UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC  20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number
811-21681
 
Guggenheim Enhanced Equity Income Fund
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

227 West Monroe Street, Chicago, IL 60606
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
 
Amy J. Lee
227 West Monroe Street, Chicago, IL 60606
(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (312) 827-0100

Date of fiscal year end: December 31
Date of reporting period: January 1, 2017 – March 31, 2017


Item 1.    Schedule of Investments.
Attached hereto.

 
Guggenheim Enhanced Equity Income Fund
 
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)
March 31, 2017
   

 
Shares
   
Value
COMMON STOCKS - 98.9%
   
Consumer, Non-cyclical - 20.6%
 
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1
8,715
 
$
952,986
Cintas Corp.1
6,879
   
870,469
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.*,1
1,126
   
863,045
Centene Corp.*,1
11,969
   
852,912
Reynolds American, Inc.1
13,518
   
851,905
HCA Holdings, Inc.*,1
9,551
   
849,943
Varian Medical Systems, Inc.*,1
9,322
   
849,515
Western Union Co.1
41,629
   
847,150
Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.1
8,645
   
846,518
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.*,1
5,454
   
843,243
Cooper Cos., Inc.1
4,214
   
842,336
Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A1
5,197
   
842,277
Equifax, Inc.1
6,145
   
840,267
Kroger Co.1
28,414
   
837,928
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.1
18,181
   
837,053
Illumina, Inc.*,1
4,905
   
836,989
Universal Health Services, Inc. Class B1
6,722
   
836,553
Philip Morris International, Inc.1
7,408
   
836,363
PepsiCo, Inc.1
7,473
   
835,930
Global Payments, Inc.1
10,348
   
834,877
Whole Foods Market, Inc.1
28,055
   
833,795
United Rentals, Inc.*,1
6,661
   
832,958
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.1
6,820
   
832,790
Mead Johnson Nutrition Co. Class A1
9,343
   
832,274
Verisk Analytics, Inc. Class A*,1
10,244
   
831,198
Patterson Companies, Inc.1
18,373
   
831,011
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.*,1
8,831
   
830,732
Robert Half International, Inc.1
16,986
   
829,426
Stryker Corp.1
6,299
   
829,263
Boston Scientific Corp.*,1
33,239
   
826,654
Ecolab, Inc.1
6,591
   
826,116
Hologic, Inc.*,1
19,392
   
825,130
McKesson Corp.1
5,545
   
822,102
Coca-Cola Co.1
19,365
   
821,851
Celgene Corp.*,1
6,604
   
821,736
Hershey Co.1
7,518
   
821,341
Pfizer, Inc.1
24,008
   
821,313
AmerisourceBergen Corp. Class A1
9,274
   
820,749
Avery Dennison Corp.1
10,172
   
819,863
Moody's Corp.1
7,317
   
819,797
PayPal Holdings, Inc.*,1
19,049
   
819,488
Zoetis, Inc.1
15,352
   
819,336
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1
2,110
   
817,646
Eli Lilly & Co.1
9,709
   
816,624
Baxter International, Inc.1
15,746
   
816,588
Church & Dwight Company, Inc.1
16,368
   
816,272
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings*,1
5,689
   
816,201
Gilead Sciences, Inc.1
12,009
   
815,651
Sysco Corp.1
15,699
   
815,092
Brown-Forman Corp. Class B1
17,648
   
814,985
CR Bard, Inc.1
3,279
   
814,963
         
 
Shares
   
Value
COMMON STOCKS - 98.9% (continued)
Consumer, Non-cyclical - 20.6% (continued)
Quanta Services, Inc.*,1
21,948
$
814,490
Quest Diagnostics, Inc.1
8,291
   
