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✓	Name	Symbol	RSf	Rtn-1d	Rtn-5d	Rtn-1mo	Rtn-3mo	Rtn-6mo	Rtn-1yr	$vol-21
	H&Q Life Sciences Investors	HQL	10.49	2.17	4.86	8.16	-7.37	-5.55	2.19	2m
	H&Q Healthcare Investors	HQH	13.65	2.14	5.47	7.00	-7.86	-3.57	5.68	4m
	GAMCO Glb Gold Natural Res&Inc	GGN	84.36	1.67	-0.23	0.71	4.37	7.98	14.43	3m
	BlackRock Core Bond	BHK	24.32	1.50	-1.99	2.43	-0.37	-4.34	4.08	2m
	Gabelli Dividend & Income	GDV	81.73	1.29	2.66	14.49	0.99	5.72	16.73	4m
	Cohen & Steers Infrastructure	UTF	91.05	1.17	3.09	7.16	8.62	8.76	19.14	5m
	BlackRock Floating Rate Inc Tr	BGT	56.22	1.14	1.63	7.29	0.65	1.67	2.67	1m
	Tekla Healthcare Opportunities Fund	THQ	13.34	1.14	2.14	2.07	-7.99	-1.13	0.71	3m
	Alpine Global Dynamic Dividend	AGD	85.69	1.07	1.86	12.07	2.17	9.21	19.64	1m
	Alpine Global Premier Property	AWP	74.32	1.01	1.53	8.90	2.12	1.40	15.79	1m
	Cornerstone Total Return	CRF	19.81	0.97	4.41	14.61	-12.70	-9.69	17.14	8m
	Duff&Phelps Global Utility Inc Ord	DPG	95.63	0.88	4.41	8.16	7.05	9.87	34.55	1m
	Voya Global Equity Dividend&Premium Opp	IGD	90.11	0.88	1.78	7.26	6.41	9.54	22.72	1m
	EV Tax-Managed Glb B-W Opps	ETW	70.92	0.85	0.43	10.92	-1.20	3.87	12.54	3m
	EV Tax-Mgd Gbl Div Equity Income	EXG	83.22	0.82	1.36	15.92	3.30	8.28	13.46	5m
	DNP Select Income	DNP	92.30	0.82	2.38	6.50	6.57	11.19	22.57	5m
	MS Emerging Markets Domestic	EDD	89.20	0.72	0.93	6.63	5.69	14.18	18.22	1m
	ClearBridge Energy MLP Opps Ord	EMO	83.21	0.71	-0.32	9.08	-4.13	4.37	20.33	2m
	Alpine Total Dynamic Dividend	AOD	78.33	0.70	1.06	11.50	0.57	5.44	16.52	4m
	Neuberger Berman MLP Income	NML	76.75	0.70	-2.38	8.99	-3.84	0.88	22.07	1m
	Cushing MLP Total Return Fund	SRV	34.36	0.64	-1.04	12.98	-9.86	3.15	13.31	1m
	Liberty All-Star Equity	USA	39.83	0.60	0.00	13.39	-3.04	-2.52	8.59	4m
	CBRE Clarion Global Real Est I	IGR	57.93	0.59	1.98	10.75	-0.08	0.39	15.66	2m
	BlackRock Enhanced Equity Div	BDJ	72.06	0.58	0.14	11.30	-0.63	1.59	13.17	4m
	Flah&Crum Pref Secs	FFC	75.15	0.57	1.15	7.18	-0.49	3.58	15.21	2m
	Royce Micro Cap Trust	RMT	10.79	0.57	0.91	15.06	-8.88	-6.98	0.32	1m
	Prudential Global Short Dur Hi	GHY	85.45	0.54	-0.27	10.08	0.41	9.52	22.65	2m
	BlackRock Intern'l Grth & Inc	BGY	87.15	0.52	1.99	11.56	6.00	11.99	13.96	1m
	Dreyfus Strategic Municipals	LEO	15.93	0.51	-0.19	4.30	-4.99	-4.28	1.86	1m
	Avenue Income Credit Strategy	ACP	38.12	0.51	1.20	10.16	-1.15	-1.12	1.53	3m
	EV Tax Adv Global Dividend Inc	ETG	90.17	0.50	1.56	18.67	6.42	10.46	18.42	3m
	Cohen & Steers Ltd Dur Prf&Inc	LDP	67.66	0.49	0.79	7.17	-0.81	0.81	11.95	1m
	Tortoise Energy Infrastructure	TYG	84.32	0.48	0.85	10.68	-7.42	2.80	34.78	3m
