All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
GAB real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, GAB returned +2.19% over the past year and −6.22% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Aug. 14, 1986, GAB is up +1,209.74% in real purchasing-power return, or +6.66%/yr, and is currently −8.42% below its real total-return high on Feb. 17, 2026.
Data ending Fri Jul. 10, 2026
| Thu 1986-08-14💬 to Fri 2026-07-10 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GAB × |
−6.22%
2026-07-10 |
+2.19%
2026-07-10 |
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| Gabelli Equity Trust Closed Fund NYSE Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Thu 1986-08-14💬 to Fri 2026-07-10 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GAB × |
+1,209.74%
+6.66%/yr |
+6.61%/yr
(R2=0.947) |
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| Gabelli Equity Trust Closed Fund NYSE Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Thu 1986-08-14💬 to Fri 2026-07-10 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GAB × |
$10,000.00
1986-08-14 |
$130,974.13
2026-07-10 |
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| Gabelli Equity Trust Closed Fund NYSE Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Year | GAB |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −6.22% |
| 2025 | +23.72% |
| 2024 | +14.74% |
| 2023 | +0.02% |
| 2022 | −21.39% |
| 2021 | +19.83% |
| 2020 | +13.16% |
| 2019 | +28.68% |
| 2018 | −10.36% |
| 2017 | +22.08% |
| 2016 | +13.55% |
| 2015 | −9.21% |
| 2014 | −7.53% |
| 2013 | +49.62% |
| 2012 | +21.35% |
| 2011 | −5.22% |
| 2010 | +22.52% |
| 2009 | +58.40% |
| 2008 | −54.90% |
| 2007 | +12.76% |
| 2006 | +26.33% |
| 2005 | −5.29% |
| 2004 | +17.30% |
| 2003 | +25.95% |
| 2002 | −31.64% |
| 2001 | +2.75% |
| 2000 | −1.43% |
| 1999 | +28.94% |
| 1998 | +7.32% |
| 1997 | +35.51% |
| 1996 | +7.68% |
| 1995 | +5.42% |
| 1994 | −13.82% |
| 1993 | +27.22% |
| 1992 | +7.60% |
| 1991 | +6.02% |
| 1990 | −22.53% |
| 1989 | +49.59% |
| 1988 | +38.91% |
| 1987 | −9.79% |
| 1986 | −14.48% |
| Thu 1986-08-14💬 to Fri 2026-07-10 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GAB × |
−8.42%
from 2026-02-17 peak |
−75.11%
2009-03-09 from 2007-07-18 peak |
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| Gabelli Equity Trust Closed Fund NYSE Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Period ending Fri 2026-07-10 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GAB × | +2.19% |
+24.04% +11.37%/yr |
+24.66% +7.62%/yr |
+11.56% +2.21%/yr |
+107.44% +7.57%/yr |
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| Gabelli Equity Trust Closed Fund NYSE Mutual Fund | ||||||
