SWZ — Total Return Securities Fund
Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21
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Performance
Technicals
Measured signals that fired on SWZ
| date | signal | measured base rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-10 | Short volume far above its own normal short | -0.76% over 21 days · t = -2.79 · n = 5,897 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)
| date | insider | what | shares | price | value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-10 | SELL MORITZ A Director | Open-market purchase | 1.0K | 5.91 | 5.9K |
| 2026-07-23 | SELL MORITZ A Director | Open-market purchase | 2.0K | 5.86 | 11.7K |
| 2026-07-22 | SELL MORITZ A Director | Open-market purchase | 517 | 5.90 | 3.1K |
| 2026-07-21 | SELL MORITZ A Director | Open-market purchase | 483 | 5.90 | 2.8K |
| 2026-07-20 | SELL MORITZ A Director | Open-market purchase | 1.0K | 5.93 | 5.9K |
| 2026-07-06 | GOLDSTEIN PHILLIP Secretary | Open-market purchase | 6.0K | 5.95 | 35.6K |
| 2026-07-02 | Dakos Andrew President and CEO | Open-market purchase | 4.8K | 5.92 | 28.2K |
| 2026-07-02 | Dakos Andrew President and CEO | Open-market purchase | 233 | 5.92 | 1.4K |
| 2026-06-29 | SELL MORITZ A Director | Open-market purchase | 2.0K | 5.92 | 11.8K |
| 2026-06-26 | SELL MORITZ A Director | Open-market purchase | 2.1K | 5.88 | 12.3K |
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
| manager | value | shares |
|---|---|---|
| CSS LLC/IL | 6.1M | 1.0M |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | 3.9M | 650.7K |
| ICON ADVISERS INC/CO | 3.0M | 500.3K |
| Matisse Capital | 2.4M | 407.3K |
| Saba Capital Management, L.P. | 2.4M | 404.1K |
| RIVERNORTH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 2.0M | 331.0K |
| Shaker Financial Services, LLC | 1.9M | 322.4K |
| EVOLVE PRIVATE WEALTH, LLC | 867.5K | 146.3K |
| Yakira Capital Management, Inc. | 744.6K | 125.6K |
| GARDNER RUSSO & QUINN LLC | 579.2K | 97.7K |
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
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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