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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-Q

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

 

Investment Company Act file number 811-05150  

 

Cornerstone Strategic Value Fund, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

225 Pictoria Drive, Suite 450        Cincinnati, Ohio 45246
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

Benjamin V. Mollozzi, Esq.

 

Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC 225 Pictoria Drive, Suite 450 Cincinnati, Ohio 45246_
(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (513) 587-3400  

 

Date of fiscal year end: December 31  
     
Date of reporting period: September 30, 2019  

 

Form N-Q is to be used by management investment companies other than small business investment companies registered on Form N-5 (§§ 239.24 and 274.5 of this chapter), to file reports with the Commission, not later than 60 days after the close of the first and third fiscal quarters, pursuant to Rule 30b1-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30b1-5). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-Q in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.

 

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Item 1. Schedule of Investments.

 

CORNERSTONE STRATEGIC VALUE FUND, INC.
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS - SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Description   No. of Shares     Value  
EQUITY SECURITIES - 99.15%                
CLOSED-END FUNDS - 20.12%                
CORE - 6.23%                
Adams Diversified Equity Fund, Inc.     1,180,639     $ 18,701,321  
General American Investors Company, Inc.     455,079       16,542,121  
Royce Micro-Cap Trust, Inc.     344,436       2,769,265  
Royce Value Trust, Inc.     421,856       5,804,739  
Source Capital, Inc.     72,244       2,637,961  
Tri-Continental Corporation     107,471       2,928,592  
              49,383,999  
DEVELOPED MARKET - 0.49%                
Aberdeen Japan Equity Fund, Inc.     28,058       204,262  
European Equity Fund, Inc. (The)     13,909       123,790  
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc.     182,599       1,601,394  
New Germany Fund, Inc. (The)     52,109       722,231  
New Ireland Fund, Inc. (The) *     66,227       566,903  
Swiss Helvetia Fund, Inc. (The) *     83,874       673,508  
              3,892,088  
DIVERSIFIED EQUITY - 0.05%                
Sprott Focus Trust, Inc.     56,014       376,974  
                 
EMERGING MARKETS - 1.79%                
Aberdeen Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund, Inc.     138,143       961,475  
Central and Eastern Europe Fund, Inc. (The)     61,622       1,602,172  
China Fund, Inc. (The)     39,425       765,239  
First Trust/Aberdeen Emerging Opportunity Fund     17,566       232,398  
Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund, Inc. (The) *     14,016       89,142  
India Fund, Inc. (The)     12,488       256,379  
Mexico Equity and Income Fund, Inc. (The)     12,477       131,232  
Mexico Fund, Inc. (The)     120,361       1,570,711  
Morgan Stanley China A Share Fund, Inc.     123,297       2,522,657  
Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund, Inc. *     134,733       2,553,191  
Taiwan Fund, Inc. (The) *     10,072       186,029  
Templeton Dragon Fund, Inc.     66,155       1,184,836  

 

See accompanying notes to schedule of investments.

 

 

 

CORNERSTONE STRATEGIC VALUE FUND, INC.
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS - SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 (Unaudited)(Continued)

 

Description   No. of Shares     Value  
EMERGING MARKETS - 1.79% (Continued)                
Templeton Emerging Markets Fund     120,191     $ 1,762,000  
Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund     48,753       349,559  
              14,167,020  
ENERGY MLP FUNDS - 0.98%                
ClearBridge Energy Midstream Opportunity Fund Inc.     140,897       1,225,804  
ClearBridge Energy MLP and Midstream Fund Inc.     72,185       821,465  
ClearBridge Energy MLP and Midstream Total Return Fund Inc.     58,677       522,812  
Cushing Energy Income Fund (The)     18,840       115,928  
Kayne Anderson Midstream/Energy Fund, Inc.     332,742       3,603,597  
Neuberger Berman MLP Income Fund Inc.     167,926       1,209,067  
Salient Midstream & MLP Fund     31,478       247,417  
              7,746,090  
GENERAL BOND - 0.06%                
Eaton Vance Limited Duration Income Fund     34,862       435,788  
                 
