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Madison Covered Call & Equity Strategy Fund Description

Madison/Claymore Covered Call & Equity Strategy Fund is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by by Guggenheim Funds Investment Advisors, LLC. The fund is co-managed by Madison Asset Management, LLC. It invests in the public equity markets of the United States. The fund primarily invests in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. It invests in growth oriented value stocks of large-cap companies. The fund sells covered call options to seek to generate a reasonably steady return from option premiums. It employs a fundamental analysis with a bottom up stock picking approach focusing on financial strength and industry leadership to create its portfolio. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index and the S&P 500 Index. It conducts in-house research to make its investments. The fund was formerly known as Madison/Claymore Covered Call Fund. Madison/Claymore Covered Call & Equity Strategy Fund was founded on May 6, 2004 and is domiciled in the United States.

Keywords: Exchange Traded Fund ETF Covered Call Cboe S&P 500 Buywrite Index