GDL — GDL FUND
Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21
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Performance
Technicals
Dividends
Insider transactions (Form 4)
| date | insider | what | shares | price | value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-23 | GABELLI MARIO J Director | Open-market sale | 800 | 8.52 | 6.8K |
| 2026-01-09 | GABELLI MARIO J Director | Open-market sale | 800 | 8.39 | 6.7K |
| 2025-03-26 | MELARKEY MICHAEL J Director | Other Acquisition/Disposition | 3.0K | 50.00 | 151.9K |
| 2024-11-26 | GABELLI MARIO J Director | Open-market sale | 2.5K | 8.04 | 20.1K |
| 2024-08-29 | GABELLI MARIO J Director | Open-market sale | 307 | 8.09 | 2.5K |
| 2024-03-26 | GABELLI MARIO J Director | Other Acquisition/Disposition | 300.0K | 10.00 | 3.0M |
| 2024-03-26 | GABELLI MARIO J Director | Other Acquisition/Disposition | 250.0K | 10.00 | 2.5M |
| 2024-03-26 | GABELLI MARIO J Director | Other Acquisition/Disposition | 240.0K | 10.00 | 2.4M |
| 2024-03-26 | GABELLI MARIO J Director | Other Acquisition/Disposition | 200.0K | 10.00 | 2.0M |
| 2024-02-22 | Ball John Chester President & Treasurer | Open-market purchase | 32 | 7.91 | 253 |
Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →
Largest institutional holders
| manager | value | shares |
|---|---|---|
| GABELLI & Co INVESTMENT ADVISERS, INC. | 15.4M | 1.8M |
| Focus Partners Wealth | 4.8M | 572.8K |
| MORGAN STANLEY | 4.1M | 496.2K |
| GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. ET AL | 3.7M | 441.8K |
| Bulldog Investors, LLP | 3.4M | 409.7K |
| Independent Advisor Alliance | 3.2M | 384.9K |
| Ancora Advisors LLC | 1.5M | 174.6K |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | 1.4M | 168.3K |
| CSS LLC/IL | 971.8K | 116.7K |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC | 782.5K | 93.9K |
13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →
Latest SEC filings
| form | filed | period | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2026-08-17 | 2026-08-12 | on EDGAR ↗ |
| SCHEDULE 13G/A | 2026-06-08 | — | on EDGAR ↗ |
| NPORT-P | 2026-06-01 | 2026-03-31 | on EDGAR ↗ |
| N-23C-2 | 2026-05-22 | 2026-05-22 | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 8-K | 2026-05-07 | 2026-05-07 | on EDGAR ↗ |
| DEFA14A | 2026-03-19 | — | on EDGAR ↗ |
| DEF 14A | 2026-03-19 | 2026-05-11 | on EDGAR ↗ |
| SCHEDULE 13D/A | 2026-03-16 | — | on EDGAR ↗ |
Short selling
This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →
Recent headlines
- GDL FUND (GDL) filed form 3 · 2026-08-17 · SEC EDGAR
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