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BTZ vs GOF
Side-by-side comparison of BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust (BTZ) and Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund (GOF): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both BTZ and GOF operate in Finance/Investors Services (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
- BTZ carries a market cap of $1.01B.
- BTZ has hit the wire 1 time in the past 4 weeks while GOF has been quiet.
BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust
BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust is a closed ended balanced mutual fund launched by BlackRock, Inc. The fund is co-managed by BlackRock Advisors, LLC and BlackRock (Singapore) Limited. It invests in the fixed income markets across the globe. For the fixed income portion of the portfolio, the fund primarily invests in securities with an average credit quality of BBB by Standard & Poor's Corporation. It invests in investment grade corporate bonds, high yield bonds, bank loans, preferred securities or convertible bonds or derivatives. The fund was formerly known as BlackRock Preferred & Equity Advantage Trust. BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust was formed on December 27, 2006 and is domiciled in the United States.
Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund
Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund is a closed-ended balanced mutual fund launched and managed by Guggenheim Funds Investment Advisors, LLC. The fund is co-managed by Guggenheim Partners Investment Management LLC. It invests in public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. For its equity portion, the fund invests directly and through derivatives such as writing covered call and put options to invest in the stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. It invests in the value stocks of companies of all capitalizations. The fund employs a combination of quantitative and qualitative analysis to create its portfolio. For the fixed income component of its portfolio, it seeks to invest in securities such as corporate bonds, loans, loan participations, structured finance investments, U.S. government and agency securities that are not rated below below CCC by S&P or Caa2 by Moody's. For the equity part of the portfolio the fund benchmarks S&P 500 Index and for the fixed income part it benchmarks Barclays Aggregate Bond Index. It was formerly known as Claymore/Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund. Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund was formed on November 13, 2006 and is domiciled in the United States.
Latest BTZ
- Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds Announce Estimated Sources of Distributions
- SEC Form 4 filed by BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust
- SEC Form 4 filed by BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust
- SEC Form 4 filed by BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust
- SEC Form 4 filed by BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust
- SEC Form 4 filed by BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust
- SEC Form 4 filed by BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust
- Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds Announce Estimated Sources of Distributions
- SEC Form 3 filed by new insider Mahoney Francis C.
- Distribution Dates and Amounts Announced for Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds
Latest GOF
- SEC Form N-PX filed by Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund
- SEC Form N-CEN filed by Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund
- SEC Form N-CSR filed by Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund
- President and CEO Binder Brian E. bought $50,000 worth of shares (4,704 units at $10.63) (SEC Form 4)
- SEC Form APP NTC filed by Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund
- Trustee Lydon Thomas F Jr bought $99,730 worth of shares (8,710 units at $11.45) (SEC Form 4)
- SEC Form APP WDG filed by Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund
- SEC Form 4 filed by Barnes Randall C
- TRUSTEE Barnes Randall C bought $2,506 worth of shares (220 units at $11.39), increasing direct ownership by 4% to 6,451 units (SEC Form 4)
- TRUSTEE Barnes Randall C bought $48,446 worth of shares (4,180 units at $11.59), increasing direct ownership by 204% to 6,231 units (SEC Form 4)