/20 
1,153,458 
1,153,458 
Nextech Systems LLC 
   
6.00% due 10/28/18†††,2 
1,072,500 
1,054,380 
Performance Food Group 
   
6.25% due 11/14/19 
990,000 
992,475 
Arctic Glacier Holdings, Inc. 
   
5.00% due 05/10/19 
1,001,297 
988,781 
Alberton's Safeway 
   
5.50% due 08/11/21 
900,000 
901,872 
Mitel Networks Corp. 
   
5.25% due 01/31/20 
642,491 
643,095 
ABG Intermediate Holdings 2 
   
LLC 
   
5.50% due 05/27/21 
498,750 
497,503 
CTI Foods Holding Co. LLC 
   
8.25% due 06/28/21 
450,000 
452,250 
Pelican Products, Inc. 
   
5.25% due 04/10/20 
399,000 
398,753 
NES Global Talent 
   
6.50% due 10/03/19 
392,500 
390,538 
Hostess Brands 
   
6.75% due 04/09/20 
299,250 
306,731 
Grocery Outlet, Inc. 
   
5.50% due 12/17/18 
247,105 
246,796 
Targus Group International, 
   
Inc. 
   
12.00% due 05/24/16 
232,551 
192,436 
Rite Aid Corp. 
   
5.75% due 08/21/20 
100,000 
101,083 
Catalent Pharma Solutions, 
   
Inc. 
   
6.50% due 12/31/17 
58,364 
58,655 
Total Consumer, Non-cyclical 
   
Financial - 2.6% 
   
Expert Global Solutions 
   
8.50% due 04/03/18 
1,809,227 
1,806,205 
National Financial Partners 
   
4.50% due 07/01/20 
1,591,965 
1,582,016 
TradeMonster 
   
7.25% due 08/29/19 
1,500,000 
1,492,500 
Safe-Guard 
   
6.25% due 08/19/21 
1,400,000 
1,393,000 
Magic Newco, LLC 
   
12.00% due 06/12/19 
750,000 
848,438 
American Stock Transfer & 
   
Trust 
   
5.75% due 06/26/20 
484,490 
481,462 
RCS Capital 
   
6.50% due 04/29/19 
400,000 
403,832 
Ranpak 
   
8.50% due 04/23/20 
$200,000 
$203,500 
HDV Holdings 
   
5.75% due 12/18/18 
127,035 
126,082 
Cunningham Lindsey U.S., Inc. 
   
9.25% due 06/10/20 
116,932 
116,676 
Total Financial 
 
8,453,711 
Communications - 2.4% 
   
Avaya, Inc. 
   
6.50% due 03/31/18 
2,309,331 
2,315,103 
4.66% due 10/26/17 
1,413,033 
1,368,876 
Anaren, Inc. 
   
9.25% due 01/22/21 
1,000,000 
1,000,000 
5.50% due 01/22/21 
995,000 
990,025 
Cengage Learning 
   
Acquisitions, Inc. 
   
7.00% due 03/31/20 
1,148,875 
1,155,814 
Asurion Corp. 
   
5.00% due 05/24/19 
795,891 
797,881 
Gogo LLC 
   
11.25% due 03/21/18 
98,081 
102,986 
7.50% due 03/21/18 
81,354 
82,167 
Total Communications 
 
7,812,852 
Energy - 1.5% 
   
Floatel International Ltd. 
   
6.00% due 06/27/20 
1,496,250 
1,499,990 
PSS Companies 
   
5.50% due 01/28/20 
1,476,558 
1,469,175 
Cactus Wellhead 
   
7.00% due 07/31/20 
1,000,000 
985,000 
FTS International 
   
5.75% due 04/16/21 
872,727 
876,655 
Total Energy 
 
4,830,820 
Utilities - 1.0% 
   
Expro Holdings UK 3 Ltd. 
   
5.75% due 08/12/21 
1,400,000 
1,402,339 
Astoria Generating Company 
   
Acquisitions LLC 
   
8.50% due 10/26/17 
947,864 
971,560 
ExGen Renewables I LLC 
   
5.25% due 02/06/21 
743,745 
751,182 
Total Utilities 
 
3,125,081 
Basic Materials - 0.6% 
   
Noranda Aluminum Acquisition 
   
Corp. 
   