814,093
Cardinal Health, Inc.1
9,982
   
814,032
Anthem, Inc.1
4,922
   
814,000
S&P Global, Inc.1
6,220
   
813,203
Kraft Heinz Co.1
8,949
   
812,659
Allergan plc1
3,400
   
812,328
DaVita, Inc.*,1
11,946
   
811,970
Becton Dickinson and Co.1
4,419
   
810,621
AbbVie, Inc.1
12,431
   
810,004
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. Class A1
9,547
   
809,490
Hormel Foods Corp.1
23,350
   
808,611
Henry Schein, Inc.*,1
4,756
   
808,377
Johnson & Johnson1
6,489
   
808,205
Procter & Gamble Co.1
8,993
   
808,021
Conagra Brands, Inc.1
20,019
   
807,567
Monster Beverage Corp.*,1
17,491
   
807,559
Colgate-Palmolive Co.1
11,028
   
807,139
Molson Coors Brewing Co. Class B1
8,433
   
807,122
Dentsply Sirona, Inc.1
12,917
   
806,537
Kimberly-Clark Corp.1
6,116
   
805,049
Mondelez International, Inc. Class A1
18,676
   
804,562
H&R Block, Inc.1
34,510
   
802,358
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.1
7,833
   
802,021
Kellogg Co.1
11,038
   
801,469
Clorox Co.1
5,931
   
799,677
Danaher Corp.1
9,332
   
798,167
Express Scripts Holding Co.*,1
12,107
   
797,972
General Mills, Inc.1
13,519
   
797,756
Total System Services, Inc.1
14,903
   
796,714
McCormick & Co., Inc.1
8,162
   
796,203
Abbott Laboratories1
17,913
   
795,516
Tyson Foods, Inc. Class A1
12,886
   
795,195
Medtronic plc1
9,862
   
794,483
Merck & Company, Inc.1
12,483
   
793,170
Campbell Soup Co.1
13,835
   
791,915
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.1
4,818
   
790,200
Cigna Corp.1
5,390
   
789,581
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.1
5,139
   
789,350
Aetna, Inc.1
6,167
   
786,601
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1
6,432
   
779,816
Coty, Inc. Class A1
42,875
   
777,324
Humana, Inc.1
3,758
   
774,674
Nielsen Holdings plc1
18,740
   
774,149
JM Smucker Co.1
5,870
   
769,440
Biogen, Inc.*,1
2,802
   
766,123
Altria Group, Inc.1
10,712
   
765,051
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.1
14,042
   
763,604
Perrigo Company plc1
11,498
   
763,353
Envision Healthcare Corp.*,1
12,259
   
751,722
Amgen, Inc.1
4,515
   
740,776
Mallinckrodt plc*,1
16,582
   
739,060
Mylan N.V.*,1
18,871
   
735,780
Incyte Corp.*,1
5,488
   
733,581
Total Consumer, Non-cyclical
 
85,289,644

 
Guggenheim Enhanced Equity Income Fund
 
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)
March 31, 2017
 
 
 
 
Shares
   
Value
COMMON STOCKS - 98.9% (continued)
Financial - 18.7%
     
Ventas, Inc. REIT1
13,535
$
880,317
Welltower, Inc. REIT1
12,376
   
876,468
American Tower Corp. Class A REIT1
7,210
   
876,303
Regency Centers Corp. REIT1
13,084
   
868,646
Equinix, Inc. REIT1
2,160
   
864,799
Federal Realty Investment Trust REIT1
6,448
   
860,808
HCP, Inc. REIT1
27,516
   
860,700
Prologis, Inc. REIT1
16,576
   
859,963
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. REIT1
8,430
   
857,668
Crown Castle International Corp. REIT1
9,071
   
856,756
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. REIT1
45,723
   
853,191
Iron Mountain, Inc. REIT1
23,916
   
853,084
UDR, Inc. REIT1
23,470
   
851,022
Realty Income Corp. REIT1
14,270
   
849,493
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. REIT1
4,606
   
845,662
Essex Property Trust, Inc. REIT1
3,651
   
845,316
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. REIT1
7,882
   
838,566
Simon Property Group, Inc. REIT1
4,869
   
837,614
Willis Towers Watson plc1
6,399
   
837,565
Apartment Investment & Management Co. Class A REIT1
18,855
   
836,219
Weyerhaeuser Co. REIT1
24,606
   
836,112
Kimco Realty Corp. REIT1
37,839
   
835,864
CBOE Holdings, Inc.1
10,284
   
833,724
Navient Corp.1
56,396
   
832,405
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. REIT1
7,522
   
831,332
Boston Properties, Inc. REIT1
6,278
   
831,270
Macerich Co. REIT1
12,896
   
830,502
Mastercard, Inc. Class A1
7,364
   
828,229
Aon plc1
6,948
   
824,658
GGP, Inc. REIT1
35,527
   
823,516
Aflac, Inc.1
11,371
   
823,488
Equity Residential REIT1
13,216
   
822,300
Alliance Data Systems Corp.1
3,300
   
821,700
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.1
11,116
   
821,361
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.1
4,996
   
819,045
SL Green Realty Corp. REIT1
7,676
   
818,415
Arthur J Gallagher & Co.1
14,453
   
817,173
BlackRock, Inc. Class A1
2,130
   
816,876
American Express Co.1
10,317
   
816,178
State Street Corp.1
10,248
   
815,843
Extra Space Storage, Inc. REIT1
10,957
   
815,091
Public Storage REIT1
3,721
   
814,564
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.1
13,590
   
813,633
Allstate Corp.1
9,981
   
813,352
Principal Financial Group, Inc.1
12,887
   
813,299
E*TRADE Financial Corp.*,1
23,298
   
812,867
Progressive Corp.1
20,712
   
811,496
Loews Corp.1
17,349
   
811,413
Visa, Inc. Class A1
9,127
   
811,116
         
 
Shares
   
Value
COMMON STOCKS - 98.9% (continued)
Financial - 18.7% (continued)
 
