Fourth Quarter 2016 Fixed-Income Outlook: Chart Highlights 10Risk Macroeconomic and Relative Value inForecasts a Time of Change for 2016

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The Guggenheim Investments (“Guggenheim”) quarterly Fixed-Income Outlook presents the relative-value conclusions of our 160+ member fixed-income investment team and illuminates the uniqueness of our investment process. This chart book presents selected highlights from the Fourth Quarter 2016 Fixed-Income Outlook.

Rising Inflation Turns Real Yields Negative 3

Our Oil Model Shows Prices at $60 in 2017, Which Would Push Inflation to 2.5 Percent 4

Growing Foreign Demand Helped Absorb Abundant Fixed-Income Supply 5

Yield Premiums Still Look More Attractive in Commodity Sectors 6

CLO Spreads Hit 52-Week Tights Due to Strong Demand for Floating Rate Assets 7

CMBS Investors Look Beyond Ratings to Price Risk 8

Floating-Rate Munis Sell Off, Look Attractive 9

Prepayment Speeds Stay Contained Even as Rates Decline 10

Guggenheim’s Investment Process 11

This material is distributed for informational purposes only and should not be considered as investing advice or a recommendation of any particular security, strategy or investment product. This material should not be considered research nor is the material intended to provide a sufficient basis on which to make an investment decision. This material contains opinions of the authors but not necessarily those of Guggenheim Partners or its subsidiaries. The authors’ opinions are subject to change without notice. Forward looking statements, estimates, and certain information contained herein are based upon proprietary and non-proprietary research and other sources. Information contained herein has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, but are not assured as to accuracy.

Guggenheim Partners 2 Rising Inflation Turns Real Yields Negative

. An unexpected inflation increase carries negative Real yields on the consequences for fixed- Ag briefly dipped income investors. into NEGATIVE territory when deflated by core CPI. . This risk is greatest in low- The selloff in bonds yielding government- following the election related assets, such as needs to hold to avoid Treasurys and Agency negative real yields debt, which represent 70 percent of the Barclays Agg. . With core CPI at 2.1 percent as of the end of October, the index is only barely compensating for core inflation. . Without continuous bond market selloffs, investors earning a similar yield to the Barclays Agg would soon expect to earn negative real yields against rising inflation.

Source: Bloomberg, Barclays, Guggenheim Investments. Data as of 11.30.2016.

Guggenheim Partners 3 Our Oil Model Shows Prices at $60 in 2017, Which Would Push Inflation to 2.5 Percent

. Past declines in energy prices have suppressed headline inflation, but the energy drag is set to reverse over the next six months as base effects kick in. . Incorporating our updated Oil prices could oil price model, we project reach $60+ per barrel next year. that rising oil prices will help headline CPI inflation to rise from 1.6 percent in October to 2.5 . percent in the first quarter of 2017.Higher oil prices, combined with the Fed’s willingness to let the economy “run hot,” and the potential impact of the new administration’s fiscal stimulus plans, skews risks to the upside for inflation.

Source: Guggenheim Investments, Bloomberg, IHS Markit. Data as of 12.2.2016.

Guggenheim Partners 4 Growing Foreign Demand Helped Absorb Abundant Fixed-Income Supply

. Foreign capital is fleeing to the U.S. as foreign corporate yields circle zero. Both the level of foreign Foreign demand for purchases and measured as U.S. corporate bonds has more a ratio of new U.S. than doubled its corporate bond issuance is share in the past at post-crisis peaks in 2016. year to the highest level since the . Foreign investors are likely recession. to represent a large share of overall demand over the next few years as foreign central banks maintain accommodative monetary policies. . Hedging costs may affect foreign demand going forward. For European and Japanese investors, hedging the U.S. dollar would eliminate over half of the excess yield over their respective local bonds, but this cost has not deterred demand for now.

Source: Bloomberg, U.S. Treasury Department, SIFMA, Guggenheim Investments. Data as of 7.30.2016.

Guggenheim Partners 5 Yield Premiums Still Look More Attractive in Commodity Sectors

. While yields and spreads have compressed significantly following the strong summer rally, we continue to find value in While spreads have energy and metals sectors tightened where yields range from significantly, energy 7–9 percent, compared to and metals sector average yields of 6 yields remain percent for ex-commodity relatively attractive. companies. . Long-term concerns continue to underscore fundamentals. The most recently reported high- yield leverage multiples set a new record, casting doubt over the sector’s ability to sustain such high debt levels through the next downturn. . Our Macroeconomic Research team believes the next recession is still two to three years away, which should help credit performance.