5.75% due 02/28/19 
1,090,000 
1,061,388 
Hoffmaster Group, Inc. 
   
5.25% due 05/09/20 
750,000 
748,125 
Ennis-Flint 
   
7.75% due 09/30/21 
300,000 
296,250 
Total Basic Materials 
 
2,105,763 
Total Senior Floating Rate Interests 
 
(Cost $80,757,522) 
 
80,319,058 
 
 
 
 

 
 
   
Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund 
 
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) 
August 31, 2014 
   
 
 
Face 
 
 
Amount 
Value 
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS†† - 3.6%
Nomura Resecuritization Trust 
   
2012-1R,0.60% due 
   
08/27/471,3,5 
$4,379,999 
$4,051,500 
GMAC Commercial Mortgage Asset Corp. 
 
2003-PRES,6.24% due 
   
10/10/41†††,1,5 
1,451,671 
1,395,056 
2003-STEW,6.40% due 
   
11/10/43†††,1,5 
1,000,000 
954,900 
TBW Mortgage Backed Pass-Through Certificates 
2006-6,6.04% due 
   
01/25/371,7 
1,728,976 
1,013,738 
2006-6,5.75% due 
   
01/25/371,7 
734,250 
455,829 
GreenPoint Mortgage Funding Trust 
 
2006-AR1,0.45% due 
   
02/25/361,3 
1,727,030 
1,433,202 
BBCMS Trust 
   
2013-TYSN,3.71% due 
   
09/05/321,5 
1,500,000 
1,428,310 
Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 
2007-WHL8,0.86% due 
   
06/15/201,3,5 
730,305 
715,506 
BAMLL-DB Trust 
   
2012-OSI,6.79% due 
   
04/13/291,5 
400,000 
423,746 
Deutsche ALT-A Securities, Inc. Alternate Loan Trust 
2006-AB4,6.01% due 
   
10/25/363 
816 
658 
Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations 
 
(Cost $11,204,645) 
 
11,872,445 
MUNICIPAL BONDS†† - 1.4% 
 
Puerto Rico - 1.0% 
   
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 
   
General Obligation Unlimited 
   
5.00% due 07/01/351 
1,600,000 
1,539,792 
Puerto Rico Highways & 
   
Transportation Authority 
   
Revenue Bonds 
   
5.50% due 07/01/281 
750,000 
745,635 
4.95% due 07/01/261 
380,000 
380,547 
Puerto Rico Municipal Finance 
   
Agency General Obligation 
   
Unlimited 
   
5.00% due 08/01/271 
500,000 
478,865 
Total Puerto Rico 
 
3,144,839 
Illinois - 0.4% 
   
State of Illinois General 
   
Obligation Unlimited 
   
5.65% due 12/01/381 
1,250,000 
1,323,825 
Total Municipal Bonds 
   
(Cost $4,394,050) 
 
4,468,664 
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT BONDS†† - 0.4% 
Kenya Government International Bond 
 
6.88% due 06/24/241,5 
1,350,000 
1,458,000 
Total Foreign Government Bonds 
 
(Cost $1,362,307) 
 
1,458,000 
MONEY MARKET FUND- 2.0% 
 
Dreyfus Treasury Prime Cash Management 
 
Institutional Shares 
   
Total Money Market Fund 
6,466,517 
6,466,517 
(Cost $6,466,517) 
 
6,466,517 
Total Investments - 142.0% 
   
(Cost $452,798,374) 
 
$ 463,864,870 
 
Contracts 
Value 
CALL OPTIONS WRITTEN- (0.4)% 
 
Call options on: 
   
SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF 
   
Trust Expiring September 
   
2014 with strike price of 
   
$255.00* 
120 
$      (83,400) 
Technology Select Sector 
   
SPDR Fund Expiring 
   
September 2014 with 
   
strike price of $39.00* 
779 
(102,439) 
Powershares QQQ Trust 
   
Series 1 Expiring 
   
September 2014 with 
   
strike price of $97.63* 
947 
(235,329) 
iShares Russell 2000 ETF 
   
Expiring September 2014 
   
with strike price of 
   
$115.00* 
1,344 
(356,160) 
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust 
   