Franklin Resources, Inc.1
19,233
 
$
810,479
American International Group, Inc.1
12,982
   
810,466
Chubb Ltd.1
5,942
   
809,598
XL Group Ltd.1
20,246
   
807,006
Torchmark Corp.1
10,453
   
805,299
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.1
6,199
   
803,886
Travelers Cos., Inc.1
6,667
   
803,640
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.1
17,000
   
802,910
Nasdaq, Inc.1
11,540
   
801,453
MetLife, Inc.1
15,159
   
800,698
Cincinnati Financial Corp.1
11,070
   
800,029
Citigroup, Inc.1
13,319
   
796,743
Vornado Realty Trust REIT1
7,934
   
795,860
Northern Trust Corp.1
9,170
   
793,939
Invesco Ltd.1
25,760
   
789,029
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.1
16,407
   
788,684
JPMorgan Chase & Co.1
8,972
   
788,100
Raymond James Financial, Inc.
10,322
   
787,156
People's United Financial, Inc.1
43,235
   
786,877
Charles Schwab Corp.1
19,279
   
786,776
Unum Group1
16,779
   
786,767
Prudential Financial, Inc.1
7,374
   
786,658
Regions Financial Corp.1
54,130
   
786,508
CME Group, Inc. Class A1
6,619
   
786,337
Assurant, Inc.1
8,219
   
786,312
KeyCorp1
44,077
   
783,689
Discover Financial Services1
11,450
   
783,066
CBRE Group, Inc. Class A*,1
22,499
   
782,740
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.1
11,476
   
782,089
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class B*,1
4,680
   
780,062
Synchrony Financial1
22,741
   
780,016
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.1
6,477
   
778,794
Comerica, Inc.1
11,349
   
778,314
Lincoln National Corp.1
11,867
   
776,695
Wells Fargo & Co.1
13,916
   
774,565
Huntington Bancshares, Inc.1
57,714
   
772,790
Capital One Financial Corp.1
8,883
   
769,801
SunTrust Banks, Inc.1
13,895
   
768,394
U.S. Bancorp1
14,905
   
767,608
BB&T Corp.1
17,165
   
767,276
Zions Bancorporation1
18,236
   
765,912
Fifth Third Bancorp1
30,152
   
765,861
Bank of America Corp.1
32,354
   
763,231
M&T Bank Corp.1
4,927
   
762,355
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.1
3,298
   
757,617
Morgan Stanley1
17,616
   
754,669
Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
21,756
   
751,670
Total Financial
   
77,795,406
Consumer, Cyclical - 14.3%
 
Wynn Resorts Ltd.1
8,228
   
943,011
PVH Corp.1
8,987
   
929,885
Darden Restaurants, Inc.1
11,042
   
923,883
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. Class A*,1
2,028
   
903,515
Best Buy Co., Inc.1
18,278
   
898,364

 
Guggenheim Enhanced Equity Income Fund
 
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)
March 31, 2017
 
 
 
 
Shares
   
Value
COMMON STOCKS - 98.9% (continued)
Consumer, Cyclical - 14.3% (continued)
Marriott International, Inc. Class A1
9,455
 
$
890,472
Tiffany & Co.1
9,232
   
879,810
Starbucks Corp.1
15,017
   
876,843
Coach, Inc.1
20,854
   
861,896
Nordstrom, Inc.1
18,423
   
857,959
Dollar Tree, Inc.*,1
10,910
   
855,998
Delphi Automotive plc1
10,624
   
855,126
Hanesbrands, Inc.1
41,007
   
851,305
VF Corp.1
15,471
   
850,441
Michael Kors Holdings Ltd.*,1
22,221
   
846,842
Leggett & Platt, Inc.1
16,766
   
843,665
Carnival Corp.1
14,315
   
843,297
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.1
11,682
   
842,039
Hasbro, Inc.1
8,402
   
838,688
Wyndham Worldwide Corp.1
9,909
   
835,230
AutoZone, Inc.*,1
1,153
   
833,676
Ralph Lauren Corp. Class A1
10,197
   
832,279
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.1
23,095
   
831,420
Costco Wholesale Corp.1
4,952
   
830,401
Fastenal Co.1
16,120
   
830,180
McDonald's Corp.1
6,399
   
829,374
TJX Cos., Inc.1
10,475
   
828,363
Staples, Inc.1
94,337
   
827,335
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.1
8,421
   
826,184
Lowe's Cos., Inc.1
10,039
   
825,306
Harley-Davidson, Inc.1
13,637
   
825,039
Mattel, Inc.1
32,063
   
821,133
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.*,1
3,038
   
819,774
PulteGroup, Inc.1
34,808
   
819,729
Gap, Inc.1
33,741
   
819,569
BorgWarner, Inc.1
19,595
   
818,875
Home Depot, Inc.1
5,576
   
818,724
Target Corp.1
14,791
   
816,315
Mohawk Industries, Inc.*,1
3,555
   
815,837
Ulta Beauty, Inc.*,1
2,859
   
815,473
Yum! Brands, Inc.1
12,734
   
813,703
DR Horton, Inc.1
24,398
   
812,697
PACCAR, Inc.1
12,093
   
812,650
Signet Jewelers Ltd.1
11,730
   
812,537
Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.1
20,590
   
812,481
Genuine Parts Co.1
8,785
   
811,822
NIKE, Inc. Class B1
14,513
   
808,809
Kohl's Corp.1
20,239
   
805,715
Ross Stores, Inc.1
12,230
   
805,590
United Continental Holdings, Inc.*,1
11,320
   
799,646
CVS Health Corp.1
10,186
   
799,601
LKQ Corp.*,1
27,296
   
798,954
Foot Locker, Inc.1
10,636
   
795,679
Lennar Corp. Class A1
15,536
   
795,288
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.1
9,563
   
794,207
Newell Brands, Inc.1
16,826
   
793,682
Whirlpool Corp.1
4,607
   
789,317
American Airlines Group, Inc.1
18,654
   
789,064
Advance Auto Parts, Inc.1
5,318
   
788,447
Southwest Airlines Co.1
14,657
   
787,960
General Motors Co.1
22,235
   
786,230
Delta Air Lines, Inc.1
17,093
   
785,594
Dollar General Corp.1
11,235
   
783,417
         
 
Shares
   
Value
COMMON STOCKS - 98.9% (continued)
Consumer, Cyclical - 14.3% (continued)
Alaska Air Group, Inc.1
8,477
 
