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GGM Guggenheim Credit Allocation Fund

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Certified Semi-annual Shareholder Report for Management Investment Companies (n-csrs)

05/02/2021 6:11pm

Edgar (US Regulatory)



UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number 811-22715
Guggenheim Credit Allocation 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, 2020 – November 30, 2020


Item 1.  Reports to Stockholders.
The registrant's semi-annual report transmitted to shareholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), is as follows:





 

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Fund and adviser contact information
Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC and Guggenheim Funds Investment Advisors, LLC are constantly updating and expanding shareholder information services on the Fund’s website in an ongoing effort to provide you with the most current information about how your Fund’s assets are managed and the results of our efforts. It is just one more small way we are working to keep you better informed about your investment in the Fund.

 

   
DEAR SHAREHOLDER (Unaudited) 
November 30, 2020 
 
We thank you for your investment in the Guggenheim Credit Allocation Fund (the “Fund”). This report covers the Fund’s performance for the six-month period ended November 30, 2020, which concluded on a cautious note. Even though markets performed well for most of the period, COVID-19 became the deadliest pandemic in a century. The U.S. Federal Reserve acted quickly to restore market functioning and cushion the economy, cutting rates to zero, engaging in large-scale asset purchases, and launching an array of lending facilities. Congress also acted much faster than in previous downturns, with the budget deficit headed to the highest level since World War II.
The recovery since the spring has been faster than expected, thanks to massive fiscal support. Encouraging progress on the vaccine front bode well for vaccine take up rates and the time needed to bring the pandemic under control. We expect a sizable growth acceleration in the middle of 2021 as multiple vaccines are broadly distributed in the U.S. However, the latest COVID wave is the largest yet, which has led to renewed lockdowns and a setback in the recovery. Winter weather and holiday gatherings could cause things to get worse before they get better.
These events affected performance of the Fund for the period. To learn more about the Fund’s performance and investment strategy, we encourage you to read the Economic and Market Overview and the Questions & Answers sections of this report, which begin on page 5. There you will find information on Guggenheim’s investment philosophy, views on the economy and market environment, and detailed information about the factors that impacted the Fund’s performance.
The Fund’s investment objective is to seek total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in fixed income securities, debt securities, loans and investments with economic characteristics similar to fixed-income securities, debt securities and loans (collectively, “credit securities”). The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in a portfolio of credit securities selected from a variety of sectors and credit qualities. The Fund may invest in credit securities of any duration or maturity. Credit securities in which the Fund may invest may pay fixed or variable rates of interest. The Fund may invest without limitation in securities of non-U.S. issuers, including issuers in emerging markets.
All Fund returns cited—whether based on net asset value (“NAV”) or market price—assume the reinvestment of all distributions. For the six-month period ended November 30, 2020, the Fund provided a total return based on market price of 21.50% and a total return based on NAV of 19.31%. As of November 30, 2020, the Fund’s market price of $19.10 per share represented a premium of 2.74% to its NAV of $18.59 per share.
Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. All NAV returns include the deduction of management fees, operating expenses, and all other Fund expenses. The market price of the Fund’s shares fluctuates from time to time, and may be higher or lower than the Fund’s NAV.

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DEAR SHAREHOLDER (Unaudited) continued 
November 30, 2020 
 
From June 2020 through November 2020, the Fund paid a monthly distribution of $0.1813 per share. The November distribution represents an annualized distribution rate of 11.39% based on the Fund’s closing market price of $19.10 per share on November 30, 2020. The Fund’s distribution rate is not constant and the amount of distributions, when declared by the Fund’s Board of Trustees, is subject to change based on the performance of the Fund. There is no guarantee of any future distribution or that the current returns and distribution rate will be maintained. Please see the Distributions to Shareholders & Annualized Distribution Rate on page 22, and Note 2(f) on page 49 for more information on distributions for the period.
Guggenheim Funds Investment Advisors, LLC (the “Adviser”) serves as the investment adviser to the Fund. Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC (“GPIM” or the “Sub-Adviser”) serves as the Fund’s investment sub-adviser and is responsible for the management of the Fund’s portfolio of investments. Each of the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser is an affiliate of Guggenheim Partners, LLC (“Guggenheim”), a global diversified financial services firm.
We encourage shareholders to consider the opportunity to reinvest their distributions from the Fund through the Dividend Reinvestment Plan (“DRIP”), which is described in detail on page 67 of this report. When shares trade at a discount to NAV, the DRIP takes advantage of the discount by reinvesting the monthly distribution in common shares of the Fund purchased in the market at a price less than NAV. Conversely, when the market price of the Fund’s common shares is at a premium above NAV, the DRIP reinvests participants’ distributions in newly issued common shares at the greater of NAV per share or 95% of the market price per share. The DRIP provides a cost-effective means to accumulate additional shares and enjoy the benefits of compounding returns over time. Since the Fund endeavors to maintain a stable monthly distribution, the DRIP effectively provides an income averaging technique, which causes shareholders to accumulate a larger number of Fund shares when the market price is depressed than when the price is higher.
We appreciate your investment and look forward to serving your investment needs in the future. For the most up-to-date information on your investment, please visit the Fund’s website at guggenheiminvestments.com/ggm.
Sincerely,
Guggenheim Funds Investment Advisors, LLC
Guggenheim Credit Allocation Fund
December 31, 2020

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ECONOMIC AND MARKET OVERVIEW (Unaudited) 
November 30, 2020 
 
The period was marked by COVID-19, the deadliest pandemic in a century, which caused a steeper plunge in output and employment in two months than during the first two years of the Great Depression. However, the recovery since May 2020 has been faster than expected, with consumer confidence holding up well as massive fiscal support drove positive personal income growth and a swift monetary policy response led to gains in household net worth.
Nonetheless, the U.S. economy slowed in the final weeks of 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic worsened, with the expected holiday season surge in cases leading to new restrictions and stay-at-home orders in a number of states. The ramping up of vaccine distribution may help drive recovery by the second quarter of 2021, but the pace of vaccine rollout is likely not yet fast enough to stop the current wave, risking a further slowdown in the near term.
The slowing recovery was evident in falling small business optimism in November’s National Federation of Independent Business (“NFIB”) survey, which saw a sharp contraction in the number of businesses expecting the economy to improve. One bright spot in the report was that a relatively high amount of businesses plan more hiring, consistent with the rebound in job openings data, which has bounced back much faster than in previous recessions. These positive signals of elevated labor demand suggest that once the pandemic impediment to business activity starts to fade, we could see relatively rapid job growth in 2021, one of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s (the “Fed’s”) two policy mandates. The other, inflation at 2%, remains a challenge. While the most recent reading of core Consumer Price Index was slightly stronger than expected at 1.6%, its more durable components, such as rental inflation, continue to soften, suggesting underlying inflation remains weak.
Beyond the data, the market has been focused on the recently passed federal fiscal package, which adds more support for small businesses, new stimulus payments, reinstates federal unemployment benefits, and provides some funding for state and local governments. This stimulus should be out the door relatively quickly, helping to cushion incomes in the first quarter even as the pandemic worsens. And with Democrats taking control of the Senate after the period ended, more fiscal stimulus appears to be on the way, which should drive a strong recovery by the summer as vaccines are more widely distributed and consumers and businesses can draw on buffers built up during the crisis. With a change in Senate control, there is some chance that Democratic proposals the markets had worried about under a Biden presidency, such as corporate and individual tax hikes and heavier regulations, could move forward. A Biden presidency may also mean more predictable policymaking and a scaled back trade war.
We expect the Fed to remain ultra-accommodative, continuing its current pace of asset purchases “until substantial further progress has been made” in reaching its dual mandate goals. Given the amount of labor market healing still ahead of us, and continued disinflationary headwinds, the Fed will likely continue to signal to the market it will be on hold even as we see strong economic growth rates in 2021.

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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (Unaudited) 
November 30, 2020 
 
Guggenheim Credit Allocation Fund (the “Fund”) is managed by a team of seasoned professionals at Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC (“GPIM”). This team includes B. Scott Minerd, Chairman of Guggenheim Investments and Global Chief Investment Officer; Anne B. Walsh, CFA, JD, Senior Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer, Fixed Income; Kevin H. Gundersen, Senior Managing Director and Portfolio Manager; Thomas J. Hauser, Senior Managing Director and Portfolio Manager; and Richard de Wet, Director and Portfolio Manager. In the following interview, the investment team discusses the market environment and the Fund’s performance for the six-month period ended November 30, 2020.
What is the Fund’s investment objective and how is it pursued?
The Fund’s investment objective is to seek total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in fixed income securities, debt securities, loans and investments with economic characteristics similar to fixed-income securities, debt securities and loans (collectively, “credit securities”). Credit securities in which the Fund may invest consist of corporate bonds, loans and loan participations, asset-backed securities (all or a portion of which may consist of collateralized loan obligations), mortgage-backed securities (both residential mortgage-backed securities and commercial mortgage-backed securities), U.S. Government and agency securities, mezzanine and preferred securities, convertible securities, commercial paper, municipal securities and sovereign government and supranational debt securities. The Fund will seek to achieve its investment objective by investing in a portfolio of credit securities selected from a variety of sectors and credit qualities. The Fund may invest in credit securities that are rated below investment grade (commonly referred to as “high-yield” or “junk” bonds), or, if unrated, determined to be of comparable credit quality. The Fund may invest in credit securities of any duration or maturity. Credit securities in which the Fund may invest may pay fixed or variable rates of interest. The Fund may invest without limitation in securities of non-U.S. issuers, including issuers in emerging markets.
The Fund may, but is not required to, use various derivatives for hedging and risk management purposes, to facilitate portfolio management and to earn income or enhance total return. The Fund may use such transactions as a means to synthetically implement the Fund’s investment strategies. In addition, as an alternative to holding investments directly, the Fund may also obtain investment exposure by investing in other investment companies. To the extent that the Fund invests in synthetic investments with economic characteristics similar to credit securities, the value of such investments will be counted as credit securities for purposes of the Fund’s policy of investing at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in credit securities (the “80% Policy”).
The Fund may invest in open-end funds, closed-end funds and exchange-traded funds. For purposes of the Fund’s 80% Policy, the Fund will include its investments in other investment companies that have a policy of investing at least 80% of their net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in one or more types of credit securities.

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November 30, 2020 
 
The Fund uses financial leverage (borrowing and reverse repurchase agreements) to finance the purchase of additional securities. Although financial leverage may create an opportunity for increased return for shareholders, it also results in additional risks and can magnify the effect of any losses. There is no assurance that the strategy will be successful. If income and gains on securities purchased with the financial leverage proceeds are greater than the cost of the financial leverage, common shareholders’ return will be greater than if financial leverage had not been used. Conversely, if the income or gains from the securities purchased with the proceeds of financial leverage are less than the cost of financial leverage, common shareholders’ return will be less than if financial leverage had not been used.
How did the Fund perform for the six months ended November 30, 2020?
All Fund returns cited—whether based on net asset value (“NAV”) or market price—assume the reinvestment of all distributions. For the six-month period ended November 30, 2020, the Fund provided a total return based on market price of 21.50% and a total return based on NAV of 19.31%. In addition, the Fund had an annualized distribution rate of 11.39% based on the Fund’s closing market price of $19.10 per share. As of November 30, 2020, the Fund’s market price of $19.10 per share represented a premium of 2.74% to its NAV of $18.59 per share. As of May 31, 2020, the Fund’s market price of $16.71 per share represented a premium of 0.84% to its NAV of $16.57 per share.
Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. All NAV returns include the deduction of management fees, operating expenses, and all other Fund expenses. The market price of the Fund’s shares fluctuates from time to time, and may be higher or lower than the Fund’s NAV.
How did other markets perform in this environment for the six-month period ended November 30, 2020?
   
Index 
Total Return 
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield Index 
10.36% 
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index 
1.79% 
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond 1-3 Year Index 
0.39% 
Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index 
7.96% 
ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch Asset Backed Security Master BBB-AA Index 
7.53% 
S&P 500 Index 
19.98% 
 
What were the distributions over the period?
From June 2020 through November 2020, the Fund paid a monthly distribution of $0.1813 per share. The November distribution represents an annualized distribution rate of 11.39% based on the Fund’s closing market price of $19.10 per share on November 30, 2020.
The Fund’s distribution rate is not constant and the amount of distributions, when declared by the Fund’s Board of Trustees, is subject to change based on the performance of the Fund. There is no guarantee of any future distribution or that the current returns and distribution rate will be maintained.

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November 30, 2020 
 
Please see the Distributions to Shareholders & Annualized Distribution Rate on page 22, and Note 2(f) on page 49 for more information on distributions for the period.
For the calendar year ended December 31, 2020, 66% of the distributions were characterized as ordinary income and 34% of the distributions were characterized as return of capital. The final determination of the tax character of the distributions paid by the Fund in 2020 will be reported to shareholders in January 2021.
What influenced the Fund’s performance?
Following the strongest quarter in over a decade, the high yield market continued its upward trajectory in the third quarter and returned 4.60%. Aided by aggressive fiscal support, the level of volatility experienced earlier in the year has subsided. Central bank action has played a critical role in supporting credit availability, which has tempered forward looking default rate expectations as many issuers have been able to access capital markets to shore up liquidity. Following a three-week period in March when it was temporarily closed, the new issue market remained extremely active with June recording the highest monthly issuance on record since 2005. This trend continued in the third quarter as new issuance volume totaled $126 billion and was nearly double the prior year’s third quarter. In addition, fund flows continue to support the high yield market. Five out of the last 6 months through November have experienced inflows which totaled $21 billion. In this environment, performance was positive across sectors with Energy and lower rated credit among the top performers.
The Fund experienced strong performance over the period with returns nearly double the high yield market with contribution from across sectors. The Fund was active in the primary market as new issuance was robust and the new issues performed well. An allocation to bank loans contributed to returns as bank loans in the Fund largely outperformed the broader market. Investments in B and CCC rated credit, which was the top performing rating category added to performance. A small exposure to select Investment Grade credit contributed to performance as well, along with increased exposure to longer dated maturities.
How is the Fund positioned for the coming months?
With the economy gradually improving and monetary policy anchoring Treasury rates at low levels, we remain constructive on below investment-grade opportunities in bonds and loans. Credit spreads have room to tighten given the lack of yield across fixed income and the Fund currently has an annualized distribution yield of 11.39%. There is, however, an overhang of a challenging credit environment as measured by market default rates, rating migration, and fundamentals which underscore the need for active security selection. We have identified opportunities in pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, and technology companies that have successfully navigated the impact of COVID-19. A healthy new-issue market has provided the opportunity remaining selective and recently underwritten deals are less likely to default, in our view.
The Fund is well-positioned across its three primary asset class exposures, with the largest allocation to high yield bonds, followed by bank loans and a small allocation to investment grade corporates. The mix

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between bonds and loans varies according to the relative valuation of the two asset classes and availability of attractively priced assets. Among the high yield allocation, the Fund’s exposure to B-rated credits is its largest, and the Fund has incrementally added to BB-rated exposure while moderately reducing the CCC-rated exposure.
The Fund invests in non-U.S. dollar-denominated assets when the risk-return profile is favorable. Non-U.S. dollar-denominated assets comprise less than 2% of the Fund. The Fund uses forward foreign currency exchange contracts to hedge exchange rate risk, which minimizes the effects of currency fluctuations.
Any other comments about the Fund?
The Fund continues to avoid companies with heavy capital expenditure needs that can impair cash flow generation. Companies with recurring revenue streams, strong cash flows, and high-quality margins remain the focus. Overall, we remain concentrated on credit selection, which we believe will become increasingly important to returns in the event of market volatility.
What is the Fund’s duration?
The portfolio has consistently maintained a defensive stance to interest rate volatility with an underweight to duration. The effective duration for the Fund as of November 30, 2020, was 3.3 years which is below the broader high yield market. A sizable allocation to bank loans, whose coupons generally reset quarterly, provides some protection against changes in interest rates.
Discuss the impact of leverage for the period.
The Fund utilizes leverage as part of its investment strategy, to finance the purchase of additional securities that provide increased income and potentially greater appreciation to common shareholders than could be achieved from a portfolio that is not leveraged. As opportunities arise, leverage may increase to add income as borrowing costs remain low.
With the low cost of borrowing, the amount of leverage used by the Fund is accretive to income generation. The Fund currently employs leverage through reverse repurchase agreements, under which the Fund temporarily transfers possession of portfolio securities and receives cash that can be used for additional investments, and borrowings.
As of November 30, 2020, the amount of leverage was approximately 31% of total managed assets (including the proceeds of leverage). While leverage increases the income of the Fund in yield terms, it also amplifies the effects of changing market prices in the portfolio and can cause the Fund’s NAV to change to a greater degree than the overall market. This can create volatility in Fund pricing but should not affect the Fund’s ability to pay dividends under normal circumstances.

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Index Definitions
Indices are unmanaged and reflect no expenses. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.
The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is a broad-based flagship benchmark that measures the investment grade, U.S. dollar-denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market, including U.S. Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, mortgage-backed securities or “MBS” (agency fixed-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage, or “ARM”, pass-throughs), ABS, and commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”) (agency and non-agency).
The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond 1-3 Year Index measures the performance of publicly issued investment grade corporate, U.S. Treasury and government agency securities with remaining maturities of one to three years.
The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield Index measures the U.S. dollar-denominated, high yield, fixed-rate corporate bond market. Securities are classified as high yield if the middle rating of Moody’s, Fitch, and S&P is Ba1/BB +/BB + or below.
The Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index is an index designed to mirror the investable universe of the U.S. dollar-denominated leveraged loan market.
The ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch Asset Backed Security Master BBB-AA Index is a subset of the Bank of America Merrill Lynch U.S. Fixed Rate Asset Backed Securities Index including all securities rated AA1 through BBB3, inclusive.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 (“S&P 500”) is a capitalization-weighted index of 500 stocks designed to measure the performance of the broad economy, representing all major industries and is considered a representation of U.S. stock market.
Risks and Other Considerations
The global ongoing crisis caused by the outbreak of COVID-19 is causing materially reduced consumer demand and economic output, disrupting supply chains, resulting in market closures, travel restrictions and quarantines, and adversely impacting local and global economies. Investors should be aware that in light of the current uncertainty, volatility and distress in economies, financial markets, and labor and public health conditions all over the world, the Fund’s investments and a shareholder’s investment in the Fund are subject to sudden and substantial losses, increased volatility and other adverse events. Firms through which investors invest with the Fund, the Fund, its service providers, the markets in which it invests and market intermediaries are also impacted by quarantines and similar measures intended to contain the ongoing pandemic, which can obstruct their functioning and subject them to heightened operational risks.
The views expressed in this report reflect those of the portfolio managers only through the report period as stated on the cover. These views are subject to change at any time, based on market and other conditions and should not be construed as a recommendation of any kind. The material may also include forward looking statements that involve risk and uncertainty, and there is no guarantee that any predictions will come to pass.

