Andrew Dakos is CEO & President at Total Return Securities Fund (SWZ). They have made 187 open-market trades across 27 companies since 2007, most recently 2026-09-28.
CIK 0001341021
150 open-market purchases totalling $39.0M since 2011, against 37 sales. Across 100 scored buys the stock is up 0.4% at ninety days, and 2.0 points behind the S&P over the same stretch.
135 scored purchases · one row per filing · discretionary only
| 7d | 30d | 90d | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accuracy | 50% | 55% | 40% |
| Avg Move | -0.9% | +0.0% | +0.4% |
| Alpha | -0.0% | -0.7% | -2.0% |
| Scored | 135 | 128 | 100 |
| 7d | 30d | 90d | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accuracy | 57% | 29% | 50% |
| Avg Move | -3.0% | +0.7% | +0.6% |
| Ticker | Type | Traded | Filed | Price | Value | 7d Stock | 30d Stock | 90d Stock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWZ | BUY | 2026-09-25 | 2026-09-29 | $5.79 | $116K | -0.1% | — | — |
| SWZ | BUY | 2026-07-02 | 2026-07-07 | $5.92 | $30K | +0.3% | +0.2% | -2.9% |
| SPE | SELL | 2026-06-02 | 2026-06-04 | $14.09 | $90K | -1.7% | -3.2% | -3.1% |
| SWZ | BUY | 2026-05-27 | 2026-05-29 | $5.98 | $78K | -1.3% | -0.8% | +0.5% |
| SWZ | BUY | 2026-05-18 | 2026-05-20 | $5.95 | $42K | -0.1% | -0.7% | -0.2% |
| SWZ | BUY | 2026-04-16 | 2026-04-20 | $6.06 | $68K | -0.7% | -2.1% | -2.1% |
| SWZ | BUY | 2026-04-07 | 2026-04-09 | $5.97 | $36K | +0.0% | -0.3% | -2.5% |
| SWZ | BUY | 2026-04-02 | 2026-04-06 | $5.93 | $29K | +1.7% | +1.3% | +0.0% |
| SWZ | BUY | 2026-03-27 | 2026-03-31 | $5.91 | $98K | +1.8% | +1.2% | -0.7% |
| SWZ | BUY | 2026-03-24 | 2026-03-26 | $5.96 | $36K | +0.9% | +1.7% | -0.6% |
| SWZ | BUY | 2026-03-11 | 2026-03-13 | $6.00 | $30K | -0.7% | +0.8% | -1.2% |
| SWZ | BUY | 2026-03-05 | 2026-03-09 | $5.99 | $147K | -0.5% | +0.9% | -1.2% |
| SWZ | BUY | 2026-03-02 | 2026-03-04 | $6.02 | $90K | -0.3% | -1.3% | -1.4% |
| SWZ | BUY | 2026-02-26 | 2026-03-02 | $6.18 | $43K | -0.5% | -1.7% | -1.4% |
| CXH | BUY | 2026-02-24 | 2026-02-26 | $8.12 | $11K | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| SWZ | BUY | 2026-02-23 | 2026-02-25 | $6.14 | $35K | -3.4% | -5.0% | -3.5% |
| SWZ | BUY | 2026-02-19 | 2026-02-23 | $6.13 | $49K | -2.3% | -2.1% | -2.3% |
| CXH | BUY | 2026-02-11 | 2026-02-13 | $8.10 | $32K | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| SWZ | BUY | 2026-02-03 | 2026-02-05 | $5.99 | $96K | +1.7% | -1.0% | -0.3% |
| SPE | SELL | 2025-12-30 | 2025-12-31 | $14.66 | $120K | +1.4% | +0.3% | -6.9% |
| SPE | SELL | 2024-09-20 | 2024-09-23 | $13.74 | $5K | +1.4% | +3.8% | +5.5% |
| SWZ | BUY | 2022-03-03 | 2022-03-04 | $8.82 | $9K | +3.3% | +10.7% | -0.4% |
| SWZ | BUY | 2022-02-02 | 2022-02-04 | $9.34 | $9K | -0.1% | -10.2% | -9.8% |
| PCF | SELL | 2021-09-15 | 2021-09-17 | $9.97 | $499K | -13.5% | -5.9% | -12.6% |
| PCF | SELL | 2021-09-13 | 2021-09-15 | $9.95 | $199K | -13.3% | -9.2% | -13.6% |
Grouped by shared companies and similar filing behaviour. This is a similarity measure, not a ranking or a performance signal.
| KEF |
| 1,627,674 |
| $11.5M |
| PHF | 1,408,152 | $11.2M |
| NRO | 4,295,140 | $10.8M |
| AKP | 593,453 | $8.8M |
| LCM | 927,037 | $7.2M |
| DCA | 1,553,860 | $6.8M |
| LBF | 588,795 | $5.2M |
| XRDC | 797,848 | $1.8M |
| TRC | 36,367 | $594K |
| SWZ | 60,000 | $345K |
| CH | 22,820 | $209K |
| TLI | 19,889 | $183K |
| SVVC | 604,187 | $142K |
| SPE | 5,184 | $64K |
| PCF | 10,705 | $54K |
| MXE | 3,870 | $48K |
| EMG | 42,720 | $13K |
| AYN | 545,056 | — |
| CXH | 18,268 | — |
| DTLA | 246,986 | — |
| BDCV | 825,327 | — |
| IFT | 31,212 | — |
| CMK | 14,089 | — |
| Total | $338.0M |
Shares reported on the most recent Form 4, priced at the 2026-09-29 close. 6 holdings could not be priced and are excluded from the total.
Counted per filing, not per execution lot — a purchase filled in several tranches is one decision.
| Scored | 14 | 14 | 14 |