$
781,749
Tractor Supply Co.1
11,294
   
778,947
WW Grainger, Inc.1
3,340
   
777,418
AutoNation, Inc.*,1
18,262
   
772,300
L Brands, Inc.1
16,279
   
766,741
Macy's, Inc.1
25,808
   
764,949
Ford Motor Co.1
65,361
   
760,802
CarMax, Inc.*,1
12,756
   
755,410
Under Armour, Inc. Class A*,1
22,065
   
436,446
Under Armour, Inc. Class C*,1
22,190
   
406,077
Total Consumer, Cyclical
   
59,297,184
Industrial - 13.2%
     
Flowserve Corp.1
17,803
   
862,021
Dover Corp.1
10,661
   
856,610
Pentair plc1
13,624
   
855,315
PerkinElmer, Inc.1
14,731
   
855,281
Xylem, Inc.1
16,968
   
852,133
Fortive Corp.1
14,046
   
845,850
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.1
6,339
   
842,263
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.1
3,848
   
839,826
Ingersoll-Rand plc1
10,302
   
837,759
Eaton Corp. plc1
11,297
   
837,673
Johnson Controls International plc1
19,862
   
836,587
Parker-Hannifin Corp.1
5,206
   
834,626
Allegion plc1
10,996
   
832,397
WestRock Co.1
15,982
   
831,543
FedEx Corp.1
4,261
   
831,535
Vulcan Materials Co.1
6,896
   
830,830
Agilent Technologies, Inc.1
15,704
   
830,270
Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.1
13,633
   
829,568
Stericycle, Inc.*,1
10,008
   
829,563
Rockwell Automation, Inc.1
5,308
   
826,509
Amphenol Corp. Class A1
11,607
   
826,070
AMETEK, Inc.1
15,272
   
825,910
Ball Corp.1
11,104
   
824,583
Harris Corp.1
7,403
   
823,732
Emerson Electric Co.1
13,759
   
823,614
United Parcel Service, Inc. Class B1
7,672
   
823,206
Caterpillar, Inc.1
8,872
   
822,967
FLIR Systems, Inc.1
22,620
   
820,654
Masco Corp.1
24,135
   
820,349
United Technologies Corp.1
7,303
   
819,470
Republic Services, Inc. Class A1
13,046
   
819,419
3M Co.1
4,282
   
819,275
Rockwell Collins, Inc.1
8,425
   
818,573
TE Connectivity Ltd.1
10,976
   
818,261
Textron, Inc.1
17,192
   
818,167
Waste Management, Inc.1
11,218
   
818,017
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.1
14,470
   
817,410
Cummins, Inc.1
5,405
   
817,236
Union Pacific Corp.1
7,706
   
816,219
Lockheed Martin Corp.1
3,049
   
815,912
Waters Corp.*,1
5,218
   
815,626

 
Guggenheim Enhanced Equity Income Fund
 
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)
March 31, 2017
 
 
 
 
Shares
   
Value
COMMON STOCKS - 98.9% (continued)
Industrial - 13.2% (continued)
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.*,1
1,698
 
$
813,189
Snap-on, Inc.1
4,821
   
813,158
Boeing Co.1
4,589
   
811,611
Ryder System, Inc.1
10,751
   
811,055
Deere & Co.1
7,450
   
811,007
Illinois Tool Works, Inc.1
6,110
   
809,392
Raytheon Co.1
5,305
   
809,013
General Electric Co.1
27,045
   
805,941
Honeywell International, Inc.1
6,446
   
804,912
Kansas City Southern1
9,379
   
804,343
Arconic, Inc.1
30,530
   
804,160
General Dynamics Corp.1
4,291
   
803,275
Corning, Inc.1
29,715
   
802,305
Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.1
14,513
   
802,279
Roper Technologies, Inc.1
3,875
   
800,149
Northrop Grumman Corp.1
3,362
   
799,618
CSX Corp.1
17,143
   
798,007
CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.1
10,321
   
797,710
Garmin Ltd.1
15,595
   
797,060
L3 Technologies, Inc.1
4,808
   
794,714
Acuity Brands, Inc.1
3,870
   
789,480
Sealed Air Corp.1
18,113
   
789,365
Fluor Corp.1
14,971
   
787,774
TransDigm Group, Inc.1
3,539
   
779,146
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.1
8,472
   
777,221
Norfolk Southern Corp.1
6,844
   
766,323
Total Industrial
   
54,805,036
Technology - 9.0%
     
Micron Technology, Inc.*,1
32,561
   
941,013
Western Digital Corp.1
10,921
   
901,310
NVIDIA Corp.1
8,273
   
901,178
Adobe Systems, Inc.*,1
6,763
   
880,069
Cerner Corp.*,1
14,825
   
872,451
Lam Research Corp.1
6,790
   
871,564
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.1
36,606
   
867,561
Red Hat, Inc.*,1
9,962
   
861,714
Citrix Systems, Inc.*,1
10,298
   
858,750
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.*
58,865
   
856,486
Oracle Corp.1
19,188
   
855,977
Apple, Inc.1
5,889
   
846,014
CSRA, Inc.1
28,813
   
843,933
HP, Inc.1
47,093
   
842,023
Qorvo, Inc.*,1
12,205
   
836,775
Applied Materials, Inc.1
21,485
   
835,767
KLA-Tencor Corp.1
8,787
   
835,380
Activision Blizzard, Inc.1
16,675
   
831,415
Microsoft Corp.1
12,612
   
830,626
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. Class A*,1
13,942
   
829,828
Intel Corp.1
22,805
   
822,576
Synopsys, Inc.*,1
11,401
   
822,354
Autodesk, Inc.*,1
9,510
   
822,330
Texas Instruments, Inc.1
10,194
   
821,229
Dun & Bradstreet Corp.1
7,596
   
819,912
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.1
8,352
   
818,329
Microchip Technology, Inc.1
11,081
   
817,556
Xerox Corp.1
111,267
   
816,700
Analog Devices, Inc.1
9,963
   
816,468
         
 
Shares
   
Value
COMMON STOCKS - 98.9% (continued)
Technology - 9.0% (continued)
Electronic Arts, Inc.*,1
9,119
 
