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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F

FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
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VALUE SHRS OR SH/ PUT/ INVESTMENT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DISCRETION MANAGER SOLE SHARED NONE
ADVENT CLAY CONV SEC INC FD COM 007639107 5,227 933,347 SH   SOLE   933,347 0 0
ADVENT CLAYMORE CV SECS & IN COM 00764C109 4,232 280,643 SH   SOLE   280,643 0 0
ADVENT CLAYMORE ENH GRW & IN COM 00765E104 994 125,512 SH   SOLE   125,512 0 0
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN GBL HGH IN COM 01879R106 3,205 269,575 SH   SOLE   269,575 0 0
ALLIANZGI EQUITY & CONV INCO COM 018829101 395 19,094 SH   SOLE   19,094 0 0
ALLIANZGI NFJ DIVID INT & PR COM 01883A107 24,941 1,963,872 SH   SOLE   1,747,771 0 216,101
ALPHABET INC CAP STK CL A 02079K305 68,036 65,600 SH Put SOLE   65,600 0 0
ALPHABET INC CAP STK CL C 02079K107 12,839 12,443 SH   SOLE   12,443 0 0
ALPINE GLOBAL DYNAMIC DIVD F COM NEW 02082E205 2,736 260,583 SH   SOLE   260,583 0 0
ALPINE GLOBAL PREMIER PPTYS COM SBI 02083A103 105 16,780 SH   SOLE   16,780 0 0
ALPINE TOTAL DYNAMIC DIVID F COM SH BEN INT N 021060207 84,284 9,427,725 SH   SOLE   9,083,665 0 344,060
APPLE INC COM 037833100 8,439 50,300 SH Put SOLE   50,300 0 0
APPLE INC COM 037833100 1,598 9,527 SH   SOLE   9,527 0 0
ARES DYNAMIC CR ALLOCATION F COM 04014F102 370 22,764 SH   SOLE   22,764 0 0
AVIS BUDGET GROUP COM 053774105 742 15,845 SH   SOLE   15,845 0 0
AVON PRODS INC COM 054303102 5,252 1,849,447 SH   SOLE   1,849,447 0 0
BANCROFT FUND LTD COM 059695106 335 15,970 SH   SOLE   15,970 0 0
BLACKROCK CORPOR HI YLD FD I COM 09255P107 31,632 2,987,005 SH   SOLE   2,793,110 0 193,895
BLACKROCK CR ALLCTN INC TR COM 092508100 1,978 156,121 SH   SOLE   156,121 0 0
BLACKROCK DEBT STRAT FD INC COM NEW 09255R202 90,594 7,796,375 SH   SOLE   7,796,375 0 0
BLACKROCK MULTI-SECTOR INC T COM 09258A107 864 51,467 SH   SOLE   51,467 0 0
BRANDYWINEGBL GLBAL INM OPRT COM 10537L104 7,064 548,002 SH   SOLE   548,002 0 0
CBRE CLARION GLOBAL REAL EST COM 12504G100 4,627 632,953 SH   SOLE   632,953 0 0
CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORP COM 165167107 3,616 1,197,281 SH   SOLE   1,197,281 0 0
CHINA FD INC COM 169373107 1,479 66,794 SH   SOLE   66,794 0 0
CISCO SYS INC COM 17275R102 92,681 2,160,900 SH Put SOLE   2,160,900 0 0
CISCO SYS INC COM 17275R102 4,507 105,078 SH   SOLE   105,078 0 0
CLOUGH GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES SH BEN INT 18914E106 1,390 129,898 SH   SOLE   124,312 0 5,586
COHEN & STEERS GLOBAL INC BL COM 19248M103 144 15,725 SH   SOLE   15,725 0 0
COMMUNITY HEALTH SYS INC NEW COM 203668108 29,207 7,375,578 SH   SOLE   7,375,578 0 0