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There can be no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objectives. The value of the Fund will fluctuate with the value of the underlying securities. Risk is inherent in all investing, including the loss of your entire principal. Therefore, before investing you should consider the risks carefully.
The Fund is subject to several risk factors. Certain of these risk factors are described below. Please see the Fund’s Prospectus, Statement of Additional Information (SAI) and guggenheiminvestments.com/ggm for a more detailed description of the risks of investing in the Fund. Shareholders may access the Fund’s Prospectus and SAI on the EDGAR Database on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.
The fact that a particular risk below is not specifically identified as being heightened under current conditions does not mean that the risk is not greater than under normal conditions.
Below Investment Grade Securities Risk. High yield, below investment grade and unrated high risk debt securities (which also may be known as “junk bonds”) may present additional risks because these securities may be less liquid, and therefore more difficult to value accurately and sell at an advantageous price or time, and present more credit risk than investment grade bonds. The price of high yield securities tends to be subject to greater volatility due to issuer-specific operating results and outlook and to real or perceived adverse economic and competitive industry conditions. This exposure may be obtained through investments in other investment companies. Generally, the risks associated with high yield securities are heightened during times of weakening economic conditions or rising interest rates and are therefore especially heightened under current conditions.
Corporate Bond Risk. Corporate bonds are debt obligations issued by corporations and other business entities. Corporate bonds may be either secured or unsecured. Collateral used for secured debt includes real property, machinery, equipment, accounts receivable, stocks, bonds or notes. If a bond is unsecured, it is known as a debenture. Bondholders, as creditors, have a prior legal claim over common and preferred stockholders as to both income and assets of the corporation for the principal and interest due them and may have a prior claim over other creditors if liens or mortgages are involved. Interest on corporate bonds may be fixed or floating, or the bonds may be zero coupons. Interest on corporate bonds is typically paid semi-annually and is fully taxable to the bondholder. Corporate bonds contain elements of both interest-rate risk and credit risk. The market value of a corporate bond generally may be expected to rise and fall inversely with interest rates and may also be affected by the credit rating of the corporation, the corporation’s performance and perceptions of the corporation in the marketplace. Corporate bonds usually yield more than government or agency bonds due to the presence of credit risk. Depending on the nature of the seniority provisions, a senior corporate bond may be junior to other credit securities of the issuer. The market value of a corporate bond may be affected by factors directly related to the issuer, such as investors’ perceptions of the creditworthiness of the issuer, the issuer’s financial performance, perceptions of the issuer in the market place, performance of management of the issuer, the issuer’s capital structure and use of financial leverage and demand for the issuer’s goods and services. There is a risk that the issuers of corporate bonds may not be able to meet their obligations on interest or principal payments at the time called for by an instrument.

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Corporate bonds of below investment grade quality are often high risk and have speculative characteristics and may be particularly susceptible to adverse issuer-specific developments.
Credit Risk. The Fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument or a counterparty to a derivatives transaction or other transaction is unable or unwilling, or perceived to be unable or unwilling, to pay interest or repay principal on time or defaults. Also, the issuer, guarantor or counterparty may suffer adverse changes in its financial condition or be adversely affected by economic, political or social conditions that could lower the credit quality (or the market’s perception of the credit quality) of the issuer or instrument, leading to greater volatility in the price of the instrument and in shares of the Trust. Although credit quality may not accurately reflect the true credit risk of an instrument, a change in the credit quality rating of an instrument or an issuer can have a rapid, adverse effect on the instrument’s liquidity and make it more difficult for the Trust to sell at an advantageous price or time. The risk of the occurrence of these types of events is especially heightened under current conditions.
Current Fixed-Income and Debt Market Conditions. Fixed-income and debt market conditions are highly unpredictable and some parts of the market are subject to dislocations. In response to the crisis initially caused by the outbreak of COVID-19, as with other serious economic disruptions, governmental authorities and regulators have enacted and are enacting significant fiscal and monetary policy changes, including providing direct capital infusions into companies, creating new monetary programs and lowering interest rates considerably. These actions present heightened risks to fixed-income and debt instruments, and such risks could be even further heightened if these actions are unexpectedly or suddenly reversed or are ineffective in achieving their desired outcomes. In light of these actions and current conditions, interest rates and bond yields in the United States and many other countries are at or near historic lows, and in some cases, such rates and yields are negative. The current very low or negative interest rates are magnifying the Fund’s susceptibility to interest rate risk and diminishing yield and performance. In addition, the current environment is exposing fixed-income and debt markets to significant volatility and reduced liquidity for Fund investments.
Derivatives Transactions Risk. The Fund may utilize derivatives, including futures contracts and other strategic transactions, to seek to earn income, facilitate portfolio management and mitigate risks. Participation in derivatives markets transactions involves investment risks and transaction costs to which the Fund would not be subject absent the use of these strategies (other than its covered call writing strategy and put option writing strategy). If the Sub-Adviser (Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC or GPIM) is incorrect about its expectations of market conditions, the use of derivatives could also result in a loss, which in some cases may be unlimited.
Interest Rate Risk. Fixed-income and other debt instruments are subject to the possibility that interest rates could change (or are expected to change). Changes in interest rates, including changes in reference rates used in fixed-income and other debt instruments (such as the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”)) may adversely affect the Fund’s investments in these instruments, such as the value or liquidity of, and income generated by, the investments. In addition, changes in interest rates, including rates that fall below zero, can have unpredictable effects on markets and can adversely affect the Fund’s

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yield, income and performance. Generally, when interest rates increase, the values of fixed-income and other debt instruments decline, and when interest rates decrease, the values of fixed-income and other debt instruments rise. In response to the crisis initially caused by the outbreak of COVID-19, as with other serious economic disruptions, governmental authorities and regulators are enacting significant fiscal and monetary policy changes, including providing direct capital infusions into companies, creating new monetary programs and lowering interest rates considerably. These actions present heightened risks to fixed-income and debt instruments, and such risks could be even further heightened if these actions are unexpectedly or suddenly reversed or are ineffective in achieving their desired outcomes. In light of these actions and current conditions, interest rates and bond yields in the United States and many other countries are at or near historic lows, and in some cases, such rates and yields are negative. The current very low or negative interest rates are magnifying the Fund’s susceptibility to interest rate risk and diminishing yield and performance.
Investment in Loans Risk. The Fund may invest in loans directly or indirectly through assignments or participations. Investments in loans, including loan syndicates and other direct lending opportunities, involve special types of risks, including credit risk, interest rate risk, counterparty risk, prepayment risk and extension risk, which are heightened under current conditions. Loans may offer a fixed or floating interest rate. Loans are often below investment grade and may be unrated. The Fund’s investments in loans can also be difficult to value accurately and may be more susceptible to liquidity risk than fixed-income instruments of similar credit quality and/or maturity. Participations in loans may subject the Fund to the credit risk of both the borrower and the seller of the participation and may make enforcement of loan covenants, if any, more difficult for the Fund as legal action may have to go through the seller of the participation (or an agent acting on its behalf). Covenants contained in loan documentation are intended to protect lenders and investors by imposing certain restrictions and other limitations on a borrower’s operations or assets and by providing certain information and consent rights to lenders. The Fund invests in or is exposed to loans and other similar debt obligations that are sometimes referred to as “covenant-lite” loans or obligations, which are generally subject to more risk than investments that contain traditional financial maintenance covenants and financial reporting requirements. The terms of many loans and other instruments are tied to the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), which functions as a reference rate or benchmark. It is anticipated that LIBOR will ultimately be discontinued, which may cause increased volatility and illiquidity in the markets for instruments with terms tied to LIBOR or other adverse consequences, such as decreased yields and reduction in value, for these instruments. These events may adversely affect the Fund and its investments in such instruments.
Senior Loans Risk. The Fund may invest in senior secured floating rate loans made to corporations and other non-governmental entities and issuers (“Senior Loans”). Senior Loans typically hold the most senior position in the capital structure of the issuing entity, are typically secured with specific collateral and typically have a claim on the assets and/or stock of the borrower that is senior to that held by subordinated debt holders and stockholders of the borrower. The Fund’s investments in Senior Loans are generally rated below investment grade or unrated but believed by the Adviser to be of below investment grade quality and are considered speculative because of the credit risk of their issuers. The

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risks associated with such Senior Loans are similar to the risks of other lower grade securities, although Senior Loans are typically senior and secured in contrast to subordinated and unsecured securities. Senior Loans’ higher standing has historically resulted in generally higher recoveries in the event of a corporate reorganization. In addition, because their interest payments are adjusted for changes in short-term interest rates, investments in Senior Loans generally have less interest rate risk than other lower grade securities, which may have fixed interest rates.
Second Lien Loans Risk. The Fund may invest in “second lien” secured floating rate loans made to public and private corporations and other non-governmental entities and issuers for a variety of purposes (“Second Lien Loans”). Second Lien Loans are generally subject to similar risks associated with investment in Senior Loans and other lower grade debt securities. However, Second Lien Loans are second in right of payment to Senior Loans and therefore are subject to the additional risk that the cash flow of the borrower and any property securing the Loan may be insufficient to meet scheduled payments and repayment of principal after giving effect to the senior secured obligations of the borrower. Second Lien Loans are expected to have greater price volatility and exposure to losses upon default than Senior Loans and may be less liquid.
Subordinated Secured Loans Risk. Subordinated secured loans generally are subject to similar risks as those associated with investment in Senior Loans, Second Lien Loans and below investment grade securities. However, such loans may rank lower in right of payment than any outstanding Senior Loans, Second Lien Loans or other debt instruments with higher priority of the borrower and therefore are subject to additional risk that the cash flow of the borrower and any property securing the loan may be insufficient to meet scheduled payments and repayment of principal in the event of default or bankruptcy after giving effect to the higher ranking secured obligations of the borrower. Subordinated secured loans are expected to have greater price volatility than Senior Loans and Second Lien Loans and may be less liquid.
Unsecured Loans Risk. Unsecured loans generally are subject to similar risks as those associated with investment in Senior Loans, Second Lien Loans, subordinated secured loans and below investment grade securities. However, because unsecured loans have lower priority in right of payment to any higher ranking obligations of the borrower and are not backed by a security interest in any specific collateral, they are subject to additional risk that the cash flow of the borrower and available assets may be insufficient to meet scheduled payments and repayment of principal after giving effect to any higher ranking obligations of the borrower. Unsecured loans are expected to have greater price volatility than Senior Loans, Second Lien Loans and subordinated secured loans and may be less liquid.
Leverage Risk. The Fund’s use of leverage, through borrowings or instruments such as derivatives, causes the Fund to be more volatile and riskier than if it had not been leveraged. Although the use of leverage by the Fund may create an opportunity for increased return, it also results in additional risks and can magnify the effect of any losses. The effect of leverage in a declining market is likely to cause a greater decline in the net asset value of the Fund than if the Fund were not leveraged, which may result in a greater decline in the market price of the Fund shares. There can be no assurance that a leveraging strategy will be implemented or that it will be successful during any period during which it is employed.

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November 30, 2020 
 
Recent economic and market events have contributed to severe market volatility and caused severe liquidity strains in the credit markets. If dislocations in the credit markets continue, the Fund’s leverage costs may increase and there is a risk that the Fund may not be able to renew or replace existing leverage on favorable terms or at all. If the cost of leverage is no longer favorable, or if the Fund is otherwise required to reduce its leverage, the Fund may not be able to maintain distributions at historical levels and common shareholders will bear any costs associated with selling portfolio securities. The Fund’s total leverage may vary significantly over time. To the extent the Fund increases its amount of leverage outstanding, it will be more exposed to these risks.
Management Risk. The Fund is actively managed, which means that investment decisions are made based on investment views. There is no guarantee that the investment views will produce the desired results or expected returns, causing the Fund to fail to meet its investment objective or underperform its benchmark index or funds with similar investment objectives and strategies.
Market Risk. The value of, or income generated by, the investments held by the Fund are subject to the possibility of rapid and unpredictable fluctuation. The value of certain investments (e.g., equity securities) tends to fluctuate more dramatically over the shorter term than do the value of other asset classes. These movements may result from factors affecting individual companies, or from broader influences, including real or perceived changes in prevailing interest rates, changes in inflation or expectations about inflation, investor confidence or economic, political, social or financial market conditions, environmental disasters, governmental actions, public health emergencies (such as the spread of infectious diseases, pandemics and epidemics) and other similar events, each of which may be temporary or last for extended periods. For example, the crisis initially caused by the outbreak of COVID-19 is causing materially reduced consumer demand and economic output, disrupting supply chains, resulting in market closures, travel restrictions and quarantines, and adversely impacting local and global economies. As with other serious economic disruptions, governmental authorities and regulators are responding to this crisis with significant fiscal and monetary policy changes, which could further increase volatility in securities and other financial markets, reduce market liquidity, heighten investor uncertainty and adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investments and the performance of the Fund. Administrative changes, policy reform and/or changes in law or governmental regulations can result in expropriation or nationalization of the investments of a company in which the Fund invests.
Options Risk. The ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objective is partially dependent on the successful implementation of its covered call and put option strategies. The Fund may write call options on individual securities, securities indices, exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) and baskets of securities. The buyer of an option acquires the right to buy (a call option) or sell (a put option) a certain quantity of a security (the underlying security) or instrument, at a certain price up to a specified point in time or on expiration, depending on the terms. The seller or writer of an option is obligated to sell (a call option) or buy (a put option) the underlying instrument. A call option is “covered” if the Fund owns the security underlying the call or has an absolute right to acquire the security without additional cash consideration (or, if additional cash consideration is required, cash or cash equivalents in such amount are segregated by the Fund’s custodian). As a seller of covered call options, the Fund faces the risk that it will forgo the opportunity to profit from increases in the market value of the security covering the call option during

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an option’s life. As the Fund writes covered calls over more of its portfolio, its ability to benefit from capital appreciation becomes more limited. The Fund may also sell call options on an “uncovered” basis. A call option is “uncovered” if the Fund does not own the instrument underlying the call and does not have an absolute right to acquire the security without additional cash consideration. Writing uncovered call options may subject the Fund to additional risks than writing covered call options. The Fund may also write covered put options. A put option is “covered” if the fund segregates cash or cash equivalents in an amount equal to the exercise price with the Fund’s custodian. As a seller of covered put options, the Fund bears the risk of loss if the value of the underlying instrument declines below the exercise price minus the put premium.
Prepayment Risk. Certain debt instruments, including loans and mortgage- and other asset-backed securities, are subject to the risk that payments on principal may occur more quickly or earlier than expected. In this event, the Fund might be forced to forego future interest income on the principal repaid early and to reinvest income or proceeds at generally lower interest rates, thus reducing the Fund’s yield. These types of instruments are particularly subject to prepayment risk, and offer less potential for gains, during periods of declining interest rates.
Structured Finance Investments Risk. The Fund’s structured finance investments may consist of residential mortgage-backed securities (“RMBS”) and commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”) issued by governmental entities and private issuers, asset-backed securities (“ABS”), structured notes, credit-linked notes and other types of structured finance securities. Holders of structured finance investments bear risks of the underlying investments, index or reference obligation and are subject to counterparty risk. The Fund may have the right to receive payments only from the structured product, and generally does not have direct rights against the issuer or the entity that sold the assets to be securitized. The Fund may invest in structured finance products collateralized by low grade or defaulted loans or securities. Investments in such structured finance products are subject to the risks associated with below investment grade securities. Such securities are characterized by high risk. It is likely that an economic recession could severely disrupt the market for such securities and may have an adverse impact on the value of such securities. Structured finance securities are typically privately offered and sold, and thus are not registered under the securities laws. As a result, investments in structured finance securities may be characterized by the Fund as illiquid securities; however, an active dealer market may exist which would allow such securities to be considered liquid in some circumstances.
Mortgage-Backed Securities (“MBS”) Risk. MBS represent an interest in a pool of mortgages. The risks associated with MBS include: (1) credit risk associated with the performance of the underlying mortgage properties and of the borrowers owning these properties; (2) risks associated with their structure and execution (including the collateral, the process by which principal and interest payments are allocated and distributed to investors and how credit losses affect the return to investors in such MBS); (3) risks associated with the servicer of the underlying mortgages; (4) adverse changes in economic conditions and circumstances, which are more likely to have an adverse impact on MBS secured by loans on certain types of commercial properties than on those secured by loans on residential properties; (5) prepayment risk, which can lead to significant fluctuations in the value of the MBS; (6) loss of all or part

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November 30, 2020 
 
of the premium, if any, paid; and (7) decline in the market value of the security, whether resulting from changes in interest rates, prepayments on the underlying mortgage collateral or perceptions of the credit risk associated with the underlying mortgage collateral.
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities Risk. CMBS are subject to particular risks, including lack of standardized terms, shorter maturities than residential mortgage loans and providing for payment of all or substantially all of the principal only at maturity rather than regular amortization of principal. In addition, commercial lending generally is viewed as exposing the lender to a greater risk of loss than residential lending. Economic downturns and other events that limit the activities of and demand for commercial retail and office spaces (such as the current crisis) adversely impact the value of such securities.
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Risk. Credit-related risk on RMBS arises from losses due to delinquencies and defaults by the borrowers in payments on the underlying mortgage loans and breaches by originators and servicers of their obligations under the underlying documentation pursuant to which the RMBS are issued. The rate of delinquencies and defaults on residential mortgage loans and the aggregate amount of the resulting losses will be affected by a number of factors, including general economic conditions, particularly those in the area where the related mortgaged property is located, the level of the borrower’s equity in the mortgaged property and the individual financial circumstances of the borrower. These risks are elevated given the current distressed economic, market, public health and labor conditions, notably, increased levels of unemployment, delays and delinquencies in payments of mortgage and rent obligations, and uncertainty regarding the effects and extent of government intervention with respect to mortgage payments and other economic matters.
Asset-Backed Securities Risk. ABS may be particularly sensitive to changes in prevailing interest rates. ABS involve certain risks in addition to those presented by MBS. ABS do not have the benefit of the same security interest in the underlying collateral as MBS and are more dependent on the borrower’s ability to pay and may provide the Fund with a less effective security interest in the related collateral than do MBS. There is the possibility that recoveries on the underlying collateral may not, in some cases, be available to support payments on these securities. The collateral underlying ABS may constitute assets related to a wide range of industries and sectors, such as credit card and automobile receivables or other assets derived from consumer, commercial or corporate sectors. If the economy of the United States deteriorates, defaults on securities backed by credit card, automobile and other receivables may increase, which may adversely affect the value of any ABS owned by the Fund. In addition, these securities may provide the Fund with a less effective security interest in the related collateral than do mortgage-related securities. Therefore, there is the possibility that recoveries on the underlying collateral may not, in some cases, be available to support payments on these securities. ABS collateralized by other types of assets are subject to risks associated with the underlying collateral. These risks are elevated given the currently distressed economic, market, labor and public health conditions.