$
816,333
NetApp, Inc.1
19,430
   
813,146
Teradata Corp.*,1
26,097
   
812,139
salesforce.com, Inc.*,1
9,807
   
808,979
Fiserv, Inc.*,1
6,983
   
805,210
International Business Machines Corp.1
4,605
   
801,915
CA, Inc.1
25,275
   
801,723
QUALCOMM, Inc.1
13,965
   
800,753
Xilinx, Inc.1
13,752
   
796,103
Seagate Technology plc1
17,329
   
795,921
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.1
9,959
   
792,936
Broadcom Ltd.1
3,620
   
792,635
Accenture plc Class A1
6,608
   
792,167
Paychex, Inc.1
13,127
   
773,180
Akamai Technologies, Inc.*,1
12,752
   
761,294
Intuit, Inc.1
6,554
   
760,198
Total Technology
   
37,301,920
Energy - 7.1%
     
Chesapeake Energy Corp.*,1
159,016
   
944,554
Southwestern Energy Co.*,1
110,057
   
899,165
ConocoPhillips1
17,930
   
894,168
Murphy Oil Corp.1
30,818
   
881,087
Newfield Exploration Co.*,1
23,865
   
880,857
Equities Corp.1
14,345
   
876,480
Baker Hughes, Inc.1
14,550
   
870,381
National Oilwell Varco, Inc.1
21,641
   
867,588
Range Resources Corp.1
29,745
   
865,580
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. Class A1
36,059
   
862,171
Devon Energy Corp.1
20,340
   
848,585
EOG Resources, Inc.1
8,639
   
842,734
TechnipFMC plc*,1
25,832
   
839,540
Williams Companies, Inc.1
28,317
   
837,900
Apache Corp.1
16,302
   
837,760
ONEOK, Inc.1
15,073
   
835,647
Hess Corp.1
17,268
   
832,490
Transocean Ltd.*,1
66,797
   
831,623
Marathon Petroleum Corp.1
16,421
   
829,917
Concho Resources, Inc.*,1
6,463
   
829,461
Occidental Petroleum Corp.1
13,082
   
828,876
Kinder Morgan, Inc.1
38,090
   
828,077
Pioneer Natural Resources Co.1
4,433
   
825,558
Noble Energy, Inc.1
24,035
   
825,362
Exxon Mobil Corp.1
10,034
   
822,888
Phillips 661
10,384
   
822,620
Cimarex Energy Co.1
6,867
   
820,538
Anadarko Petroleum Corp.1
13,231
   
820,322
Valero Energy Corp.1
12,302
   
815,500
Schlumberger Ltd.1
10,407
   
812,787
Tesoro Corp.1
9,993
   
810,033
Helmerich & Payne, Inc.1
12,167
   
809,957
Marathon Oil Corp.1
50,675
   
800,665
Chevron Corp.1
7,403
   
794,860
Halliburton Co.1
16,085
   
791,543
Total Energy
     
29,437,274
Communications - 6.6%
     
Viacom, Inc. Class B1
18,728
   
873,100
Motorola Solutions, Inc.1
9,974
   
859,958

 
Guggenheim Enhanced Equity Income Fund
 
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)
March 31, 2017
 
 
 
 
Shares
   
Value
COMMON STOCKS - 98.9% (continued)
Communications - 6.6% (continued)
Amazon.com, Inc.*,1
970
 
