INDEX METHODOLOGY
| Step 1: | Identify Entire Closed-End Fund Universe |
| Step 2: | Narrow the Closed-End Fund Universe
Exclude funds that: - Do not trade on U.S. exchanges
- Generate non-taxable income by investing at least 50% of their assets in non-taxable
securities
- Are interval funds
- Have less than six months of operating history
- Have market capitalizations of less than $250 million
- Have a market share price less than $5
- Have a trading volume of less than 1 million shares in each of the six months preceding
reconstitution of the Index
- Are not organized in the United States
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| Step 3: | Rank Remaining Closed-End Funds Based on Premium/Discount (80% weighting) and
Distribution Yield (20% weighting) |
| Step 4: | Select the Top 75 Ranked Closed-End Funds:
Weightings based on each fund’s trading volume and premium/discount ranking |
INDEX VALUE
as of 7/29/10
| |
VALUE |
| Close |
84.39 |
| Change |
.18 |
| 52-Week High |
89.11 |
| 52-Week Low |
75.12 |
Value History
Value Close and Value Change are the Index’s daily market “price” and “price change”
as of the date noted. Figures are based on market close.
INDEX STATISTICS
as of 3/31/10 | Index Ticker | CLMRCEF |
| Rebalance Frequency | Every 367 Days |
| Number of Constituents | 75 |
| Average Market Capitalization:* | $858.9 Mil |
| Average Indicated Dividend Yield* | 7.00 % |
| Average Premium/Discount* | -7.98 % |
* Weighted average of the underlying closed-end funds that comprise the Index.
This data is subject to change on a daily basis.
ENTIRE CLOSED-END FUND UNIVERSE
as of 3/31/10 | Average Premium/Discount | -2.16 % |
The closed-end fund universe will change as funds are added or deleted.
INDEX PROFILE
| Ticker | CLMRCEF |
| Index Inception Date | 12/5/07 |
| Rebalance Frequency | Every 367 Days |
| Maintained By | Claymore Securities, Inc. |
INDEX ASSET CLASS WEIGHTINGS
as of 3/31/10 | ASSET CLASS | WEIGHTING |
| U.S. Equity | 34.57 % |
| U.S. Fixed Income | 29.09 % |
| Global Equity | 14.26 % |
| International Fixed Income | 9.10 % |
| International Equity | 5.13 % |
| Global Fixed Income | 4.45 % |
| Cash | 1.87 % |
| Government Agency | 1.54 % |
Index data is based on the individual closed-end funds that comprise the Index.
This data is subject to change on a daily basis.
Weightings and classifications derived by Claymore Securities, Inc. using Bloomberg data.
TOP INDEX CONSITUENTS
as of 7/29/10
| NAME |
WEIGHTING |
| ALLBERN INC FUND |
3.96 % |
| NFJ DIVIDEND INTEREST & PREMIUM STRATEGY FUND |
3.68 % |
| MORGAN STANLEY EMERGING MARKETS DOMESTIC DEBT FUND |
3.57 % |
| EATON VANCE LIMITED DURATION INCOME FUND |
3.36 % |
| CALAMOS-STRATEGIC TOTAL RETURN FUND |
2.88 % |
| EATON VANCE TAX-ADVANTAGED GLOBAL DIVIDEND INCOME FUND |
2.73 % |
| EATON VANCE TAX-ADVANTAGED DIVIDEND INCOME FUND |
2.47 % |
| GABELLI DIVIDEND & INCOME TRUST |
2.13 % |
| COHEN & STEERS SELECT UTILITY FUND INC. |
1.94 % |
| NUVEEN MULTI-CURRENCY SHORT-TERM GOVERNMENT INCOME FUND |
1.91 % |
All Constituents
This data is subject to change on a daily basis.
This is not an offering of any closed-end fund listed.
RISKS AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
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