COMMUNITY HEALTH SYS INC NEW RIGHT 99/99/9999 203668116 18 1,630,543 SH   SOLE   1,630,543 0 0
CREDIT SUISSE ASSET MGMT INC COM 224916106 16,340 5,122,201 SH   SOLE   5,122,201 0 0
DASEKE INC *W EXP 02/27/202 23753F115 652 567,270 SH   SOLE   567,270 0 0
DBX ETF TR XTRACK HRVST CSI 233051879 278 8,900 SH   SOLE   8,900 0 0
DEAN FOODS CO NEW COM NEW 242370203 1,529 177,371 SH   SOLE   177,371 0 0
DELAWARE ENHANCED GBL DIV & COM 246060107 22,070 1,907,485 SH   SOLE   1,840,485 0 67,000
DELAWARE INVTS DIV & INCOME COM 245915103 974 92,338 SH   SOLE   92,338 0 0
DEUTSCHE MULTI-MKT INCOME TR SHS 25160E102 6,994 796,597 SH   SOLE   796,597 0 0
DEUTSCHE STRATEGIC INCOME TR SHS 25160F109 3,148 256,525 SH   SOLE   256,525 0 0
DFB HEALTHCARE ACQUISTION CO UNIT 01/30/2023 23291E208 3,708 369,000 SH   SOLE   369,000 0 0
DIVIDEND & INCOME FUND COM NEW 25538A204 1,734 138,076 SH   SOLE   138,076 0 0
DONNELLEY R R & SONS CO COM 257867200 1,500 171,846 SH   SOLE   171,846 0 0
DYNEGY INC NEW DEL COM 26817R108 3,177 235,011 SH   SOLE   235,011 0 0
EATON VANCE LTD DUR INCOME F COM 27828H105 17,103 1,313,592 SH   SOLE   1,313,592 0 0
EATON VANCE SR INCOME TR SH BEN INT 27826S103 349 51,274 SH   SOLE   51,274 0 0
ELLSWORTH GRWTH AND INCOME L COM 289074106 723 79,071 SH   SOLE   79,071 0 0
ENERGY XXI GULF COAST INC COM 29276K101 1,001 260,601 SH   SOLE   260,601 0 0
ENSCO PLC SHS CLASS A G3157S106 902 205,400 SH   SOLE   205,400 0 0
FIRST TR ABERDEEN GLBL OPP F COM SHS 337319107 184 16,112 SH   SOLE   16,112 0 0
FIRST TR STRATEGIC HIGH INC COM SHS NEW 337353304 2,815 230,732 SH   SOLE   212,708 0 18,024
FRANKLIN UNVL TR SH BEN INT 355145103 69 10,145 SH   SOLE   10,145 0 0
GENERAL AMERN INVS INC COM 368802104 21,182 632,876 SH   SOLE   632,876 0 0
GENWORTH FINL INC COM CL A 37247D106 12,374 4,372,434 SH   SOLE   4,372,434 0 0
GULFPORT ENERGY CORP COM NEW 402635304 1,037 107,466 SH   SOLE   107,466 0 0
HERTZ GLOBAL HLDGS INC COM 42806J106 5,686 286,456 SH   SOLE   286,456 0 0
HIGHPOINT RES CORP COM 43114K108 954 187,741 SH   SOLE   187,741 0 0
HOSTESS BRANDS INC *W EXP 11/04/202 44109J114 564 238,772 SH   SOLE   238,772 0 0
INTEL CORP COM 458140100 34,045 653,700 SH Put SOLE   653,700 0 0
INTEL CORP COM 458140100 1,383 26,555 SH   SOLE   26,555 0 0
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS COM 459200101 46,029 300,000 SH Put SOLE   300,000 0 0
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS COM 459200101 9,822 64,019 SH   SOLE   64,019 0 0
INVESCO HIGH INCOME TR II COM 46131F101 11,164 804,871 SH   SOLE   755,516 0 49,355
INVESCO SR INCOME TR COM 46131H107 625 142,151 SH   SOLE   142,151 0 0
ISHARES TR BARCLAYS 7 10 YR 464287440 185,742 1,800,000 SH Call SOLE   1,800,000 0 0
