GOF - Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund Stock Price & Dividend Safety Sector: Financial Services | Exchange: New York Stock Exchange Current Price & Safety Score Price: 8.69 USD StockBonds Safety Grade: D Altman Z-Score (Bankruptcy Risk): 1.00 StockBond Score: 1.52 Company Description The Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund a USdomiciled closedend balanced mutual fund commenced operations on November 13 2006 having previously been known as ClaymoreGuggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund It is overseen by Guggenheim Funds Investment Advisors LLC with Guggenheim Partners Investment Management LLC providing comanagement services This fund pursues investment opportunities across global public equity and fixed income markets Its equity portfolio construction involves both direct stock purchases and the strategic deployment of derivatives such as writing covered call and put options The fund aims for exposure to valueoriented companies of all market capitalizations spanning diverse industry sectors The SP 500 Index serves as its benchmark for equity performance For its fixed income allocation the fund targets a range of securities including corporate bonds various types of loans including participations structured finance instruments and US government and agency debt A key criterion for these investments is a minimum credit rating of not less than CCC by SP or Caa2 by Moodys The Barclays Aggregate Bond Index acts as the benchmark for its fixed income component The overall portfolio is developed through a methodical fusion of quantitative and qualitative analytical approaches