	JH Tax-Advantaged Dividend Inc	HTD	84.87	0.48	2.94	7.69	0.18	5.81	21.53	2m
	JH Premium Dividend Fund	PDT	80.81	0.47	2.15	6.46	1.14	5.32	17.60	1m
	Royce Value Trust	RVT	37.36	0.47	-0.20	14.19	-4.72	-1.90	9.28	3m
	Reaves Utility Income	UTG	92.90	0.47	2.69	12.25	2.32	7.61	30.82	8m
	Dreyfus High Yield Strategies	DHF	67.81	0.40	0.00	6.67	-1.38	2.20	14.19	1m
	Liberty All-Star Growth	ASG	35.24	0.38	0.38	18.61	-3.11	-4.41	8.38	1m
	BlackRock Global Opportunities	BOE	79.35	0.36	2.21	12.94	0.80	5.52	14.99	1m
	India Fund Inc	IFN	81.25	0.36	3.76	8.52	10.34	5.79	7.63	3m
	Kayne Anderson MLP	KYN	89.60	0.33	-1.36	9.08	-3.25	2.11	36.13	4m
	EV Limited Duration Income	EVV	66.61	0.30	0.00	5.74	-0.84	3.62	11.34	2m
	EV Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opps	ETV	35.97	0.30	-0.75	12.61	-6.43	-1.43	11.21	3m
	BlackRock Health Sciences	BME	9.27	0.28	1.13	2.84	-8.55	-5.10	-2.94	2m
	BlackRock Float Rate Strat	FRA	40.45	0.24	-1.32	5.00	-1.04	-4.49	6.35	1m
	Nuveen Real Asset Inc and Grwt	JRI	86.91	0.23	0.59	6.81	3.49	4.46	25.65	2m
	Western/Claymore Infl-Lnk Opps	WIW	69.21	0.23	0.35	1.92	0.87	4.14	7.87	2m
	AllianzGI Convertible & Income	NCV	72.66	0.22	0.22	10.92	-2.06	3.08	16.88	1m
	Babson Cap Global Short Durati	BGH	42.53	0.22	-0.39	6.99	-6.31	1.17	13.87	2m
	Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund	ARDC	26.94	0.21	1.01	9.04	-4.72	-0.39	7.74	1m
	BlackRock Corp High Yield	HYT	67.29	0.21	-0.54	5.98	0.63	2.91	8.71	6m
	Calamos Convertible Opps & Inc	CHI	17.72	0.19	0.68	11.29	-4.17	-6.65	2.03	2m
	Mexico Fund	MXF	92.35	0.18	2.60	12.59	15.60	25.56	-6.14	1m
	Nuveen S&P500 Buy-Write Inc Fnd	BXMX	55.54	0.15	0.37	11.23	-3.11	1.65	9.09	2m
	Nuveen Pref Income Opps Fund	JPC	81.06	0.13	0.20	8.70	0.72	3.47	21.36	6m
	Nuveen Floating Rate Income	JFR	30.17	0.12	-0.32	4.63	-2.14	-1.71	4.32	4m
	Western Asset Emerg Mkts Debt	EMD	74.79	0.10	0.73	8.63	-0.17	5.70	15.05	1m
	EV Enhanced Equity Income	EOI	74.88	0.10	1.02	18.80	-2.89	3.40	18.39	1m
	Calamos Convertible & High	CHY	17.01	0.10	-0.57	9.63	-4.46	-8.03	4.83	3m
	Cohen & Steers REIT & Preferred Inc	RNP	73.21	0.09	1.40	7.92	1.65	2.14	14.58	2m
	EV Tax Advantaged Dividend Inc	EVT	48.71	0.09	0.41	14.28	-1.11	-2.05	7.59	3m
	Blackstone/GSO Strategic Cred	BGB	51.93	0.08	0.25	5.81	-2.08	1.48	7.87	2m
	KKR Income Opportunities	KIO	20.06	0.08	-0.41	7.42	-1.82	-2.65	2.05	2m
	AllianzGI NFJ Div Interest & Prem	NFJ	30.31	0.08	0.25	11.28	-3.89	-1.67	6.43	2m
	Calamos Strategic Total Return	CSQ	62.82	0.06	0.99	19.09	-3.62	0.56	14.50	3m
	BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund	DSU	63.30	0.00	0.46	6.67	0.22	2.62	7.09	2m