GLOBAL - 2.36%                
Aberdeen Global Dynamic Dividend Fund     151,699       1,463,896  
Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund     996,457       8,310,452  
Clough Global Dividend and Income Fund     4,369       47,404  
Clough Global Equity Fund     18,657       214,556  
Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income Fund     131,691       1,298,473  
Gabelli Global Small and Mid Cap Value Trust (The)     124,326       1,383,748  
GDL Fund (The)     271,068       2,491,114  
John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund     18,156       124,005  
Lazard Global Total Return and Income Fund, Inc.     2,997       46,843  
Lazard World Dividend & Income Fund, Inc.     5,668       52,939  
Royce Global Value Trust, Inc.     185,341       1,875,651  
Voya Infrastructure, Industrials and Materials Fund     120,588       1,380,733  
              18,689,814  

 

See accompanying notes to schedule of investments.

 

 

 

CORNERSTONE STRATEGIC VALUE FUND, INC.
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS - SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 (Unaudited)(Continued)

 

Description   No. of Shares     Value  
GLOBAL INCOME - 0.32%                
BrandywineGLOBAL - Global Income Opportunities Fund Inc.     206,252     $ 2,495,649  
                 
HIGH YIELD LEVERAGED - 0.02%                
Franklin Universal Trust     19,088       143,924  
                 
INCOME & PREFERRED STOCK - 0.45%                
Eagle Growth and Income Opportunities Fund     98,682       1,572,991  
LMP Capital and Income Fund Inc.     140,627       1,984,247  
              3,557,238  
NATURAL RESOURCES - 1.95%                
Adams Natural Resources Fund, Inc.     535,580       8,478,231  
BlackRock Resources & Commodities Strategy Trust     930,248       6,958,255  
              15,436,486  
OPTION ARBITRAGE/OPTIONS STRATEGIES - 1.90%                
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund     802,422       9,805,597  
BlackRock Enhanced Global Dividend Trust     356,473       3,718,013  
BlackRock Enhanced International Dividend Trust     183,993       999,082  
Madison Covered Call & Equity Strategy Fund     49,247       315,181  
Voya Asia Pacific High Dividend Equity Income Fund     29,669       251,593  
Voya International High Dividend Equity Income Fund     700       3,682  
              15,093,148  
PACIFIC EX JAPAN - 0.08%                
Korea Fund, Inc. (The)     21,756       596,767  
                 
REAL ESTATE - 1.37%                
Aberdeen Global Premier Properties Fund     27,234       169,395  
CBRE Clarion Global Real Estate Income Fund     1,029,349       8,142,151  
RMR Real Estate Income Fund     125,575       2,560,473  
              10,872,019  
SECTOR EQUITY - 1.53%                
Gabelli Healthcare & WellnessRx Trust (The)     251,458       2,620,192  
Nuveen Real Asset Income and Growth Fund     346,685       6,070,455  
Tekla Healthcare Investors     127,000       2,329,180  

 

See accompanying notes to schedule of investments.

 

 

 

CORNERSTONE STRATEGIC VALUE FUND, INC.
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS - SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 (Unaudited)(Continued)

 

Description   No. of Shares     Value  
SECTOR EQUITY - 1.53% (Continued)                
Tekla Life Sciences Investors     74,400     $ 1,123,440  
              12,143,267  
UTILITY - 0.54%                
Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend & Income Fund     41,363       409,907  
Macquarie Global Infrastructure Total Return Fund Inc.     160,883       3,874,063  
              4,283,970  
                 