ISHARES TR BARCLAYS 7 10 YR 464287440 185,742 1,800,000 SH Put SOLE   1,800,000 0 0
ISHARES TR BARCLAYS 7 10 YR 464287440 68,261 661,508 SH   SOLE   661,508 0 0
IVY HIGH INC OPPORTUNITIES F COM 465893105 11,018 777,043 SH   SOLE   767,043 0 10,000
LAZARD GLB TTL RET&INCM FD I COM 52106W103 531 29,813 SH   SOLE   29,813 0 0
LAZARD WORLD DIVID & INCOME COM 521076109 704 61,223 SH   SOLE   61,223 0 0
LIBERTY ALL STAR EQUITY FD SH BEN INT 530158104 158 25,821 SH   SOLE   25,821 0 0
MBIA INC COM 55262C100 49,387 5,333,400 SH Put SOLE   5,333,400 0 0
MFS CHARTER INCOME TR SH BEN INT 552727109 813 100,092 SH   SOLE   30,486 0 69,606
MICROSOFT CORP COM 594918104 12,650 138,600 SH Put SOLE   138,600 0 0
MICROSOFT CORP COM 594918104 656 7,182 SH   SOLE   7,182 0 0
MORGAN STANLEY EM MKTS DM DE COM 617477104 925 118,345 SH   SOLE   118,345 0 0
MORGAN STANLEY EMER MKTS DEB COM 61744H105 11,184 1,191,053 SH   SOLE   1,080,057 0 110,996
NEBULA ACQUISITION CORP UNIT 03/12/2025 629076209 3,569 352,698 SH   SOLE   352,698 0 0
NEUBERGER BERMAN HGH YLD FD COM 64128C106 6,366 571,468 SH   SOLE   571,468 0 0
NEW AMER HIGH INCOME FD INC COM NEW 641876800 174 19,979 SH   SOLE   19,979 0 0
NEW GOLD INC CDA COM 644535106 3,850 1,492,287 SH   SOLE   1,492,287 0 0
NOBLE CORP PLC SHS USD G65431101 1,777 478,905 SH   SOLE   478,905 0 0
NUVEEN CONNECTICUT QLTY MUN COM 67060D107 2,658 230,509 SH   SOLE   230,509 0 0
NUVEEN CR STRATEGIES INCM FD COM SHS 67073D102 23,300 2,934,462 SH   SOLE   2,901,452 0 33,010
NUVEEN GLOBAL HIGH INCOME FD SHS 67075G103 796 49,359 SH   SOLE   49,359 0 0
NUVEEN MULTI MKT INCOME FD COM 67075J107 125 17,285 SH   SOLE   17,285 0 0
OCWEN FINL CORP COM NEW 675746309 948 230,086 SH   SOLE   230,086 0 0
ONEMAIN HLDGS INC COM 68268W103 2,580 86,163 SH   SOLE   86,163 0 0
ORACLE CORP COM 68389X105 47,068 1,028,800 SH Put SOLE   1,028,800 0 0
ORACLE CORP COM 68389X105 19,473 425,635 SH   SOLE   425,635 0 0
PARKER DRILLING CO COM 701081101 5,725 9,015,494 SH   SOLE   9,015,494 0 0
PENNEY J C INC COM 708160106 1,062 351,725 SH   SOLE   351,725 0 0
PIONEER DIV HIGH INCOME TRUS COM 723653101 272 18,012 SH   SOLE   18,012 0 0
PIONEER ENERGY SVCS CORP COM 723664108 1,123 416,055 SH   SOLE   416,055 0 0
PIONEER HIGH INCOME TR COM 72369H106 94 10,000 SH   SOLE   10,000 0 0
PITNEY BOWES INC COM 724479100 30,003 2,755,000 SH Put SOLE   2,755,000 0 0
PRUDENTIAL GLB SHT DUR HG YL COM 74433A109 9,667 696,448 SH   SOLE   565,891 0 130,557
PRUDENTIAL SHT DURATION HG Y COM 74442F107 1,903 134,668 SH   SOLE   72,880 0 61,788
PUTMAN HIGH INCOME SEC FUND SHS BEN INT 746779107 197 21,834 SH   SOLE   21,834 0 0
QUALCOMM INC COM 747525103 16,783 302,900 SH Put SOLE   302,900 0 0
QUALCOMM INC COM 747525103 2,572 46,426 SH   SOLE   46,426 0 0
