Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. | | | | | | |
Portfolio of Investments | | | | | | |
March 31, 2022 (Unaudited) | | | | | | |
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INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 67.53% | | Shares | | | Value | |
Closed-End Funds - 57.55% | | | | | | |
Aberdeen Asia-Pacific Income Fund, Inc. | | | 468,897 | | | $ | 1,584,872 | |
Aberdeen Japan Equity Fund, Inc. | | | 114,992 | | | | 800,344 | |
Adams Diversified Equity Fund, Inc. | | | 322,377 | | | | 5,944,632 | |
Apollo Tactical Income Fund, Inc. | | | 60,923 | | | | 874,854 | |
ASA Gold and Precious Metals Ltd. (a)(f) | | | 17,114 | | | | 383,525 | |
Bancroft Fund Ltd. | | | 24,983 | | | | 569,113 | |
BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust | | | 221,701 | | | | 2,722,488 | |
Blackrock ESG Capital Allocation Trust | | | 145,335 | | | | 2,421,281 | |
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund | | | 27,014 | | | | 75,099 | |
Boulder Growth & Income Fund, Inc. | | | 909,987 | | | | 13,495,107 | |
Center Coast Brookfield MLP & Energy Infrastructure Fund | | | 67,371 | | | | 1,173,603 | |
Central and Eastern Europe Fund, Inc. | | | 24,694 | | | | 330,653 | |
Central Securities Corp. | | | 209,383 | | | | 8,666,362 | |
Cushing MLP & Infrastructure Total Return Fund | | | 65,450 | | | | 2,282,241 | |
Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend & Income Fund | | | 235,345 | | | | 2,125,165 | |
Delaware Investments National Municipal Income Fund | | | 228,596 | | | | 2,891,739 | |
Delaware Ivy High Income Opportunities Fund | | | 40,485 | | | | 512,945 | |
Destra Multi-Alternative Fund | | | 15,022 | | | | 133,696 | |
Dividend and Income Fund | | | 350,673 | | | | 5,028,651 | |
DWS Municipal Income Trust | | | 109,334 | | | | 1,138,167 | |
DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust | | | 100 | | | | 1,034 | |
Eaton Vance New York Municipal Bond Fund | | | 110,022 | | | | 1,153,031 | |
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd. | | | 27,822 | | | | 294,635 | |
First Trust Dynamic Europe Equity Income Fund | | | 10,000 | | | | 126,300 | |
First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund | | | 11,379 | | | | 153,161 | |
Franklin Ltd Duration Income Trust | | | 150,174 | | | | 1,138,319 | |
Gabelli Dividend & Income Trust | | | 591 | | | | 14,562 | |
Gabelli Utility Trust | | | 100 | | | | 714 | |
General American Investors Co., Inc. | | | 324,541 | | | | 13,783,256 | |
High Income Securities Fund | | | 300,200 | | | | 2,377,584 | |
Highland Global Allocation Fund | | | 145,823 | | | | 1,436,357 | |
Highland Income Fund | | | 397,453 | | | | 4,745,589 | |
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. | | | 143,972 | | | | 1,030,840 | |
Macquarie Global Infrastructure Total Return Fund, Inc. | | | 5,380 | | | | 138,374 | |
Mexico Equity & Income Fund, Inc. (a) | | | 100,100 | | | | 913,913 | |
MFS High Income Municipal Trust | | | 58,602 | | | | 257,263 | |
MFS High Yield Municipal Trust | | | 88,947 | | | | 344,225 | |
MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust | | | 65,782 | | | | 561,778 | |
