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Guggenheim Tax-Exempt Strategy Portfolio of CEFs Series 2

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Investment Objective

The Guggenheim Tax-Exempt Strategy Portfolio of CEFs ("Trust") seeks to provide current income that is exempt from federal income taxes and the potential for capital appreciation. However, a portion of the income may be subject to the alternative minimum tax as well as federal, state and local taxes.

Principal Investment Strategy

Selection Criteria

Risks and Other Considerations

Portfolio Information

Deposit Information

Inception Date 5/14/2012
Non-Reoffered Date 8/7/2012
Mandatory Maturity Date 8/7/2013
Ticker Symbol CGNTBX
Trust Structure Grantor
Inception Unit Price $10.0000
Maturity Price (as of 8/7/13) $7.9748

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate with changes in market conditions. Investors' units, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

This information does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of any offer to buy: nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state where the offer, solicitation, or sale is not permitted.


Principal Investment Strategy

The Trust contains common shares of closed-end investment companies (“Closed- End Funds”), all of which contain portfolios that are concentrated in tax-exempt municipal bonds.

The Sponsor, with the assistance of Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC ("GPIM"), an affiliate of Guggenheim Partners, LLC, has selected the securities to be included in the Trust’s portfolio according to the selection criteria described below.

See “Investment Policies” in Part B of the prospectus for additional information.

Selection Criteria

The Trust’s portfolio was constructed and the securities were selected two business days prior to the initial date of deposit (the “Inception Date”) according to the selection criteria described below.

The security selection process begins by identifying the entire universe of U.S.-listed Closed-End Funds as provided by Morningstar. As of the security selection date, each Closed- End Fund is then ranked on a scale of 1 through 10 for each the four factors listed below, where “1” represents the 10% of Closed-End Funds ranked highest in a given factor and “10” represents the 10% of Closed-End Funds ranked lowest in a given factor.

• Current percentage discount from net asset value (“NAV Discount”).

• Current NAV Discount compared to the Average NAV Discount from prior 24 months (with minimum of 18 months of trading history required for securities with less than 24 months trading history), as sourced from the Capital IQ Compustat database.

• Volatility of distributions paid over the last 12 quarters. Volatility is represented by standard deviation of the total dollar dividends paid during each of the last 12 quarters divided by the average of those 12 quarters of dividends (with minimum of 10 of the last 12 quarters requiring some payment to be scored), as sourced from the Capital IQ Compustat database.

• Trailing six month total return, as sourced from FactSet. The 40 Closed-End Funds with the best average of the four rankings (where ties are broken by selecting the Closed-End Fund with the higher trading liquidity) will be selected for the trust portfolio, subject to the following constraints (as measured on the security selection date). Trading liquidity is measured by the median daily dollar volume (daily volume times closing daily price) over the prior 30 trading days, as sourced from FactSet. For the constraints regarding Closed-End Fund classifications, every Closed-End Fund in the applicable universe is assigned an overall asset class category and fund objective category based on confirmation between Morningstar and Lipper categories. When the Morningstar & Lipper categories do not match, then the fund’s stated investment objective is used to determine if the fund should be included in a given category.

• Only include Closed-End Funds classified as tax-exempt municipal income funds, which are Closed-End Funds that are focused solely on the Fixed Income asset class, with investment objectives that indicate that the funds focus on municipal bonds which are exempt from U.S. income taxes;

• Minimum per share price of $5 as of the selection date;

• Exclude Closed-End Funds that have a net asset value of less than $100 million;

• Exclude securities with trading liquidity of less than $400,000 (or less than the median trading liquidity of the entire Closed-End Fund starting universe if that is less than $400,000). Trading liquidity is measured by the median daily dollar volume (daily volume times closing daily price) over the prior 30 trading days, as sourced from FactSet.

• Exclude Closed-End Funds advised by the Sponsor; • No more than 33% of the Trust portfolio will comprise state-specific municipal Closed-End Funds and no one state’s bonds will represent more than 10% of the aggregate holdings of the Closed-End Funds selected for the Trust; and

• No more than 33% of the Trust portfolio will comprise Closed-End Funds classified as high-yield municipal income Closed-End Funds.

Once a particular portfolio weight limit has been reached when selecting from top ranked securities, then any subsequently ranked Closed-End Fund that violates the limit will be skipped. The 40 Closed-End Funds selected for the portfolio will be equally-weighted as of the selection date.

Please note that due to the fluctuating nature of security prices, the weighting of an individual security or sector in the Trust portfolio may change after the selection date.