Expiring September 2014 
   
with strike price of 
   
$199.00* 
1,562 
(417,054) 
Total Call Options Written 
   
(Premiums received 
   
$567,151) 
 
(1,194,382) 
Other Assets & Liabilities, net - (41.6)% 
(135,960,671) 
Total Net Assets - 100.0% 
$ 326,709,817 
 
 
 

 

 
Other Information (unaudited)

 
*     
Non-income producing security.
**     
Less than 0.1%
     
Value determined based on Level 1 inputs — See Note 2.
††     
Value determined based on Level 2 inputs — See Note 2.
†††     
Value determined based on Level 3 inputs — See Note 2.
1     
All or a portion of these securities have been physically segregated in connection with borrowings, unfunded commitments and reverse repurchase agreements. As of August 31, 2014, the total amount segregated was $372,761,816.
2     
Security was fair valued by the Valuation Committee at August 31, 2014. The total market value of fair valued securities amounts to $6,356,302, (cost $7,319,948) or 1.9% of net assets.
3     
Variable rate security. Rate indicated is rate effective at August 31, 2014.
4     
Perpetual maturity.
5     
Security is a 144A or Section 4(a)(2) security. The total market value of 144A or Section 4(a)(2) securities is $178,627,246 (cost $170,949,299), or 54.7% of total net assets.
6     
Security represents cover for outstanding written options.
7     
Security is a step up/step down bond. The coupon increases or decreases at regular intervals until the bond reaches full maturity.
8     
Security has no stated coupon. However, it is expected to receive residual cashflow payments on deal defined payment dates.
9     
Security has a fixed rate coupon which will convert to a floating or variable rate coupon on a future date.
10     
The issuer of this security will accrue interest on the secured note at a rate of 12% per annum and will make interest payments as follows: (1) 10% in cash and (2) 2% payment-in-kind shares of the secured note.
11     
Company has filed for protection in federal bankruptcy court.
 
plc Public Limited Company
REIT Real Estate Investment Trust
 
 
  At August 31, 2014, the Fund had the following unfunded loan commitments which could be extended at the option of the borrower:  
       
Borrower††
Expiration Date
Principal Amount
Unrealized Appreciation
AlliedBartion Security
08/12/2021
 $                        273,973
 $             148
IntraWest Holdings
12/10/2018
                           200,000
                426
SI Organization
11/23/2019
                             40,889
                  10
     
 $             584

 
At August 31, 2014, the following forward exchange currency contracts were outstanding:
       
                         
   
Contracts to Sell
 
Counterparty
 
Settlement Date
 
Settlement Value
 
Value at 8/31/14
 
Net Unrealized Appreciation/(Depreciation)
AUD
 
1,200,000
                   
for USD
 
1,116,266
 
The Bank of New York Mellon
 
09/04/2014
 
 $        1,116,266
 
 $        1,120,424
 
 $                                 (4,158)
                         
EUR
 
          2,500,000
                   
for USD
 
          3,344,250
 
The Bank of New York Mellon
 
09/04/2014
 
          3,344,250
 
           3,285,137
 
                                   59,113
                         
EUR
 
             900,000
                   
for USD
 
          1,202,081
 
The Bank of New York Mellon
 
09/04/2014
 
          1,202,081
 
           1,182,649
 
                                   19,432
                         
EUR
 
             600,000
                   
for USD
 
             797,388
 
The Bank of New York Mellon
 
09/04/2014
 
             797,388
 
              788,433
 
                                     8,955
                         
GBP
 
             350,000
                   
for USD
 
             591,728
 
The Bank of New York Mellon
 
09/04/2014
 
             591,728
 
              581,077
 
                                   10,651
          Total unrealized appreciation for forward exchange currency contracts
 $                                93,993
 
 
The Fund entered into swap agreements during the period ended August 31, 2014 to potentially enhance return.  Details of the swap agreements outstanding as of August 31, 2014 were as follows:
 
Credit Default Swap Agreement
           
                 
Counterparty
Reference Entity
Buy/Sell Protection
Termination
Date
Implied
Credit
Spread at
August 31,
2014 (2)
Notional
Amount
(000)
Receiving
Fixed
Rate
Upfront
Premium Received
(Paid)
Unrealized Appreciation
Goldman Sachs(1)
Basket of distinct corporate entities
Sell
09/21/14
0.16%
 $   3,000
1.180%
 $       -
 $    1,989
 
(1) The Fund receives a fixed rate based upon the notional amount of $3 million and if a defined credit event occurs, pays cumulative losses in excess of a stated percentage on an underlying basket of distinct corporate entities. The maximum loss exposure is $3 million.
 
