All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
CRF real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, CRF returned +7.30% over the past year and −1.73% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since May 15, 1986, CRF is up +290.81% in real purchasing-power return, or +3.45%/yr, and is currently −4.08% below its real total-return high on Dec. 5, 2024.
Data ending Tue Aug. 11, 2026
| Thu 1986-05-15💬 to Tue 2026-08-11 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRF × |
+290.81%
+3.45%/yr |
+3.12%/yr
R2=0.685 |
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| Cornerstone Total Return Fund, Inc. Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Thu 1986-05-15💬 to Tue 2026-08-11 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
|---|---|---|
| CRF × |
$10,000.00
1986-05-15 |
$39,080.73
2026-08-11 |
| YTD | YoY | |
|---|---|---|
| CRF × | −1.73% | +7.30% |
|
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
|
|---|---|---|
| CRF × |
−4.08%
on 2026-08-11 from 2024-12-05 peak |
−81.25%
on 2008-11-21 from 2007-01-09 peak |
| Period ending Tue 2026-08-11 | 1 yr | 2 yr | 3 yr | 5 yr | 10 yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRF × | +7.30% |
+28.96% +13.56%/yr |
+32.17% +9.74%/yr |
+27.26% +4.94%/yr |
+118.69% +8.14%/yr |
| Year | CRF |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −1.73% |
| 2025 | +7.29% |
| 2024 | +39.98% |
| 2023 | +15.14% |
| 2022 | −37.09% |
| 2021 | +31.37% |
| 2020 | +27.53% |
| 2019 | +20.06% |
| 2018 | −12.71% |
| 2017 | +19.67% |
| 2016 | +9.29% |
| 2015 | +6.10% |
| 2014 | −3.48% |
| 2013 | +32.59% |
| 2012 | +6.56% |
| 2011 | −13.57% |
| 2010 | −12.01% |
| 2009 | +61.09% |
| 2008 | −49.62% |
| 2007 | −45.15% |
| 2006 | +47.02% |
| 2005 | −8.22% |
| 2004 | +9.80% |
| 2003 | +81.08% |
| 2002 | −21.71% |
| 2001 | +5.80% |
| 2000 | +15.77% |
| 1999 | −10.14% |
| 1998 | +3.74% |
| 1997 | +12.77% |
| 1996 | +3.08% |
| 1995 | +14.96% |
| 1994 | −12.69% |
| 1993 | +4.34% |
| 1992 | +4.25% |
| 1991 | +17.40% |
| 1990 | +4.84% |
| 1989 | +12.69% |
| 1988 | +3.59% |
| 1987 | −19.38% |
| 1986 | −7.82% |
