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GLQ Income Quality Score

Clough Global EF (GLQ) has an Income Quality Score of 34/100, classified as a Foe with high confidence, based on a 10-year income and total-return history.

Clough Global EF (GLQ) is a closed-end fund and is part of the IQ Score universe.

July 2026 snapshotAs of July 31, 2026Lookback: 10-year
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Long-term focused10-year income and total-return analysis
Data-drivenObjective scoring across 4 quality, distribution and risk signals
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IQ Score
34/100
FoeHigh confidence
Asset Type
CEF
Exchange
AMEX
Trailing Yield (TTM)
Not published
No normalized trailing yield is published for closed-end funds in this snapshot.
Rank in CEF Universe
324 of 358
Lookback
10-year
Data as of
July 31, 2026
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This is the public July 2026 snapshot. Public snapshots are delayed and frozen: once released, a month's scores do not change, and current data is reserved for members. The July 2026 snapshot is published as the public launch snapshot.
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GLQClough Global EF
34FoeHigh confidence
Snapshot
2026-07
Data as of
2026-07-31
Lookback
10-year
Asset type
Closed-End Fund

IQ Score History

6535FRIENDQUESTION MARKFOE050100Methodology updatedMethodology updated on 2026-07-31 (iq-4class-v1 → iq-4class-v3-direct-dist)2026-072026-072026-072026-07-17 · 35.6 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-20 · 34.6 · Foe · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-21 · 34.9 · Foe · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-22 · 34.7 · Foe · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-23 · 34.5 · Foe · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-24 · 34.6 · Foe · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-27 · 34.5 · Foe · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-28 · 34.2 · Foe · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-29 · 34.0 · Foe · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-30 · 34.2 · Foe · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-31 · 34.1 · Foe · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v3-direct-dist6535FRIENDQUESTION MARKFOE050100Methodology updated on 2026-07-31 (iq-4class-v1 → iq-4class-v3-direct-dist)2026-072026-07

Reconstructed monthly scores are computed from current data and methodology. Published snapshots are the frozen monthly releases, marked on the line. Where the methodology changed, the line is broken rather than joined across the change.

Signals & Drivers

IQ signal scores

Each signal is normalised to 0–100 and combined by weight into the overall IQ Score.

Economic Payout Coverage
24/100
Working Capital Preservation
65/100
Distribution Cut Score
10/100
Distribution Trend
60/100

What is working

  • Working capital preserved over time
  • Distributions growing year-over-year

What to watch

  • Distributions exceed long-term total return
  • 3+ years with a material annual distribution decline

Flags & gates

  • Yield Trap
  • Chronic Dist Cuts

Distribution Safety

7Years raised
3Years cut
22Years of data
RisingCurrent trend

High confidence (10-year history)

  1. 20050.63Held
  2. 20061.94Raised
  3. 20072.034Raised
  4. 20081.66Lower total
  5. 20091.05Lower total
  6. 20101.16Raised
  7. 20111.16Held
  8. 20121.16Held
  9. 20131.16Held
  10. 20141.55Raised
  11. 20151.38Lower total
  12. 20161.2995Lower total
  13. 20171.2877Lower total
  14. 20181.4829Raised
  15. 20191.3232Cut
  16. 20201.3248Held
  17. 20211.6092Raised
  18. 20221.3944Cut
  19. 20230.7188Cut
  20. 20240.7236Held
  21. 20250.78Raised
  22. 20260.5103Partial year

Distributions per year, from the frozen distribution-stability signal. “Lower total” means the calendar-year sum was smaller than the prior year (often a special-distribution rolloff or timing shift), but did not decline more than the engine's 10% material-decline threshold — see Years Cut above for years that did.

The IQ Score is a research classification of historical income quality. It is not investment advice, not a recommendation and not a prediction of future returns.

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