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November 30, 2020 
 
CLO, CDO and CBO Risk. In addition to the general risks associated with debt securities discussed herein, collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”), collateralized debt obligations (“CDOs”), and collateralized bond obligations (“CBOs”) are subject to additional risks. CLOs, CDOs and CBOs are subject to risks associated with the possibility that distributions from collateral securities will not be adequate to make interest or other payments; the quality of the collateral may decline in value or default; and the complex structure of the security may not be fully understood at the time of investment and may produce disputes with the issuer or unexpected investment results.
Valuation Risk. The Fund may invest without limitation in unregistered securities, restricted securities and securities for which there is no readily available trading market. It may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell a particular investment at the price at which it has been valued by the Fund for purposes of the Fund’s net asset value, causing the Fund to be unable to realize what the Fund believes should be the price of the investment. Valuation of portfolio investments may be difficult, such as during periods of market turmoil or reduced liquidity, and for investments that may, for example, trade infrequently or irregularly. In these and other circumstances, an investment may be valued using fair value methodologies, which are inherently subjective, reflect good faith judgments based on available information and may not accurately estimate the price at which the Fund could sell the investment at that time. Based on its investment strategies, a significant portion of the Fund’s investments can be difficult to value and thus particularly prone to the foregoing risks.
In addition to the foregoing risks, investors should note that the Fund reserves the right to merge or reorganize with another fund, liquidate or convert into an open-end fund, in each case subject to applicable approvals by shareholders and the Fund’s Board of Trustees as required by law and the Fund’s governing documents.
This material is not intended as a recommendation or as investment advice of any kind, including in connection with rollovers, transfers, and distributions. Such material is not provided in a fiduciary capacity, may not be relied upon for or in connection with the making of investment decisions, and does not constitute a solicitation of an offer to buy or sell securities. All content has been provided for informational or educational purposes only and is not intended to be and should not be construed as legal or tax advice and/or a legal opinion. Always consult a financial, tax and/or legal professional regarding your specific situation.

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FUND SUMMARY (Unaudited) 
November 30, 2020 
 
   
Fund Statistics 
 
Share Price 
$19.10 
Net Asset Value 
$18.59 
Premium to NAV 
2.74% 
Net Assets ($000) 
$172,426 
 
           
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS 
 
 
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED NOVEMBER 30, 2020 
 
 
Six month 
 
 
 
Since 
 
(non- 
One 
Three 
Five 
Inception 
 
annualized) 
Year 
Year 
Year 
(06/26/13) 
Guggenheim Credit Allocation Fund 
 
 
 
 
 
NAV 
19.31% 
10.73% 
5.15% 
9.03% 
6.82% 
Market 
21.50% 
7.17% 
6.93% 
11.54% 
6.65% 
 
Performance data quoted represents past performance, which is no guarantee of future results and current performance may be lower or higher than the figures shown. All NAV returns include the deduction of management fees, operating expenses and all other Fund expenses. The deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares is not reflected in the total returns. For the most recent month-end performance figures, please visit guggenheiminvestments.com/ggm. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate with changes in market conditions and other factors so that an investor’s shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

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November 30, 2020 

   
Portfolio Breakdown 
 
% of Net Assets
 
Investments 
     
Corporate Bonds 
   
101.3
%
Senior Floating Rate Interests 
   
41.0
%
Preferred Stocks 
   
1.9
%
Common Stocks 
   
1.5
%
Asset-Backed Securities 
   
1.4
%
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations 
   
0.5
%
Money Market Fund 
   
0.2
%
Total Investments 
   
147.8
%
Other Assets & Liabilities, net 
   
(47.8
%)
Net Assets 
   
100.0
%
       
Ten Largest Holdings 
 
% of Net Assets
 
Teneo Holdings LLC, 6.25% 
   
3.3
%
Beverages & More, Inc., 11.50% 
   
2.8
%
KeHE Distributors LLC / KeHE Finance Corp., 8.63% 
   
2.5
%
NES Global Talent, 6.50% 
   
2.4
%
Hunt Companies, Inc., 6.25% 
   
2.2
%
FAGE International S.A. / FAGE USA Dairy Industry, Inc., 5.63% 
   
2.1
%
AmWINS Group, Inc., 7.75% 
   
2.0
%
Cengage Learning, Inc., 9.50% 
   
1.9
%
Barclays plc, 7.75% 
   
1.9
%
Accuride Corp., 6.25% 
   
1.8
%
Top Ten Total 
   
22.9
%
 
“Ten Largest Holdings” excludes any temporary cash or derivative investments.
Portfolio breakdown and holdings are subject to change daily. For more information, please visit guggenheiminvestments.com/ggm. The above summaries are provided for informational purposes only and should not be viewed as recommendations. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

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FUND SUMMARY (Unaudited) continued 
November 30, 2020 

   
   
Portfolio Composition by Quality Rating1 
     
   
 
 
% of Total
 
Rating 
 
Investments
 
Investments 
     
AA 
   
0.1
%
   
0.2
%
BBB 
   
8.9
%
BB 
   
31.2
%
   
37.7
%
CCC 
   
16.2
%
CC 
   
0.0
%*
NR2 
   
3.2
%
Other Instruments 
   
2.5
%
Total Investments 
   
100.0
%
 
 
1
Source: BlackRock Solutions. Credit quality ratings are measured on a scale that generally ranges from AAA (highest) to D (lowest). All securities have been rated by Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”), or Fitch, each of which is a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization (“NRSRO”). For purposes of this presentation, when ratings are available from more than one agency, the highest rating is used. Guggenheim Investments has converted Moody’s and Fitch ratings to the equivalent S&P rating. Security ratings are determined at the time of purchase and may change thereafter.
2 
NR (not rated) securities do not necessarily indicate low credit quality.
Less than 0.1%.
 

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All or a portion of the above distributions may be characterized as a return of capital. For the calendar year ended December 31, 2020, 66% of the distributions were characterized as ordinary income and 34% of the distributions were characterized as return of capital. The final determination of the tax character of the distributions paid by the Fund in 2020 will be reported to shareholders in January 2021.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) 
November 30, 2020 

 
 
 
 
Shares 
Value 
COMMON STOCKS– 1.5% 
 
 
Utilities – 0.9% 
 
 
TexGen Power LLC††† 
46,457 
$ 1,556,310 
Consumer, Non-cyclical – 0.4% 
 
 
ATD New Holdings, Inc.*,†† 
24,428 
427,490 
Chef Holdings, Inc.*,††† 
3,007 
256,348 
Targus Group International Equity, Inc.*,†††,1 
32,060 
65,746 
Save-A-Lot*,††† 
24,751 
– 
Total Consumer, Non-cyclical 
 
749,584 
 
Energy – 0.2% 
 
 
Summit Midstream Partners, LP* 
16,582 
249,393 
Legacy Reserves, Inc.*,††† 
2,359 
2,359 
Total Energy 
 
251,752 
 
Technology – 0.0% 
 
 
Qlik Technologies, Inc. – Class A*,††† 
56 
71,072 
Qlik Technologies, Inc. – Class B*,††† 
13,812 
– 
Total Technology 
 
71,072 
 
Industrial – 0.0% 
 
 
BP Holdco LLC*,†††,1 
65,965 
23,258 
Vector Phoenix Holdings, LP*,††† 
65,965 
5,929 
Total Industrial 
 
29,187 
 
Financials – 0.0% 
 
 
Sparta Systems*,††† 
1,922 
– 
Total Common Stocks 
 
 
(Cost $3,749,131) 
 
2,657,905 
 
PREFERRED STOCKS– 1.9% 
 
 
Financial – 1.9% 
 
 
American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. 
 
 
5.95%†† 
46,000 
1,189,100 
Bank of America Corp. 
 
 
4.38%* 
35,000 
907,900 
First Republic Bank 
 
 
4.13%†† 
30,000 
762,600 
Assurant, Inc. 
 
 
5.25% due 01/15/61* 
18,000 
490,500 
Total Financial 
 
3,350,100 
Total Preferred Stocks 
 
 
(Cost $3,225,000) 
 
3,350,100 
 
MONEY MARKET FUND– 0.2% 
 
 
Dreyfus Treasury Securities Cash Management Fund — Institutional 
 
 
Shares, 0.01%2 
280,021 
280,021 
Total Money Market Fund 
 
 
(Cost $280,021) 
 
280,021 


See notes to financial statements. 

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November 30, 2020 

 
 
 
 
Face 
 
 
Amount~ 
Value 
CORPORATE BONDS†† – 101.3% 
 
 
Consumer, Non-cyclical – 20.2% 
 
 
Beverages & More, Inc. 
 
 
11.50% due 06/15/223,5 
4,695,000 
$ 4,833,502 
KeHE Distributors LLC / KeHE Finance Corp. 
 
 
8.63% due 10/15/264 
4,000,000 
4,380,000 
Kraft Heinz Foods Co. 
 
 
5.00% due 06/04/425 
1,725,000 
1,976,716 
4.38% due 06/01/465 
750,000 
800,960 
4.88% due 10/01/494,5 
600,000 
676,748 
5.20% due 07/15/45 
150,000 
177,053 
FAGE International S.A. / FAGE USA Dairy Industry, Inc. 
 
 
5.63% due 08/15/264,5 
3,500,000 
3,552,500 
Vector Group Ltd. 
 
 
6.13% due 02/01/254,5 
3,050,000 
3,088,125 
Sabre GLBL, Inc. 
 
 
7.38% due 09/01/254,5 
1,500,000 
1,616,250 
9.25% due 04/15/254 
650,000 
760,175 
Nathan's Famous, Inc. 
 
 
6.63% due 11/01/254 
1,600,000 
1,636,000 
Nielsen Finance LLC / Nielsen Finance Co. 
 
 
5.88% due 10/01/304,5 
1,350,000 
1,483,312 
5.00% due 04/15/224 
45,000 
45,000 
Par Pharmaceutical, Inc. 
 
 
7.50% due 04/01/274,5 
1,340,000 
1,447,200 
AMN Healthcare, Inc. 
 
 
4.63% due 10/01/274,5 
725,000 
757,625 
4.00% due 04/15/294 
575,000 
588,656 
Cheplapharm Arzneimittel GmbH 
 
 
5.50% due 01/15/284 
1,250,000 
1,292,438 
Carriage Services, Inc. 
 
 
6.63% due 06/01/264,5 
1,160,000 
1,227,489 
Sotheby’s 
 
 
7.38% due 10/15/274,5 
1,125,000 
1,181,250 
US Foods, Inc. 
 
 
6.25% due 04/15/254,5 
1,050,000 
1,116,722 
Tenet Healthcare Corp. 
 
 
7.50% due 04/01/254,5 
650,000 
711,480 
Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. 
 
 
5.00% due 04/15/294 
525,000 
553,219 
Central Garden & Pet Co. 
 
 
4.13% due 10/15/30 
450,000 
473,929 
Endo Dac / Endo Finance LLC / Endo Finco, Inc. 
 
 
9.50% due 07/31/274 
181,000 
199,173 
6.00% due 06/30/284 
228,000 
180,120 
Total Consumer, Non-cyclical 
 
34,755,642 
 
See notes to financial statements.

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November 30, 2020 

 
 
 
 
Face 
 
 
Amount~ 
Value 
CORPORATE BONDS†† – 101.3% (continued) 
 
 
Consumer, Cyclical – 16.9% 
 
 
LBC Tank Terminals Holding Netherlands BV 
 
 
6.88% due 05/15/234,5 
2,950,000 
$ 2,950,000 
Suburban Propane Partners Limited Partnership/Suburban Energy Finance Corp. 
 
 
5.88% due 03/01/275 
2,600,000 
2,697,500 
JB Poindexter & Company, Inc. 
 
 
7.13% due 04/15/264,5 
1,775,000 
1,883,719 
Boyd Gaming Corp. 
 
 
8.63% due 06/01/254,5 
1,500,000 
1,666,410 
Delta Air Lines, Inc. 
 
 
7.00% due 05/01/254,5 
1,400,000 
1,599,428 
1011778 BC ULC / New Red Finance, Inc. 
 
 
4.00% due 10/15/304,5 
725,000 
722,281 
3.50% due 02/15/294 
700,000 
699,125 
Titan International, Inc. 
 
 
6.50% due 11/30/23 
1,475,000 
1,349,625 
Hilton Domestic Operating Company, Inc. 
 
 
4.00% due 05/01/314 
1,275,000 
1,338,750 
Wabash National Corp. 
 
 
5.50% due 10/01/254,5 
1,250,000 
1,275,000 
Boyne USA, Inc. 
 
 
7.25% due 05/01/254 
1,200,000 
1,265,586 
Clarios Global, LP 
 
 
6.75% due 05/15/254,5 
1,100,000 
1,183,193 
Clarios Global Limited Partnership / Clarios US Finance Co. 
 
 
8.50% due 05/15/274,5 
1,050,000 
1,130,063 
Wolverine World Wide, Inc. 
 
 
6.38% due 05/15/254,5 
1,000,000 
1,060,000 
Aramark Services, Inc. 
 
 
6.38% due 05/01/254,5 
975,000 
1,038,375 
Hanesbrands, Inc. 
 
 
5.38% due 05/15/254,5 
950,000 
1,011,161 
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. 
 
 
6.50% due 05/15/274,5 
800,000 
886,000 
Yum! Brands, Inc. 
 
 
3.63% due 03/15/31 
600,000 
600,000 
7.75% due 04/01/254,5 
250,000 
276,875 
Allison Transmission, Inc. 
 
 
3.75% due 01/30/314 
850,000 
857,437 
Williams Scotsman International, Inc. 
 
 
4.63% due 08/15/284 
650,000 
676,000 
Picasso Finance Sub, Inc. 
 
 
6.13% due 06/15/254 
425,000 
454,750 
Mileage Plus Holdings LLC / Mileage Plus Intellectual Property Assets Ltd. 
 
 
6.50% due 06/20/274,5 
400,000 
433,750 
 
See notes to financial statements.

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November 30, 2020 

 
 
 
 
Face 
 
 
Amount~ 
Value 
CORPORATE BONDS†† – 101.3% (continued) 
 
 
Consumer, Cyclical – 16.9% (continued) 
 
 
CD&R Smokey Buyer, Inc. 
 
 
6.75% due 07/15/254 
400,000 
$ 429,000 
Vail Resorts, Inc. 
 
 
6.25% due 05/15/254 
400,000 
428,000 
Six Flags Theme Parks, Inc. 
 
 
7.00% due 07/01/254 
350,000 
379,426 
Delta Air Lines Inc. / SkyMiles IP Ltd. 
 
 
4.75% due 10/20/284,5 
350,000 
376,590 
Powdr Corp. 
 
 
6.00% due 08/01/254 
300,000 
312,090 
Brookfield Residential Properties, Inc. / Brookfield Residential US Corp. 
 
 
4.88% due 02/15/304 
210,000 
207,505 
Total Consumer, Cyclical 
 
29,187,639 
 
Financial – 16.7% 
 
 
Hunt Companies, Inc. 
 
 
6.25% due 02/15/264,5 
3,725,000 
3,766,906 
AmWINS Group, Inc. 
 
 
7.75% due 07/01/264,5 
3,250,000 
3,510,000 
Barclays plc 
 
 
7.75%5,6,7 
3,000,000 
3,225,000 
NFP Corp. 
 
 
6.88% due 08/15/284,5 
2,500,000 
2,618,750 
Jefferies Finance LLC / JFIN Company-Issuer Corp. 
 
 
6.25% due 06/03/264,5 
2,000,000 
2,106,500 
OneMain Finance Corp. 
 
 
7.13% due 03/15/265 
1,100,000 
1,266,199 
8.88% due 06/01/255 
350,000 
390,250 
6.63% due 01/15/28 
200,000 
230,500 
United Shore Financial Services LLC 
 
 
5.50% due 11/15/254,5 
1,600,000 
1,682,352 
Iron Mountain, Inc. 
 
 
5.63% due 07/15/324 
1,500,000 
1,627,500 
Quicken Loans LLC / Quicken Loans Company-Issuer, Inc. 
 
 
3.88% due 03/01/314,5 
1,500,000 
1,518,750 
Wilton RE Ltd. 
 
 
6.00%4,5,6,7 
1,500,000 
1,505,715 
SLM Corp. 
 
 
4.20% due 10/29/255 
1,150,000 
1,204,625 
Cushman & Wakefield US Borrower LLC 
 
 
6.75% due 05/15/284 
1,100,000 
1,192,125 
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 
 
 
3.70%6,7 
700,000 
713,650 
 
See notes to financial statements.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) continued 
November 30, 2020 

 
 
 
 
Face 
 
 
Amount~ 
Value 
CORPORATE BONDS†† – 101.3% (continued) 
 
 
Financial – 16.7% (continued) 
 
 
LPL Holdings, Inc. 
 
 
4.63% due 11/15/274,5 
400,000 
$ 410,000 
5.75% due 09/15/254 
200,000 
207,004 
HUB International Ltd. 
 
 
7.00% due 05/01/264,5 
550,000 
574,063 
Assurant, Inc. 
 
 
7.00% due 03/27/487 
400,000 
444,000 
Alliant Holdings Intermediate LLC / Alliant Holdings Company-Issuer 
 
 
4.25% due 10/15/274 
375,000 
380,625 
Hampton Roads PPV LLC 
 
 
6.62% due 06/15/534 
250,000 
294,768 
Total Financial 
 
28,869,282 
 
Industrial – 15.5% 
 
 
New Enterprise Stone & Lime Company, Inc. 
 
 
9.75% due 07/15/284 
2,692,000 
2,934,280 
6.25% due 03/15/264,5 
1,125,000 
1,160,156 
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp. 
 
 
8.00% due 05/15/225 
2,700,000 
2,767,500 
Cleaver-Brooks, Inc. 
 
 
7.88% due 03/01/234,5 
2,553,000 
2,527,470 
Grinding Media Inc. / MC Grinding Media Canada Inc. 
 
 
7.38% due 12/15/234,5 
2,294,000 
2,335,108 
Howmet Aerospace, Inc. 
 
 
6.88% due 05/01/255 
1,500,000 
1,747,050 
5.95% due 02/01/375 
375,000 
441,525 
Harsco Corp. 
 
 
5.75% due 07/31/274,5 
1,999,000 
2,113,983 
PowerTeam Services LLC 
 
 
9.03% due 12/04/254,5 
1,825,000 
2,002,938 
TransDigm, Inc. 
 
 
8.00% due 12/15/254,5 
1,750,000 
1,911,875 
Signature Aviation US Holdings, Inc. 
 
 
4.00% due 03/01/284,5 
1,250,000 
1,252,025 
Standard Industries, Inc. 
 
