All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

CRF: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

CRF real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, CRF returned +5.26% over the past year and −5.51% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since May 15, 1986, CRF is up +275.77% in real purchasing-power return, or +3.35%/yr, and is currently −7.77% below its real total-return high on Dec. 5, 2024.

Data ending Thu Jul. 2, 2026

Thu 1986-05-15💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
CRF × 		−5.51%
2026-07-02 		+5.26%
2026-07-02
Cornerstone Total Return Fund, Inc. Mutual Fund

Returns

Thu 1986-05-15💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
CRF × 		+275.77%
+3.35%/yr 		+3.11%/yr
(R2=0.682)
Cornerstone Total Return Fund, Inc. Mutual Fund

Growth of $10,000

Thu 1986-05-15💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 Start
Value 		End
Value
CRF × 		$10,000.00
1986-05-15 		$37,577.03
2026-07-02
Cornerstone Total Return Fund, Inc. Mutual Fund

Annual Returns

Year CRF
2026 (YTD) −5.51%
2025 +7.29%
2024 +39.98%
2023 +15.14%
2022 −37.09%
2021 +31.37%
2020 +27.53%
2019 +20.06%
2018 −12.70%
2017 +19.67%
2016 +9.29%
2015 +6.11%
2014 −3.48%
2013 +32.58%
2012 +6.56%
2011 −13.57%
2010 −12.00%
2009 +61.08%
2008 −49.62%
2007 −45.15%
2006 +47.02%
2005 −8.22%
2004 +9.80%
2003 +81.07%
2002 −21.71%
2001 +5.80%
2000 +15.76%
1999 −10.14%
1998 +3.74%
1997 +12.78%
1996 +3.09%
1995 +14.95%
1994 −12.68%
1993 +4.35%
1992 +4.24%
1991 +17.41%
1990 +4.83%
1989 +12.71%
1988 +3.58%
1987 −19.39%
1986 −7.82%

Drawdowns

Thu 1986-05-15💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
CRF × 		−7.77%
from 2024-12-05 peak 		−81.25%
2008-11-21
from 2007-01-09 peak
Cornerstone Total Return Fund, Inc. Mutual Fund

Rolling Returns

Period ending Thu 2026-07-02 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
CRF × 		+5.26% +19.90%
+9.50%/yr 		+36.16%
+10.84%/yr 		+29.80%
+5.36%/yr 		+122.63%
+8.33%/yr
Cornerstone Total Return Fund, Inc. Mutual Fund