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James Andrew Dinsmore

BCV
PRESIDENT · BANCROFT FUND LTD · CIK 0001476425
FILING MIX · LIFETIME100%/0%
BUYS
5
SELLS
0
TOTAL VALUE
$22.8K
COMPANIES
2
ACTIVE SINCE
Mar 2023
HOLDINGS NOW
13,282
AVG SELL PX
TRADE KIND
SHOWING 5 / 5
Trades · vs SPY
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Performance · forward returns vs SPY
5 backtested trades · 8 horizons · 4 pending
Forward-return performance of every backtestable P/S trade by James Andrew Dinsmore, measured at 8 horizons from 7 days to 2 years. Deduped per economic event so co-filings count once. Excess return = trade return minus SPY return over the same window.
HORIZONTRADESWIN RATEINSIDER RETURNSPY RETURNMEAN EXCESSMEDIAN EXCESST-STAT
7d5+60.00%+1.45%+1.31%+0.14%+0.08%
14d5+40.00%-0.73%+1.29%-2.03%-3.01%
30d5+80.00%+3.56%+3.74%-0.17%-2.65%
60d5+80.00%+2.56%+4.72%-2.15%-5.82%
90d5+40.00%-2.20%+2.40%-4.60%-6.79%
180d5+80.00%+7.63%+12.99%-5.37%-7.94%
1y5(2 pending)+66.67%+10.19%+28.08%-17.89%-7.57%
2y5(2 pending)+100.00%+37.11%+47.43%-10.32%+9.79%
How to read this: Insider Returnis the average raw return of the filer's trades over the horizon. SPY Return is what SPY did over those same windows — reference only, not a comparison. The headline alpha number is Mean Excess = Insider − SPY; green means the filer beat SPY, red means they trailed it. Win rate is the share of individual trades where the filer beat SPY. T-statvalues above 2 mean the alpha is unlikely to be chance given the sample size. "Pending" counts trades where the horizon hasn't elapsed yet; their stats are not included in the row average.
Holdings over time
BCV · 990 shares · as of Dec 17, 2025
024849574399020242025SHARES HELD
Trading cadence · quarterly flow
BUY SELL
2023
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FLOW · 5 buys / 0 sellsCOVERAGE · 12 quarters
Form 4 filings · all activity
COMPANYTYPESHARESPRICEVALUEHELD AFTERTRADE DATEFILEDDETAILS
BCV
BANCROFT FUND LTD
PURCHASE
President
220$21.50$4.7K990Dec 17, 2025Jan 7, 2026View →
ECF
ELLSWORTH GROWTH & INCOME FUND LTD
PURCHASE
President
200$11.60$2.3K12,292Dec 17, 2025Jan 7, 2026View →
BCV
BANCROFT FUND LTD
PURCHASE
President
300$15.41$4.6K678.079Jan 23, 2024Jan 25, 2024View →
ECF
ELLSWORTH GROWTH & INCOME FUND LTD
PURCHASE
President
600$7.97$4.8K10,906.742Jan 23, 2024Jan 25, 2024View →
BCV
BANCROFT FUND LTD
PURCHASE
President
350$18.00$6.3K350Mar 2, 2023Mar 3, 2023View →
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About this filer
CIK 0001476425
ROLE
President
PRIMARY
BCV
COMPANIES
2
ACTIVE SINCE
Mar 2023
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