GAM News and Press, General American Investors Inc. From 11/25/19

Closed-end-funds, "CEFs," represent an exciting market segment offering investors exposure to actively managed investment portfolios that often times feature more dynamic strategies compared to passive ETFs. While many investors are attracted to the income profile of the various funds with cor...

Foreword Any collection of stocks is more clearly understood when subjected to yield-based (dog catcher) analysis; these dividend-boosted batches are perfect for the Arnold dog catcher process. Here is your November 11 data from Barron's for 58 dividend-paying stocks supplemented by dog ca...

Today, the Board of Directors of General American Investors Company, Inc. (NYSE symbol – GAM), a closed-end investment company, declared a combined dividend and distribution of $2.45 per share on its outstanding shares of common stock as follows: A distribution of $2.08 per share...

This article was originally published October 1st, 2019. Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. ( SPE ) has recently released their Semi-Annual report for the period ending June 30th, 2019. The fund, at that time, was holding quite a high portion of cash equivalent (money market funds) in thei...

General American Investors Company, Inc., a closed-end investment company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (GAM), reported net assets applicable to the Company’s common stock as of September 30, 2019 of $1,035,980,441 as compared with net assets applicable to its common stock of $...

Introduction In a prior article , I tested five ETFs, each using a different factor, against SPY to see if investors could gain alpha using an ETF other than SPY for large-cap stocks. Given that CEFs have characteristics that differ them from ETFs, I thought each group should be analyzed se...

This article was originally published 1 month ago. Quantitative screens help to rapidly narrow down attractive candidates from the database of 500-plus closed-end funds [CEFs] for further due diligence and investigation. Previous editions of the Report can be searched using the keyword "ce...

General American Investors Company, Inc., a closed-end investment company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (GAM), filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) its Certified Shareholder Report (Form N-CSR) for the six month period ended June 30, 2019. The Form N-CSR contai...

I've noticed a profound and growing difference in the market price performances (not necessarily NAV performances) between the largest cap equity CEFs and the smallest cap equity CEFs. Here I'm describing large cap CEFs as funds that manage over $1 billion in assets and small cap CEFs as those...

This article was first released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory subscribers 2 weeks ago, so data may be out of date. Please check latest data before making investment decisions. Quantitative screens help to rapidly narrow down attractive candidates from the database of 500-plus closed-end ...