Director Barnes Randall C buys 220 GOF shares at $11.39; stock down 30.3% from 52-week high.
Barnes Randall C purchased 220 shares of Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund at $11.39 on 2026-03-12, increasing his holdings to 6,451 shares. This transaction is modest in absolute value ($2,505.80) and represents a 3.5% increase to his existing position. The stock's current price of $11.08 is -30.3% from its 52-week high of $15.90, and GOF has declined 8.9% over the past 30 days and 9.6% over 90 days. His prior trades at GOF show mixed results: his two earlier buys (on 2025-10-30 and 2025-11-04) produced negative 90-day returns of -1.8% and -5.6% respectively, and 0 of his 2 measurable GOF buys were well-timed at the 90-day mark. While his cross-ticker track record shows a 66.67% 90-day win rate with +2.2% average 90-day return across 20 prior buys, this ticker-specific pattern does not support the same predictive confidence.
Director Barnes Randall C purchases 220 GOF shares at $11.39; holdings now 6,451 shares. Stock down 30.7% from 52-week high.
Barnes Randall C, a Director, purchased 220 shares of Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund (GOF) at $11.39 on 2026-03-12, increasing holdings to 6,451 shares. The transaction represents a 3.5% increase in his position. At his prior 4 trades at GOF, measurable outcomes show 30-day and 90-day returns of -7.8% and -5.6% (2025-11-04 buy) and -4.5% and -1.8% (2025-10-30 buy), with 0 of 2 prior buys showing positive 90-day returns. The current market price of $11.02 is 30.7% below the 52-week high of $15.90, and the stock has declined 12.0% over 30 days and 9.7% over 90 days. The purchase occurs during a period of sustained weakness.
Director Randall C. Barnes bought 4,180 shares of GOF at $11.59; position now 6,231 shares (+203.8%). Stock down 29.0% from 52-week high.
Director Randall C. Barnes increased his GOF holdings by 4,180 shares (203.8%) through a $48,446.20 purchase at $11.59 per share on 2026-03-06. The stock is currently trading at $11.30, down 29.0% from its 52-week high of $15.91, and has declined 8.7% over the past 30 days. Notably, Barnes' two prior purchases at GOF in late 2025 (on 2025-11-04 and 2025-10-30) both posted negative 90-day returns of -5.6% and -1.8% respectively, indicating poor timing on those transactions. While his cross-ticker track record shows a 70.00% win rate on prior buys with an average 90-day return of +2.0%, his same-ticker history at GOF shows 0 of 2 prior buys were well-timed, suggesting the stock may not have been a favorable entry point for his recent purchases.
Director Randall C Barnes purchases 380 shares of GOF at $13.08; holdings increase to 1,960 shares (+24.1%)
Randall C Barnes, a Director, purchased 380 shares of GUGGENHEIM STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES FUND (GOF) at $13.08 on 2025-11-04, expanding his holdings from 1,580 to 1,960 shares. The stock is currently trading at $13.03, down 18.7% from its 52-week high and off 13.1% over the last 30 days. This purchase follows another GOF acquisition just four days prior (2025-10-30), suggesting sustained engagement with the fund despite recent price weakness. Across his open-market trade history, Barnes maintains a 77.78% 90-day win rate with an average 90-day return of +2.7%, though that cross-ticker track record cannot be assumed to predict outcomes at GOF, where measurable history remains limited.
Director Barnes Randall C purchases 1,580 (1.6K shares) of GOF at $13.02; stock down 17.3% from 52-week high.
Barnes Randall C, a director of Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund, made his first purchase in this security, acquiring 1,580 shares at $13.02 on 2025-10-30 for a total value of $20,571.60 ($20.6K). The purchase occurs while GOF trades 17.3% below its 52-week high of $16.03 and has declined 11.6% over the past 30 days. Across his cross-ticker track record, the insider has executed 18 prior buys with an average 90-day return of +2.7% and a 90d win rate of 77.78%, though this metric reflects performance across multiple securities and provides limited insight into his prior accuracy specifically at closed-end funds or this particular holding.
Director Barnes buys 3,785 shares of AVK at $11.28; cluster pattern shows 6 other insiders bought within 14 days
Director Randall C Barnes purchased 3,785 shares at $11.28, increasing his holdings from 11,355 shares to 15,140 shares (+33.3% net change). The purchase occurs within a cluster pattern in which 6 other insiders also bought within the past 14 days, suggesting coordinated conviction across the insider group rather than an isolated transaction. Barnes' cross-ticker track record shows an average 90-day return of +2.4% on prior buys with a 76.47% win rate, providing context for his history of timing accumulations. The stock currently trades at $11.40, only marginally above the transaction price, and sits -11.3% from its 52-week high, which may reflect the recent -9.1% decline over the past 90 days.