	BlackRock Resources & Commdty	BCX	72.33	0.00	-1.08	7.54	1.81	5.44	5.93	1m
	Credit Suisse High Yield Bond	DHY	44.70	0.00	-0.24	5.43	-2.95	-0.15	8.63	1m
	Gabelli Equity Trust	GAB	89.57	0.00	0.52	11.61	5.18	10.54	16.31	3m
	BlackRock Credit Allocation Inc	BTZ	65.70	0.00	-0.25	4.56	0.46	2.59	10.56	2m
	Nuveen Municipal Value	NUV	29.19	0.00	-0.66	2.17	-2.50	-0.61	3.47	4m
	Aberdeen Asia-Pacific Income	FAX	71.78	0.00	-0.76	5.34	2.30	4.84	12.49	2m
	Nuveen NJ Div Advantage Muni	NXJ	17.32	0.00	-0.18	2.31	-4.49	-3.98	2.28	2m
	Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Inc	NEA	26.15	0.00	0.03	3.82	-3.89	-1.68	7.20	13m
	Nuveen Credit Strat. Income	JQC	32.64	0.00	-0.87	5.63	-1.85	-1.96	6.12	6m
	PIMCO Municipal Income II	PML	7.14	0.00	-0.39	3.92	-9.00	-10.85	-3.74	1m
	Cornerstone Strategic Value	CLM	41.21	0.00	2.94	13.76	-10.78	-5.86	20.53	12m
	Cohen & Steers Qty Inc Realty	RQI	65.73	-0.08	1.87	9.48	-1.37	0.42	16.09	3m
	DoubleLine Income Solutions	DSL	50.19	-0.08	-0.16	6.79	-2.24	2.26	7.70	4m
	Petroleum & Resources	PEO	10.23	-0.10	-2.39	6.88	-7.63	-7.86	-2.17	1m
	PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund	PDI	77.33	-0.11	-0.21	8.23	-0.19	5.97	13.05	30m
	Invesco Quality Muni Income	IQI	19.74	-0.11	-0.61	3.65	-5.09	-3.05	5.44	2m
	First Trust Inter Dur Pref & Income Fund	FPF	62.37	-0.11	0.83	7.61	-1.45	2.02	11.11	2m
	BlackRock Build America Bond	BBN	23.91	-0.13	-0.67	1.17	-3.17	0.08	6.02	2m
	EV Tax-Managed Div Equity Inc	ETY	75.79	-0.14	1.43	17.33	-3.60	4.15	18.95	3m
	Wells Fargo Adv Inc Opp	EAD	67.29	-0.15	0.15	6.79	-1.18	4.07	13.40	1m
	Central Securities Corporation	CET	66.40	-0.15	-0.72	12.16	-3.09	-0.79	15.37	1m
	BlackRock Enhanced Cap & Inc	CII	70.74	-0.15	0.76	19.38	-2.83	5.75	11.24	2m
	PIMCO Corporate & Income Strgy	PCN	36.98	-0.16	0.31	3.72	-4.39	-2.72	11.03	3m
	Nuveen CA AMT-Tax Free Muni In	NKX	25.35	-0.17	-0.68	3.10	-3.08	-3.71	9.86	1m
	Credit Suisse Asset Mgmt Income	CIK	32.94	-0.18	-2.16	6.67	-1.92	0.07	6.35	2m
	AllianceBernstein Glb High Inc	AWF	66.10	-0.19	0.09	8.04	-0.10	4.13	9.92	2m
	NXG NextGen Infrastr Inc Fd	NXG	95.15	-0.19	-3.02	20.37	-0.86	8.97	34.97	2m
	Tri-Continental Corporation	TY	57.93	-0.19	0.71	12.49	-3.83	1.00	12.20	1m
	BlackRock MuniHoldings CA Qty	MUC	19.08	-0.19	-0.72	2.88	-3.81	-3.05	1.27	2m
	Adams Express	ADX	80.01	-0.20	1.24	16.89	-0.41	4.88	19.08	5m
	BlackRock Util & Infra Trust	BUI	87.08	-0.21	1.82	10.28	5.63	8.86	14.82	1m
	Invesco Muni Invst. Grade T	VGM	20.83	-0.21	-0.68	2.28	-4.40	-2.81	4.44	2m
	BlackRock Muni Target Term Tr	BTT	49.27	-0.24	-0.39	2.99	0.09	1.36	4.95	3m