(2) Implied credit spreads, represented in absolute terms, utilized in determining the market value of credit default swap agreements on corporate issues or sovereign issues of an emerging country as of period end serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood or risk of default for the credit derivative. The implied credit spread of a particular referenced entity reflects the cost of buying/selling protection and may include upfront payments required to be made to enter into the agreement. Wider credit spreads represent a deterioration of the referenced entity's credit soundless and a greater likelihood or risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the agreement.
 
 
 

 
 
 
NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)                                                        


For information on the Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund’s (the “Fund”) policy regarding valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to the Fund’s most recent semiannual or annual shareholder report.

1.  
Significant Accounting Policies
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 and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. All time references are based on Eastern Time.
 
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 or other assets.

Valuations of the Fund’s securities 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 and will 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 by, and valuations provided by, the pricing services.

Equity securities listed on an exchange (New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) or American Stock Exchange) are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the close of business on the NYSE, usually 4:00 p.m. on the valuation date. Equity securities listed on the NASDAQ market system are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price on the valuation date, which may not necessarily represent the last sale price. If there has been no sale on such exchange or NASDAQ on such day, the security is valued at the mean of the most recent bid and asked prices on such day.

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 and repurchase agreements are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.

Typically loans are valued using information provided by an independent third party pricing service which uses broker quotes. If the pricing service cannot or does not provide a valuation for a particular loan or such valuation is deemed unreliable, such loan is fair valued by the Valuation Committee.

Listed options are valued at the Official Settlement Price listed in by the exchange, usually as of 4:00 p.m. Long options are valued using the bid price and short options are valued using the ask price. In the event that a settlement price is not available, fair valuation is enacted. Over-the counter options are valued using the average bid price (for long options), or average ask price (for short options) obtained from one or more security dealers.

Generally, trading in foreign securities markets is substantially completed each day at various times prior to the close of the 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 currency 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 such as World Equity Benchmark Securities. In addition, under the Valuation Procedures, the Valuation Committee and the 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.

Investments for which market quotations are not readily available are fair valued as determined in good faith by the Adviser, subject to review 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) “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: (i) the type of security, (ii) the initial cost of the security, (iii) the existence of any contractual restrictions on the security’s disposition, (iv) the price and extent of public trading in similar securities of the issuer or of comparable companies, (v) quotations or evaluated prices from broker-dealers and/or pricing services, (vi) information obtained from the issuer, analysts, and/or the appropriate stock exchange (for exchange traded securities), (vii) an analysis of the company’s financial statements, and (viii) an evaluation of the forces that influence the issuer and the market(s) in which the security is purchased and sold (e.g. the existence of pending merger activity, public offerings or tender offers that might affect the value of the security).

2.  
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.

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.

The following tables summarize the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of August 31, 2014:
 
                         
Description 
 
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Assets: 
                       
Corporate Bonds 
  $ -     $ 129,597,511     $ 3,858,950     $ 133,456,461  
Asset Backed Securities 
     -       134,087,241       7,481,230       141,568,471  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations 
     -       9,522,489       2,349,956       11,872,445  
Senior Floating Rate Interests 
     -       77,085,759       3,233,299       80,319,058  
Municipal Bonds 
     -       4,468,664        -       4,468,664  
Foreign Government Bonds 
     -       1,458,000        -       1,458,000  
Common Stocks 
    440,846       353,251       3       794,100  
Preferred Stocks 
    20,694,318       22,412        -       20,716,730  
Exchange Traded Funds 
    62,744,424        -       -       62,744,424  
Warrant 
     -        -       - *      -
Money Market Fund 
    6,466,517        -       -       6,466,517  
Foreign Currency 
    806        -       -       806  
Forward Exchange Currency Contracts 
     -       98,151       -       98,151  
Credit Default Swaps      -       1,989        -       1,989  
Unfunded Commitments 
     -       584       -       584  
Total Assets 
  $ 90,346,911     $ 356,696,051     $ 16,923,438     $ 463,966,400  
Liabilities: 
                               
Options Written 
  $ 1,194,382     $ -     $ -     $ 1,194,382  
Forward Exchange Currency Contracts 
     -       4,158               4,158  
Total Liabilities 
  $ 1,194,382     4,158     $ -     $ 1,198,540  
* Market value is less than minimum amount disclosed.

