General American Investors Co., Inc. Stock News

General American Investors Company is a closed-end fund that has historically outperformed the S&P 500 Index, attracting investors despite being underfollowed and underheld. The fund primarily invests in American common equities, which may face downside risk due to capital outflows from the U.S. and overvaluation concerns. Despite its value-oriented approach, the fund holds significant position...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GAM Declares 2024 Spill-Over Dividend and Distribution on Common Stock & Quarterly Dividend and Distribution on Preferred Stock.

General American Investors Company has outperformed the S&P 500 Index over the past 30 years, delivering a 3,418.47% total return since 1995. The fund focuses on long-term capital appreciation through a diversified portfolio, with a lower emphasis on the information technology sector compared to the S&P 500. The fund has a very low turnover compared to most, which appears to be the result of a ...

Closed-end fund discounts/premiums, due to their structure, allow for potential opportunities to capitalize on mean reversion. CEFs also offer relatively higher distribution yields as they leverage their portfolios and payout sources of income, capital gains and/or return of capital. Today, we are giving SPE and PFO a look; these are two funds that, we believe, are attractively valued and provi...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--General American Investors Company, Inc. (NYSE: GAM), a closed-end investment company, announced that the price at which shares of its common stock will be issued to stockholders who elected to receive additional shares in payment of the 2024 year-end dividend and distribution on its common stock will be $52.26 per share. The issue price represents the average between...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Board of Directors of General American Investors Company, Inc., a closed-end investment company whose common and preferred shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE symbols - GAM and GAM Pr B, respectively), renewed authorization for the repurchase of up to 1,601,553 outstanding shares of 5.95% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series B when the shares are ...

For income investors, closed-end funds remain an attractive investment class that covers various asset classes and promises high distributions and reasonable total returns. Closed-end funds, or CEFs, are generally characterized by higher volatility and deeper drawdowns than the broader market. For these reasons, they are not suited for everyone. In this monthly series, we highlight five CEFs wi...