	Western Asset High Inc Fund II	HIX	59.45	-0.24	0.24	4.72	-2.09	3.17	8.51	2m
	Nuveen Div Adv Muni Inc	NVG	22.27	-0.25	0.24	5.80	-4.34	-4.26	7.21	5m
	Invesco Value Muni Income	IIM	30.78	-0.25	-1.03	4.00	-2.89	-0.82	8.46	2m
	Advent Claymore Conv & Income	AVK	59.06	-0.26	0.05	11.31	-1.50	5.15	9.28	2m
	Western Asset High Income Opp	HIO	72.83	-0.26	-0.51	5.01	-1.32	4.75	14.79	1m
	AllianzGI Equity & Conv Inc	NIE	55.17	-0.26	0.48	14.92	-5.37	0.96	12.05	1m
	BlackRock MuniHoldings NJ Qty	MUJ	20.07	-0.27	-0.42	3.23	-3.54	-3.29	2.69	1m
	Invesco Senior Income	VVR	7.54	-0.28	-0.33	4.24	-10.38	-1.45	-7.64	2m
	BlackRock Multi-Sector Income	BIT	60.19	-0.28	-0.11	6.27	0.41	2.86	4.17	1m
	BlackRock MuniYield Qty III	MYI	14.35	-0.29	-1.17	2.99	-5.04	-5.08	-0.24	2m
	BlackRock MuniAssets Fund	MUA	9.93	-0.29	0.53	6.17	-4.63	-13.26	-1.26	1m
	BlackRock Municipal Income II	BLE	13.61	-0.30	-0.85	4.82	-5.54	-4.94	0.19	1m
	Western Asset Managed Muni	MMU	24.15	-0.30	-0.10	5.30	-3.01	-0.89	4.05	1m
	Invesco Muni Opps. Trust	VMO	20.74	-0.32	-0.94	1.78	-4.11	-3.13	4.09	2m
	Nuveen Select TaxFree Income	NXP	21.32	-0.33	-0.62	3.39	-3.36	-2.06	1.84	2m
	Nuveen Dividend Advantage 3	NZF	24.80	-0.34	-0.08	4.81	-3.96	-1.80	6.28	5m
	Nuveen Dividend Advantage	NAD	25.63	-0.35	-0.39	2.59	-3.64	-2.62	7.61	10m
	PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II	PFN	66.55	-0.41	-0.14	4.03	-1.46	3.32	10.45	2m
	JH Financial Opportunities	BTO	76.75	-0.43	1.17	14.98	-5.17	-4.24	30.73	1m
	Invesco Municipal Trust	VKQ	16.30	-0.43	-0.93	3.01	-6.31	-4.40	3.53	1m
	BlackRock MuniYield Quality	MQY	10.41	-0.45	-0.47	4.57	-5.25	-7.97	-2.79	2m
	Invesco Strategic Opp Fund	GOF	61.96	-0.48	0.08	4.91	-3.06	0.17	16.56	12m
	BlackRock MuniYield	MYD	14.47	-0.49	-1.02	5.74	-4.14	-7.11	0.70	1m
	EV Enhanced Equity Income II	EOS	77.40	-0.52	0.09	20.01	-4.19	4.70	19.91	2m
	Nuveen CA Div Adv Muni	NAC	25.78	-0.55	-0.06	3.06	-3.39	-1.22	6.37	4m
	BlackRock Energy & Resources	BGR	16.77	-0.56	-1.29	5.32	-7.95	-3.01	2.21	1m
	Nuveen NY AMT-Free Muni Inc	NRK	12.90	-0.60	-1.11	1.31	-5.04	-5.67	-1.75	3m
	PIMCO High Income Fund	PHK	72.14	-0.63	0.00	5.88	0.36	2.27	12.77	2m
	SRH Total Return Fund	STEW	93.31	-0.67	0.00	10.68	5.40	10.97	26.12	3m
	Invesco Adv Muni Inc II	VKI	16.84	-0.72	-1.71	3.66	-5.95	-5.56	5.27	1m
	Prudential Sht Duration Hi Yld	ISD	71.53	-0.73	-3.31	6.33	-2.50	4.88	17.21	1m
	Nuveen Muni High Inc Opp	NMZ	20.75	-0.86	-0.61	3.40	-5.13	-4.25	5.79	3m
	PIMCO Corporate & Income Opps	PTY	39.57	-0.86	-0.29	6.83	-3.96	0.05	7.73	9m
	Columbia Seligman Premium Tech Gr	STK	15.74	-1.31	-1.94	15.78	-11.98	-1.05	5.39	1m

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