Chapman and Cutler LLP
111 West Monroe Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603
May 19, 2021
Via EDGAR Filing
Mr. Edward Bartz
Division of Investment Management
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20549
Re: Guggenheim Defined Portfolios, Series 2127
Dow 50 Growth Portfolio, Series 15
File Nos. 333-254565 and 811-03763
Dear Mr. Bartz:
This letter responds to your comment given during a telephone conversation with our office regarding the response letter filed on May 17, 2021, relating to amendment no. 1 to the registration statement on Form S-6 for Guggenheim Defined Portfolios, Series 2127, filed on April 8, 2021, with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The registration statement proposes to offer the Dow 50 Growth Portfolio, Series 15 (the “trust”).
PROSPECTUS
Investment Summary — Security Selection
1. We reissue the comment regarding the fifth bullet in this section, which excludes companies based upon certain criteria. Please clarify whether the top 20% or bottom 20% of companies that fit the specified criteria are excluded.
Response: In response to this comment, the fifth bullet will be revised to state:
| · | Concurrently filter the starting universe of securities by the following: |
| · | Exclude the 20% of companies whose asset growth exceeds their sales growth by the highest percentage; |
| · | Exclude the 20% of companies with the highest 1 year standard deviation of daily returns for the trailing year; |
| · | Exclude the 20% of companies that have the lowest forward year earnings per share (EPS) growth estimates (analyst consensus); and |
| · | Exclude the 20% of companies that have the lowest momentum as measured by 6 month total returns. |
We appreciate your prompt attention to this registration statement. If you have any questions or comments or would like to discuss our responses to your questions, please feel free to contact the undersigned at (312) 845-3484.
Very truly yours,
Chapman and Cutler LLP
By /s/ Morrison C. Warren
Morrison C. Warren