All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
GAM real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, GAM returned +20.64% over the past year and +5.27% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 17, 1980, GAM is up +3,353.48% in real purchasing-power return, or +7.95%/yr, and is currently −2.78% below its real 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 × |
+5.27%
2026-07-13 |
+20.64%
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 × |
+3,353.48%
+7.95%/yr |
+7.38%/yr
(R2=0.930) |
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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 |
$345,348.23
2026-07-13 |
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| General American Investors Closed Fund NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Year | GAM |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +5.27% |
| 2025 | +25.28% |
| 2024 | +25.92% |
| 2023 | +22.73% |
| 2022 | −15.64% |
| 2021 | +19.62% |
| 2020 | −2.16% |
| 2019 | +31.00% |
| 2018 | −11.93% |
| 2017 | +10.17% |
| 2016 | +6.10% |
| 2015 | −8.47% |
| 2014 | +8.63% |
| 2013 | +32.39% |
| 2012 | +15.95% |
| 2011 | −8.05% |
| 2010 | +14.53% |
| 2009 | +33.25% |
| 2008 | −48.32% |
| 2007 | +4.46% |
| 2006 | +13.89% |
| 2005 | +9.83% |
| 2004 | +5.46% |
| 2003 | +24.71% |
| 2002 | −28.87% |
| 2001 | +3.77% |
| 2000 | +14.46% |
| 1999 | +35.98% |
| 1998 | +29.23% |
| 1997 | +38.02% |
| 1996 | +13.62% |
| 1995 | +18.99% |
| 1994 | −16.72% |
| 1993 | −18.19% |
| 1992 | +12.23% |
| 1991 | +80.91% |
| 1990 | −0.86% |
| 1989 | +44.36% |
| 1988 | +4.36% |
| 1987 | −17.80% |
| 1986 | +13.52% |
| 1985 | +11.82% |
| 1984 | −22.25% |
| 1983 | +5.77% |
| 1982 | −7.35% |
| 1981 | −10.71% |
| 1980 | +64.70% |
| Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Mon 2026-07-13 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GAM × |
−2.78%
from 2026-04-23 peak |
−67.23%
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 × | +20.64% |
+41.41% +18.91%/yr |
+79.35% +21.50%/yr |
+84.46% +13.03%/yr |
+176.14% +10.69%/yr |
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| General American Investors Closed Fund NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