 
3.38% due 01/15/314,5 
1,100,000 
1,104,125 
Hillman Group, Inc. 
 
 
6.38% due 07/15/224,5 
1,050,000 
1,042,073 
JELD-WEN, Inc. 
 
 
6.25% due 05/15/254 
800,000 
862,000 
Mauser Packaging Solutions Holding Co. 
 
 
8.50% due 04/15/244 
750,000 
783,750 
Amsted Industries, Inc. 
 
 
4.63% due 05/15/304,5 
700,000 
742,791 
 
See notes to financial statements.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) continued 
November 30, 2020 

 
 
 
 
Face 
 
 
Amount~ 
Value 
CORPORATE BONDS†† – 101.3% (continued) 
 
 
Industrial – 15.5% (continued) 
 
 
EnerSys 
 
 
4.38% due 12/15/274,5 
325,000 
$ 344,398 
Summit Materials LLC / Summit Materials Finance Corp. 
 
 
5.25% due 01/15/294 
325,000 
338,813 
Princess Juliana International Airport Operating Company N.V. 
 
 
5.50% due 12/20/273,5 
292,346 
264,386 
Total Industrial 
 
26,676,246 
 
Communications – 14.4% 
 
 
Cengage Learning, Inc. 
 
 
9.50% due 06/15/244,5 
3,560,000 
3,301,900 
Altice France S.A. 
 
 
8.13% due 02/01/274,5 
1,300,000 
1,433,250 
7.38% due 05/01/264,5 
1,000,000 
1,050,000 
5.13% due 01/15/294,5 
775,000 
801,149 
EIG Investors Corp. 
 
 
10.88% due 02/01/245 
3,041,000 
3,164,160 
McGraw-Hill Global Education Holdings LLC / McGraw-Hill Global Education Finance 
 
 
7.88% due 05/15/244,5 
3,192,000 
2,849,530 
CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp. 
 
 
4.50% due 05/01/324,5 
1,750,000 
1,849,575 
4.25% due 02/01/314 
275,000 
285,285 
LCPR Senior Secured Financing DAC 
 
 
6.75% due 10/15/274,5 
1,600,000 
1,739,360 
Level 3 Financing, Inc. 
 
 
3.63% due 01/15/294,5 
1,500,000 
1,501,845 
Virgin Media Secured Finance plc 
 
 
4.50% due 08/15/304 
1,200,000 
1,260,000 
Vmed O2 UK Financing I plc 
 
 
4.25% due 01/31/314 
1,225,000 
1,257,156 
CSC Holdings LLC 
 
 
4.63% due 12/01/304,5 
1,125,000 
1,151,663 
QualityTech Limited Partnership / QTS Finance Corp. 
 
 
3.88% due 10/01/284 
850,000 
862,750 
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishers, Inc. 
 
 
9.00% due 02/15/254,5 
800,000 
792,000 
Radiate Holdco LLC / Radiate Finance, Inc. 
 
 
4.50% due 09/15/264 
650,000 
675,967 
T-Mobile USA, Inc. 
 
 
3.30% due 02/15/514,5 
625,000 
654,825 
TripAdvisor, Inc. 
 
 
7.00% due 07/15/254 
225,000 
241,875 
Total Communications 
 
24,872,290 
 
See notes to financial statements.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) continued 
November 30, 2020 

 
 
 
 
Face 
 
 
Amount~ 
Value 
CORPORATE BONDS†† – 101.3% (continued) 
 
 
Energy – 6.9% 
 
 
NuStar Logistics, LP 
 
 
6.38% due 10/01/305 
2,025,000 
$ 2,197,125 
6.00% due 06/01/26 
125,000 
131,563 
American Midstream Partners Limited Partnership / American Midstream Finance Corp. 
 
 
9.50% due 12/15/214,5 
2,265,000 
2,253,675 
Indigo Natural Resources LLC 
 
 
6.88% due 02/15/264,5 
1,815,000 
1,833,150 
Global Partners Limited Partnership / GLP Finance Corp. 
 
 
7.00% due 08/01/275 
775,000 
827,839 
6.88% due 01/15/294 
275,000 
293,934 
Exterran Energy Solutions Limited Partnership / EES Finance Corp. 
 
 
8.13% due 05/01/255 
1,350,000 
1,100,534 
Comstock Resources, Inc. 
 
 
7.50% due 05/15/254 
970,000 
967,575 
CVR Energy, Inc. 
 
 
5.75% due 02/15/284,5 
900,000 
753,750 
Parkland Corp. 
 
 
6.00% due 04/01/264 
450,000 
474,057 
Rattler Midstream, LP 
 
 
5.63% due 07/15/254,5 
400,000 
422,250 
Unit Corp. 
 
 
due 05/15/21†††,8 
2,828,000 
339,360 
Viper Energy Partners, LP 
 
 
5.38% due 11/01/274 
200,000 
211,574 
Basic Energy Services, Inc. 
 
 
due 10/15/233,8 
575,000 
110,687 
Total Energy 
 
11,917,073 
 
Basic Materials – 6.5% 
 
 
Carpenter Technology Corp. 
 
 
6.38% due 07/15/285 
1,700,000 
1,852,100 
4.45% due 03/01/23 
400,000 
412,000 
United States Steel Corp. 
 
 
12.00% due 06/01/254 
1,400,000 
1,596,000 
6.88% due 08/15/255 
600,000 
558,750 
Kaiser Aluminum Corp. 
 
 
4.63% due 03/01/284,5 
1,800,000 
1,856,286 
Alcoa Nederland Holding BV 
 
 
6.75% due 09/30/244,5 
1,500,000 
1,554,375 
Arconic Corp. 
 
 
6.00% due 05/15/254,5 
850,000 
914,855 
Illuminate Buyer LLC / Illuminate Holdings IV, Inc. 
 
 
9.00% due 07/01/284 
750,000 
834,375 
Minerals Technologies, Inc. 
 
 
5.00% due 07/01/284 
800,000 
831,832 
 
See notes to financial statements.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) continued 
November 30, 2020 

 
 
 
 
Face 
 
 
Amount~ 
Value 
CORPORATE BONDS†† – 101.3% (continued) 
 
 
Basic Materials – 6.5% (continued) 
 
 
HB Fuller Co. 
 
 
4.25% due 10/15/28 
225,000 
$ 231,188 
Compass Minerals International, Inc. 
 
 
6.75% due 12/01/274,5 
200,000 
220,380 
Clearwater Paper Corp. 
 
 
4.75% due 08/15/284 
200,000 
208,250 
Mirabela Nickel Ltd. 
 
 
due 06/24/193,8 
1,279,819 
63,991 
Total Basic Materials 
 
11,134,382 
 
Technology – 2.7% 
 
 
NCR Corp. 
 
 
5.25% due 10/01/304,5 
1,350,000 
1,425,938 
6.13% due 09/01/294,5 
1,050,000 
1,141,822 
8.13% due 04/15/254 
775,000 
863,156 
Boxer Parent Company, Inc. 
 
 
7.13% due 10/02/254,5 
1,150,000 
1,242,687 
Total Technology 
 
4,673,603 
 
Utilities – 1.5% 
 
 
Terraform Global Operating LLC 
 
 
6.13% due 03/01/264,5 
2,525,000 
2,597,594 
Bruce Mansfield 
 
 
due 08/01/23†††,3,8 
930,000 
465 
Total Utilities 
 
2,598,059 
Total Corporate Bonds 
 
 
(Cost $172,010,443) 
 
174,684,216 
 
SENIOR FLOATING RATE INTERESTS††,10 – 41.0% 
 
 
Consumer, Cyclical – 12.0% 
 
 
NES Global Talent 
 
 
6.50% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 5.50%, Rate Floor: 6.50%) due 05/11/23††† 
4,506,166 
4,078,081 
Alexander Mann 
 
 
5.09% (6 Month GBP LIBOR + 5.00%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 06/16/25 
GBP 1,150,000 
1,375,616 
5.27% (6 Month USD LIBOR + 5.00%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 06/16/25 
1,300,000 
1,153,750 
3.79% (1 Month GBP LIBOR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 3.75%) due 12/16/24††† 
GBP 803,574 
971,935 
Accuride Corp. 
 
 
6.25% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 5.25%, Rate Floor: 6.25%) due 11/17/23 
3,715,646 
3,189,251 
BBB Industries, LLC 
 
 
4.65% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.50%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 08/01/25 
1,768,421 
1,672,042 
SP PF Buyer LLC 
 
 
4.65% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.50%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 12/22/25 
1,511,972 
1,419,636 
EnTrans International, LLC 
 
 
6.15% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 6.00%, Rate Floor: 6.00%) due 11/01/24 
1,342,500 
1,214,963 
 
See notes to financial statements.

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November 30, 2020 

 
 
 
 
Face 
 
 
Amount~ 
Value 
SENIOR FLOATING RATE INTERESTS††,10 – 41.0% (continued) 
 
 
Consumer, Cyclical – 12.0% (continued) 
 
 
CHG Healthcare Services, Inc. 
 
 
4.00% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 3.00%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) due 06/07/23 
893,078 
$ 881,692 
ScribeAmerica Intermediate Holdco LLC (Healthchannels) 
 
 
4.64% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.50%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 04/03/25 
634,240 
594,600 
SHO Holding I Corp. 
 
 
6.25% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 3.00%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) (in-kind rate 
 
 
was 2.25%) due 04/29/24†††,9 
686,400 
514,800 
6.23% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 3.00%, Rate Floor: 3.00%) (in-kind rate 
 
 
was 2.23%) due 04/29/24†††,9 
7,457 
5,593 
Drive Chassis (DCLI) 
 
 
8.47% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 8.25%, Rate Floor: 8.25%) due 04/10/26 
500,000 
491,665 
Playtika Holding Corp. 
 
 
7.00% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 6.00%, Rate Floor: 7.00%) due 12/09/24 
477,665 
479,508 
Midas Intermediate Holdco II LLC 
 
 
3.75% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 2.75%, Rate Floor: 3.75%) due 08/18/21 
494,859 
467,978 
Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc. 
 
 
5.25% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 5.25%) due 04/25/24 
483,750 
390,386 
PT Intermediate Holdings III LLC 
 
 
6.50% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 5.50%, Rate Floor: 6.50%) due 10/15/25 
372,188 
346,134 
American Tire Distributors, Inc. 
 
 
7.00% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 6.00%, Rate Floor: 7.00%) due 09/01/23 
225,417 
212,079 
8.50% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 7.50% and 3 Month USD LIBOR + 7.50%, 
 
 
Rate Floor: 8.50%) due 09/02/24 
147,660 
133,105 
Alterra Mountain Co. 
 
 
due 07/31/26 
300,000 
300,000 
Intrawest Resorts Holdings, Inc. 
 
 
2.90% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 2.75%, Rate Floor: 2.75%) due 07/31/24 
297,704 
288,029 
Blue Nile, Inc. 
 
 
7.50% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 6.50%, Rate Floor: 7.50%) due 02/17/23 
397,813 
278,469 
Sotheby's 
 
 
6.50% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 5.50%, Rate Floor: 6.50%) due 01/15/27 
240,475 
239,373 
Total Consumer, Cyclical 
 
20,698,685 
 
Consumer, Non-cyclical – 7.9% 
 
 
Springs Window Fashions 
 
 
8.65% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 8.50%, Rate Floor: 8.50%) due 06/15/26 
2,900,000 
2,747,750 
Cambrex Corp. 
 
 
6.00% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 5.00%, Rate Floor: 6.00%) due 12/04/26 
1,687,250 
1,687,250 
National Mentor Holdings, Inc. 
 
 
due 03/09/26 
1,600,000 
1,585,152 
Endo Luxembourg Finance Co. 
 
 
5.00% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 04/29/24 
1,385,678 
1,342,375 
Quirch Foods Holdings LLC 
 
 
6.75% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 5.75% and 6 Month USD LIBOR + 5.75%, 
 
 
Rate Floor: 6.75%) due 10/27/27 
1,000,000 
995,000 
 
See notes to financial statements.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) continued 
November 30, 2020 

 
 
 
 
Face 
 
 
Amount~ 
Value 
SENIOR FLOATING RATE INTERESTS††,10 – 41.0% (continued) 
 
 
Consumer, Non-cyclical – 7.9% (continued) 
 
 
HAH Group Holding Co LLC 
 
 
6.00% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 5.00%, Rate Floor: 6.00%) due 10/29/27††† 
980,000 
$ 970,200 
US Foods, Inc. 
 
 
4.25% (6 Month USD LIBOR + 3.25%, Rate Floor: 4.25%) due 04/24/25††† 
987,500 
952,938 
Southern Veterinary Partners LLC 
 
 
5.00% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 10/05/27††† 
878,788 
870,000 
Moran Foods LLC 
 
 
11.75% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 1.00%, Rate Floor: 2.00%) (in-kind rate 
 
 
was 10.75%) due 10/01/24†††,9 
499,798 
434,824 
8.00% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 1.00%, Rate Floor: 2.00%) (in-kind rate 
 
 
was 7.00%) due 04/01/249 
415,238 
414,200 
Blue Ribbon LLC 
 
 
5.00% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00% and 3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%, 
 
 
Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 11/15/21 
850,000 
802,188 
CTI Foods Holding Co. LLC 
 
 
8.00% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) (in-kind rate 
 
 
was 3.00%) due 05/03/24†††,9 
634,676 
596,595 
10.00% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 3.00%, Rate Floor: 4.00%) (in-kind rate 
 
 
was 6.00%) due 05/03/24†††,9 
93,807 
85,364 
Examworks Group, Inc. 
 
 
3.39% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.25%, Rate Floor: 3.25%) due 01/27/23††† 
133,333 
128,813 
Total Consumer, Non-cyclical 
 
13,612,649 
 
Industrial – 7.2% 
 
 
Bhi Investments LLC 
 
 
9.75% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 8.75%, Rate Floor: 9.75%) due 02/28/25††† 
3,000,000 
2,940,000 
NA Rail Hold Co LLC (Patriot) 
 
 
5.47% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 5.25%, Rate Floor: 5.25%) due 10/19/26 
2,490,250 
2,471,573 
YAK MAT (YAK ACCESS LLC) 
 
 
10.22% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 10.00%, Rate Floor: 10.00%) due 07/10/26 
2,425,000 
1,746,000 
Mileage Plus Holdings LLC 
 
 
6.25% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 5.25%, Rate Floor: 6.25%) due 06/21/27 
1,500,000 
1,544,325 
JetBlue Airways Corp. 
 
 
6.25% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 5.25%, Rate Floor: 6.25%) due 06/17/24 
987,500 
1,002,935 
Diversitech Holdings, Inc. 
 
 
8.50% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 7.50%, Rate Floor: 8.50%) due 06/02/25††† 
1,000,000 
980,000 
Pelican Products, Inc. 
 
 
4.50% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 05/01/25 
942,678 
912,041 
Avison Young (Canada), Inc. 
 
 
5.22% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 5.00%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 01/31/26 
593,989 
570,229 
ProAmpac PG Borrower LLC 
 
 
9.50% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 8.50%, Rate Floor: 9.50%) due 11/18/24 
250,000 
248,750 
Total Industrial 
 
12,415,853 
 
See notes to financial statements.

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November 30, 2020 

 
 
 
 
Face 
 
 
Amount~ 
Value 
SENIOR FLOATING RATE INTERESTS††,10 – 41.0% (continued) 
 
 
Financial – 3.6% 
 
 
Teneo Holdings LLC 
 
 
6.25% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 5.25%, Rate Floor: 6.25%) due 07/11/25 
5,810,000 
$ 5,657,487 
Jefferies Finance LLC 
 
 
4.50% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 4.50%) due 09/30/27 
425,000 
421,813 
Citadel Securities, LP 
 
 
2.90% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 2.75%, Rate Floor: 2.75%) due 02/27/26 
99,250 
98,816 
JZ Capital Partners Ltd. 
 
 
6.75% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 5.75%, Rate Floor: 6.75%) due 06/14/21††† 
60,557 
60,557 
Total Financial 
 
6,238,673 
 
Communications – 3.2% 
 
 
Flight Bidco, Inc. 
 
 
7.65% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 7.50%, Rate Floor: 7.50%) due 07/23/26 
2,415,000 
2,161,425 
Cengage Learning Acquisitions, Inc. 
 
 
5.25% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.25%, Rate Floor: 5.25%) due 06/07/23 
1,510,247 
1,401,388 
Nielsen Finance LLC 
 
 
4.75% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 06/04/25 
746,250 
746,623 
Resource Label Group LLC 
 
 
9.50% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 8.50%, Rate Floor: 9.50%) due 11/26/23††† 
850,000 
714,000 
Houghton Mifflin Co. 
 
 
7.25% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 6.25%, Rate Floor: 7.25%) due 11/22/24 
288,750 
272,251 
McGraw-Hill Global Education Holdings LLC 
 
 
5.00% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Rate Floor: 5.00%) due 05/04/22 
277,078 
261,204 
Total Communications 
 
5,556,891 
 
Technology – 3.1% 
 
 
24-7 Intouch, Inc. 
 
 
4.90% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.75%, Rate Floor: 4.75%) due 08/25/25††† 
2,401,000 
2,244,935 
Aspect Software, Inc. 
 
 
6.00% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 5.00%, Rate Floor: 6.00%) due 01/15/24 
1,206,480 
1,154,203 
Solera LLC 
 
 
due 12/02/22††† 
1,000,000 
988,460 
1A Smart Start LLC 
 
 
5.75% (2 Month USD LIBOR + 4.75%, Rate Floor: 5.75%) due 08/19/27 
980,000 
980,000 
Total Technology 
 
5,367,598 
 
Utilities – 1.7% 
 
 
Panda Hummel 
 
 
7.00% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 6.00%, Rate Floor: 7.00%) due 10/27/22 
1,396,429 
1,326,021 
3.90% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Rate Floor: 3.75%) due 04/27/22 
500,000 
471,250 
Panda Stonewall 
 
 
6.50% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 5.50%, Rate Floor: 6.50%) due 11/12/21 
633,433 
578,800 
6.50% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 5.50%, Rate Floor: 6.50%) due 11/13/21 
512,119 
467,948 
Total Utilities 
 
2,844,019 
 
See notes to financial statements.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) continued 
November 30, 2020 

 
 
 
 
Face 
 
 
Amount~ 
Value 
SENIOR FLOATING RATE INTERESTS††,10 – 41.0% (continued) 
 
 
Energy – 1.4% 
 
 
SeaPort Financing LLC 
 
 
5.65% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 5.50%, Rate Floor: 5.50%) due 10/31/25††† 
2,527,715 
$ 2,249,666 
Permian Production Partners LLC 
 
 
due 05/20/248 
1,995,000 
94,763 
Gavilan Resources LLC 
 
 
due 03/01/248 
3,280,000 
20,500 
Total Energy 
 
2,364,929 
 
Basic Materials – 0.9% 
 
 
Barentz Midco BV 
 
 
due 11/25/27 
1,300,000 
1,287,000 
Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC 
 
 
6.25% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 5.25%, Rate Floor: 6.25%) due 08/27/26 
297,000 
296,816 
Total Basic Materials 
 
1,583,816 
Total Senior Floating Rate Interests 
 
 
(Cost $77,563,740) 
 
70,683,113 
 
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES†† – 1.4% 
 
 
Collateralized Loan Obligations – 1.2% 
 
 
Monroe Capital CLO Ltd. 
 