MFS Municipal Income Trust | | | 9,082 | | | | 55,582 | |
Miller/Howard High Dividend Fund | | | 52,789 | | | | 589,125 | |
Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund, Inc. | | | 364,125 | | | | 2,832,892 | |
Neuberger Berman California Municipal Fund, Inc. | | | 61,791 | | | | 754,468 | |
Neuberger Berman New York Municipal Fund, Inc. | | | 28,611 | | | | 331,888 | |
Neuberger Berman Next Generation Connectivity Fund, Inc. | | | 180,236 | | | | 2,514,292 | |
New America High Income Fund, Inc. | | | 44,715 | | | | 362,639 | |
NexPoint Diversified Real Estate Trust | | | 85,536 | | | | 1,353,180 | |
Nuveen Emerging Markets Debt 2022 Target Term Fund | | | 637 | | | | 4,460 | |
Nuveen Multi-Asset Income Fund | | | 12,779 | | | | 207,020 | |
Nuveen Short Duration Credit Opportunities Fund | | | 15,000 | | | | 213,450 | |
Pershing Square Holdings Ltd. Fund (f) | | | 10,000 | | | | 389,200 | |
PGIM Global High Yield Fund, Inc. | | | 68,996 | | | | 922,477 | |
Pioneer Municipal High Income Opportunities Fund, Inc. | | | 12,377 | | | | 184,170 | |
Royce Micro-Cap Trust, Inc. | | | 43,506 | | | | 457,683 | |
Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund | | | 952,520 | | | | 4,305,390 | |
Taiwan Fund, Inc. | | | 223,819 | | | | 7,363,645 | |
Templeton Global Income Fund | | | 677,550 | | | | 3,408,077 | |
The New Ireland Fund, Inc. | | | 108,906 | | | | 1,007,381 | |
The Swiss Helvetia Fund, Inc. | | | 236,992 | | | | 2,185,066 | |
Tortoise Energy Independence Fund, Inc. | | | 24,255 | | | | 719,888 | |
Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. | | | 166,622 | | | | 2,372,697 | |
Vertical Capital Income Fund | | | 310,486 | | | | 3,104,860 | |
Virtus Total Return Fund, Inc. | | | 67,498 | | | | 658,780 | |
Voya Infrastructure Industrials and Materials Fund | | | 14,607 | | | | 169,879 | |
Western Asset Intermediate Muni Fund, Inc. | | | 832 | | | | 7,147 | |
Western Asset Municipal Partners Fund, Inc. | | | 10,273 | | | | 138,377 | |
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Business Development Companies - 9.98% | | | | | | | | |
CION Investment Corp. | | | 327,320 | | | | 4,844,336 | |
Crescent Capital BDC, Inc. | | | 104,701 | | | | 1,863,678 | |
FS KKR Capital Corp. | | | 184,974 | | | | 4,221,106 | |
Logan Ridge Finance Corp. (a) | | | 41,186 | | | | 929,568 | |
Portman Ridge Finance Corp. | | | 110,515 | | | | 2,672,253 | |
Runway Growth Finance Corp. | | | 255,088 | | | | 3,464,095 | |
SuRo Capital Corp. | | | 290,742 | | | | 2,509,103 | |
| | | | | | | 20,504,139 | |
Total Investment Companies (Cost $122,785,295) | | | | | | | 138,743,324 | |
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TRUST CERTIFICATES - 0.03% | | | | | | | | |
Lamington Road Grantor Trust (a)(c)(f) | | | 320,690 | | | | 70,568 | |
Total Trust Certificates (Cost $92,870) | | | | | | | 70,568 | |
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PREFERRED STOCKS - 1.22% | | | | | | | | |
Closed-End Funds - 0.24% | | | | | | | | |
NexPoint Diversified Real Estate Trust - Series A, 5.500% | | | 22,324 | | | | 485,324 | |
Real Estate Investment Trusts - 0.98% | | | | | | | | |
