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To: QTI on SI who wrote (23786)	12/21/2025 1:25:14 PM
From: Max2.0	3 Recommendations Recommended By chowder ontherancocas QTI on SI Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23820

OK, thanks for the explanation. I did not understand that this was a partnership model designed solely by you and working with an AI engine to evaluate securities. Now that I understand, I want to point out that it is a remarkable and impressive effort on your part. This model is something that a team of software engineers over some time probably could not equal. Per your explanation, this model mostly targets whether a CEF has the income necessary to fund its distributions over time, Correct? I think taking on fundamental analysis of CEFs is a challenging project given their opaque nature and the broad distribution of underlying investment categories. An Equity CEF that writes Call options might behave differently from a bond CEF, an Equity CEF utilizing leverage, A CEF that has both bonds and Equities, a convertible Bond/Preferred share CEF or a CEF that is a collection of other CEFs. Then you have CEFs that have a managed distribution and others that distribute based on income. Certainly a Bond CEF with a relatively fixed income stream will be easier to figure whether there. is destructive ROC than perhaps an Equity CEF utilizing leverage and reliant on Cap gains to fund distributions. If one looks at RNP and RQI over a 10 year period (2016 - 2025) the start and finish NAV is relatively stable for both funds. That would be a reality check for me when looking for destructive ROC in a CEF. Now if we look at the year 2008, RNP took a substantial NAV nosedive as did most real estate and Mortgage lenders in the US. But RNP survived whereas several large financial institutions did not. My point here is that you have created something very sophisticated and impressive. Your present model might be somewhat more accurate, in its present form, evaluating certain types of CEFs than others.