Lukewarm About GF At This Juncture

  • GF, a CEF that focuses on 60 German stocks, the bulk of which are mid-caps, has been outperforming the MSCI EAFE by 2.5x this year. GF has outperformed this year, but its long-term price track record and weak distributions profile make it a questionable investment at current levels,. The fund is heavily tilted toward German industrials, while conditions for that sector are hardly resilient.