 
2017-1A, 3.82% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 3.60%, Rate Floor: 0.00%) 
 
 
due 10/22/264,10 
1,000,000 
955,296 
FDF I Ltd. 
 
 
2015-1A, 6.88% due 11/12/304,5 
500,000 
487,694 
Treman Park CLO Ltd. 
 
 
2015-1A, due 10/20/284,5,11 
500,000 
375,241 
Dryden 41 Senior Loan Fund 
 
 
2015-41A, due 04/15/314,11 
600,000 
265,807 
Total Collateralized Loan Obligations 
 
2,084,038 
 
Financial – 0.1% 
 
 
NCBJ 
 
 
2015-1A, 5.88% due 07/08/22†††,5 
191,800 
193,363 
 
Transport-Aircraft – 0.1% 
 
 
Turbine Engines Securitization Ltd. 
 
 
2013-1A, 6.38% due 12/13/483,5 
202,396 
121,960 
Total Asset-Backed Securities 
 
 
(Cost $2,626,787) 
 
2,399,361 
 
See notes to financial statements.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) continued 
November 30, 2020 
 
     
 
Face 
 
 
Amount~ 
Value 
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS††† – 0.5% 
 
 
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities – 0.5% 
 
 
FKRT 
 
 
5.47% due 07/03/233 
778,571 
$ 778,571 
Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations 
 
 
(Cost $778,572) 
 
778,571 
Total Investments – 147.8% 
 
 
(Cost $260,233,694) 
 
$ 254,833,287 
Other Assets & Liabilities, net – (47.8)% 
 
(82,407,647) 
Total Net Assets – 100.0% 
 
$ 172,425,640 
 
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts††
             
 
 
 
 
 
Value at 
Unrealized 
 
Contracts 
 
Settlement 
Settlement 
November 30, 
Appreciation 
Counterparty 
to Sell 
Currency 
Date 
Value 
2020 
(Depreciation) 
Barclays Bank plc 
803,000 
GBP 
12/16/20 
$ 1,075,252 
$ 1,070,551 
$ 4,701 
Morgan Stanley 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Capital Services LLC 
1,042,000 
GBP 
12/16/20 
1,380,794 
1,389,183 
(8,389) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$ (3,688) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Value at 
 
 
Contracts 
 
Settlement 
Settlement 
November 30, 
Unrealized 
Counterparty 
to Buy 
Currency 
Date 
Value 
2020 
Depreciation 
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 
84,000 
GBP 
12/16/20 
$ 112,081 
$ 111,988 
$ (93) 
 
 
 
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 6. 
†† 
Value determined based on Level 2 inputs, unless otherwise noted — See Note 6. 
††† 
Value determined based on Level 3 inputs — See Note 6. 
Affiliated issuer. 
Rate indicated is the 7-day yield as of November 30, 2020. 
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 $6,173,562 (cost $8,393,241), or 3.6% of total net assets — See Note 12. 
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 $140,174,522 (cost $134,302,411), or 81.3% of total net assets. 
All or a portion of these securities have been physically segregated in connection with borrowings, reverse repurchase agreements and unfunded loan commitments. As of November 30, 2020, the total value of securities segregated was $103,629,302. 
Perpetual maturity. 
 
See notes to financial statements.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) continued 
November 30, 2020 
 
 
 
Security has a fixed rate coupon which will convert to a floating or variable rate coupon on a future date. 
Security is in default of interest and/or principal obligations. 
Payment-in-kind security. 
10 
Variable rate security. Rate indicated is the rate effective at November 30, 2020. 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. 
11 
Security has no stated coupon. However, it is expected to receive residual cash flow payments on defined deal dates. 
 
 
 
GBP 
British Pound 
LIBOR 
London Interbank Offered Rate 
plc 
Public Limited Company 
PPV 
Public-Private Venture 
 
See Sector Classification in Other Information section.
The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund's investments at November 30, 2020 (See Note 6 in the Notes to Financial Statements):
                         
 
       
Level 2
   
Level 3
       
 
       
Significant
   
Significant
       
 
 
Level 1
   
Observable
   
Unobservable
       
Investments in Securities (Assets) 
 
Quoted Prices
   
Inputs
   
Inputs
   
Total
 
Common Stocks 
 
$
249,393
   
$
427,490
   
$
1,981,022
   
$
2,657,905
 
Preferred Stocks 
   
1,398,400
     
1,951,700
     
     
3,350,100
 
Money Market Fund 
   
280,021
     
     
     
280,021
 
Corporate Bonds 
   
     
174,344,391
     
339,825
     
174,684,216
 
Senior Floating Rate Interests 
   
     
50,896,352
     
19,786,761
     
70,683,113
 
Asset-Backed Securities 
   
     
2,205,998
     
193,363
     
2,399,361
 
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations 
   
     
     
778,571
     
778,571
 
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts** 
   
     
4,701
     
     
4,701
 
Total Assets 
 
$
1,927,814
   
$
229,830,632
   
$
23,079,542
   
$
254,837,988
 
   
 
         
Level 2
   
Level 3
         
 
         
Significant
   
Significant
         
 
 
Level 1
   
Observable
   
Unobservable
         
Investments in Securities (Liabilities) 
 
Quoted Prices
   
Inputs
   
Inputs
   
Total
 
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts** 
 
$
   
$
8,482
   
$
   
$
8,482
 
Unfunded Loan Commitments (Note 11) 
   
     
     
87,385
     
87,385
 
Total Liabilities 
 
$
   
$
8,482
   
$
87,385
   
$
95,867
 
 
** This derivative is reported as unrealized appreciation/depreciation at period end.
See notes to financial statements.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) continued 
November 30, 2020 
 
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 $67,277,341 are categorized as Level 2 within the disclosure hierarchy — See Note 7.
The following is a summary of the significant unobservable inputs used in the fair valuation of assets and liabilities categorized within the Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.
           
 
Ending Balance at 
Valuation 
Unobservable 
Input 
Weighted 
Category 
November 30, 2020 
Technique 
Inputs 
Range 
Average* 
Assets: 
 
 
 
 
 
Asset-Backed Securities 
$ 193,363 
Yield Analysis 
Yield 
3.8% 
— 
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations 
778,571 
Model Price 
Purchase Price 
— 
— 
Common Stocks 
1,556,310 
Third Party Pricing 
Broker Quote 
— 
— 
Common Stocks 
424,712 
Enterprise Value 
Valuation Multiple 
2.9x-15.8x 
9.5x 
Corporate Bonds 
339,360 
Model Price 
Purchase Price 
— 
— 
Corporate Bonds 
465 
Option Adjusted 
Broker Quote 
— 
— 
 
 
Spread off prior 
 
 
 
 
 
month end 
 
 
 
 
 
broker quote 
 
 
 
Senior Floating Rate Interests 
14,015,037 
Third Party Pricing 
Broker Quote 
— 
— 
Senior Floating Rate Interests 
2,940,000 
Model Price 
Market Comparable Yield 
10.7% 
— 
Senior Floating Rate Interests 
2,149,765 
Model Price 
Purchase Price 
— 
— 
Senior Floating Rate Interests 
681,959 
Enterprise Value 
Valuation Multiple 
9.2x 
9.2x 
Total Assets 
$23,079,542 
 
 
 
 
Liabilities: 
 
 
 
 
 
Unfunded Loan Commitments 
$ 87,385 
Model Price 
Purchase Price 
— 
— 
 
* Inputs are weighted by the fair value of the instruments.
Significant changes in a quote, yield, market comparable yield 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.
Transfers 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 November 30, 2020, the Fund had securities with a total value of $3,707,823 transfer into Level 3 from Level 2 due to a lack of observable inputs and had securities with a total value of $8,552,099 transfer into Level 2 from Level 3 due to the availability of current and reliable market-based data provided by a third-party pricing service which utilizes significant observable inputs.
See notes to financial statements.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) continued 
November 30, 2020 
 
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 November 30, 2020:
                                           
 
 
Assets
         
Liabilities
 
 
             
Senior
                         
 
 
Asset-
         
Floating
         
Collateralized
         
Unfunded
 
 
 
Backed
   
Corporate
   
Rate
   
Common
   
Mortgage
   
Total
   
Loan
 
 
 
Securities
   
Bonds
   
Interests
   
Stocks
   
Obligations
   
Assets
   
Commitments
 
Beginning Balance 
 
$
233,134
   
$
916,340
   
$
23,786,484
   
$
1,804,983
   
$
   
$
26,740,941
   
$
(87,630
)
Purchases/(Receipts) 
   
     
     
4,251,731
     
     
2,000,004
     
6,251,735
     
(279,295
)
(Sales, maturities 
                                                       
and paydowns)/ 
                                                       
Fundings 
   
(51,300
)
   
(666,211
)
   
(4,145,494
)
   
     
(1,221,429
)
   
(6,084,434
)
   
172,205
 
Amortization of 
                                                       
premiums/ 
                                                       
discounts 
   
     
2,637
     
105,561
     
     
(4
)
   
108,195
     
 
Total realized 
                                                       
gains (losses) 
                                                       
included in 
                                                       
earnings 
   
     
     
98,041
     
(285,121
)
   
     
(187,080
)
   
(7,888
)
Total change in 
                                                       
unrealized 
                                                       
appreciation 
                                                       
(depreciation) 
                                                       
included in 
                                                       
earnings 
   
11,529
     
(908,640
)
   
1,530,413
     
461,160
     
     
1,094,461
     
115,223
 
Transfers into 
                                                       
Level 3 
   
     
1,260,085
     
2,447,738
     
     
     
3,707,823
     
 
Transfers out 
                                                       
of Level 3 
   
     
(264,386
)
   
(8,287,713
)
   
     
     
(8,552,099
)
   
 
Ending Balance 
 
$
193,363
   
$
339,825
   
$
19,786,761
   
$
1,981,022
   
$
778,571
   
$
23,079,542
   
$
(87,385
)
Net change in 
                                                       
unrealized 
                                                       
appreciation 
                                                       
(depreciation) for 
                                                       
investments in 
                                                       
Level 3 securities 
                                                       
still held at 
                                                       
November 30, 2020 
  $ 11,529    
$
   
$
821,134
   
$
183,537
   
$
   
$
1,016,199
   
$
76,712
 
 
See notes to financial statements.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) continued 
November 30, 2020 
 
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 November 30, 2020, in which the company is an affiliated issuer, were as follows:
                                           
 
                         
Change in
             
 
                   
Realized
   
Unrealized
             
 
 
Value
               
Gain
   
Appreciation
   
Value
   
Shares
 
Security Name 
 
05/31/20
   
Additions
   
Reductions
   
(Loss)
   
(Depreciation)
   
11/30/20
   
11/30/20
 
Common Stock 
                                         
BP Holdco LLC* 
 
$
19,237
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
4,021
   
$
23,258
     
65,965
 
Targus Group 
                                                       
International 
                                                       
Equity, Inc.* 
   
56,995
     
     
     
     
8,751
     
65,746
     
32,060
 
 
 
$
76,232
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
12,772
   
$
89,004
         
 
* Non-income producing security.
See notes to financial statements.

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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (Unaudited) 
November 30, 2020 

   
   
ASSETS: 
     
Investments in unaffiliated issuers, at value (cost $260,199,494) 
 
$
254,744,283
 
Investments in affiliated issuers, at value (cost $34,200) 
   
89,004
 
Cash 
   
76,922
 
Prepaid expenses 
   
16,807
 
Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts 
   
4,701
 
Receivables: 
       
Interest 
   
3,356,719
 
Investments sold 
   
1,095,842
 
Fund shares sold 
   
206,581
 
Dividends 
   
17,106
 
Total assets 
   
259,607,965
 
LIABILITIES: 
       
Reverse repurchase agreements (Note 7) 
   
67,277,341
 
Borrowings (Note 8) 
   
9,750,000
 
Segregated cash due to broker 
   
648,000
 
Unfunded loan commitments, at value (Note 11) 
       
(commitment fees received $209,610) 
   
87,385
 
Interest payable on borrowings 
   
34,211
 
Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts 
   
8,482
 
Payable for: 
       
Investments purchased 
   
9,033,605
 
Investment advisory fees 
   
202,978
 
Offering costs 
   
59,693
 
Professional fees 
   
26,803
 
Printing fees 
   
17,791
 
Trustees’ fees and expenses* 
   
1,559
 
Accrued expenses and other liabilities 
   
34,477
 
Total liabilities 
   
87,182,325
 
NET ASSETS 
 
$
172,425,640
 
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF: 
       
Common stock, $0.01 par value per share; unlimited number 
       
of shares authorized, 9,273,470 shares issued and outstanding 
 
$
92,735
 
Additional paid-in capital 
   
205,262,539
 
Total distributable earnings (loss) 
   
(32,929,634
)
NET ASSETS 
 
$
172,425,640
 
Shares outstanding ($0.01 par value with unlimited amount authorized) 
   
9,273,470
 
Net asset value 
 
$
18.59
 
 
* Relates to Trustees not deemed “interested persons” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act.
See notes to financial statements.

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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited) 
November 30, 2020 
For the Six Months Ended November 30, 2020 
 

       
INVESTMENT INCOME: 
     
Interest from securities of unaffiliated issuers 
 
$
8,336,852
 
Dividends from securities of unaffiliated issuers 
   
48,480
 
Total investment income 
   
8,385,332
 
EXPENSES: 
       
Investment advisory fees 
   
1,086,289
 
Interest expense 
   
380,068
 
Professional fees 
   
168,507
 
Fund accounting fees 
   
39,999
 
Administration fees 
   
29,207
 
Trustees’ fees and expenses* 
   
28,041
 
Printing fees 
   
20,056
 
Custodian fees 
   
14,305
 
Registration and filing fees 
   
13,542
 
Transfer agent fees 
   
9,970
 
Insurance 
   
7,415
 
Miscellaneous 
   
6,109
 
Total expenses 
   
1,803,508
 
Net investment income 
   
6,581,824
 
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS): 
       
Net realized gain (loss) on: 
       
Investments in unaffiliated issuers 
   
(2,344,588
)
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts 
   
(164,950
)
Foreign currency transactions 
   
(10,879
)
Net realized loss 
   
(2,520,417
)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: 
       
Investments in unaffiliated issuers 
   
23,817,864
 
Investments in affiliated issuers 
   
12,772
 
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts 
   
21,635
 
Foreign currency translations 
   
243
 
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) 
   
23,852,514
 
Net realized and unrealized gain 
   
21,332,097
 
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations 
 
$
27,913,921
 
 
* Relates to Trustees not deemed “interested persons” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act.
See notes to financial statements.

GGM l GUGGENHEIM CREDIT ALLOCATION FUND SEMIANNUAL REPORT l 41

 

   
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS 
November 30, 2020 

   
   
 Six Months Ended
       
November 30, 2020
   
Year Ended
 
 
 
(Unaudited)
   
May 31, 2020
 
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS: 
           
Net investment income 
 
$
6,581,824
   
$
13,653,958
 
Net realized loss on investments 
   
(2,520,417
)
   
(6,338,177
)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments 
   
23,852,514
     
(17,387,175
)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations 
   
27,913,921
     
(10,071,394
)
DISTRIBUTIONS: 
               
Distributions to shareholders 
   
(9,818,443
)
   
(13,766,638
)
Return of capital 
   
     
(3,959,624
)
Total distributions 
   
(9,818,443
)
   
(17,726,262
)
SHAREHOLDER TRANSACTIONS: 
               
Proceeds from shares issued through at-the-market offering 
   
9,119,595
     
26,036,988
 
Reinvestments of distributions 
   
265,644
     
489,863
 
Common shares offering costs charged to paid-in-capital 
   
(55,538
)
   
(158,601
)
Net increase in net assets resulting from shareholder transactions 
   
9,329,701
     
26,368,250
 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets 
   
27,425,179
     
(1,429,406
)
NET ASSETS: 
               
Beginning of period 
   
145,000,461
     
146,429,867
 
End of period 
 
$
172,425,640
   
$
145,000,461
 
 
See notes to financial statements.

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STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited) 
November 30, 2020 
For the Six Months Ended November 30, 2020 
 

   
Cash Flows from Operating Activities: 
     
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations 
 
$
27,913,921
 
Adjustments to Reconcile Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations to 
       
Net Cash Used in Operating and Investing Activities: 
       
Net change in unrealized (appreciation) depreciation on investments 
   
(23,830,636
)
Net change in unrealized (appreciation) depreciation on forward foreign currency 
       
exchange contracts 
   
(21,635
)
Net realized loss on investments 
   
2,344,588
 
Purchase of long-term investments 
   
(97,461,155
)
Proceeds from sale of long-term investments 
   
53,592,513
 
Net purchases of short-term investments 
   
(257,096
)
Net accretion of bond discount and amortization of bond premium 
   
(569,286
)
Corporate actions and other payments 
   
30,701
 
Commitment fees received and repayments of unfunded loan commitments 
   
107,091
 
Increase in prepaid expenses 
   
(12,076
)
Increase in interest receivable 
   
(487,532
)
Decrease in investments sold receivable 
   
787,225
 
Decrease in dividends receivable 
   
1,734
 
Decrease in tax reclaims receivable 
   
15,185
 
Increase in investments purchased payable 
   
4,924,544
 
Increase in segregated cash due to broker 
   
89,000
 
Increase in interest payable on borrowings 
   
25,101
 
Increase in investment advisory fees payable 
   
46,864
 
Decrease in professional fees payable 
   
(60,198
)
Decrease in printing fees payable 
   
(12,349
)
Decrease in trustees’ fees and expenses payable* 
   
(520
)
Increase in accrued expenses and other liabilities 
   
13,878
 
Net Cash Used in Operating and Investing Activities 
 
$
(32,820,138
)
Cash Flows From Financing Activities: 
       
Net proceeds from the issuance of common shares 
   
8,938,169
 
Distributions to common shareholders 
   
(9,552,799
)
Proceeds from borrowings 
   
750,000
 
Proceeds from reverse repurchase agreements 
   
108,848,489
 
Payments made on reverse repurchase agreements 
   
(76,224,319
)
Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities 
   
32,759,540
 
Net decrease in cash 
   
(60,598
)
Cash at Beginning of Period 
   
137,520
 
Cash at End of Period 
 
$
76,922
 
Supplemental Disclosure of Non Cash Financing Activity: Cash paid during 
       
the period for interest 
 
$
313,654
 
Supplemental Disclosure of Non Cash Financing Activity: Dividend reinvestment 
 
$
265,644
 
 
* Relates to Trustees not deemed “interested persons” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act.
See notes to financial statements.

