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Last Trade: $9.75 on 11/20/2009, Change: 0.00 (0%)

  

Fund Manager - Mario J. Gabelli

Fund Manager Tenure: 16.5 years
Fundmojo Fund Grade: A (Score: 0.72)     (What does this score mean?)

Mario J. Gabelli has served as chairman, chief executive officer, chief investment officer-value products and a director of GAMCO Investors, Inc. (GAMI) since November 1976. Mario J. Gabelli is chair and chief investment officer of Gabelli Funds, which Mario J. Gabelli formed in 1977. Gabelli began his investment career in 1967 as an analyst with Loeb, Rhoades & Company. In 1975, Mario J. Gabelli joined William D. Witter, a Wall Street research boutique. Mario J. Gabelli holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

  

Performance	Management Fee	Turnover rate
GABCX: 7.14% , 3.57% , 5.29% Category Average: 18.21% , -6.38% , 1.42%	GABCX: 0.64% Category Average: 1.36%	GABCX: 472.00% Category Average: 90.71%

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 What we like about Gabelli ABC Fund (GABCX)

Data for Gabelli ABC Fund (GABCX) as of October 31, 2009

• Gabelli ABC Fund (GABCX) management has been with Gabelli ABC Fund for 16.5 years
• Gabelli ABC Fund (GABCX) has good mid-term performance (3-year return 3.57% vs -6.38% Mid-Cap Blend category average)
• Gabelli ABC Fund (GABCX) has good Long-term performance (5-year return 5.29% vs 1.42% Mid-Cap Blend category average)
• Gabelli ABC Fund (GABCX) ratio of up-years vs down years is greater than 2
• Gabelli ABC Fund (GABCX) has a Morningstar rating of 4 and above
• Gabelli ABC Fund (GABCX) is less volatile than its peers as it has a 3-year Standard Deviation of 4.59, lower than category average of 23.83
• Gabelli ABC Fund (GABCX) has a lower management fee than its Mid-Cap Blend average: 0.64% vs 1.36%
• Gabelli ABC Fund (GABCX) is a true no-load fund as it has no load and no 12b1 promotion, distributions, marketing expenses

  

 What we are cautious about Gabelli ABC Fund (GABCX)

Data for Gabelli ABC Fund (GABCX) as of October 31, 2009

• Gabelli ABC Fund (GABCX) has a less-than-ideal short-term performance (1-year return 7.14% vs 18.21% Mid-Cap Blend category average)
• Gabelli ABC Fund (GABCX) is less safe compared to its Mid-Cap Blend peers
• Gabelli ABC Fund (GABCX) has an annual stock turnover rate of 472.00% that is higher than the Mid-Cap Blend average of 90.71%. This could mean Gabelli ABC is more nimble, but also signal potential high tax impact and high trading fees
• Gabelli ABC Fund (GABCX) does not have a good risk adjusted return as its 3-year Alpha of 2.75 is worse than category average of 2.78, and its 3-year Sharpe ratio is 0.27

  

  

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Gabelli ABC Fund (GABCX) Net Asset

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Date	Net Asset
10/2009	$240.69M
09/2009	$236.37M
08/2009	$191.61M

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Gabelli ABC Fund (GABCX) Portfolio Allocation

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Date	Cash	Stock	Bond	Other
06/2009	74.19%	23.91%	0.16%	1.73%
03/2009	75.57%	23.96%	0.26%	0.21%
12/2008	33.94%	65.33%	0.57%	0.15%

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Most Recent Top 10 Holdings in Gabelli ABC Fund (GABCX)

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30-Jun-09 Sun Microsystems, Inc. [3.89%] [2.97%] [2.2%] Centennial Communications Corpo [2.1%] Wind River Systems, Inc. [1.76%] SCHERING PLOUGH CP [1.29%] Intl Game Tech 2.6% [1.08%] WYETH [0.7%] [0.56%] LINDSAY CORPORATION [0.43%]

31-Mar-09 Genentech, Inc. [4.45%] ROHM & HAAS CO [4.38%] CV Therapeutics, Inc. [2.07%] Schering-Plough Corp. [1.64%] Ciba Holding AG [1.32%] Wyeth [0.9%] BERU AG [0.56%] Northwestern Corp. [0.45%] METAVANTE TECH [0.42%] Take-Two Interactive Software, [0.41%]

31-Dec-08 Ust [23.59%] Nationwide Finl Sv [7.56%] Genentech, Inc. [5.62%] Rohm and Haas Company [4.51%] Mentor Corporation [3.9%] Ciba Holding AG [2.53%] Puget Energy, Inc. [1.72%] BERU AG [1.07%] NDS Group PLC ADR [0.9%] NORTHWESTERN CORPORA [0.89%]

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