$
859,944
Netflix, Inc.*,1
5,817
   
859,811
CBS Corp. Class B1
12,149
   
842,654
Facebook, Inc. Class A*,1
5,906
   
838,947
Priceline Group, Inc.*,1
471
   
838,366
DISH Network Corp. Class A*,1
13,199
   
838,005
Walt Disney Co.1
7,383
   
837,159
Symantec Corp.1
27,273
   
836,736
Omnicom Group, Inc.1
9,692
   
835,547
VeriSign, Inc.*,1
9,581
   
834,601
CenturyLink, Inc.1
35,390
   
834,142
Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.1
33,798
   
830,417
eBay, Inc.*,1
24,720
   
829,850
Level 3 Communications, Inc.*,1
14,502
   
829,804
Charter Communications, Inc. Class A*,1
2,532
   
828,774
Yahoo!, Inc.*,1
17,810
   
826,562
Comcast Corp. Class A1
21,943
   
824,837
Expedia, Inc.1
6,512
   
821,619
Juniper Networks, Inc.1
29,236
   
813,638
Time Warner, Inc.1
8,306
   
811,580
TripAdvisor, Inc.*,1
18,782
   
810,631
Verizon Communications, Inc.1
16,594
   
808,958
Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. Class A1
10,318
   
808,621
Cisco Systems, Inc.1
23,903
   
807,921
AT&T, Inc.1
19,337
   
803,452
F5 Networks, Inc.*,1
5,612
   
800,103
TEGNA, Inc.1
31,222
   
799,908
News Corp. Class A1
49,949
   
649,337
Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. Class A1
18,472
   
598,308
Discovery Communications, Inc. Class C*,1
17,739
   
502,191
Alphabet, Inc. Class A*,1
480
   
406,944
Alphabet, Inc. Class C*,1
485
   
402,337
Discovery Communications, Inc. Class A*,1
12,219
   
355,451
Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. Class B1
8,498
   
270,066
News Corp. Class B1
15,663
   
211,451
Total Communications
   
27,441,730
Utilities - 5.6%
     
NRG Energy, Inc.1
45,899
   
858,311
WEC Energy Group, Inc.1
13,945
   
845,484
Entergy Corp.1
11,125
   
845,054
PPL Corp.1
22,547
   
843,032
American Electric Power Company, Inc.1
12,522
   
840,602
Alliant Energy Corp.1
21,209
   
840,088
Dominion Resources, Inc.1
10,822
   
839,463
American Water Works Co., Inc.1
10,786
   
838,827
Consolidated Edison, Inc.1
10,778
   
837,019
Xcel Energy, Inc.1
18,826
   
836,816
Pinnacle West Capital Corp.1
10,034
   
836,635
NiSource, Inc.1
35,102
   
835,077
Eversource Energy1
14,190
   
834,088
DTE Energy Co.1
8,167
   
833,932
         
 
Shares
   
Value
COMMON STOCKS - 98.9% (continued)
 
Utilities - 5.6% (continued)
   
FirstEnergy Corp.1
26,197
 
$
833,589
Duke Energy Corp.1
10,155
   
832,812
CMS Energy Corp.1
18,553
   
830,061
Ameren Corp.1
15,196
   
829,550
PG&E Corp.1
12,478
   
828,040
Edison International1
10,391
   
827,228
Sempra Energy1
7,486
   
827,203
Southern Co.1
16,500
   
821,370
AES Corp.1
73,442
   
821,082
Exelon Corp.1
22,765
   
819,085
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.1
18,431
   
817,415
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.1
29,553
   
814,776
NextEra Energy, Inc.1
6,296
   
808,218
SCANA Corp.1
12,145
   
793,676
Total Utilities
   
23,268,533
Basic Materials - 3.6%
     
FMC Corp.1
13,637
   
948,998
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.*,1
66,200
   
884,432
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.1
6,534
   
865,951
Eastman Chemical Co.1
10,549
   
852,359
PPG Industries, Inc.1
8,022
   
842,952
Albemarle Corp.1
7,947
   
839,521
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. Class A1
9,121
   
831,744
Praxair, Inc.1
7,002
   
830,437
International Paper Co.1
16,152
   
820,199
Newmont Mining Corp.1
24,860
   
819,386
Mosaic Co.1
28,055
   
818,645
CF Industries Holdings, Inc.1
27,836
   
816,987
Dow Chemical Co.1
12,829
   
815,155
Sherwin-Williams Co.1
2,626
   
814,559
EI du Pont de Nemours & Co.1
10,128
   
813,582
Monsanto Co.1
7,180
   
812,776
Nucor Corp.1
13,508
   
806,698
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.1
5,901
   
798,346
Total Basic Materials
   
15,032,727
Diversified - 0.2%
     
Leucadia National Corp.1
30,614
   
795,964
 
   
Total Common Stocks
       
(Cost $389,100,340)
   
410,465,418
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS - 45.5%
   
iShares Russell 2000 Index ETF1,2
460,497
   
63,309,127
PowerShares QQQ Trust Series 11,2
475,160
   
62,901,681
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust1,2
266,513
   
62,827,775
Total Exchange-Traded Funds
   
(Cost $180,657,993)
   
189,038,583
         
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 2.4%
 
Dreyfus Treasury Securities Management ─ Institutional Shares
0.50%3
10,027,953
   
10,027,953
Total Short-Term Investments
   
(Cost $10,027,953)
   
10,027,953
Total Investments - 146.8%
   
(Cost $579,786,286)
 
$
609,531,954

 
Guggenheim Enhanced Equity Income Fund
 
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)
March 31, 2017
 
 

 
Contracts
     
 
(100 shares
     
 
per Contract)
   
Value
OPTIONS WRITTEN - (1.1)%
     
Call options on:
     
S&P 500 Index Expiring April 2017 with strike price of $2,360.00*
532
 
$
(1,058,680)
NASDAQ 100 Index Expiring April 2017 with strike price of $5,430.00*
231
   
(1,167,705)
Russell 2000 Index Expiring April 2017 with strike price of $1,370.00*
916
   
(2,464,040)
Total Call options
   
(4,690,425)
Total Options Written
     
(Premiums received $4,102,135)
   
(4,690,425)
Other Assets & Liabilities, net - (45.7)%
   
(189,761,298)
Total Net Assets - 100.0%
 
$
415,080,231

Guggenheim Enhanced Equity Income Fund
 
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)
March 31, 2017
   
 
*
Non-income producing security.
Value determined based on Level 1 inputs — See Note 3.
1
All or a portion of these securities have been physically segregated in connection with borrowings. As of March 31, 2017, the total value of securities segregated was $321,878,295.
2
Security represents cover for outstanding written options.
3
Rate indicated is the 7-day yield as of March 31, 2017.
 
plc
Public Limited Company
REIT
Real Estate Investment Trust
 
See Sector Classification in Other Information section.

The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund's investments at March 31, 2017 (See Note 3 in the Notes to Schedule of Investments):
 
Investments in Securities (Assets)
 
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Common Stocks
 
$
410,465,418
   
$
   
$
   
$
410,465,418
 
Exchange-Traded Funds
   
189,038,583
     
     
     
189,038,583
 
Short-Term Investments
   
10,027,953
     
     
     
10,027,953
 
Total
 
$
609,531,954
   
$
   
$
   
$
609,531,954
 
                                 
Investments in Securities (Liabilities)
 
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Options Written
 
$
4,690,425
   
$
   
$
   
$
4,690,425
 
 
Transfers between investment levels may occur as the markets fluctuate and/or the availability of data used in an investment’s valuation changes. Transfers between valuation levels, if any, are in comparison to the valuation levels at the end of the previous fiscal year, and are effective using the fair value as of the end of the current fiscal period.
 