TOTAL CLOSED-END FUNDS             159,314,241  
                 
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 9.40%                
Alphabet Inc. - Class C *     27,405       33,406,695  
AT&T Inc.     430,900       16,305,256  
Charter Communications, Inc. - Class A *     12,000       4,945,440  
Comcast Corporation - Class A     280,000       12,622,400  
Walt Disney Company (The)     55,000       7,167,600  
              74,447,391  
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 8.22%                
Amazon.com, Inc. *     13,000       22,566,830  
AutoZone, Inc. *     1,200       1,301,544  
Dollar General Corporation     14,000       2,225,160  
Home Depot, Inc. (The)     61,600       14,292,432  
Lowe's Companies, Inc.     20,000       2,199,200  
McDonald's Corporation     21,700       4,659,207  
NIKE, Inc. - Class B     65,000       6,104,800  
Ross Stores, Inc.     24,000       2,636,400  
Starbucks Corporation     69,000       6,100,980  
TJX Companies, Inc. (The)     54,000       3,009,960  
              65,096,513  
CONSUMER STAPLES - 6.08%                
Coca-Cola Company (The)     150,000       8,166,000  
Costco Wholesale Corporation     25,500       7,346,805  
Estée Lauder Companies, Inc. (The) - Class A     19,000       3,780,050  
General Mills, Inc.     31,000       1,708,720  
Procter & Gamble Company (The)     130,000       16,169,400  
Sysco Corporation     32,500       2,580,500  

 

See accompanying notes to schedule of investments.

 

 

 

CORNERSTONE STRATEGIC VALUE FUND, INC.
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS - SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 (Unaudited)(Continued)

 

Description   No. of Shares     Value  
CONSUMER STAPLES - 6.08% (Continued)                
Walmart Inc.     71,000     $ 8,426,280  
              48,177,755  
ENERGY - 1.79%                
Chevron Corporation     36,000       4,269,600  
Exxon Mobil Corporation     105,636       7,458,958  
Kinder Morgan, Inc.     117,400       2,419,614  
              14,148,172  
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS - 0.94%                
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF     10,000       2,985,200  
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust     15,000       4,451,550  
              7,436,750  
FINANCIALS - 9.92%                
Aflac Incorporated     39,000       2,040,480  
Allstate Corporation (The)     9,000       978,120  
American Express Company     32,000       3,784,960  
Aon plc     12,000       2,322,840  
Bank of America Corporation     353,300       10,305,761  
BB&T Corporation     42,000       2,241,540  
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. - Class B *     62,000       12,897,240  
Chubb Limited     10,000       1,614,400  
Citigroup Inc.     107,000       7,391,560  
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.     15,000       1,384,050  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.     181,000       21,301,890  
Progressive Corporation (The)     34,000       2,626,500  
S&P Global Inc.     12,000       2,939,760  
SunTrust Banks, Inc.     27,000       1,857,600  
U.S. Bancorp     60,000       3,320,400  
Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company     8,000       1,543,760  
              78,550,861  
HEALTH CARE - 11.58%                
Abbott Laboratories     107,000       8,952,690  
Anthem, Inc.     15,000       3,601,500  
Baxter International Inc.     13,000       1,137,110  
Becton, Dickinson and Company     10,000       2,529,600  
Cigna Corporation     19,354       2,937,744  
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation *     11,000       2,419,010  

 

See accompanying notes to schedule of investments.

 

 

 

CORNERSTONE STRATEGIC VALUE FUND, INC.
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS - SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 (Unaudited)(Continued)

 