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
November 30, 2020 
 
                                     
 
 
Six Months Ended
                               
 
 
November 30, 2020
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
 
 
 
(Unaudited)
    May 31, 2020    
May 31, 2019
   
May 31, 2018
   
May 31, 2017
   
May 31, 2016
 
Per Share Data: 
                                   
Net asset value, beginning of period 
 
$
16.57
   
$
19.76
   
$
21.47
   
$
22.62
   
$
20.53
   
$
23.34
 
Income from investment operations: 
                                               
Net investment income(a) 
   
0.73
     
1.69
     
1.90
     
2.05
     
1.91
     
2.02
 
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized) 
   
2.38
     
(2.70
)
   
(1.43
)
   
(1.02
)
   
2.36
     
(2.65
)
Total from investment operations 
   
3.11
     
(1.01
)
   
0.47
     
1.03
     
4.27
     
(0.63
)
Less distributions from: 
                                               
Net investment income 
   
(1.09
)
   
(1.69
)
   
(1.97
)
   
(2.18
)
   
(2.18
)
   
(2.18
)
Return of capital 
   
     
(0.49
)
   
(0.21
)
   
     
     
 
Total distributions to shareholders 
   
(1.09
)
   
(2.18
)
   
(2.18
)
   
(2.18
)
   
(2.18
)
   
(2.18
)
Net asset value, end of period 
 
$
18.59
   
$
16.57
   
$
19.76
   
$
21.47
   
$
22.62
   
$
20.53
 
Market value, end of period 
 
$
19.10
   
$
16.71
   
$
20.52
   
$
22.70
   
$
23.18
   
$
19.86
 
   
Total Return(b) 
                                               
Net asset value 
   
19.31
%
   
(5.65
)%
   
2.47
%
   
4.68
%
   
21.55
%
   
(2.31
)%
Market value 
   
21.50
%
   
(8.29
)%
   
0.62
%
   
7.99
%
   
28.83
%
   
(4.00
)%
Ratios/Supplemental Data: 
                                               
Net assets, end of period (in thousands) 
 
$
172,426
   
$
145,000
   
$
146,430
   
$
158,234
   
$
158,663
   
$
136,142
 
Ratio to average net assets of: 
                                               
Net investment income, including interest expense 
   
8.28
%(e)
   
9.04
%
   
9.34
%
   
9.24
%
   
8.67
%
   
9.68
%
Total expenses, including interest expense(c) 
   
2.27
%(e)
   
2.24
%
   
2.99
%
   
2.61
%
   
2.52
%
   
2.27
%
Portfolio turnover rate 
   
25
%
   
52
%
   
52
%
   
46
%
   
47
%
   
63
%
 
See notes to financial statements.

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS continued 
November 30, 2020 
 
                                     
 
 
Six Months Ended
                               
 
 
November 30, 2020
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
 
 
 
(Unaudited)
   
May 31, 2020
   
May 31, 2019
   
May 31, 2018
   
May 31, 2017
   
May 31, 2016
 
Senior Indebtedness: 
                                   
Total Borrowings outstanding (in thousands) 
 
$
9,750
   
$
9,000
     
N/A
     
N/A
   
$
4,500
     
N/A
 
Asset Coverage per $1,000 of borrowings(d) 
 
$
18,685
   
$
17,111
     
N/A
     
N/A
   
$
36,258
     
N/A
 
 
   
(a) 
Based on average shares outstanding. 
(b) 
Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of a common share at the beginning of the period and a sale on the last day of the period reported either at net asset value (“NAV”) or market price per share. Dividends and distributions are assumed to be reinvested at NAV for NAV returns or the prices obtained under the Fund’s Dividend Reinvestment Plan for market value returns. Total return does not reflect brokerage commissions. 
(c) 
Excluding interest expense, the annualized operation expense ratios would be 1.79%, 1.60%, 1.77%, 1.75%, 1.88% and 1.82% for the period ended November 30, 2020 and the years ended May 31, 2020, May 31, 2019, May 31, 2018, May 31, 2017 and May 31, 2016, respectively. 
(d) 
Calculated by subtracting the Fund’s total liabilities (not including borrowings) from the Fund’s total assets and dividing by the borrowings. 
(e) 
Annualized. 
 
See notes to financial statements.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) 
November 30, 2020 
 
Note 1 – Organization
Guggenheim Credit Allocation Fund (the “Fund”) was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on June 7, 2012, and commenced investment operations on June 26, 2013. 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 seek total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation.
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.

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November 30, 2020 
 
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.
Open-end investment companies are valued at their net asset value (“NAV”) 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.
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.
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.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) continued 
November 30, 2020 
 
(b) Investment Transactions and Investment Income
Investment transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Realized gains and losses on investments are determined on the identified cost basis. Dividend income is recorded net of applicable withholding taxes on the ex-dividend date and interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Discounts or premiums on debt securities purchased are accreted or amortized to interest income using the effective interest method. Interest income also includes paydown gains and losses on mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, and senior and subordinated loans. Amendment fees are earned as compensation for evaluating and accepting changes to the original loan agreement.
The Fund may receive other income from investments in senior loan interests, including amendment fees, consent fees and commitment fees. For funded loans, these fees are recorded as income when received by the Fund and included in interest income on the Statement of Operations. For unfunded loans, commitment fees are included in realized gain on investments on the Statement of Operations at the end of the commitment period.
Income from residual collateralized loan obligations is recognized using the effective interest method. At the time of purchase, management estimates the future expected cash flows and determines the effective yield and estimated maturity date based on the estimated cash flows. Subsequent to the purchase, the estimated cash flows are updated periodically and a revised yield is calculated prospectively.
(c) Senior Floating Rate Interests and Loan Investments
Senior floating rate interests in which the Fund invests generally pay interest rates which are periodically adjusted by reference to a base short-term floating rate, plus a premium. These base lending rates are generally (i) the lending rate offered by one or more major European banks, such as the one-month or three-month London Inter-Bank Offered Rate ("LIBOR"), (ii) the prime rate offered by one or more major United States banks, or (iii) the bank’s certificate of deposit rate. Senior floating rate interests often require prepayments from excess cash flows or permit the borrower to repay at its election. The rate at which the borrower repays cannot be predicted with accuracy. As a result, the actual remaining maturity may be substantially less than the stated maturities shown on the Schedule of Investments.
The Fund invests in loans and other similar debt obligations (“obligations”). A portion of the Fund’s investments in these obligations is sometimes referred to as “covenant lite” loans or obligations (“covenant lite obligations”), which are obligations that lack covenants or possess fewer or less restrictive covenants or constraints on borrowers than certain other types of obligations. The Fund may also obtain exposure to covenant lite obligations through investment in securitization vehicles and other structured products. In recent market conditions, many new or reissued obligations have not featured traditional covenants, which are intended to protect lenders and investors by (i) imposing certain restrictions or other limitations on a borrower’s operations or assets or (ii) providing certain rights to lenders. The Fund may have fewer rights with respect to covenant lite obligations, including fewer protections against the possibility of default and fewer remedies in the event of default. As a result, investments in (or exposure to) covenant lite obligations are subject to more risk than investments in (or exposure to) certain other types of obligations. The Fund is subject to other risks associated with investments in (or exposure to) obligations, including that obligations

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) continued 
November 30, 2020 
 
may not be considered “securities” and, as a result, the Fund may not be entitled to rely on the anti-fraud protections under the federal securities laws and instead may have to resort to state law and direct claims.
(d) Currency Translations
The accounting records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. All assets and liabilities initially expressed in foreign currencies are converted into U.S. dollars at prevailing exchange rates. Purchases and sales of investment securities, dividend and interest income, and certain expenses are translated at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. Changes in the relationship of these foreign currencies to the U.S. dollar can significantly affect the value of the investments and earnings of the Fund. Foreign investments may also subject the Fund to foreign government exchange restrictions, expropriation, taxation, or other political, social or economic developments, all of which could affect the market and/or credit risk of the investments.
The Fund does not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in the foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized gain or loss and unrealized appreciation or depreciation on investments.
Reported net realized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from sales of foreign currencies and currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on investment transactions. Net unrealized appreciation and depreciation arise from changes in the fair values of assets and liabilities other than investments in securities, at the fiscal period end, resulting from changes in exchange rates.
(e) Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are agreements between two parties to buy and sell currencies at a set price on a future date. Fluctuations in the value of open forward foreign currency exchange contracts are recorded for financial reporting purposes as unrealized appreciation and depreciation by the Fund until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, realized gains and losses are recorded, and included on the Statement of Operations in forward foreign currency exchange contracts.
(f) Distributions to Shareholders
The Fund declares and pays monthly distributions to common shareholders. These distributions consist of investment company taxable income, which generally includes qualified dividend income, ordinary income and short-term capital gains. Any net realized long-term capital gains are distributed annually to common shareholders. To the extent distributions exceed taxable income, the excess will be deemed a return of capital. A return of capital is not taxable, but it reduces the shareholder’s basis in its shares, which reduces the loss (or increases the gain) on a subsequent taxable disposition by such shareholder of the shares.
Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The amount and timing of distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) continued 
November 30, 2020 
 
(g) Indemnifications
Under the Fund’s organizational documents, its Trustees and Officers are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Fund. In addition, throughout the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations and warranties which provide general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund and/or its affiliates that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Fund expects the risk of loss to be remote.
Note 3 – Derivatives
As part of its investment strategy, the Fund utilizes a variety of derivative instruments. These investments involve, to varying degrees, elements of market risk and risks in excess of amounts recognized on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Valuation and accounting treatment of these instruments can be found under Significant Accounting Policies in Note 2 of these Notes to Financial Statements.
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 purpose:
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.
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.
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.

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November 30, 2020 
 
The following table represents the Fund’s use and volume of forward foreign currency exchange contracts on a monthly basis:
       
 
Average Value
Use 
Purchased 
 
Sold 
Hedge 
$236,536 
 
$2,659,238 
 
Derivative Investment Holdings Categorized by Risk Exposure
The following is a summary of the location of derivative investments on the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities as of November 30, 2020:
     
Derivative Investment Type 
Asset Derivatives 
Liability Derivatives 
Equity contracts 
Unrealized appreciation on 
Unrealized depreciation 
 
forward foreign currency 
on forward foreign 
 
exchange contracts 
currency exchange contracts 
 
The following table sets forth the fair value of the Fund’s derivative investments categorized by primary risk exposure at November 30, 2020:
     
 
 
Forward Foreign Currency 
 
Primary Risk Exposure 
Exchange Risk 
Asset Derivative Investments Value 
Foreign Currency Exchange Risk 
$4,701 
Liability Derivative Investments Value 
Foreign Currency Exchange Risk 
$8,482 
 
The following is a summary of the location of derivative investments on the Fund’s Statement of Operations for the period ended November 30, 2020:
   
Derivative Investment Type 
Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives 
Currency contracts 
Net realized gain (loss) on forward foreign 
 
currency exchange contracts 
 
Net change in unrealized appreciation 
 
(depreciation) on forward foreign 
 
currency exchange 
 
The following is a summary of the Fund’s realized gain (loss) and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivative investments recognized on the Statement of Operations categorized by primary risk exposure for the period ended November 30, 2020:
   
Realized Gain (Loss) on Derivative Investments Recognized on the Statement of Operations
Forward Foreign 
Currency Exchange Risk 
$ (164,950) 
 
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivative Investments Recognized on the Statement of Operations 
Forward Foreign 
Currency Exchange Risk 
$ 21,635 
 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) continued 
November 30, 2020 
 
In conjunction with 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.
The Fund has established counterparty credit guidelines and enters into transactions only with financial institutions of investment grade or better. The Fund monitors the counterparty credit risk.
Note 4 –Offsetting
In the normal course of business, the Fund enters into transactions subject to enforceable master netting arrangements or other similar arrangements. Generally, the right to offset in those agreements allows the Fund to counteract the exposure to a specific counterparty with collateral received from or delivered to that counterparty based on the terms of the arrangements. These arrangements provide for the right to liquidate upon the occurrence of an event of default, credit event upon merger or additional termination event.
In order to better define its contractual rights and to secure rights that will help the Fund mitigate its counterparty risk, the Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with its derivative contract counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between a fund and a counterparty that governs OTC derivatives, including foreign exchange contracts, and typically contains, among other things, collateral posting terms and netting provisions in the event of a default and/or termination event. The provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of a default (close-out netting) or similar event, including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty.
For derivatives traded under an ISDA Master Agreement, the collateral requirements are typically calculated by netting the mark-to-market amount for each transaction under such agreement and comparing that amount to the value of any collateral currently pledged by the Fund and the counterparty. For financial reporting purposes, cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of the Fund and cash collateral received from the counterparty, if any, are reported separately on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as segregated cash with broker/receivable for variation margin, or payable for swap settlement/variation margin. Cash and/or securities pledged or received as collateral by the Fund in connection with an OTC derivative subject to an ISDA Master Agreement generally may not be invested, sold or rehypothecated by the counterparty or the Fund, as applicable, absent an event of default under such agreement, in which case such collateral generally may be applied towards obligations due to and payable by such counterparty or the Fund, as applicable. Generally, the amount of collateral due from or to a counterparty must exceed a minimum transfer amount threshold (e.g., $300,000) before a transfer is required to be made. To the extent amounts due to the Fund from its counterparties are not fully collateralized, contractually or otherwise, the Fund bears the risk of loss from counterparty nonperformance. The Fund attempts to mitigate counterparty risk by only entering into agreements with counterparties that it believes to be of good standing and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties.
For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

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November 30, 2020 
 
The following tables present derivative financial instruments and secured financing transactions that are subject to enforceable netting arrangements:
             
 
 
 
Net Amount 
 
 
 
 
 
Gross Amounts 
of Assets 
Gross Amounts Not Offset 
 
 
Gross 
Offset in the 
Presented on the 
in the Statement of 
 
 
Amounts of 
Statement of 
Statement of 
Assets and Liabilities 
 
 
Recognized 
Assets and 
Assets and 
Financial 
Cash Collateral 
 
Instrument 
Assets 
Liabilities 
Liabilities 
Instruments 
Received 
Net Amount 
Forward 
 
 
 
 
 
 
foreign 
 
 
 
 
 
 
currency 
 
 
 
 
 
 
exchange 
 
 
 
 
 
 
contracts 
$ 4,701 
$ – 
$ 4,701 
$ – 
$ – 
$ 4,701 
 
 
 
 
 
Net Amount 
 
 
 
 
 
Gross Amounts 
of Liabilities 
Gross Amounts Not Offset 
 
 
Gross 
Offset in the 
Presented on the 
in the Statement of 
 
 
Amounts of 
Statement of 
Statement of 
Assets and Liabilities 
 
 
Recognized 
Assets and 
Assets and 
Financial 
Cash Collateral 
 
Instrument 
Liabilities 
Liabilities 
Liabilities 
Instruments 
Pledged 
Net Amount 
Forward 
 
 
 
 
 
 
foreign 
 
 
 
 
 
 
currency 
 
 
 
 
 
 
exchange 
 
 
 
 
 
 
contracts 
$ 8,482 
$ – 
$ 8,482 
$ – 
$ – 
$ 8,482 
Reverse 
 
 
 
 
 
 
repurchase 
 
 
 
 
 
 
agreements 
67,277,341 
– 
67,277,341 
(67,277,341)          
– 
– 
 
The Fund has the right to offset deposits against any related derivative liabilities outstanding with each counterparty with the exception of exchange-traded or centrally-cleared derivatives. The following table presents deposits held by others in connection with derivative investments as of November 30, 2020:
       
Counterparty 
Asset Type 
Cash Pledged 
Cash Received 
Citigroup Global 
 
 
 
Markets, Inc. 
Reverse repurchase agreements 
$ – 
$ 308,000 
Credit Suisse 
 
 
 
Securities (USA) LLC 
Reverse repurchase agreements 
– 
340,000 
 
Note 5 – Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates
Pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement between the Fund and the Adviser, the Adviser furnishes offices, necessary facilities and equipment, provides administrative services, oversees the activities of Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC (“GPIM” or “Sub-Adviser”), provides personnel including certain officers required for the Fund’s administrative management and compensates the officers and trustees of the Fund who are affiliates of the Adviser. As compensation for these services, the Fund pays the Adviser a fee, payable monthly, in an amount equal to 1.00% of the Fund’s average daily managed assets.