Brookfield DTLA Fund Office Trust Investor, Inc. - Series A, 7.625% | | | 171,723 | | | | 2,009,159 | |
Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $4,932,717) | | | | | | | 2,494,483 | |
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OTHER COMMON STOCKS - 9.36% | | | | | | | | |
Food & Staples Retailing - 0.53% | | | | | | | | |
Village Super Market, Inc. | | | 44,607 | | | | 1,092,871 | |
Gas Utilities - 0.18% | | | | | | | | |
Macquarie Infrastructure Holdings LLC | | | 100,000 | | | | 373,000 | |
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 2.90% | | | | | | | | |
Texas Pacific Land Corp. | | | 4,400 | | | | 5,949,284 | |
Real Estate Investment Trusts - 4.88% | | | | | | | | |
Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. | | | 800 | | | | 22,112 | |
Creative Media & Community Trust Corp. | | | 26,801 | | | | 207,440 | |
Indus Realty Trust, Inc. | | | 72,874 | | | | 5,326,361 | |
Lument Finance Trust, Inc. | | | 519,785 | | | | 1,424,211 | |
Seven Hills Realty Trust | | | 274,093 | | | | 3,050,655 | |
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Real Estate Management & Development - 0.81% | | | | | | | | |
Howard Hughes Corp. (a) | | | 12,000 | | | | 1,243,320 | |
Trinity Place Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 221,748 | | | | 421,321 | |
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Software - 0.06% | | | | | | | | |
Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (a) | | | 75,000 | | | | 129,750 | |
Total Other Common Stocks (Cost $19,194,386) | | | | | | | 19,240,325 | |
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SPECIAL PURPOSE ACQUISITION VEHICLES - 30.23% (a) | | | | | | | | |
AIB Acquisition Corp. Units (f) | | | 60,000 | | | | 600,600 | |
Alset Capital Acquisition Corp. Units | | | 47,500 | | | | 478,800 | |
AltC Acquisition Corp. | | | 100,000 | | | | 976,000 | |
Ares Acquisition Corp. (f) | | | 100,000 | | | | 981,000 | |
Austerlitz Acquisition Corp. I (f) | | | 50,000 | | | | 491,000 | |
Austerlitz Acquisition Corp. II (f) | | | 100,000 | | | | 978,000 | |
B Riley Principal 150 Merger Corp. | | | 212,318 | | | | 2,106,195 | |
B Riley Principal 250 Merger Corp. | | | 99,999 | | | | 974,990 | |
Big Sky Growth Partners, Inc. Units | | | 111,780 | | | | 1,096,562 | |
Blockchain Coinvestors Acquisition Corp. I (f) | | | 65,000 | | | | 645,450 | |
C5 Acquisition Corp. Units | | | 100,000 | | | | 1,010,000 | |
Cactus Acquisition Corp. 1 Ltd. (f) | | | 81,400 | | | | 809,116 | |
CC Neuberger Principal Holdings II (f) | | | 204,700 | | | | 2,030,624 | |
CF Acquisition Corp. VIII | | | 134,000 | | | | 1,349,380 | |
Churchill Capital Corp. V | | | 105,728 | | | | 1,039,306 | |
Churchill Capital Corp. VI | | | 81,000 | | | | 795,420 | |
Churchill Capital Corp. VII | | | 124,920 | | | | 1,222,967 | |
Colombier Acquisition Corp. Units | | | 100,000 | | | | 976,000 | |
Corner Growth Acquisition Corp. (f) | | | 99,999 | | | | 981,990 | |
Corner Growth Acquisition Corp. 2 (f) | | | 39,798 | | | | 395,990 | |
Digital Health Acquisition Corp. | | | 116,000 | | | | 1,158,840 | |
DTRT Health Acquisition Corp. | | | 76,250 | | | | 764,788 | |