There were no transfers between levels for the period ended March 31, 2017.


 
NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)
 
 
 
For information on the Funds' policy regarding valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to the Funds' most recent semi-annual or annual shareholder report.


1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

Organization

Guggenheim Enhanced Equity Income Fund (the “Fund”) was organized as a Massachusetts business trust on December 3, 2004. The Fund is registered as a diversified, closed-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).

For information on the Funds' policy regarding valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to the Funds' most recent semi-annual or annual shareholder report.

Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund operates as an investment company and, accordingly, follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services – Investment Companies. 
 
The following significant accounting policies are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("U.S. GAAP") and are consistently followed by the Trust. This requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities, contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates. All time references are based on Eastern Time.
  
The Board of Trustees of the Fund (the “Board”) has adopted policies and procedures for the valuation of the Fund's investments (the “Valuation Procedures”). Pursuant to the Valuation Procedures, the Board has delegated to a valuation committee, consisting of representatives from Guggenheim’s investment management, fund administration, legal and compliance departments (the “Valuation Committee”), the day-to-day responsibility for implementing the Valuation Procedures, including, under most circumstances, the responsibility for determining the fair value of the Fund’s securities and/or other assets.
 
Valuations of the Fund's securities are supplied primarily by pricing services appointed pursuant to the processes set forth in the Valuation Procedures. The Valuation Committee convenes monthly, or more frequently as needed, to review the valuation of all assets which have been fair valued for reasonableness. The Fund's officers, through the Valuation Committee and consistent with the monitoring and review responsibilities set forth in the Valuation Procedures, regularly review procedures used and valuations provided by the pricing services.
 
If the pricing service cannot or does not provide a valuation for a particular investment or such valuation is deemed unreliable, such investment is fair valued by the Valuation Committee.
 
Equity securities listed on an exchange (New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) or American Stock Exchange) are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the close of business on the NYSE, usually 4:00 p.m. on the valuation date. Equity securities listed on the NASDAQ market system are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price on the valuation date, which may not necessarily represent the last sale price. If there has been no sale on such exchange or NASDAQ on a given day, the security is valued at the closing bid price on that day.
 
Open-end investment companies ("mutual funds") are valued at their NAV as of the close of business, on the valuation date. Exchange-traded funds ("ETFs") and closed-end investment companies ("CEFs") are valued at the last quoted sales price.
 
Listed options are valued at the Official Settlement Price listed by the exchange, usually as of 4:00 p.m. Long options are valued using the bid price and short options are valued using the ask price. In the event that a settlement price is not available, fair valuation is enacted. Over-the-counter ("OTC") options are valued using the average bid price (for long options) or average ask price (for short options) obtained from one or more security dealers.
 
Investments for which market quotations are not readily available are fair- valued as determined in good faith by Guggenheim Funds Investment Advisors (“GFIA” or the “Advisor”) under the direction of the Board using methods established or ratified by the Board. Valuations in accordance with these methods are intended to reflect each security’s (or asset’s) “fair value.” Each such determination is based on a consideration of all relevant factors, which are likely to vary from one pricing context to another. Examples of such factors may include, but are not limited to market prices; sale prices; broker quotes; and models which derive prices based on inputs such as prices of securities with comparable maturities and characteristics, or based on inputs such as anticipated cash flows or collateral, spread over Treasuries, and other information analysis.

Under the Fund's organizational documents, its Trustees and Officers are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. In addition, throughout the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations and warranties which provide general indemnifications. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund and/or its affiliates that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Fund expects the risk of loss to be remote.

 
NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)


such determination is based on a consideration of all relevant factors, which are likely to vary from one pricing context to another. Examples of such factors may include, but are not limited to market prices; sale prices; broker quotes; and models which derive prices based on inputs such as prices of securities with comparable maturities and characteristics, or based on inputs such as anticipated cash flows or collateral, spread over Treasuries, and other information analysis.

Under the Fund's organizational documents, its Trustees and Officers are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. In addition, throughout the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations and warranties which provide general indemnifications. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund and/or its affiliates that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Fund expects the risk of loss to be remote.

2. Financial Instruments and Derivatives
As part of its investment strategy, the Fund utilizes derivative instruments. These investments involve, to varying degrees, elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Valuation and accounting treatment of these instruments can be found under Significant Accounting Policies in Note 1 of these Notes to Schedule of Investments.
 
Derivatives
 
Derivatives are instruments whose values depend on, or are derived from, in whole or in part, the value of one or more other assets, such as securities, currencies, commodities or indices. Derivative instruments may be used to increase investment flexibility (including to maintain cash reserves while maintaining exposure to certain other assets), for risk management (hedging) purposes, to facilitate trading, to reduce transaction costs and to pursue higher investment returns. Derivative instruments may also be used to mitigate certain investment risks, such as foreign currency exchange rate risk, interest rate risk and credit risk. U.S. GAAP requires disclosures to enable investors to better understand how and why a Fund uses derivative instruments, how these derivative instruments are accounted for and their effects on the Fund’s financial position and results of operations.

The Fund may utilize derivatives for the following purposes:
 
Hedge: an investment made in order to reduce the risk of adverse price movements in a security, by taking an offsetting position to protect against broad market moves.
 
