Use GDL Fund The Common Shares of performance concurrently with your other holdings to enhance returns of your portfolios and to back test it against optimization strategy that fits your risk preferences.
If you would invest 1,228 in GDL Fund The Common Shares of on April 26, 2012 and sell it today you would lose (11.00) from holding GDL Fund The Common Shares of or give up 0.9% of portfolio value over 30 days. GDL Fund The Common Shares of is generating negative expected returns assuming volatility of 0.38% on return distribution over 30 days investment horizon. In other words, 6% of equities are less volatile than the company and above 99% of equities are expected to generate higher returns over the next 30 days.
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Risk [Daily Volatility] (%)
Considering 30-days investment horizon, GDL Fund The Common Shares of is expected to generate 0.52 times more return on investment than the market. However, the company is 1.92 times less risky than the market. It trades about -0.13 of its potential returns per unit of risk. The NYSE is currently generating roughly -0.47 per unit of risk.
GDL Fund Operating Margin
Based on recorded statements GDL Fund The Common Shares of has Operating Margin of 0.0%. This indicator is about the same for null average (which is currently at 0.0) sector, and about the same as operatingMargin (which currently averages 0.0) industry, This indicator is about the same for all stocks average (which is currently at 0.0).
A good Operating Margin is required for a company to be able to pay for its fixed costs or pay out its debt which implies that the higher the margin, the better. This ratio is most effective in evaluating the earning potential of a company over time when comparing it against firm's competitors.
Over the last 30 days GDL Fund The Common Shares of has generated negative risk-adjusted returns adding no value to investors with long positions.
1 Month Effecincy (a.k Sharpe Ratio) ...
-0.12
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Estimated Market Risk
0.38
actual daily
94 %
of total potential
Expected Return
-0.05
actual daily
1 %
of total potential
Risk-Adjusted Return
-0.12
actual daily
1 %
of total potential
Based on monthly moving average GDL Fund is performing at about 0% of its full potential. If added to a well diversified portfolio the total return can be enhanced and market risk can be reduced. You can increase risk-adjusted return of GDL Fund by adding it to a well-diversified portfolio.
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