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10 Best CEFs This Month: Average Yield Of 9.25% (December 2025)

The article presents a rigorously screened list of 10 top closed-end funds, or CEFs, for income investors, offering an average 9.25% yield and -7.5% NAV discount. Selections emphasize sector diversification, long-term outperformance, sustainable distributions, and attractive valuations, with a focus on both equity and credit-oriented CEFs. CEFs are generally characterized by higher volatility and deeper drawdowns than the broader market. For these reasons, they are not suited for everyone.

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3 Old School CEFs That Consistently Beat The Market

Adams Diversified Equity Fund, Central Securities Corporation, and General American Investors Co. Inc. are longstanding equity CEFs, each outperforming the S&P 500 over the past decade while trading at notable NAV discounts. CET currently offers the widest discount at -17.5% and the highest 10-year total return, making it an attractive entry for growth-oriented investors. ADX provides consistent quarterly income, a low 0.5% expense ratio, and a tech-heavy portfolio, with a 2024 distribution yield of 10.9%.

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General American Investors Announces Issue Price for the 2025 Year-End Dividend and Distribution Payable on December 26, 2025

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 2025 year-end dividend and distribution on its common stock will be $58.745 per share. The issue price represents the average between the high and the low prices on the New York Stock Exchange on December 12, 2025, which was below the.

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General American Investors Company Announces: Action Taken by the Board of Directors

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 trading at a market price below the liquidation preference of $25 per share. To date, a total of 398,4.

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General American Investors Company Declares Year-End Dividends and Distributions on Common and Preferred Stock

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, the Board of Directors of General American Investors Company, Inc. (NYSE symbol – GAM), a closed-end investment company, declared a combined dividend and distribution of $6.40 per share on its outstanding shares of common stock as follows: A distribution of $5.95 per share from net long-term capital gains on securities sold. A dividend of $0.45 per share from estimated undistributed net investment income for the full year 2025. Determination as to taxability wi.

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Ready To Retire? These 8%+ CEFs Show The Way

I'm regularly struck by something American investors always seem to take for granted: The many choices we have available to gain financial independence.

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General American Investors Files Certified Shareholder Report for Period Ended June 30, 2025

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--General American Investors Company, Inc., a closed-end investment company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (GAM), filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) its Certified Shareholder Report (Form N-CSR) for the six-month period ended June 30, 2025. The Form N-CSR contains the Company's June 30, 2025 Semi-Annual Report and is available at the SEC's website: www.sec.gov and the Company's website: www.generalamericaninvestors.com. The Semi-Annual R.

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General American Investors Company Announces Appointment of Sarah M. Ward to Board of Directors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Board of Directors of General American Investors Company, Inc. (NYSE symbol – GAM), a closed-end management investment company, reported that Sarah M. Ward, an experienced attorney and financial services industry leader, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company. Mr. Spencer Davidson, Chairman of the Company, commented, “We are pleased to welcome Ms. Ward to our Board given her breadth of experience as a senior partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Me.

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General American Investors Company, Inc. Quarterly Dividend and Distribution on 5.95% Preferred Stock

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Board of Directors of General American Investors Company, Inc. (NYSE symbol – GAM), a closed-end investment company, declared on its 5.95% cumulative preferred stock, series B, a dividend and distribution of $0.371875 per share payable in cash on September 24, 2025 to holders of record on September 8, 2025. This quarterly dividend and distribution represents a payment for the accrual period from June 24, 2025 through September 23, 2025. Preferred shareholders will.

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GAM: Nearly 7% Average Income, Attractive Discount, And Solid Past Performance

General American Investors is a closed-end fund that invests in a diversified and balanced portfolio of equities of large-cap U.S. listed stocks. GAM uses nearly 12% leverage in the form of preferred shares, for which it pays 5.95% in distributions quarterly. GAM's past performance is solid, especially the long-term performance. In some ways, this is a proxy for the S&P500 in terms of capital appreciation with the benefit of significant income.

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2 Picks For Monthly Distributions And Participating With Activists

Closed-end funds offer unique opportunities due to the structure, which allows for the share price to swing wildly different from the underlying portfolio value. There are activist groups that specifically target these in a way to take advantage of this feature within the closed-end fund space. On top of that, it also provides significant diversification by investing in already diversified CEFs, and additionally, this can translate into strong monthly distributions.

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GAM: Tech Exposure Could Mean Short-Term Pain

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 positions in richly valued mega-cap technology stocks, potentially dragging down performance amid ongoing capital flight.

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GAM: A Value-Oriented Fund With A Strong Performance History

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 very value-oriented buy-and-hold strategy.

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SPE And PFO: Two 'Buy' Opportunities Based On Attractive Discounts

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 provide monthly distribution to investors.

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General American Investors Announces Issue Price for the 2024 Year-End Dividend and Distribution Payable on December 27, 2024

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 the high and the low prices on the New York Stock Exchange on December 13, 2024, which was below the.

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General American Investors Company Announces: Action Taken by the Board of Directors

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5 Best CEFs This Month For 8.5% Yield (November 2024)

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 with solid track records that pay high distributions and offer "excess" discounts. We try to separate the wheat from the chaff using our filtering process to select just five CEFs every month from around 500 closed-end funds.

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GAM: Moving To Hold After The Run-Up (Rating Downgrade)

General American Investors has outperformed the S&P 500 by over 25% since our last coverage, driven by a tightening discount to NAV and portfolio outperformance. GAM's portfolio mimics the S&P 500 but with only 70 stocks, focusing on NAV growth and a 5% distribution yield. The current market conditions and GAM's stretched valuation metrics prompt us to downgrade the fund from 'Buy' to 'Hold'.

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The 3 Best Big Closed-End Funds Of 2024

Sometimes as income investors we face a situation that sounds like a good problem to have: We have to pick among a group of very impressive investments!

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How These 8.3% CEFs Soared Double Digits

We're a little more than halfway through the year now, so it's a great time to check the state of play on our favorite high-yield plays: 8%+ paying closed-end funds (CEFs).

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