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Guggenheim employs a rigorous team-based approach to investing, founded on the principles of behavioral finance, which allows us to make better decisions and express our best ideas in actively managed fixed income portfolios. We believe that our disciplined investment process has resulted in a suite of award winning, actively managed fixed income portfolios.


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Guggenheim Macro Opportunities Fund

2022 Best Alternative Credit Focus Fund

10-year period among 32 funds

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Morningstar Overall Star Ratings and Since Inception Rankings and Performance (3.31.2023)

Total Return Bond Fund
(GIBIX)

Based on risk-adjusted returns out of 554 Intermediate Core-Plus Bond funds.

Top 1st Percentile

Ranked 4 out of 330 Intermediate Core-Plus Bond funds. Institutional class based on total return.

Macro Opportunities Fund
(GIOIX)

Based on risk-adjusted returns out of 309 Nontraditional Bond funds.

Top 3rd Percentile

Ranked 4 out of 108 Nontraditional Bond funds. Institutional class based on total return.

Core Bond Fund1
(GIUSX)

Based on risk-adjusted returns out of 414 Intermediate Core Bond funds.

Top 1st Percentile

Ranked 3 out of 275 Intermediate Core Bond funds. Institutional class based on total return.

Floating Rate Strategies Fund
(GIFIX)

Based on risk-adjusted returns out of 232 Bank Loan funds.

Top 3rd Percentile

Ranked 4 out of 137 Bank Loan funds. Institutional class based on total return.

High Yield Fund
(SHYIX)

Based on risk-adjusted returns out of 617 High Yield Bond funds.

Top 5th Percentile

Ranked 15 out of 279 High Yield Bond funds. Institutional class based on total return.

Limited Duration Fund
(GILHX)

Based on risk-adjusted returns out of 535 Short-Term Bond funds.

Top 4th Percentile

Ranked 14 out of 363 Short-Term Bond funds. Institutional class based on total return.

Ultra Short Duration
(GIYIX)

Based on risk-adjusted returns out of 216 Ultrashort Bond funds.

Top 29th Percentile

Ranked 34 out of 117 Ultrashort Bond funds. Institutional class based on total return.

Performance displayed represents past performance which is no guarantee of future results. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate so that when shares are redeemed, they may be worth more or less than original cost. Total returns reflect the reinvestment of all dividends. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. For up-to-date fund performance, including performance current to the most recent month-end, click here.

1 Prior to 04.23.2021 the referenced fund was named the Guggenheim Investment Grade Bond Fund.

Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards are granted annually to the fund in each Lipper classification that achieves the highest score for Consistent Return, a measure of its historical risk-adjusted returns, relative to peers. The Best Alternative Credit Focus Fund 10-year award is granted to the fund in the Alternative Credit Focus category with the highest Lipper Leader score for Consistent Return as of 11.30 of the prior year, among 32 funds for the 10-year period in 2021. Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards, ©2022 Refinitiv. All rights reserved. Used under license.

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Morningstar Ratings and Rankings Information: The Morningstar Rating for funds, or "star rating", is calculated for managed products with at least a three-year history and does not include the effect of sales charges. Exchange-traded funds and open-end mutual funds are considered a single population for comparative purposes. It is calculated based on a Morningstar Risk-Adjusted Return measure that accounts for variation in a managed product's monthly excess performance, placing more emphasis on downward variations and rewarding consistent performance. The top 10% of products in each product category receive 5 stars, the next 22.5% receive 4 stars, the next 35% receive 3 stars, the next 22.5% receive 2 stars, and the bottom 10% receive 1 star. The Overall Morningstar Rating is derived from a weighted average of the performance figures associated with its three-, five-, and 10-year (if applicable) Morningstar Rating metrics.

Morningstar absolute and percentile ranks are based on average annual total return relative to all funds in the same Morningstar category, which includes both mutual funds and ETFs, and do not include the effect of sales charges. Absolute ranks are assigned in descending order for each fund in the category, with 1 being the top performing fund. Funds with the same performance figure are assigned the same absolute rank. Percentile ranks range from 1 (top 1%) to 100 (least favorable), with no minimum number of funds per category. For example, for a category containing three funds, the ranks would be 1, 50, and 100.