Risks and Other Considerations

As with all investments, you may lose some or all of your investment in the Trust. No assurance can be given that the Trust’s investment objective will be achieved. The Trust also might not perform as well as you expect. This can happen for reasons such as these:

• Securities prices can be volatile. The value of your investment may fall over time. Market value fluctuates in response to various factors. These can include stock market movements, purchases or sales of securities by the Trust, government policies, litigation, and changes in interest rates, inflation, the financial condition of the securities’ issuer or even perceptions of the issuer. Units of the Trust are not deposits of any bank and are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

• Due to the current state of the economy, the value of the securities held by the Trust may be subject to steep declines or increased volatility due to changes in performance or perception of the issuers. Starting in December 2007, economic activity declined across all sectors of the economy, and the United States experienced increased unemployment. The economic crisis affected the global economy with European and Asian markets also suffering historic losses. Standard & Poor’s Rating Services lowered its long-term sovereign credit rating on the United States to “AA+” from “AAA,” which could lead to increased interest rates and volatility. Extraordinary steps have been taken by the governments of several leading countries to combat the economic crisis; however, the impact of these measures is not yet fully known and cannot be predicted.

• The Trust includes Closed-End Funds. Closed-End Funds are actively managed investment companies that invest in various types of securities. Closed-End Funds issue common shares that are traded on a securities exchange. Closed-End Funds are subject to various risks, including management’s ability to meet the Closed-End Fund’s investment objective and to manage the Closed-End Fund’s portfolio during periods of market turmoil and as investors’ perceptions regarding Closed-End Funds or their underlying investments change. Closed-End Funds are not redeemable at the option of the shareholder and they may trade in the market at a discount to their net asset value. Closed-End Funds may also employ the use of leverage which increases risk and volatility. Instability in the auction rate preferred shares market may affect the volatility of Closed-End Funds that use such instruments to provide leverage.

• The Closed-End Funds are subject to annual fees and expenses, including a management fee. Unitholders of the trust will bear these fees in addition to the fees and expenses of the trust. See “Fees and Expenses” for additional information.

• Closed-End Funds held by the Trust invest in municipal bonds. Municipal bonds are long-term fixed rate debt obligations that decline in value with increases in interest rates, an issuer’s worsening financial condition, a drop in bond ratings or when there is a decrease in the federal income tax rate. Typically, bonds with longer periods before maturity are more sensitive to interest rate changes. Municipal bonds generally generate income exempt from federal income taxation, but may be subject to the alternative minimum tax. In addition, some or all of the income generated by a Closed-End Fund may not be exempt from regular federal or state income taxes and as a result, the related income paid by the trust may also be subject to regular federal and state income taxes. Capital gains, if any, may be subject to tax.

• The value of the fixed-income securities in the Closed-End Funds will generally fall if interest rates, in general, rise. Typically, fixed-income securities with longer periods before maturity are more sensitive to interest rate changes.

• A Closed-End Fund or an issuer of securities held by a Closed-End Fund may be unwilling or unable to make principal payments and/or to declare distributions in the future, may call a security before its stated maturity, or may reduce the level of distributions declared. This may result in a reduction in the value of your units.

• The financial condition of a Closed-End Fund or an issuer of securities held by a Closed-End Fund may worsen, resulting in a reduction in the value of your units. This may occur at any point in time, including during the primary offering period.

• Certain Closed-End Funds held by the Trust invest in securities that are rated below investment-grade and are considered to be “junk” securities. Below investment-grade obligations are considered to be speculative and are subject to greater market and credit risks, and accordingly, the risk of nonpayment or default is higher than with investment-grade securities. In addition, such securities may be more sensitive to interest rate changes and more likely to receive early returns of principal.

• Certain Closed-End Funds held by the Trust may invest in securities that are rated as investment-grade by only one rating agency. As a result, such split-rated securities may have more speculative characteristics and are subject to a greater risk of default than securities rated as investment-grade by more than one rating agency.

• Current economic conditions may lead to limited liquidity and greater volatility. The markets for fixed-income securities, such as those held by the Closed-End Funds, may experience periods of illiquidity and volatility. General market uncertainty and consequent repricing risk have led to market imbalances of sellers and buyers, which in turn have resulted in significant valuation uncertainties in a variety of fixed-income securities. These conditions resulted, and in many cases continue to result in, greater volatility, less liquidity, widening credit spreads and a lack of price transparency, with many debt securities remaining illiquid and of uncertain value. These market conditions may make valuation of some of the securities held by a Closed-End Fund uncertain and/or result in sudden and significant valuation increases or declines in its holdings.

• Inflation may lead to a decrease in the value of assets or income from investments.

• The Sponsor does not actively manage the portfolio. The Trust will generally hold, and may, when creating additional units, continue to buy, the same securities even though a security’s outlook, market value or yield may have changed.

See “Investment Risks” in Part A of the prospectus and “Risk Factors” in Part B of the prospectus for additional information.

Please see the Trust prospectus for more complete risk information.

Unit Investment Trusts are fixed, not actively managed and should be considered as part of a long-term strategy. Investors should consider their ability to invest in successive portfolios, if available, at the applicable sales charge. UITs are subject to annual fund operating expenses in addition to the sales charge. Investors should consult an attorney or tax advisor regarding tax consequences associated with an investment from one series to the next, if available, and with the purchase or sale of units. Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC does not offer tax advice.




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