Source: Credit Suisse, Bloomberg, Guggenheim Investments. Data as of 10.15.2016.

Guggenheim Partners 6 CLO Spreads Hit 52-Week Tights Due to Strong Demand for Floating- Rate Assets

. Investors continued to increase allocations to floating-rate collateralized loan obligation ( CLO) debt in response to rising USD LIBOR and negative yields in Japan and Europe. Not surprisingly, CLO spreads tightened. . Growing demand and a looming risk-retention deadline led to a resurgence in supply that included refinancing activity, causing CLO spreads to tighten broadly. . In a strong reversal from the end of the second quarter, CLO spreads across the credit spectrum are now at 52-week tights. . September represented the highest monthly CLO issuance since June 2015, with October on track to exceed September.

Source: J.P. Morgan, Guggenheim Investments. Data as of 10.24.2016.

Guggenheim Partners 7 CMBS Investors Look Beyond Ratings to Price Risk

. Heightened market sensitivity to leverage, underwriting, and property quality have caused a Differences in pricing shows pronounced market price investors are looking beyond ratings to determine value. tiering for new-issue In this case, Transaction 1 had CMBS transactions. materially lower underlying . For example, in the two collateral loan leverage then Transaction 2, resulting in better pictured conduit CMBS pricing across the ratings stack. transactions that were marketed at roughly the same time, market pricing varied widely. . Despite similar ratings, the estimates of underlying collateral loan leverage in Transaction 2 were materially higher than those of Transaction 1, and investors priced the risk accordingly.

Source: JP Morgan, Guggenheim. Data as of 10.25.2016.

Guggenheim Partners 8 Floating-Rate Munis Sell Off, Look Attractive

. Money market reform and the ensuing investor redemptions of short-term Variable-rate demand notes paper have pushed the issued by municipalities have SIFMA Municipal Swap seen their coupons soar—not index, a benchmark used because of credit quality, but for short-term municipal because new money market fund regulations limits their ownership borrowing, to over 80 by this traditional investor. basis points, up from 1 basis point in early 2016. . Variable-rate demand notes have floating coupons which reset based on this swap index rate. . These assets are looking more attractive on a taxable-equivalent basis as the benchmark rate rises. . The sharp increase in the SIFMA rate will directly impact roughly $175 billion of variable rate demand notes as their coupons reset.

Source: Federal Reserve Financial Accounts, Guggenheim Investments. Data as of Q2 2016.

Guggenheim Partners 9 Prepayment Speeds Stay Contained Even as Rates Decline

. The last time 10-year Treasury yields were near August 2016 lows of 1.36 The prepayment impact of the August percent was in July 2012. lows in the 10-yr Treasury rate was much less than previously witnessed . At that time, the constant at similar rate levels prepayment rate (CPR) on Fannie Mae mortgages neared 30 percent on an annualized basis, causing Agency MBS spreads to spike. . Following the August 2016 lows in the 10-year Treasury yield, prepayment rates have been contained at around 20 percent on an annualized basis, falling short of market fears. . Prepayment risk is a significant component of MBS investing, so a slower prepayment speed is positive for securities purchased at a premium.

Source: eMBS, Bloomberg, Guggenheim Investments. Data as of 10.15.2016. 10-year U.S. Treasury yields in the chart are three-month averages as of the end of each month.

Guggenheim Partners 10 Guggenheim’s Investment Process

Designed to produce a process that is disciplined, systematic, group, and is structured to avoid cognitive biases, snap and repeatable, our fixed-income investment process is judgments, and other decision-making pitfalls identified by disaggregated into four specialized teams: Macroeconomic studies on behavioral finance. Our pursuit of compelling risk- Research, Sector Teams, Portfolio Construction, and Portfolio adjusted return opportunities typically results in asset allocations Management. This process does not rely on one key individual or that differ significantly from broadly followed benchmarks.

Guggenheim Partners 11 Important Notices and Disclosures

This material is distributed for informational purposes only and should not be considered as investing advice or a municipal bond market may be impacted by unfavorable legislative or political developments and adverse recommendation of any particular security, strategy or investment product. This material should not be changes in the financial conditions of state and municipal issuers or the federal government in case it provides considered research nor is the article intended to provide a sufficient basis on which to make an investment financial support to the municipality. Income from the municipal bonds held could be declared taxable because decision. This material contains opinions of the authors but not necessarily those of Guggenheim Partners or its of changes in tax laws. Certain sectors of the municipal bond market have special risks that can affect them subsidiaries. The authors’ opinions are subject to change without notice. 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