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November 30, 2020 
 
Pursuant to a Sub-Advisory Agreement among the Fund, the Adviser and GPIM, GPIM under the supervision of the Board and the Adviser, provides a continuous investment program for the Fund’s portfolio; provides investment research; makes and executes recommendations for the purchase and sale of securities; and provides certain facilities and personnel, including certain officers required for its administrative management and pays the compensation of all officers and trustees of the Fund who are GPIM’s affiliates. As compensation for its services, the Adviser pays GPIM a fee, payable monthly, in an annual amount equal to 0.50% of the Fund’s average daily managed assets.
For purposes of calculating the fees payable under the foregoing agreements, average daily managed assets means the average daily value of the Fund’s total assets minus the sum of its accrued liabilities. Total assets means all of the Fund’s assets and is not limited to its investment securities. Accrued liabilities means all of the Fund’s liabilities other than borrowings for investment purposes.
Certain officers and trustees of the Fund may also be officers, directors and/or employees of the Adviser or GPIM. The Fund does not compensate its officers who are officers, directors and/or employees of the aforementioned firms.
GFIA pays operating expenses on behalf of the Fund, such as audit and accounting related services, legal services, custody, printing and mailing, among others, on a pass-through basis.
MUFG Investor Services (US), LLC (“MUIS”) acts as the Fund’s administrator and accounting agent. As administrator and accounting agent, MUIS maintains the books and records of the Fund’s securities and cash. The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (“BNY”) acts as the Fund’s custodian. As custodian, BNY is responsible for the custody of the Fund’s assets. For providing the aforementioned services, MUIS and BNY are entitled to receive a monthly fee equal to an annual percentage of the Fund’s average daily managed assets subject to certain minimum monthly fees and out of pocket expenses.
Note 6 – 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.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) continued 
November 30, 2020 
 
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. A significant portion of the Fund’s assets and liabilities are categorized as Level 2, as indicated in this report.
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 7 – 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. For the period ended November 30, 2020, the average daily balance for which reverse repurchase agreements were outstanding amounted to $48,358,294. The weighted average interest rate was 0.71%. As of November 30, 2020, there was $67,277,341 in reverse repurchase agreements outstanding.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) continued 
November 30, 2020 
 
The following is a summary of the remaining contractual maturities of the reverse repurchase agreements outstanding as of November 30, 2020, aggregated by asset class of the related collateral pledged by the Fund:
           
 
Overnight and 
Up to 
31-90 
Greater 
 
 
Continuous 
30 days 
days 
than 90 days 
Total 
Corporate Bonds 
$67,277,341 
$ — 
$ — 
$ — 
$67,277,341 
Gross amount of recognized liabilities for 
 
 
 
 
 
reverse repurchase agreements 
$67,277,341 
$ — 
$ — 
$ — 
$67,277,341 
 
As of November 30, 2020, the Fund had outstanding reverse repurchase agreements with various counterparties. Details of the reverse repurchase agreements by counterparty are as follows:
       
Counterparty 
Interest Rate(s) 
Maturity Date(s) 
Face Value 
Barclays Capital, Inc. 
0.10% - 0.60%* 
Open Maturity 
$  7,927,852 
BMO Capital Markets Corp. 
0.50% - 0.70%* 
Open Maturity 
21,261,210 
Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce 
0.64%* 
Open Maturity 
5,659,887 
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. 
0.00% - 0.55%* 
Open Maturity 
2,254,196 
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC 
0.45% - 0.60%* 
Open Maturity 
10,569,618 
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC 
0.40% - 0.60%* 
Open Maturity 
7,067,698 
RBC Capital Markets LLC 
0.45% - 0.60%* 
Open Maturity 
12,536,880 
 
 
 
$ 67,277,341 
 
*  The rate is adjusted periodically by the counterparty, subject to approval by the Adviser, and is not based upon a set reference rate and spread. Rate indicated is the rate effective as of November 30, 2020.
Note 8 – Borrowings
The Fund has entered into a $70,000,000 credit facility agreement with an approved lender whereby the lender has agreed to provide secured financing to the Fund and the Fund will provide pledged collateral to the lender. Interest on the amount borrowed is based on the 1-month LIBOR plus 1.00%. As of November 30, 2020, there was $9,750,000 outstanding in connection with the Fund’s credit facility. For the period ended November 30, 2020, the average daily amount of borrowings on the credit facilities was $9,532,787 with a related average interest rate of 1.18%. The maximum amount outstanding during the period was $9,750,000. As of November 30, 2020, the total value of securities segregated and pledged as collateral in connection with borrowings was $18,064,336.
The credit facility agreement governing the loan facility includes usual and customary covenants. These covenants impose on the Fund asset coverage requirements, collateral requirements, investment strategy requirements, and certain financial obligations. These covenants place limits or restrictions on the Fund’s ability to (i) enter into additional indebtedness with a party other than the counterparty, (ii) change its fundamental investment policy, or (iii) pledge to any other party, other than to the counterparty, securities owned or held by the Fund over which the counterparty has a lien. In addition, the Fund is required to deliver financial information to the counterparty within established deadlines, maintain an asset coverage ratio (as defined in Section 18(g) of the 1940 Act) greater than 300%, comply with the rules of the stock exchange on which its shares are listed, and maintain its classification as a “closed-end management investment company” as defined in the 1940 Act.

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November 30, 2020 
 
There is no guarantee that the Fund’s leverage strategy will be successful. The Fund’s use of leverage may cause the Fund’s NAV and market price of common shares to be more volatile and can magnify the effect of any losses.
Note 9 – 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.
The Fund will not be able to offset gains distributed by an underlying fund in which it invests against its losses or the losses incurred in another underlying fund in which the Fund invests. Redemptions of shares in an underlying fund, including those resulting from changes in the allocation among underlying funds, could also cause additional distributable gains to shareholders of the Fund. A portion of any such gains may be short-term capital gains that would be distributable as ordinary income to shareholders of the Fund. Further, a portion of losses on redemptions of shares in the underlying funds may be deferred under the wash sale rules.
At November 30, 2020, the cost of investments for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments for which there was an excess of value over tax cost, and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments for which there was an excess of tax cost over value, were as follows:
       
 
 
 
Net Tax 
 
Tax 
Tax 
Unrealized 
 
Unrealized 
Unrealized 
Appreciation 
Tax Cost 
Appreciation 
Depreciation 
(Depreciation) 
$260,550,265 
$10,084,473 
$(15,805,232) 
$(5,720,759) 
 
As of May 31, 2020, (the most recent fiscal year end for U.S. federal income tax purposes) tax components of distributable earnings/(loss) were as follows:
         
Undistributed 
Undistributed 
Net 
Accumulated 
 
Ordinary 
Long-Term 
Unrealized 
Capital and 
 
Income 
Capital Gain 
Depreciation 
Other Losses 
Total 
$— 
$— 
$(29,401,858) 
$(21,623,254) 
$(51,025,112) 
 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) continued 
November 30, 2020 
 
For the year ended May 31, 2020, (the most fiscal year end for U.S. federal income tax purposes) the tax character of distributions paid to shareholders as reflected in the Statements of Changes in Net Assets was follows:
       
Ordinary 
Long-Term 
Return of 
Total 
Income 
Capital Gains 
Capital 
Distributions 
$13,766,638 
$— 
$3,959,624 
$17,726,262 
 
Note: For U.S. federal income tax purposes, short-term capital gain distributions are treated as ordinary income distributions.
For all open tax years and all major jurisdictions, management of the Fund has concluded that there are no significant uncertain tax positions that would require recognition in the financial statements. Uncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns that would not meet a more-likely-than-not threshold of being sustained by the applicable tax authority and would be recorded as tax expense in the current year. Open tax years are those that are open for examination by taxing authorities (i.e. generally the last four tax year ends and the interim tax period since then).
Note 10 – Securities Transactions
For the period ended November 30, 2020, the cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investment securities, excluding short-term investments and in-kind transactions, were $97,461,155 and $53,592,513, respectively.
The Fund is permitted to purchase or sell securities from or to certain affiliated funds under specified conditions outlined in procedures adopted by the Board. The procedures have been designed to ensure that any purchase or sale of securities by a Fund from or to another fund or portfolio that is or could be considered an affiliate by virtue of having a common investment adviser (or affiliated investment advisers), common Trustees and/or common officers complies with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Further, as defined under these procedures, each transaction is effected at the current market price to save costs, where permissible. For the period ended November 30, 2020, the Fund engaged in purchases and sales of securities, pursuant to Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act, as follows:
     
Purchases 
Sales 
Realized Gain 
$– 
$2,546,031 
$16,967 
 
Note 11 – Unfunded Loan Commitments
Pursuant to the terms of certain loan agreements, the Fund held unfunded loan commitments as of November 30, 2020. The Fund is obligated to fund these loan commitments at the borrower’s discretion. The Fund reserves against such contingent obligations by designating cash, liquid securities, illiquid securities, and liquid term loans as a reserve. As of November 30, 2020, the total amount segregated in connection with unfunded loan commitments and reverse repurchase agreements was $85,564,966.

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November 30, 2020 
 
The unfunded loan commitments as of November 30, 2020, were as follows:
                 
Borrower 
Maturity Date 
Face Amount*
   
Value
 
Alexander Mann 
12/16/24 
GBP 
   
446,426
   
$
66,937
 
Aspect Software, Inc. 
07/15/23 
 
   
253,514
     
2,246
 
CCC Information Services, Inc. 
04/27/22 
 
   
450,000
     
2,812
 
Examworks Group, Inc. 
01/27/23 
 
   
366,667
     
12,431
 
HAH Group Holding Co LLC 
10/29/27 
 
   
120,000
     
1,773
 
Southern Veterinary Partners LLC 
10/05/27 
 
   
121,212
     
1,186
 
 
 
 
         
$
87,385
 
 
* The face amount is denominated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated.
GBP – British Pound
Note 12 – Restricted Securities
The securities below are considered illiquid and restricted under guidelines established by the Board:
               
Restricted Securities 
Acquisition Date 
 
Cost
   
Value
 
Basic Energy Services, Inc. 
 
           
due 10/15/231 
09/25/18 
 
$
571,230
   
$
110,687
 
Beverages & More, Inc. 
 
               
11.50% due 06/15/222 
06/16/17 
   
4,469,255
     
4,833,502
 
Bruce Mansfield 
 
               
due 08/01/231 
10/15/18 
   
923,056
     
465
 
FKRT 
 
               
5.47% due 07/03/23 
06/12/20 
   
778,572
     
778,571
 
Mirabela Nickel Ltd. 
 
               
due 06/24/191 
12/31/13 
   
1,160,920
     
63,991
 
Princess Juliana International Airport 
 
               
Operating Company N.V. 
 
               
5.50% due 12/20/272 
02/05/14 
   
289,694
     
264,386
 
Turbine Engines Securitization Ltd. 
 
               
2013-1A, 6.38% due 12/13/482 
11/27/13 
   
200,514
     
121,960
 
 
  
 
$
8,393,241
   
$
6,173,562
 
 
1
Security is in default of interest and/or principal obligations.
2
All or a portion of these securities have been physically segregated in connection with borrowings and unfunded loan commitments.

Note 13 – Capital
Common Shares
The Fund has an unlimited amount of common shares, $0.01 par value, authorized and 9,273,470 shares issued and outstanding.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) continued 
November 30, 2020 
 
Transactions in common shares were as follows:
     
 
Period ended 
Year ended 
 
November 30, 2020 
May 31, 2020 
Beginning Shares 
8,750,087 
7,411,671 
Shares issued through at-the-market offering 
508,412 
1,312,226 
Shares issued through dividend reinvestment 
14,971 
26,190 
Ending Shares 
9,273,470 
8,750,087 
 
On September 10, 2019, the Fund’s shelf registration allowing for delayed or continuous offering of additional shares became effective. The shelf registration statement allows for the issuance of up to $100,000,000 of common shares. On September 10, 2019, the Fund entered into an at-the-market sales agreement with Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. to offer and sell up to 2,700,000 common shares, from time to time, through Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. as agent for the Fund.
As of November 30, 2020, up to 1,243,144 shares remained available under the at-the-market sales agreement. The Adviser has paid the costs associated with the at-the-market offering of shares and will be reimbursed by the Fund up to 0.60% of the offering price of common shares sold pursuant to the shelf registration statement, not to exceed the amount of actual offering costs incurred.
Note 14 – COVID-19 and Recent Developments
The global ongoing crisis caused by the outbreak of COVID-19 is causing materially reduced consumer demand and economic output, disrupting supply chains, resulting in market closures, travel restrictions and quarantines, and adversely impacting local and global economies. Investors should be aware that in light of the current uncertainty, volatility and distress in economies, financial markets, and labor and health conditions all over the world, the Fund’s investments and a shareholder’s investment in the Fund are subject to sudden and substantial losses, increased volatility and other adverse events. Firms through which investors invest with the Fund, the Fund, its service providers, the markets in which it invests and market intermediaries are also impacted by quarantines and similar measures intended to contain the ongoing pandemic, which can obstruct their functioning and subject them to heightened operational risks.
Note 15 – Subsequent Events
The Fund evaluated subsequent events through the date the financial statements were available for issue and determined there were no material events that would require adjustment to or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

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OTHER INFORMATION (Unaudited) 
November 30, 2020 
 
Federal Income Tax Information
In January 2021, you will be advised on IRS Form 1099 DIV or substitute 1099 DIV as of the U.S. federal tax status of the distributions received by you in the calendar year 2020.
Sector Classification
Information in the “Schedule of Investments” is categorized by sectors using sector-level classifications used by Bloomberg Industry Classifica -tion 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.
Trustees
The Trustees of the Guggenheim Credit Allocation Fund and their principal business occupations during the past five years:
           
 
Position(s) 
Term of Office 
 
Number of 
 
 
Held 
and Length 
 
Portfolios in 
 
Name, Address* 
with 
of Time 
Principal Occupation(s) 
Fund Complex 
Other Directorships 
and Year of Birth 
Trust 
Served** 
During Past Five Years 
Overseen 
Held by Trustees*** 
Independent Trustees: 
 
 
Randall C. Barnes 
Trustee and 
Since 2013 
Current: Private Investor (2001-present). 
157 
Current: Purpose Investments Funds 
(1951) 
Chair of the 
(Trustee) 
 
 
(2013-present). 
 
Valuation 
Since 2020 
Former: Senior Vice President and Treasurer, PepsiCo, Inc. (1993-1997); 
 
 
 
Oversight 
(Chair of the 
President, Pizza Hut International (1991-1993); Senior Vice President, 
 
Former: Managed Duration Investment 
 
Committee 
Valuation 
Strategic Planning and New Business Development, PepsiCo, Inc. (1987-1990). 
 
Grade Municipal Fund (2006-2016). 
 
 
Oversight 
 
 
 
 
 
Committee) 
 
 
 
Angela Brock-Kyle 
Trustee 
Since 2019 
Current: Founder and Chief Executive Officer, B.O.A.R.D.S. (2013-present). 
156 
Current: Hunt Companies, Inc. 
(1959) 
 
 
 
 
(2019-present). 
 
 
 
Former: Senior Leader, TIAA (1987-2012). 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Former: Infinity Property & Casualty 
 
 
 
 
 
Corp. (2014-2018). 
 

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OTHER INFORMATION (Unaudited) continued 
November 30, 2020 
 
        Number of 
 
 
Position(s) 
Term of Office 
 
Portfolios
 
 
Held 
and Length 
 
in Fund
 
Name, Address* 
with 
of Time 
Principal Occupation(s) 
Complex 
Other Directorships 
and Year of Birth 
Trust 
Served** 
During Past Five Years 
Overseen 
Held by Trustees*** 
Independent Trustees continued: 
 
 
Donald A. 
Trustee 
Since 2014 
Current: Retired. 
156 
Former: Midland Care, Inc. (2011-2016). 
Chubb, Jr.1 
 
 
 
 
 
(1946) 
 
 
Former: Business broker and manager of commercial real estate, 
 
 
 
 
 
Griffith & Blair, Inc. (1997-2017). 
 
 
Jerry B. Farley1 
Trustee 
Since 2014 
Current: President, Washburn University (1997-present). 
156 
Current: CoreFirst Bank & Trust 
(1946) 
 
 
 
 
(2000-present). 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Former: Westar Energy, Inc. 
 
 
 
 
 
(2004-2018). 
Roman 
Trustee 
Since 2013 
Current: Founder and Managing Partner, Roman Friedrich & Company 
156 
Former: Zincore Metals, Inc. 
Friedrich III1 
 
 
(1998-present). 
 
(2009-2019). 
(1946) 
 
 
 
 
 
Thomas F. Lydon, Jr. 
Trustee and 
Since 2019 
Current: President, Global Trends Investments (1996-present); Co-Chief Executive
156
Current: US Global Investors (GROW) 
(1960) 
Chair of the 
(Trustee) 
Officer, ETF Flows, LLC (2019-present); Chief Executive Officer, Lydon Media 
 
(1995-present). 
 
Contracts 
Since 2020 
(2016-present). 
 
 
 
Review 
(Chair of the 
 
 
Former: Harvest Volatility Edge Trust (3) 
 
Committee 
Contracts 
 
 
(2017-2019). 
 
 
Review 
 
 
 
 
 
Committee) 
 
 
 
 

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OTHER INFORMATION (Unaudited) continued 
November 30, 2020 
 
        Number 
 
 
Position(s) 
Term of Office 
 
of Portfolios
 
 
Held 
and Length 
 
in Fund
 
Name, Address* 
with 
of Time 
Principal Occupation(s) 
Complex 
Other Directorships 
and Year of Birth 
Trust 
Served** 
During Past Five Years 
Overseen 
Held by Trustees*** 
Independent Trustees continued: 
 
 
Ronald A. Nyberg 
Trustee and 
Since 2013 
Current: Partner, Momkus LLP (2016-present). 
157 
Current: PPM Funds (9) (2018 - present); 
(1953) 
Chair of the 
 
 
 
Edward-Elmhurst Healthcare System 
 
Nominating 
 
Former: Partner, Nyberg & Cassioppi, LLC (2000-2016); Executive Vice President, 
 
(2012-present). 
 
and Governance 
 
General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary, Van Kampen Investments (1982-1999). 
 
 
 
Committee 
 
 
 
Former: Western Asset Inflation-Linked 
 
 
 
 
 
Opportunities & Income Fund (2004- 
 
 
 
 
 
2020); Western Asset Inflation-Linked 
 
 
 
 
 
Income Fund (2003-2020); Managed 
 
 
 
 
 
Duration Investment Grade Municipal 
 
 
 
 
 
Fund (2003-2016). 
Sandra G. Sponem 
Trustee and 
Since 2019 
Current: Retired. 
156 
Current: SPDR Series Trust (81) 
(1958) 
Chair of the 
(Trustee) 
 
 
(2018-present); SPDR Index Shares 
 
Audit 
Since 2020 
Former: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, M.A. 
 
Funds (30) (2018-present); SSGA Active 
 
Committee 
(Chair of 
Mortenson-Companies, Inc. (2007-2017). 
 
Trust (14) (2018-present). 
 
 
the Audit 
 
 
 
 
 
Committee) 
 
 
Former: SSGA Master Trust (1) 
 
 
 
 
 
(2018-2020). 
Ronald E. 
Trustee, 
Since 2013 
Current: Portfolio Consultant (2010-present); Member, Governing Council, 
156 
Former: Western Asset Inflation-Linked 
Toupin, Jr. 
Chair of the 
 
Independent Directors Council (2013-present); Governor, Board of Governors, 
 
Opportunities & Income Fund 
(1958) 
Board and 
 
Investment Company Institute (2018-present). 
 
(2004-2020); Western Asset 
 
Chair of the 
 
 
 
Inflation-Linked Income Fund 
 
Executive 
 
Former: Member, Executive Committee, Independent Directors Council (2016-2018); 
 
(2003-2020); Managed Duration 
 
Committee 
 
Vice President, Manager and Portfolio Manager, Nuveen Asset Management 
 
Investment Grade Municipal Fund 
 
 
 
(1998-1999); Vice President, Nuveen Investment Advisory Corp. (1992-1999); 
 
(2003-2016). 
 
 
 
Vice President and Manager, Nuveen Unit Investment Trusts (1991-1999); and 
 
 
 
 
 
Assistant Vice President and Portfolio Manager, Nuveen Unit Investment Trusts 
 
 
 
 
 
(1988-1999), each of John Nuveen & Co., Inc. (1982-1999). 
 