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 under the valuation policies that have been reviewed and approved by the Board. In any event, values are 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 Treasuries, and other information and analysis.

Indicative quotes from broker-dealers, adjusted for fluctuations in criteria such as credit spreads and interest rates, may be also 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 indicative 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.

Certain fixed income securities are valued by obtaining a monthly indicative quote from a broker-dealer, adjusted for fluctuations in criteria such as credit spreads and interest rates. The Fund’s fair valuation guidelines were recently revised to transition such monthly indicative quoted securities from Level 2 to Level 3.

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.

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:
 
 
Ending Balance 
Valuation 
Unobservable 
Category 
at 8/31/14 
 
Technique 
Inputs 
Corporate Bonds 
$ 2,705,950
Monthly Broker Quote 
Indicative Quote 
Corporate Bonds    $ 1,153,000 Montly Model Price  Trade Price 
Asset Backed Securities 
$ 7,481,230 
Monthly Broker Quote 
Indicative Quote 
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations 
$ 2,349,956 
Monthly Broker Quote 
Indicative Quote 
Senior Floating Rate Interests 
$ 3,233,299 
Enterprise Value 
Valuation Multiple* 
 
*Valuation multiples utilized ranged from 4 to 27.

Significant changes in an indicative quote, trade price or valuation multiple would generally result in significant changes in the fair value of the security.

Any remaining Level 3 securities held by the Fund and excluded from the tables above, were not considered material to the Fund.

Transfers between investment levels may occur as the markets fluctuate and/or the availability of data used in an investment’s valuation changes. Transfers between valuation levels, if any, are in comparison to the valuation levels at the end of the previous fiscal year, and are effective using the fair value as of the end of the current fiscal period. The Fund recognized transfers between the levels as of the beginning of the period. As of August 31, 2014, the Fund had securities with a total value of $2,232,913 transferred from Level 2 to Level 3. The Fund had transfers into Level 3 due to changes in fair valuation guidelines. The Fund had securities with a total value of $19,595,963 transferred from Level 3 to Level 2 due to availability of market price information at the period end. See the tables below for changes to Level 3.
 
 
 

 

 
Following is a reconciliation of Level 3 assets for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value for the period ended August 31, 2014:

Level 3 – Fair value measurement using significant unobservable inputs
 
Assets
Total 
Beginning Balance at 5/31/14 
$ 34,120,469 
Paydowns Received 
(4,625,253) 
Payment in kind Distributions Received 
17,203 
Realized Gain/Loss 
105,116 
Change in Unrealized Gain/Loss
700,019 
Purchases 
3,968,934 
Transfers into Level 3 
2,232,913 
Transfers out of Level 3 
(19,595,963) 
Ending Balance at 8/31/14 
$ 16,923,438 
 
 
3.  
Federal Income Taxes
As of August 31, 2014, cost and related gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation on investments for tax purposes are as follows:
 
Cost of
Investments for
Tax Purposes
Gross Tax Unrealized
Appreciation
Gross Tax  
Unrealized Depreciation
Net Tax
Unrealized
Appreciation
$453,678,319
$20,991,044
$(10,804,493)
 $10,186,551

 
 

 
 
Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

(a)  
The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have evaluated the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report and have concluded, based on such evaluation, that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective, as of that date, in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in this Form N-Q was recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms.

(b)  
There was no change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that has materially affected or is reasonably likely to materially affect the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3. Exhibits.

A separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)), is attached hereto.
 
 
 

 
 
SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund  

By:         /s/ Donald C. Cacciapaglia          
Donald C. Cacciapaglia
Chief Executive Officer

Date:      October 30, 2014


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By:         /s/ Donald C. Cacciapaglia          
Donald C. Cacciapaglia
Chief Executive Officer

Date:      October 30, 2014
 

By:         /s/ John L. Sullivan                        
John L. Sullivan
Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer & Treasurer

Date:      October 30, 2014