ROWAN COMPANIES PLC SHS CL A G7665A101 1,036 89,778 SH   SOLE   89,778 0 0
ROYCE GLOBAL VALUE TR INC COM 78081T104 4,606 419,874 SH   SOLE   419,874 0 0
ROYCE MICRO-CAP TR INC COM 780915104 301 32,200 SH   SOLE   32,200 0 0
SANCHEZ ENERGY CORP COM 79970Y105 2,033 649,664 SH   SOLE   649,664 0 0
SEARS HLDGS CORP COM 812350106 3,150 1,179,665 SH   SOLE   1,179,665 0 0
SIMPLY GOOD FOODS CO *W EXP 07/07/202 82900L110 105 29,700 SH   SOLE   29,700 0 0
SM ENERGY CO COM 78454L100 3,033 168,196 SH   SOLE   168,196 0 0
SOLARCITY CORP NOTE 1.625%11/0 83416TAC4 3,208 3,475,000 PRN   SOLE   3,475,000 0 0
SOUTHWESTERN ENERGY CO COM 845467109 1,098 253,569 SH   SOLE   253,569 0 0
STONEMOR PARTNERS L P COM UNITS INT 86183Q100 397 64,000 SH   SOLE   64,000 0 0
SUPERVALU INC COM NEW 868536301 6,255 410,725 SH   SOLE   410,725 0 0
TEMPLETON EMERG MKTS INCOME COM 880192109 70,734 6,259,638 SH   SOLE   6,027,552 0 232,086
TEMPLETON GLOBAL INCOME FD COM 880198106 6,526 1,021,348 SH   SOLE   1,021,348 0 0
TENET HEALTHCARE CORP COM NEW 88033G407 14,880 613,605 SH   SOLE   613,605 0 0
TESLA INC NOTE 1.250% 3/0 88160RAC5 7,939 8,000,000 PRN   SOLE   8,000,000 0 0
TESLA INC NOTE 2.375% 3/1 88160RAD3 3,144 3,000,000 PRN   SOLE   3,000,000 0 0
TESLA INC COM 88160R101 26,080 98,000 SH Put SOLE   98,000 0 0
TREEHOUSE FOODS INC COM 89469A104 2,172 56,752 SH   SOLE   56,752 0 0
UNISYS CORP COM NEW 909214306 2,233 207,732 SH   SOLE   207,732 0 0
UNITI GROUP INC COM 91325V108 14,341 882,500 SH Put SOLE   882,500 0 0
VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTL COM 91911K102 63,238 3,972,200 SH Put SOLE   3,972,200 0 0
VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTL COM 91911K102 3,969 249,300 SH   SOLE   249,300 0 0
VOYA GLBL ADV & PREM OPP FD COM 92912R104 225 20,629 SH   SOLE   20,629 0 0
VOYA PRIME RATE TR SH BEN INT 92913A100 2,111 405,097 SH   SOLE   405,097 0 0
WELLS FARGO GLOBAL DIVIDEND COM 94987C103 2,005 352,309 SH   SOLE   352,309 0 0
WELLS FARGO INCOME OPPORTUNI WF INC OPPTY FD 94987B105 36,767 4,573,034 SH   SOLE   4,505,334 0 67,700
WESTERN ASSET EMRG MKT DEBT COM 95766A101 1,804 124,139 SH   SOLE   124,139 0 0
WESTERN ASSET GLB HI INCOME COM 95766B109 11,573 1,229,882 SH   SOLE   1,172,084 0 57,798
WESTERN ASSET HGH YLD DFNDFD COM 95768B107 10,456 716,190 SH   SOLE   577,749 0 138,441
WESTERN ASSET HIGH INCM FD I COM 95766J102 17,301 2,637,288 SH   SOLE   2,617,288 0 20,000
WESTERN ASSET HIGH INCM OPP COM 95766K109 38,876 8,082,341 SH   SOLE   7,626,504 0 455,837
WILLSCOT CORP *W EXP 09/10/202 971375118 84 50,000 SH   SOLE   50,000 0 0
XEROX CORP COM NEW 984121608 4,208 146,200 SH Put SOLE   146,200 0 0
XEROX CORP COM NEW 984121608 1,601 55,613 SH   SOLE   55,613 0 0