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ECF correlations (Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd.)

Which assets move with ECF and which ones diversify it, computed from weekly returns across 4756 stocks and ETFs.

Data as of 2026-08-27 · refreshed every trading day · US Listed

Volatility (ann.)

16.5%

3y weekly

Beta vs S&P 500

0.71

3y weekly

1-year return

+22.9%

price, adjusted

5-year return

+25.8%

price, adjusted

Market cap

$0.2B

latest

P/E ratio

3.9

trailing

Dividend yield

7.38%

trailing

Max drawdown

-16.8%

3y, daily closes

ECF over the last 12 months, weekly closes indexed to 100 at the start.

Stocks and ETFs most correlated with ECF

Asset		Correlation (3Y)
BCV	Bancroft Fund, Ltd.	0.87
NCZ	Virtus Convertible & Income Fund II	0.75
NCV	Virtus Convertible & Income Fund	0.74
NFJ	Virtus Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund	0.70
RMT	Royce Micro-Cap Trust, Inc.	0.69

The least-correlated liquid assets in our universe, meaning the ones that historically moved most independently from ECF.

Asset		Correlation (3Y)
FNGD	MicroSectors FANG Index -3X Inverse Leveraged ETNs due	-0.52
VXX	iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN	-0.51
VXZ	iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Mid-Term Futures ETN	-0.49

Free API · no key required

$ curl https://www.pairbook.io/api/v1/symbols/ecf.json

Correlations, diversifiers, beta and volatility for ECF, plus one endpoint per pair. API documentation.