Investment Policy
Long-term capital growth focused on equity securities.
Annualized Results
GAM investment results relative to the S&P 500.
Five-Year Results
NAV and stockholder returns assuming a $10,000 initial investment.
Twenty-Year Results
NAV and stockholder returns assuming a $10,000 initial investment.
Premium/Discount History
GAM share price relative to NAV, over the past 12 months (weekly) and 10 years (quarterly).
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Shares of the Company’s Common Stock usually sell at a discount from their underlying net asset value (NAV) as do the shares of most other domestic equity closed-end funds. Periodically, the shares sell at a premium over NAV. The following chart shows the discount at the end of each business week during the past year. The table below the chart shows information, including the discount at the end of each quarter, during the past 10 years.
January 2009 - January 2010
1999-2009
Date
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Net Asset Value |
Market Price
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Premium/(Discount)
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12/31/1999
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$41.74 |
$37.19
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(10.89%)
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03/31/2000
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$43.39 |
$39.38
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(9.25%)
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06/30/2000
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$42.03 |
$39.19
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(6.67%)
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09/30/2000
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$45.40 |
$41.81
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(7.90%)
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12/31/2000
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$39.91 |
$36.00
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(9.80%)
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03/31/2001
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$35.76 |
$34.00
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(4.92%)
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06/30/2001
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$37.97 |
$37.71
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(0.68%)
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09/30/2001
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$33.68 |
$31.55
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(6.32%)
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12/31/2001
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$35.14 |
$33.47
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(4.75%)
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03/31/2002
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$34.04 |
$32.98
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(3.11%)
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06/30/2002
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$30.08 |
$27.70
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(7.91%)
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09/30/2002
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$25.77 |
$23.50
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(8.81%)
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12/31/2002
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$26.48 |
$23.85
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(9.93%)
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03/31/2003
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$25.94 |
$23.25
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(10.37%)
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06/30/2003
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$30.15 |
$27.44
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(8.99%)
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09/30/2003
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$30.51 |
$27.49
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(9.90%)
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12/31/2003
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$33.11 |
$29.73
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(10.21%)
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03/31/2004
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$33.81 |
$30.35
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(10.23%)
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06/30/2004
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$33.65 |
$30.14
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(10.43%)
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09/30/2004
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$33.25 |
$29.53
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(11.19%)
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12/31/2004
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$35.49 |
$31.32
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(11.75%)
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03/31/2005
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$35.10 |
$30.87
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(12.05%)
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06/30/2005
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$37.27 |
$32.00
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(14.14%)
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09/30/2005
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$39.88 |
$34.83
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(12.66%)
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12/31/2005
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$39.00 |
$34.54
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(11.44%)
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03/31/2006
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$40.76 |
$37.84
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(7.16%)
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06/30/2006
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$39.52 |
$36.10
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(8.65%)
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09/30/2006
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$40.86 |
$37.66
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(7.83%)
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12/31/2006
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$40.54 |
$37.12
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(8.44%)
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03/31/2007
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$41.00 |
$36.84
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(10.12%)
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06/30/2007
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$45.14 |
$40.55
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(10.17%)
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09/30/2007
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$45.94 |
$40.77
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(11.25%)
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12/31/2007
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$38.10 |
$34.70
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(8.92%)
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03/31/2008
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$36.10 |
$31.79
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(11.94%)
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06/30/2008
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$36.15 |
$32.36
|
(10.48%)
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09/30/2008
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$29.91 |
$25.87
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(13.51%)
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12/31/2008
|
$21.09 |
$17.40
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(17.50%)
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03/31/2009
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$18.73 |
$15.35
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(18.05%)
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06/30/2009
|
$22.89 |
$18.75
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(18.09%)
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09/30/2009
| $26.91 |
$23.79
| (11.59%)
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12/31/2009
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$27.50 |
$23.46
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(14.69%)
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