All charts and data below are with dividends reinvested. (Inflation adjustment is OFF !)
GAM total return snapshot: GAM returned +25.86% over the past year and +9.38% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 17, 1980, GAM is up +14,516.61% in nominal total return, or +11.36%/yr, and is currently −1.50% below its total-return high on Apr. 23, 2026.
Data ending Mon Jul. 13, 2026
| Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Mon 2026-07-13 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GAM × |
+9.38%
2026-07-13 |
+25.86%
2026-07-13 |
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| General American Investors Closed Fund NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Mon 2026-07-13 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GAM × |
+14,516.61%
+11.36%/yr |
+10.28%/yr
(R2=0.956) |
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| General American Investors Closed Fund NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Mon 2026-07-13 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GAM × |
$10,000.00
1980-03-17 |
$1,461,660.98
2026-07-13 |
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| General American Investors Closed Fund NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Year | GAM |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +9.38% |
| 2025 | +28.63% |
| 2024 | +29.55% |
| 2023 | +26.84% |
| 2022 | −10.18% |
| 2021 | +28.04% |
| 2020 | −0.83% |
| 2019 | +33.99% |
| 2018 | −10.25% |
| 2017 | +12.50% |
| 2016 | +8.30% |
| 2015 | −7.80% |
| 2014 | +9.45% |
| 2013 | +34.38% |
| 2012 | +17.96% |
| 2011 | −5.32% |
| 2010 | +16.24% |
| 2009 | +36.87% |
| 2008 | −48.27% |
| 2007 | +8.73% |
| 2006 | +16.76% |
| 2005 | +13.60% |
| 2004 | +8.89% |
| 2003 | +27.05% |
| 2002 | −27.18% |
| 2001 | +5.37% |
| 2000 | +18.34% |
| 1999 | +39.63% |
| 1998 | +31.32% |
| 1997 | +40.37% |
| 1996 | +17.39% |
| 1995 | +22.02% |
| 1994 | −14.49% |
| 1993 | −15.94% |
| 1992 | +15.48% |
| 1991 | +86.46% |
| 1990 | +5.20% |
| 1989 | +51.07% |
| 1988 | +8.96% |
| 1987 | −14.16% |
| 1986 | +14.77% |
| 1985 | +16.06% |
| 1984 | −19.18% |
| 1983 | +9.77% |
| 1982 | −3.80% |
| 1981 | −2.74% |
| 1980 | +78.66% |
| Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Mon 2026-07-13 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GAM × |
−1.50%
from 2026-04-23 peak |
−66.66%
2009-03-09 from 2007-10-16 peak |
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| General American Investors Closed Fund NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Period ending Mon 2026-07-13 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GAM × | +25.86% |
+51.48% +23.08%/yr |
+97.77% +25.52%/yr |
+128.14% +17.93%/yr |
+286.04% +14.46%/yr |
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| General American Investors Closed Fund NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