Description   No. of Shares     Value  
HEALTH CARE - 11.58% (Continued)                
Eli Lilly and Company     49,000     $ 5,479,670  
HCA Healthcare, Inc.     20,000       2,408,400  
Humana Inc.     8,000       2,045,360  
IQVIA Holdings Inc. *     10,000       1,493,800  
Johnson & Johnson     105,700       13,675,466  
Medtronic Public Limited Company     75,000       8,146,500  
Merck & Co., Inc.     145,000       12,206,100  
Pfizer Inc.     225,000       8,084,250  
Stryker Corporation     19,000       4,109,700  
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.     14,000       4,077,780  
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated     25,000       5,433,000  
Zoetis, Inc.     24,000       2,990,160  
              91,727,840  
INDUSTRIALS - 7.41%                
Boeing Company (The)     34,000       12,935,980  
CSX Corporation     54,000       3,740,580  
Cummins Inc.     9,000       1,464,030  
Deere & Company     21,000       3,542,280  
Fortive Corporation     15,000       1,028,400  
Honeywell International Inc.     24,000       4,060,800  
Ingersoll-Rand Public Limited Company     13,000       1,601,730  
Lockheed Martin Corporation     18,000       7,021,080  
Norfolk Southern Corporation     19,000       3,413,540  
Republic Services, Inc.     19,000       1,644,450  
Roper Technologies, Inc.     6,000       2,139,600  
Union Pacific Corporation     46,000       7,451,080  
United Parcel Service, Inc. - Class B     49,000       5,871,180  
Waste Management, Inc.     24,000       2,760,000  
              58,674,730  
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 18.56%                
Accenture plc - Class A     34,000       6,539,900  
Apple Inc.     67,000       15,005,990  
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.     24,000       3,874,080  
Broadcom Inc.     20,000       5,521,400  
Cisco Systems, Inc.     299,000       14,773,590  
Fiserv, Inc. *     25,000       2,589,750  

 

See accompanying notes to schedule of investments.

 

 

 

CORNERSTONE STRATEGIC VALUE FUND, INC.
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS - SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 (Unaudited)(Continued)

 

Description   No. of Shares     Value  
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 18.56% (Continued)                
Intuit Inc.     15,000     $ 3,989,100  
Mastercard Incorporated - Class A     60,000       16,294,200  
Microsoft Corporation     331,000       46,018,930  
Motorola Solutions, Inc.     8,000       1,363,280  
Paychex, Inc.     20,000       1,655,400  
PayPal Holdings, Inc. *     37,000       3,832,830  
Texas Instruments Incorporated     44,000       5,686,560  
VeriSign, Inc. *     7,000       1,320,410  
Visa, Inc. - Class A     101,000       17,373,009  
Xilinx, Inc.     12,000       1,150,800  
              146,989,229  
MATERIALS - 1.34%                
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.     13,000       2,884,180  
Corteva, Inc.     20,431       572,068  
Dow Inc.     20,431       973,537  
DuPont de Nemours, Inc.     20,431       1,456,935  
Ecolab Inc.     17,000       3,366,680  
Linde plc     7,000       1,356,040  
              10,609,440  
REAL ESTATE - 1.34%                
American Tower Corporation     23,000       5,085,990  
Crown Castle International Corp.     23,000       3,197,230  
Equinix, Inc.     4,000       2,307,200  
              10,590,420  
UTILITIES - 2.45%                
American Electric Power Company, Inc.     28,000       2,623,320  
Dominion Energy, Inc.     30,000       2,431,200  
DTE Energy Company     12,000       1,595,520  
Exelon Corporation     60,000       2,898,600  
NextEra Energy, Inc.     18,000       4,193,820  
Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated     25,000       1,552,000  
Sempra Energy     15,000       2,214,150  

 

See accompanying notes to schedule of investments.

 

 

 

CORNERSTONE STRATEGIC VALUE FUND, INC.
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS - SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 (Unaudited)(Concluded)

 

Description   No. of Shares     Value  
UTILITIES - 2.45% (Continued)                
Xcel Energy Inc.     30,000     $ 1,946,700  
              19,455,310  
                 
TOTAL EQUITY SECURITIES (cost - $675,928,214)             785,218,652  
                 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT - 0.73%                
MONEY MARKET FUND - 0.73%                
Fidelity Institutional Money Market Government Portfolio - Class I, 1.86% ^ (cost - $5,784,410)     5,784,410       5,784,410  
                 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 99.88% (cost - $681,712,624)             791,003,062  
                 
OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES - 0.12%             953,234  
                 
NET ASSETS - 100.00%           $ 791,956,296  

 

* Non-income producing security.
^ The rate shown is the 7-day effective yield as of September 30, 2019.

