Gabelli Gold Fund, Inc.
SUMMARY PROSPECTUS April 30, 2014
Class AAA (GOLDX)
Before you invest, you may want to review the Funds Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information (SAI), which contain more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Funds Prospectus and SAI and other information about the Fund online at www.gabelli.com. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 800-422-3554 or by sending an email request to info@gabelli.com. The Funds Prospectus and SAI, both dated April 30, 2014, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus.
Investment Objective
The Gabelli Gold Fund, Inc. (the Fund) seeks to provide investors with long term capital appreciation.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund:
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold Class AAA Shares of the Fund.
Class
AAA Shares |
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Shareholder Fees |
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(fees paid directly from your investment): |
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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases |
None | |||
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) |
None | |||
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Reinvested Dividends |
None | |||
Redemption Fee (as a percentage of amount redeemed for shares held seven days or less): |
2.00% | |||
Exchange Fee |
None | |||
Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
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(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment): |
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Management Fees |
1.00% | |||
Distribution (Rule 12b-1) Fees |
0.25% | |||
Other Expenses |
0.32% | |||
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
1.57% | |||
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Expense Example
This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in Class AAA Shares of the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and the Funds operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years | |||||||||||
$ | 160 | $ | 496 | $ | 855 | $ | 1,867 |
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or turns over its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when the Funds shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Funds performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Funds portfolio turnover rate was 4% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities of foreign and domestic issuers principally engaged in gold-related activities and gold bullion (the 80% Investment Policy).
In selecting investments for the Fund, Gabelli Funds, LLC, the Funds investment adviser (the Adviser), focuses on stocks that are undervalued, but which appear to have favorable prospects for growth. Factors considered in this determination include capitalization per ounce of gold production, capitalization per ounce of recoverable reserves, quality of management, and the issuers ability to create shareholder wealth.
Because most of the worlds gold production is outside of the United States, the Fund expects that a significant portion of its assets may be invested in securities of foreign issuers, including those located in developed as well as emerging markets.
An important function of the Advisers investment process is to, among other things, establish through the Advisers research, a value at which a particular stock may be sold, provided there are no other fundamental changes in the business. The Adviser constantly monitors the Funds holdings to determine if such holdings continue to act in accordance with the factors described above and the Funds investment objective. The Adviser may sell a holding if its fundamentals deteriorate or change in a way, as determined by the Adviser, that the investment case for the holding is no longer appropriate for the Fund.
Principal Risks
You May Want to Invest in the Fund if:
| you are investing for a long term goal such as retirement |
| you are looking to add an aggressive growth component to your portfolio |
| you are willing to accept higher risks of investing in a sector of the stock market in exchange for long term returns |
The Funds share price will fluctuate with changes in the market value of the Funds portfolio securities. Your investment in the Fund is not guaranteed; you may lose money by investing in the Fund. When you sell Fund shares, they may be worth more or less than what you paid for them.
The principal risks presented by the Fund are:
| Concentration Risk. The Fund may be subject to greater volatility with respect to its portfolio securities than a fund that is more broadly diversified. |
| Emerging Markets Risk. Investing in emerging (less developed) markets involves higher levels of risk, including increased currency, information, liquidity, market, political, and valuation risks. |
| Equity Risk. Equity risk is the risk that the prices of the securities held by the Fund will change due to general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding the industries in which the companies issuing the securities participate, and the issuer companys particular circumstances. |
| Foreign Securities Risk. Investments in foreign securities involve risks relating to political, social, and economic developments abroad, as well as risks resulting from the differences between the regulations to which U.S. and foreign issuers and markets are subject. These risks include expropriation, differing accounting and disclosure standards, currency exchange risks, settlement difficulties, market illiquidity, difficulties enforcing legal rights, and greater transaction costs. These risks are more pronounced in the securities of companies located in emerging markets. |
| Gold Related Risks. Investments related to gold and other precious metals and minerals are considered speculative and are affected by a variety of worldwide economic, financial, and political factors. |
| Management Risk. If the portfolio manager is incorrect in his assessment of the growth prospects of the securities the Fund holds, then the value of the Funds shares may decline. |
| Market Risk. The risk that the securities markets will move down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably based on overall economic conditions and other factors. |
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Performance
The bar chart and table that follow provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Funds performance from year to year and by showing how the Funds average annual returns for one year, five years, and ten years compared with those of broad based securities market indices and other related indexes. As with all mutual funds, the Funds past performance (before and after taxes) does not predict how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated information on the Funds results can be obtained by visiting www.gabelli.com.
GABELLI GOLD FUND, INC.
(Total Returns for the Years Ended December 31)
During the years shown in the bar chart, the highest return for a quarter was 23.86% (quarter ended September 30, 2005) and the lowest return for a quarter was (36.06)% (quarter ended June 30, 2013).
Average Annual Total Returns (for the years ended December 31, 2013) |
Past One Year |
Past Five Years |
Past Ten Years |
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Gabelli Gold Fund, Inc. Class AAA Shares |
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Return Before Taxes |
(51.30 | )% | (4.44 | )% | 1.11 | % | ||||||
Return After Taxes on Distributions |
(51.30 | )% | (5.58 | )% | 0.08 | % | ||||||
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares |
(29.03 | )% | (1.29 | )% | 2.24 | % | ||||||
Standard & Poors (S&P) 500 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) |
32.39 | % | 17.94 | % | 7.41 | % | ||||||
Philadelphia Gold & Silver (XAU) Index (reflects no deduction for fees, |
(49.18 | )% | (7.44 | )% | (2.54 | )% | ||||||
Lipper Precious Metals Fund Classification (reflects no deduction for fees, |
(49.98 | )% | (4.51 | )% | 1.11 | % |
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. In some instances, the Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares may be greater than Return Before Taxes and Return After Taxes on Distributions because the investor is assumed to be able to use the capital loss from the sale of Fund shares to offset other taxable gains. Actual after-tax returns depend on the investors tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or Individual Retirement Accounts, including Roth IRAs and SEP IRAs (collectively, IRAs).
Management
The Adviser. Gabelli Funds, LLC serves as the Adviser to the Fund.
The Portfolio Manager. Mr. Caesar M.P. Bryan, Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager with GAMCO Asset Management, Inc., has served as Portfolio Manager of the Fund since its inception on July 11, 1994.
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Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
The minimum initial investment must be at least $1,000 ($250 for IRAs or Coverdell Education Saving Plans). There is no minimum initial investment in an automatic monthly investment plan. There is no minimum for subsequent investments.
You can purchase or redeem shares of the Fund on any day the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open for trading (a Business Day). You may purchase or redeem Fund shares by written request via mail (The Gabelli Funds, P.O. Box 8308, Boston, MA 02266-8308), by personal or overnight delivery (The Gabelli Funds, c/o BFDS, 30 Dan Road, Canton, MA 02021-2809), by bank wire, or by Automated Clearing House (ACH) system.
You may also redeem Fund shares by telephone at 800-GABELLI (800-422-3554), on the Internet at www.gabelli.com, or through an automatic cash withdrawal plan.
You can also place orders to purchase or sell Fund shares through registered broker-dealers or other financial intermediaries that have entered into appropriate selling agreements with G.distributors, LLC, the Funds distributor (G.distributors or the Distributor). The broker-dealer or other financial intermediary will transmit these transaction orders to the Fund on your behalf and send you confirmation of your transactions and periodic account statements showing your investments in the Fund.
Tax Information
The Fund expects that distributions will generally be taxable as ordinary income or long term capital gains to taxable investors, unless you are investing through a tax deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an IRA.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of the Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediarys website for more information.
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