Compare · BCAT vs GOF
BCAT vs GOF
Side-by-side comparison of BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT) and Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund (GOF): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both BCAT and GOF operate in Finance/Investors Services (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
- BCAT is the larger of the two at $1.72B, about 1.7x GOF ($1.01B).
- GOF has been more active in the news (3 items in the past 4 weeks vs 1 for BCAT).
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 BCAT
- SEC Form 3 filed by new insider Park Charles
- Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds Announce Estimated Sources of Distributions
- Portfolio Manager Rieder Richard M sold $570,318 worth of shares (35,734 units at $15.96), decreasing direct ownership by 12% to 272,353 units (SEC Form 4)
- BlackRock Provides Update on Closed-End Fund Discount Management Programs
- Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds Announce Estimated Sources of Distributions
- SEC Form N-2ASR filed by BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust
- Distribution Dates and Amounts Announced for Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds
- Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds Announce Estimated Sources of Distributions
- Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds Announce Estimated Sources of Distributions
- Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds Announce Estimated Sources of Distributions
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)