CRF — CORNERSTONE TOTAL RETURN FUND INC

US equity
6.56 +0.77% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 6.51 · high 8.21

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Performance

1 day+0.77%
1 week-6.82%
1 month-5.61%
3 months-8.89%
6 months-7.87%
Year to date-18.51%
1 year-15.46%
3 years-19.01%
5 years-45.01%

Technicals

RSI 1425.7
vs 50-day avg-7.22%
vs 200-day avg-11.51%
Volatility 1y17.9%
Max drawdown 1y-20.71%
Avg volume 30d1.5M
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)26.84%
Paid last 12m1.7608
Payments in 12m15
Paying since2016-01-13

Measured signals that fired on CRF

datesignal measured base rate
2026-05-01Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-04-01Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-03-27Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2025-09-10Morris Matthew
Director
Open-market sale17.9210
2025-09-04Morris Matthew
Director
Open-market sale35.0K7.90276.5K
2025-09-03Morris Matthew
Director
Open-market sale18.3K7.87143.8K
2025-05-22BRADSHAW RALPH W
President
Option exercise2.6K6.9718.1K

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
Alpine Global Management, LLC20.7M3.0M
Sculptor Capital LP19.3M2.8M
Quarry LP17.6M2.5M
BOOTHBAY FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC16.3M2.3M
LPL Financial LLC13.8M2.0M
Almitas Capital LLC7.8M1.1M
OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC.6.1M882.2K
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC5.9M848.9K
Cable Car Capital, LP4.8M650.0K
Yakira Capital Management, Inc.3.5M505.2K

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d41.6% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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