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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)
 
2455 Corporate West Drive  Lisle, IL  60532
  (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
 
Kevin M. Robinson
 
2455 Corporate West Drive
 
Lisle, IL 60532
(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (630) 505-3700

Date of fiscal year end: December 31
Date of reporting period: July 1, 2011 - September 30, 2011

Form N-Q is to be used by management investment companies, other than small business investment companies registered on Form N-5 (§§ 239.24 and 274.5 of this chapter), to file reports with the Commission, not later than 60 days after the close of the first and third fiscal quarters, pursuant to rule 30b1-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30b1-5).  The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-Q in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.

A registrant is required to disclose the information specified by Form N-Q, and the Commission will make this information public.  A registrant is not required to respond to the collection of information contained in Form N-Q unless the Form displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) control number.  Please direct comments concerning the accuracy of the information collection burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing the burden to the Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549-1090.  The OMB has reviewed this collection of information under the clearance requirements of 44 U.S.C. § 3507.

 
 
 

 

Item 1.    Schedule of Investments.
Attached hereto.
 
GPM Guggenheim Enhanced Equity Income Fund
     
Portfolio of Investments
     
September 30, 2011 (unaudited)
     
           
Number
         
of Shares
 
Description
   
Value
   
Long-Term Investments - 124.7%
     
   
Exchange Traded Funds (a) - 124.7%
     
440,800
 
Financial Select Sector SPDR
   
$       5,214,664
317,900
 
iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund
   
20,425,075
98,900
 
Materials Select Sector SPDR
   
2,899,748
201,500
 
PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1
   
10,582,780
136,000
 
ProShares Ultra QQQ
   
9,908,960
261,900
 
ProShares Ultra S&P500
   
10,038,627
396,800
 
SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust
 
43,215,488
626,000
 
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
   
70,844,420
71,900
 
SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF
   
10,219,147
166,500
 
Utilities Select Sector SPDR
   
5,601,060
   
(Cost $208,481,825)
   
188,949,969
           
           
   
Short-Term Investment - 1.3%
     
   
Money Market - 1.3%
     
1,978,841
 
Dreyfus Treasury Prime Cash Management - Institutional Shares
1,978,841
   
(Cost $1,978,841)
     
           
   
Total Investments - 126.0%
     
   
(Cost $210,460,666)
   
190,928,810
   
Liabilities in excess of Other Assets - 0.0% *
 
(7,883)
   
Total Value of Options Written - (1.2%) (Premiums received $7,257,078)
(1,837,552)
   
Borrowings - (24.8% of Net Assets or 19.6% of Total Investments)
(37,500,000)
   
Net Assets  - 100.0%
   
$     151,583,375
           
           
Contracts
(100 shares
per contract)
 
Options Written
Expiration
Month
Exercise
Price
Value
   
Call Options Written (b) - (1.2%)
     
(4,408)
 
Financial Select Sector SPDR
October 2011
$13.00
$(70,528)
(3,179)
 
iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund
October 2011
73.00
(90,601)
(989)
 
Materials Select Sector SPDR
October 2011
34.00
(12,857)
(2,015)
 
PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1
October 2011
57.00
(75,563)
(1,360)
 
ProShares Ultra QQQ
October 2011
85.00
(171,360)
(2,619)
 
ProShares Ultra S&P500
October 2011
45.00
(102,141)
(3,968)
 
SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust
October 2011
115.00
(436,480)
(6,260)
 
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
October 2011
121.00
(632,260)
(719)
 
SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF
October 2011
157.00
(149,192)
(1,665)
 
Utilities Select Sector SPDR
October 2011
34.00
(96,570)
           
   
Total Value of Options Written - (1.2%)
     
   
(Premiums received $7,257,078)
   
$    (1,837,552)
 
S&P - Standard & Poor's
     
 
*
Represents less than 0.1% of net assets.
 
(a)
All of these securities represent cover (directly or through conversion rights) for outstanding options written.  All of these securities have been physically segregated as collateral for borrowings outstanding.
(b)
Non-income producing security.
 
     
 
See previously submitted notes to financial statements for the period ended June 30, 2011.
     
     
 
Country Allocation*
 
 
United States
100.0%
     
 
* Subject to change daily.  Based on total investments.
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
At September 30, 2011, the cost and related gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation on investments for
 
tax purposes are as follows:
                 
 
Cost of Investments for Tax Purposes
   
Gross Tax
Unrealized
Appreciation
 
Gross Tax
Unrealized
Depreciation
 
Net Tax
Unrealized
 Depreciation on
Investments
$ 210,462,548     $ 129,150   $ (19,662,888)   $ (19,533,738)
 
                   
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.  There are three different categories for valuations.  Level 1 valuations are those based upon quoted prices in active markets.  Level 2 valuations are those based upon quoted prices in inactive markets or based upon significant observable inputs (e.g. yield curves; benchmark interest rates; indices).  Level 3 valuations are those based upon unobservable inputs (e.g. discounted cash flow analysis; non-market based methods used to determine fair valuation).
                   
The Fund has adopted the Accounting Standards Update, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (Topic 820): Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements which provides guidance on how investment assets and liabilities are to be valued and disclosed. Specifically, the amendment requires reporting entities to disclose i) the input and valuation techniques used to measure fair value for both recurring and nonrecurring fair value measurements, for Level 2 or Level 3 positions ii) transfers between all levels (including Level 1 and Level 2) on a gross basis (i.e. transfers out must be disclosed separately from transfers in) as well as the reason(s) for the transfer and iii) purchases, sales, issuances and settlements must be shown on a gross basis in the Level 3 rollforward rather than as one net number.
                   
The Fund values Level 1 securities using readily available market quotations in active markets.  The Fund values Level 2 equity securities using various observable market inputs in accordance with procedures established in good faith by management and approved by the Board of Trustees. The Fund did not have any Level 3 securities at September 30, 2011.
                   
                   
The following table represents the Fund's investments carried  by caption and by level within the fair value hierarchy as of September 30, 2011:
                   
                   
 
                         
Description
 
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
(value in $000s)
                       
Assets:
                       
Exchange Traded Funds
  $ 188,950     $ -     $ -     $ 188,950  
Money Market Fund
    1,979       -       -       1,979  
Total
  $ 190,929     $ -     $ -     $ 190,929  
                                 
Liabilities:
                               
Call Options Written
  $ 1,838     $ -     $ -     $ 1,838  
Total
  $ 1,838     $ -     $ -     $ 1,838  
                                 
                                 
There were no transfers between levels.
                               
 

 
 
 

 
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/ Kevin M. Robinson                       
Name:           Kevin M. Robinson
Title:             Chief Executive Officer and Chief Legal Officer
 
Date:             November 14, 2011


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/ Kevin M. Robinson                       
Name:           Kevin M. Robinson
Title:             Chief Executive Officer and Chief Legal Officer

Date:            November 14, 2011




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

Date:            November 14, 2011