E.Merge Technology Acquisition Corp. | | | 10,609 | | | | 105,029 | |
FAST Acquisition Corp. II | | | 128,348 | | | | 1,251,393 | |
FG Merger Corp. Units | | | 200,000 | | | | 2,010,000 | |
Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. III (f) | | | 73,639 | | | | 715,035 | |
FinTech Acquisition Corp. VI | | | 100,000 | | | | 982,000 | |
Fortress Value Acquisition Corp. IV | | | 53,000 | | | | 519,400 | |
Forum Merger IV Corp. | | | 96,900 | | | | 946,713 | |
FTAC Hera Acquisition Corp. (f) | | | 142,000 | | | | 1,390,180 | |
Fusion Acquisition Corp. II | | | 139,998 | | | | 1,370,580 | |
G Squared Ascend II, Inc. (f) | | | 67,998 | | | | 667,740 | |
GigInternational1, Inc. | | | 141,812 | | | | 1,418,120 | |
GO Acquisition Corp. | | | 300,000 | | | | 2,970,000 | |
Graf Acquisition Corp. IV Units | | | 100,000 | | | | 971,000 | |
GX Acquisition Corp. II | | | 150,000 | | | | 1,464,000 | |
Healthcare Services Acquisition Corp. Units | | | 100,000 | | | | 992,000 | |
HNR Acquisition Corp. Units | | | 63,000 | | | | 631,260 | |
Ibere Pharmaceuticals Units (f) | | | 15,000 | | | | 147,000 | |
Industrial Human Capital, Inc. | | | 111,300 | | | | 1,115,226 | |
Jack Creek Investment Corp. (f) | | | 81,378 | | | | 798,334 | |
Keyarch Acquisition Corp. Units (f) | | | 150,000 | | | | 1,500,000 | |
KKR Acquisition Holdings I Corp. | | | 100,000 | | | | 983,000 | |
Landcadia Holdings IV, Inc. | | | 100,000 | | | | 982,000 | |
Larkspur Health Acquisition Corp. Units | | | 87,000 | | | | 870,000 | |
Leo Holdings Corp. II Units (f) | | | 49,235 | | | | 485,457 | |
LIV Capital Acquisition Corp. II Units (f) | | | 94,500 | | | | 945,945 | |
Live Oak Crestview Climate Acquisition Corp. Units | | | 1,621 | | | | 15,870 | |
M3-Brigade Acquisition III Corp. Units | | | 110,000 | | | | 1,104,400 | |
Marlin Technology Corp. (f) | | | 17,199 | | | | 168,894 | |
Murphy Canyon Acquisition Corp. Units | | | 94,500 | | | | 954,450 | |
Nubia Brand International Corp. Units | | | 70,000 | | | | 700,000 | |
Oxbridge Acquisition Corp. (f) | | | 50,000 | | | | 500,000 | |
Periphas Capital Partnering Corp. Units | | | 2,980 | | | | 73,219 | |
Post Holdings Partnering Corp. Units | | | 150,000 | | | | 1,485,000 | |
PWP Forward Acquisition Corp. I | | | 50,000 | | | | 489,000 | |
Screaming Eagle Acquisition Corp. Units (f) | | | 100,000 | | | | 1,000,000 | |
Social Capital Suvretta Holdings Corp. I (f) | | | 50,000 | | | | 494,500 | |
Social Capital Suvretta Holdings Corp. II (f) | | | 50,000 | | | | 487,500 | |
Social Capital Suvretta Holdings Corp. III (f) | | | 50,000 | | | | 495,000 | |
Social Capital Suvretta Holdings Corp. IV (f) | | | 50,000 | | | | 487,000 | |
Software Acquisition Group, Inc. III | | | 110,700 | | | | 1,104,233 | |
Tekkorp Digital Acquisition Corp. (f) | | | 33,200 | | | | 327,352 | |
TG Venture Acquisition Corp. | | | 100,000 | | | | 990,000 | |
Tishman Speyer Innovation Corp. II Units | | | 93,530 | | | | 924,076 | |
Western Acquisition Ventures Corp. Units | | | 150,000 | | | | 1,500,000 | |
Z-Work Acquisition Corp. | | | 72,000 | | | | 704,520 | |
Total Special Purpose Acquisition Vehicles (Cost $61,665,058) | | | | | | | 62,099,444 | |