Overall Morningstar Star Ratings are based on risk-adjusted returns and Morningstar Rankings are based on average annual total return. Inception date of 7.11.2008 for SHYIX; 11.30.2011 for GIOIX, GIBIX, and GIFIX; 1.29.2013 for GIUSX; 12.16.2013 for GILHX; and 3.11.2014 for GIYIX. The Institutional class for each fund was rated 5 stars for overall, 4 stars for 3 years, 4 stars for 5 years, and 5 stars for 10 years among 414, 414, 378, and 282 Intermediate Core Bond funds (Core Bond Fund), 5 stars for overall, 5 stars for 3 years, 4 stars for 5 years, and 5 stars for 10 years among 232, 232, 220, and 156 Bank Loan funds (Floating Rate Strategies Fund), 4 stars for overall, 3 stars for 3 years, and 3 stars for 5 years among 617, 617, and 575 High Yield funds (High Yield Fund), 4 stars for overall, 4 stars for 3 years, and 4 stars for 5 years among 535, 535, and 477 Short-Term Bond funds (Limited Duration Fund), 5 stars for overall, 4 stars for 3 years, 4 stars for 5 years, and 5 stars for 10 years among 309, 309, 263, and 135 Nontraditional Bond funds (Macro Opportunities Fund), 4 stars for overall, 3 stars for 3 years, 4 stars for 5 years, and 5 stars for 10 years among 554, 554, 508, and 365 Intermediate Core-Plus Bond funds (Total Return Bond Fund), and 3 stars for overall, 3 stars for 3 years, and 3 stars for 5 years among 216, 216, and 180 Ultrashort Bond funds (Ultra Short Duration Fund).

The Institutional Class for the 1-year period was ranked 409 out of 461 (92nd percentile) Intermediate Core Bond funds (Core Bond Fund), 8 out of 241 (5th percentile) Bank Loan funds (Floating Rate Strategies Fund), 157 out of 684 (27th percentile) High Yield funds (High Yield Fund), 95 out of 582 (21st percentile) Short-Term Bond funds (Limited Duration Fund), 180 out of 333 (56th percentile) Nontraditional Bond funds (Macro Opportunities Fund), 415 out of 613 (75th percentile) Intermediate Core-Plus Bond funds (Total Return Bond Fund), and 59 out of 237 (30th percentile) Ultrashort Bond funds (Ultra Short Duration Fund). The Institutional Class for the 3-year period was ranked 41 out of 414 (11th percentile) Intermediate Core Bond funds (Core Bond Fund), 22 out of 232 (18th percentile) Bank Loan funds (Floating Rate Strategies Fund), 156 out of 617 (26th percentile) High Yield funds (High Yield Fund), 116 out of 535 (22nd percentile) Short-Term Bond funds (Limited Duration Fund), 62 out of 309 (25th percentile) Nontraditional Bond funds (Macro Opportunities Fund), 171 out of 554 (32nd percentile) Intermediate Core-Plus Bond funds (Total Return Bond Fund), and 95 out of 216 (40th percentile) Ultrashort Bond funds (Ultra Short Duration Fund). The Institutional Class for the 5-year period was ranked 75 out of 378 (20th percentile) Intermediate Core Bond funds (Core Bond Fund), 31 out of 220 (18th percentile) Bank Loan funds (Floating Rate Strategies Fund), 234 out of 575 (45th percentile) High Yield funds (High Yield Fund), 87 out of 477 (23rd percentile) Short-Term Bond funds (Limited Duration Fund), 70 out of 263 (33rd percentile) Nontraditional Bond funds (Macro Opportunities Fund), 113 out of 508 (22nd percentile) Intermediate Core-Plus Bond funds (Total Return Bond Fund), and 90 out of 180 (54th percentile) Ultrashort Bond funds (Ultra Short Duration Fund). The Institutional Class for the 10-year period was ranked 2 out of 282 (1st percentile) Intermediate Core Bond funds (Core Bond Fund), 7 out of 156 (5th percentile) Bank Loan funds (Floating Rate Strategies Fund), 37 out of 411 (12th percentile) High Yield funds (High Yield Fund), 7 out of 135 (6th percentile) Nontraditional Bond funds (Macro Opportunities Fund), and 4 out of 365 (1st percentile) Intermediate Core-Plus Bond funds (Total Return Bond Fund).

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