James Andrew Dinsmore is President at ELLSWORTH GROWTH & INCOME FUND LTD (ECF). They have made 10 open-market trades across 2 companies since 2013, most recently 2025-12-17.
CIK 0001476425
9 open-market purchases totalling $49K since 2013, against 1 sale. Across 9 scored buys the stock is down 2.2% at ninety days, and 3.5 points behind the S&P over the same stretch.
9 scored purchases · one row per filing · discretionary only
| Ticker | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|
| ECF | 12,292 | $143K |
| BCV | 990 | $22K |
| ECF.A | 1,000 | — |
| ECF.B | 3,000 | — |
| Total | $165K |
Shares reported on the most recent Form 4, priced at the 2026-01-07 close. 2 holdings could not be priced and are excluded from the total.
| 7d | 30d | 90d | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accuracy | 33% | 56% | 22% |
| Avg Move | -0.9% | +0.1% | -2.2% |
| Alpha | +0.0% | -1.7% | -3.5% |
| Scored | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Ticker | Type | Traded | Filed | Price | Value | 7d Stock | 30d Stock | 90d Stock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BCV | BUY | 2025-12-17 | 2026-01-07 | $21.50 | $5K | +3.8% | +1.6% | -4.4% |
| ECF | BUY | 2025-12-17 | 2026-01-07 | $11.60 | $2K | +3.6% | -0.4% | -6.2% |
| BCV | BUY | 2024-01-23 | 2024-01-25 | $15.41 | $5K | -1.4% | +0.8% | -2.0% |
| ECF | BUY | 2024-01-23 | 2024-01-25 | $7.97 | $5K | -0.9% | +1.7% | -2.3% |
| BCV | BUY | 2023-03-02 | 2023-03-03 | $18.00 | $6K | -6.6% | -6.8% | -11.4% |
| ECF | BUY | 2019-01-15 | 2019-01-17 | $8.82 | $12K | +1.6% | +7.1% | +7.3% |
| ECF | BUY | 2018-01-17 | 2018-01-19 | $9.59 | $6K | -1.6% | -4.4% | -4.1% |
| ECF | BUY | 2017-01-19 | 2017-01-20 | $8.52 | $5K | -0.2% | +1.9% | +4.3% |
| ECF | SELL | 2016-03-01 | 2016-03-03 | $7.31 | $7 | +0.8% | +3.0% | +5.6% |
| ECF | BUY | 2013-06-24 | 2013-06-25 | $7.48 | $4K | -6.1% | -0.6% | -0.6% |
Grouped by shared companies and similar filing behaviour. This is a similarity measure, not a ranking or a performance signal.
Counted per filing, not per execution lot — a purchase filled in several tranches is one decision.