 
 

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OTHER INFORMATION (Unaudited) continued 
November 30, 2020 
 
           
 
Position(s) 
Term of Office 
 
Number of 
 
 
Held 
and Length 
 
Portfolios in 
 
Name, Address* 
with 
of Time 
Principal Occupation(s) 
Fund Complex 
Other Directorships 
and Year of Birth 
Trust 
Served** 
During Past Five Years 
Overseen 
Held by Trustees*** 
Interested Trustee: 
 
 
Amy J. Lee**** 
Trustee, Vice 
Since 2018 
Current: Interested Trustee, certain other funds in the Fund Complex 
156 
None. 
(1961) 
President and 
(Trustee) 
(2018-present); Chief Legal Officer, certain other funds in the Fund Complex 
 
 
 
Chief Legal 
Since 2014 
(2014-present); Vice President, certain other funds in the Fund Complex 
 
 
 
Officer 
(Chief Legal 
(2007-present); Senior Managing Director, Guggenheim Investments 
 
 
 
 
Officer) 
(2012-present). 
 
 
 
 
Since 2013 
 
 
 
 
 
(Vice President) 
Former: President and Chief Executive Officer, certain other funds in the Fund 
 
 

   
Complex (2017-2019); Vice President, Associate General Counsel and
   
 
 
 
Assistant Secretary, Security Benefit Life Insurance Company and Security 
 
 
 
 
 
Benefit Corporation (2004-2012). 
 
 
 
   
The business address of each Trustee is c/o Guggenheim Investments, 227 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606. 
** 
Each Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his or her successor is elected and qualified. Time served includes time served in the respective position for the Predecessor Corporation. 
*** 
Each Trustee also serves on the Boards of Trustees of Guggenheim Funds Trust, Guggenheim Variable Funds Trust, Guggenheim Strategy Funds Trust, Fiduciary/Claymore Energy Infrastructure Fund, Guggenheim Taxable Municipal Bond & Investment Grade Debt Trust, Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund, Guggenheim Enhanced Equity Income Fund, Guggenheim Energy & Income Fund, Guggenheim Credit Allocation Fund, Rydex Series Funds, Rydex Dynamic Funds, Rydex Variable Trust and Transparent Value Trust. Messrs. Barnes and Nyberg also serve on the Board of Trustees of Advent Convertible & Income Fund. 
**** 
This Trustee is deemed to be an “interested person” of the Fund under the 1940 Act by reason of her position with the Fund's Investment Manager and/or the parent of the Investment Manager. 
Under the Fund's Independent Trustees Retirement Policy, Messrs. Chubb, Farley and Friedrich are expected to retire in 2021. 
 

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OTHER INFORMATION (Unaudited) continued 
November 30, 2020 
 
OFFICERS
The Officers of the Guggenheim Credit Allocation Fund, who are not Trustees, and their principal occupations during the past five years:
       
 
Position(s) 
 
 
 
Held 
Term of Office 
 
Name, Address* 
with 
and Length of 
 
and Year of Birth 
Trust 
Time Served** 
Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years 
Officers: 
 
Brian E. Binder 
President 
Since 2018 
Current: President and Chief Executive Officer, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2018-present); President, Chief Executive Officer and 
(1972) 
and Chief 
 
Chairman of the Board of Managers, Guggenheim Funds Investment Advisors, LLC (2018-present); President and Chief Executive Officer, 
 
Executive 
 
Security Investors, LLC (2018-present); Board Member of Guggenheim Partners Fund Management (Europe) Limited (2018-present); Senior 
 
Officer 
 
Managing Director and Chief Administrative Officer, Guggenheim Investments (2018-present). 
 
 
 
 
Former: Managing Director and President, Deutsche Funds, and Head of US Product, Trading and Fund Administration, Deutsche Asset 
 
 
 
Management (2013-2018); Managing Director, Head of Business Management and Consulting, Invesco Ltd. (2010-2012). 
Joanna M. 
Chief 
Since 2012 
Current: Chief Compliance Officer, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2012-present); Senior Managing Director, Guggenheim 
Catalucci 
Compliance 
 
Investments (2014-present). 
(1966) 
Officer 
 
 
 
 
 
Former: AML Officer, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2016-2017); Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary certain other funds in the 
 
 
 
Fund Complex (2008-2012); Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, Security Investor, LLC and certain affiliates (2010-2012); Chief 
 
 
 
Compliance Officer and Senior Vice President, Rydex Advisors, LLC and certain affiliates (2010-2011). 
James M. Howley 
Assistant 
Since 2006 
Current: Managing Director, Guggenheim Investments (2004-present); Assistant Treasurer, certain other funds in the Fund 
(1972) 
Treasurer 
 
Complex (2006-present). 
 
 
 
 
Former: Manager, Mutual Fund Administration of Van Kampen Investments, Inc. (1996-2004). 
Mark E. Mathiasen 
Secretary 
Since 2008 
Current: Secretary, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2007-present); Managing Director, Guggenheim Investments (2007-present). 
(1978) 
 
 
 
Glenn McWhinnie 
Assistant 
Since 2016 
Current: Vice President, Guggenheim Investments (2009-present); Assistant Treasurer, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2016-present). 
(1969) 
Treasurer 
 
 
Michael P. Megaris 
Assistant 
Since 2014 
Current: Assistant Secretary, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2014-present); Director, Guggenheim Investments (2012-present). 
(1984) 
Secretary 
 
 
William Rehder 
Assistant 
Since 2018 
Current: Managing Director, Guggenheim Investments (2002-present). 
(1967) 
Vice President 
 
 
 

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OTHER INFORMATION (Unaudited) continued 
November 30, 2020 
 
       
 
Position(s) 
 
 
 
Held 
Term of Office 
 
Name, Address* 
with 
and Length of 
 
and Year of Birth 
Trust 
Time Served** 
Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years 
Officers continued: 
 
Kimberly J. Scott 
Assistant 
Since 2012 
Current: Director, Guggenheim Investments (2012-present); Assistant Treasurer, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2012-present). 
(1974) 
Treasurer 
 
 
 
 
 
Former: Financial Reporting Manager, Invesco, Ltd. (2010-2011); Vice President/Assistant Treasurer, Mutual Fund Administration for Van Kampen 
 
 
 
Investments, Inc./Morgan Stanley Investment Management (2009-2010); Manager of Mutual Fund Administration, Van Kampen Investments, 
 
 
 
Inc./Morgan Stanley Investment Management (2005-2009). 
Bryan Stone 
Vice 
Since 2014 
Current: Vice President, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2014-present); Managing Director, Guggenheim Investments (2013-present). 
(1979) 
President 
 
 
 
 
 
Former: Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman Group LLC (2009-2013); Vice President, Morgan Stanley (2002-2009). 
John L. Sullivan 
Chief 
Since 2010 
Current: Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2010-present); Senior 
(1955) 
Financial 
 
Managing Director, Guggenheim Investments (2010-present). 
 
Officer, Chief 
 
 
 
Accounting 
 
Former: Managing Director and Chief Compliance Officer, each of the funds in the Van Kampen Investments fund complex (2004-2010); 
 
Officer and 
 
Managing Director and Head of Fund Accounting and Administration, Morgan Stanley Investment Management (2002-2004); Chief Financial 
 
Treasurer 
 
Officer and Treasurer, Van Kampen Funds (1996-2004). 
Jon Szafran 
Assistant 
Since 2017 
Current: Vice President, Guggenheim Investments (2017-present); Assistant Treasurer, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2017-present). 
(1989) 
Treasurer 
 
 
 
 
 
Former: Assistant Treasurer of Henderson Global Funds and Manager of US Fund Administration, Henderson Global Investors (North America) 
 
 
 
Inc. (““HGINA””), (2017); Senior Analyst of US Fund Administration, HGINA (2014–2017); Senior Associate of Fund Administration, Cortland 
 
 
 
Capital Market Services, LLC (2013-2014); Experienced Associate, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (2012-2013). 
 
   
The business address of each officer is c/o Guggenheim Investments, 227 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606. 
** 
Each officer serves an indefinite term, until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. 
 

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DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN (Unaudited) 
November 30, 2020 
 
Unless the registered owner of common shares elects to receive cash by contacting Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (the “Plan Administrator”), all dividends declared on common shares of the Fund will be automatically reinvested by the Plan Administrator for shareholders in the Fund’s Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the “Plan”), in additional common shares of the Fund. Participation in the Plan is completely voluntary and may be terminated or resumed at any time without penalty by notice if received and processed by the Plan Administrator prior to the dividend record date; otherwise such termination or resumption will be effective with respect to any subsequently declared dividend or other distribution. Some brokers may automatically elect to receive cash on your behalf and may re-invest that cash in additional common shares of the Fund for you. If you wish for all dividends declared on your common shares of the Fund to be automatically reinvested pursuant to the Plan, please contact your broker.
The Plan Administrator will open an account for each common shareholder under the Plan in the same name in which such common shareholder’s common shares are registered. Whenever the Fund declares a dividend or other distribution (together, a “Dividend”) payable in cash, nonparticipants in the Plan will receive cash and participants in the Plan will receive the equivalent in common shares. The common shares will be acquired by the Plan Administrator for the participants’ accounts, depending upon the circumstances described below, either (i) through receipt of additional unissued but authorized common shares from the Fund (“Newly Issued Common Shares”) or (ii) by purchase of outstanding common shares on the open market (“Open-Market Purchases”) on the New York Stock Exchange or elsewhere. If, on the payment date for any Dividend, the closing market price plus estimated brokerage commission per common share is equal to or greater than the net asset value per common share, the Plan Administrator will invest the Dividend amount in Newly Issued Common Shares on behalf of the participants. The number of Newly Issued Common Shares to be credited to each participant’s account will be determined by dividing the dollar amount of the Dividend by the net asset value per common share on the payment date; provided that, if the net asset value is less than or equal to 95% of the closing market value on the payment date, the dollar amount of the Dividend will be divided by 95% of the closing market price per common share on the payment date. If, on the payment date for any Dividend, the net asset value per common share is greater than the closing market value plus estimated brokerage commission, the Plan Administrator will invest the Dividend amount in common shares acquired on behalf of the participants in Open-Market Purchases.
If, before the Plan Administrator has completed its Open-Market Purchases, the market price per common share exceeds the net asset value per common share, the average per common share purchase price paid by the Plan Administrator may exceed the net asset value of the common shares, resulting in the acquisition of fewer common shares than if the Dividend had been paid in Newly Issued Common Shares on the Dividend payment date. Because of the foregoing difficulty with respect to Open-Market Purchases, the Plan provides that if the Plan Administrator is unable to invest the full Dividend amount in Open-Market Purchases during the purchase period or if the market discount shifts to a market premium during the purchase period, the Plan Administrator may cease making Open-Market Purchases and may invest the uninvested portion of the Dividend amount in Newly Issued Common Shares at net asset value per common share at the close of business on the Last Purchase Date provided that, if the net asset value is less than or equal to 95% of the then current market price per common share; the dollar amount of the Dividend will be divided by 95% of the market price on the payment date.

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DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN (Unaudited) continued 
November 30, 2020 
 
The Plan Administrator maintains all shareholders’ accounts in the Plan and furnishes written confirmation of all transactions in the accounts, including information needed by shareholders for tax records. Common shares in the account of each Plan participant will be held by the Plan Administrator on behalf of the Plan participant, and each shareholder proxy will include those shares purchased or received pursuant to the Plan. The Plan Administrator will forward all proxy solicitation materials to participants and vote proxies for shares held under the Plan in accordance with the instruction of the participants.
There will be no brokerage charges with respect to common shares issued directly by the Fund. However, each participant will pay a pro rata share of brokerage commission incurred in connection with Open-Market Purchases. The automatic reinvestment of Dividends will not relieve participants of any Federal, state or local income tax that may be payable (or required to be withheld) on such Dividends.
The Fund reserves the right to amend or terminate the Plan. There is no direct service charge to participants with regard to purchases in the Plan; however, the Fund reserves the right to amend the Plan to include a service charge payable by the participants.
All correspondence or questions concerning the Plan should be directed to the Plan Administrator, Computershare Trust Company, N.A., P.O. Box 30170 College Station, TX 77842-3170: Attention: Shareholder Services Department, Phone Number: (866) 488-3559 or online at www.computershare.com/investor.

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FUND INFORMATION 
November 30, 2020 
 
 
Board of Trustees 

Randall C. Barnes 
 
Angela Brock-Kyle 
 
Donald A. Chubb, Jr. 
 
Jerry B. Farley 
 
Roman Friedrich III 

Amy J. Lee* 

Thomas F. Lydon, Jr.
 
Ronald A. Nyberg

Sandra G. Sponem 

Ronald E. Toupin, Jr., 
Chairman 

* This Trustee is an “interested person” (as 
defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 
Act) (“Interested Trustee”) of the Fund be- 
cause of her affiliation with Guggenheim 
Investments. 
 
Principal Executive Officers 

Brian E. Binder 
President and Chief Executive Officer 

Joanna M. Catalucci 
Chief Compliance Officer 

Amy J. Lee 
Vice President and Chief Legal Officer 

Mark E. Mathiasen 
Secretary 

John L. Sullivan 
Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting 
Officer and Treasurer 
 
Investment Adviser 
Guggenheim Funds Investment 
Advisors, LLC 
Chicago, IL 
 
Investment Sub-Adviser 
Guggenheim Partners Investment 
Management, LLC 
Santa Monica, CA 

Administrator and Accounting Agent 
MUFG Investor Services (US), LLC 
Rockville, MD 

Custodian 
The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 
New York, NY 

Legal Counsel 
Dechert LLP 
Washington, D.C. 
 
Independent Registered Public 
Accounting Firm 
Ernst & Young LLP 
Tysons, VA 
 
 

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FUND INFORMATION continued 
November 30, 2020 
 
Privacy Principles of Guggenheim Credit Allocation Fund for Shareholders
The Fund is committed to maintaining the privacy of its shareholders and to safeguarding its non-public personal information. The following information is provided to help you understand what personal information the Fund collects, how we protect that information and why, in certain cases, we may share information with select other parties.
Generally, the Fund does not receive any non-public personal information relating to its shareholders, although certain non-public personal information of its shareholders may become available to the Fund. The Fund does not disclose any non-public personal information about its shareholders or former shareholders to anyone except as permitted by law or as is necessary in order to service shareholder accounts (for example, to a transfer agent or third party administrator).
The Fund restricts access to non-public personal information about the shareholders to Guggenheim Funds Investment Advisors, LLC employees with a legitimate business need for the information. The Fund maintains physical, electronic and procedural safeguards designed to protect the non-public personal information of its shareholders.
Questions concerning your shares of Guggenheim Credit Allocation Fund?
If your shares are held in a Brokerage Account, contact your Broker.
If you have physical possession of your shares in certificate form, contact the Fund’s Transfer Agent:
Computershare Trust Company, N.A., P.O. Box 30170 College Station, TX 77842-3170; (866) 488-3559 or online at www.computershare.com/investor
This report is provided to shareholders of Guggenheim Credit Allocation Fund for their information. It is not a Prospectus, circular or representation intended for use in the purchase or sale of shares of the Fund or of any securities mentioned in this report.
Paper copies of the Fund’s annual and semi-annual shareholder reports are not sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports. Instead, the reports are made available on a website, and you are notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website address to access the report.
You may elect to receive paper copies of all future shareholder reports free of charge. If you invest through a financial intermediary, you can contact your financial intermediary to request that you may receive paper copies of your shareholder reports; if you invest directly with the Fund, you may call Computershare at 1-866-488-3559. Your election to receive reports in paper form may apply to all funds held in your account with your financial intermediary or, if you invest directly, to all Guggenheim closed-end funds you hold.
A description of the Fund’s proxy voting policies and procedures related to portfolio securities is available without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund at (888) 991-0091.
Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies for portfolio securities, if applicable, during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, is also available, without charge and upon request by calling (888) 991-0091, by visiting the Fund’s website at guggenheiminvestments.com/ggm or by accessing the Fund’s Form N-PX on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) website at www.sec.gov. The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT, and for the reporting periods ended prior to August 31, 2019, filed such information on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Forms N-PORT and N-Q are available on the SEC website at www.sec.gov or at guggenheiminvestments.com/ggm.
Notice to Shareholders
Notice is hereby given in accordance with Section 23(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, that the Fund from time to time may purchase shares of its common stock in the open market or in private transactions.

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ABOUT THE FUND MANAGERS 
November 30, 2020 
 
Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC
Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC (“GPIM”) is an indirect subsidiary of Guggenheim Partners, LLC, a diversified financial services firm. The firm provides capital markets services, portfolio and risk management expertise, wealth management, and investment advisory services. Clients of Guggenheim Partners, LLC subsidiaries are an elite mix of individuals, family offices, endowments, foundations, insurance companies and other institutions.
Investment Philosophy
GPIM’s investment philosophy is predicated upon the belief that thorough research and independent thought are rewarded with performance that has the potential to outperform benchmark indices with both lower volatility and lower correlation of returns over time as compared to such benchmark indices.
Investment Process
GPIM’s investment process is a collaborative effort between various groups including the Portfolio Construction Group, which utilize proprietary portfolio construction and risk modeling tools to determine allocation of assets among a variety of sectors, and its Sector Specialists, who are responsible for security selection within these sectors and for implementing securities transactions, including the structuring of certain securities directly with the issuers or with investment banks and dealers involved in the origination of such securities.

Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC
227 West Monroe Street
Chicago, IL 60606
Member FINRA/SIPC
(01/21)
NOT FDIC-INSURED l NOT BANK-GUARANTEED l MAY LOSE VALUE
CEF-GGM-SAR-1120



Item 2.  Code of Ethics.
Not applicable for a semi-annual reporting period.
Item 3.  Audit Committee Financial Expert.
Not applicable for a semi-annual reporting period.
Item 4.  Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
Not applicable for a semi-annual reporting period.
Item 5.  Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.
Not applicable for a semi-annual reporting period.
Item 6.  Schedule of Investments.
The Schedule of Investments is included as part of Item 1.
Item 7.  Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable for a semi-annual reporting period.
Item 8.  Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
(a) Not applicable for a semi-annual reporting period.
(b) There has been no change, as of the date of filing, in any of the Portfolio Managers identified in response to paragraph (a)(1) of this Item in the registrant’s most recent annual report on Form N-CSR.

Item 9.  Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.
None.
Item 10.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The registrant has not made any material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s Board of Trustees.
Item 11.  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) as of a date within 90 days of this filing and have concluded based on such

evaluation, as required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Investment Company Act, 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-CSR was recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms.
 (b)      There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act) that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Item 12. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
(a) The registrant has not participated in securities lending activities during the period covered by this report.
(b) Not applicable.
Item 13.  Exhibits.
(a)(1) Not applicable.
(a)(3) Not applicable.


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 Credit Allocation Fund
By:             /s/ Brian E. Binder
Name:      Brian E. Binder
Title:       President and Chief Executive Officer
Date:
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By:             /s/ Brian E. Binder
Name:      Brian E. Binder
Title:       President and Chief Executive Officer


Date:          February 5, 2021
By:             /s/ John L. Sullivan
Name:      John L. Sullivan
Title:       Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer
Date:         February 5, 2021

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