Higher Investment Returns: the use of any instrument to seek to obtain increased investment returns.
 
Options Purchased and Written

A call option on a security gives the purchaser of the option the right to buy, and the writer of a call option the obligation to sell, the underlying security. The purchaser of a put option has the right to sell, and the writer of the put option the obligation to buy, the underlying security at any time during the option period. The risk associated with purchasing options is limited to the premium originally paid.


NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)


The following table represents the Fund’s use and volume of call/put options purchased on a quarterly basis:

Fund
Use
Average Number of Contracts
Guggenheim Enhanced Equity Income Fund
Hedge, Higher Investment Returns
971

The risk in writing a call option is that a Fund may incur a loss if the market price of the underlying security increases and the option is exercised. The risk in writing a put option is that a Fund may incur a loss if the market price of the underlying security decreases and the option is exercised. In addition, there may be an imperfect correlation between the movement in prices of options and the underlying securities where a Fund may not be able to enter into a closing transaction because of an illiquid secondary market; or, for OTC options, a Fund may be at risk because of the counterparty’s inability to perform.
 
The following tables represent the Fund's use and activity of options written for the year ended March 31, 2017:
 
Written Call Options
       
   
Guggenheim
Enhanced Equity
Income Fund
 
   
Number of contracts
   
Premium amount
 
Balance at December 31, 2016
   
663
   
$
2,006,416
 
Options Written
   
13,794
     
37,920,135
 
Options terminated in closing purchase transactions
   
(12,778
)    
(35,824,416
)
Balance at March 31, 2017
   
1,679
   
$
4,102,135
 
 
In conjunction with the use of derivative instruments, the Fund is required to maintain collateral in various forms. The Fund uses, where appropriate, depending on the financial instrument utilized and the broker involved, margin deposits at the broker, cash and/or securities segregated at the custodian bank, discount notes or the repurchase agreements allocated to the Fund.
 
The Trust has established counterparty credit guidelines and enters into transactions only with financial institutions of investment grade or better. The Trust monitors the counterparty credit risk.
 
3. Fair Value Measurement
In accordance with U.S. GAAP, fair value is defined as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an investment or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction with an independent buyer in the principal market, or in the absence of a principal market, the most advantageous market for the investment or liability. U.S. GAAP establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy based on the types of inputs used to value assets and liabilities and requires corresponding disclosure. The hierarchy and the corresponding inputs are summarized below:
 
Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
 
Level 2 — significant other observable inputs (for example quoted prices for securities that are similar based on characteristics such as interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
 
Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs based on the best information available under the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available, which may include assumptions.
 
The types of inputs available depend on a variety of factors, such as the type of security and the characteristics of the markets in which it trades, if any. Fair valuation determinations that rely on fewer or no observable inputs require greater judgment. Accordingly, fair value determinations for Level 3 securities require the greatest amount of judgment.
 
The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The suitability of the techniques and sources employed to determine fair valuation are regularly monitored and subject to change. 

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)
 
 
4. Federal Tax Information

The Funds intend to comply with the provisions of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and will distribute substantially all taxable net investment income and capital gains sufficient to relieve the Funds from all, or substantially all, federal income, excise and state income taxes. Therefore, no provision for federal or state income tax is required.

Tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Funds’ tax returns are evaluated to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likelythan-not” of being sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions not deemed to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold would be recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the Funds’ tax positions taken, or to be taken, on Federal income tax returns for all open tax years, and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the Funds’ financial statements. The Funds’ federal tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for a period of three years after they are filed.

At March 31, 2017, the cost of securities for Federal income tax purposes, the aggregate gross unrealized gain for all securities for which there was an excess of value over tax cost, and the aggregate gross unrealized loss for all securities for which there was an excess of tax cost over value, were as follows:
 
Fund
                    Tax Cost
    Tax Unrealized Gain
Tax Unrealized Loss
    Net Unrealized Gain
Guggenheim Enhanced Equity Income Fund
 $     582,081,908
 $     42,695,122
 $     (15,245,076)
 $     27,450,046
 

 
 
OTHER INFORMATION (Unaudited)
 
Sector Classification
Information in the “Schedule of Investments” is categorized by sectors using sector-level Classifications defined by the Bloomberg Industry Classification System, a widely recognized industry classification system provider. Each Fund’s registration statement has investment policies relating to concentration in specific sectors/industries. For purposes of these investment policies, the Funds usually classify sectors/industries based on industry-level Classifications used by widely recognized industry classification system providers such as Bloomberg Industry Classification System, Global Industry Classification Standards and Barclays Global Classification Scheme.


Item 2.    Controls and Procedures.

(a)
The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have evaluated the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”)) as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report and have concluded, based on such evaluation,  that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective, as of that date, in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the registrant on this Form N-Q was recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms.

(b)
There was no change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that has materially affected or is reasonably likely to materially affect the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3.    Exhibits.

A separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)), is attached hereto.
 



 
SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Guggenheim Enhanced Equity Income Fund 

By:         /s/ Donald C. Cacciapaglia                         
Name:   Donald C. Cacciapaglia
Title:     President and Chief Executive Officer


Date: May 26, 2017


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By:         /s/Donald C. Cacciapaglia                            
Name:   Donald C. Cacciapaglia
Title:     President and Chief Executive Officer

Date: May 26, 2017




By:         /s/ John L. Sullivan                                         
Name:   John L. Sullivan
Title:     Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer

Date: May 26, 2017