 

See accompanying notes to schedule of investments.

 

 

 

CORNERSTONE STRATEGIC VALUE FUND, INC.

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Federal Income Tax Cost: The following information is computed on a tax basis for each item as of September 30, 2019:

 

Cost of portfolio investments   $ 682,705,262  
Gross unrealized appreciation   $ 123,554,614  
Gross unrealized depreciation     (15,256,814 )
Net unrealized appreciation   $ 108,297,800  

 

The difference between the federal income tax cost of portfolio investments and the Schedule of Investments cost for Cornerstone Strategic Value Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) is due to certain timing differences in the recognition of capital gains or losses under income tax regulations and generally accepted accounting principles. These "book/tax" differences are temporary in nature and are due to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales.

 

As required by the Fair Value Measurement and Disclosures Topic of the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting Standards Codification, the Fund has performed an analysis of all assets and liabilities measured at fair value to determine the significance and character of all inputs to their fair value determination.

 

The fair value hierarchy prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into the following three broad categories:

 

•        Level 1 - quoted unadjusted prices for identical instruments in active markets to which the Fund has access at the date of measurement.

 

•        Level 2 - quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs and significant value drivers are observable in active markets. Level 2 inputs are those in markets for which there are few transactions, the prices are not current, little public information exists or instances where prices vary substantially over time or among brokered market makers.

 

       Level 3 - model derived valuations in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable. Unobservable inputs are those inputs that reflect the Fund's own assumptions that market participants would use to price the asset or liability based on the best available information.

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of September 30, 2019 in valuing the Fund's investments carried at value:

 

VALUTION INPUTS   INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES     OTHER FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS*  
Level 1 - Quoted Prices                
Equity Securities   $ 785,218,652     $ -  
Short-Term Investment     5,784,410       -  
Level 2 - Other Significant Observable Inputs     -       -  
Level 3 - Significant Unobservable Inputs     -       -  
Total   $ 791,003,062     $ -  

 

* Other financial instruments include futures, forwards and swap contracts, if any.

 

 

 

CORNERSTONE STRATEGIC VALUE FUND, INC.

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

 

The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in its Schedule of Investments.

 

The Fund did not have any assets or liabilities that were measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) at September 30, 2019.

 

The Fund is exposed to financial market risks, including the valuations of its investment portfolio. During the period ended September 30, 2019, the Fund did not engage in derivative instruments and other hedging activities.

 

The Fund has evaluated the need for additional disclosures and/or adjustments resulting through the date its financial statements were issued. Based on this evaluation, no additional disclosures or adjustments were required to such Schedule of Investments.

 

Securities valuation policies and other investment related disclosures are hereby incorporated by reference to the Fund's semi-annual report previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the Form N-CSRS on August 28, 2019 with a file number 811-05150.

 

Other information regarding the Fund is available in the Fund’s most recent annual report. This information is also available on the Fund’s website at www.cornerstonestrategicvaluefund.com; or on the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov.

 

 

 

Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

 

(a) Based on their evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that such disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed and are operating effectively to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to them by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared, and that such information is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported on a timely basis.

 

(b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 3. Exhibits.

 

File as exhibits as part of this Form a separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)): Attached hereto

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

(Registrant) Cornerstone Strategic Value Fund, Inc.  
       
By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Ralph W. Bradshaw  
    Ralph W. Bradshaw, Chairman and President  
    (Principal Executive Officer)  
       
Date November 21, 2019    
       
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
       
By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Ralph W. Bradshaw  
    Ralph W. Bradshaw, Chairman and President  
    (Principal Executive Officer)  
       
Date November 21, 2019    
       
By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Theresa M. Bridge  
   

Theresa M. Bridge, Treasurer

 
    (Principal Financial Officer)  
       
Date November 21, 2019    

 

* Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.
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