Cornerstone Total Return Fund (CRF)

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CRF opened 2017 at $15.15
CRF closed 2017 at $15.28

Monthly distributions 12 X 0.229 $2.75
CRF 2017 payout yield 18.1%

Pretty good, but compare CRF to any index fund...

The S&P 500 index finished the year with a gain of 19.4 percent.
Including dividends, the S&P 500’s total return was 21.8 percent, as of late Friday.

The Dow Jones industrial average gained 25.1 percent.

The Nasdaq composite did even better and climbed 28.2 percent.