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TETON Westwood Mighty Mites Fund

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Portfolio Manager: Micro Cap Team Ticker Symbol: WEMMX

Objective

The TETON Westwood Mighty Mites Fund seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in micro-capitalization equity securities.

Principal Investment Strategies:
The Fund primarily invests in common stocks of smaller companies that have a market capitalization (defined as shares outstanding times current market price) of $300 million or less at the time of the Fund's initial investment. These companies are called micro-cap companies.

The Fund focuses on micro-cap companies which appear to be underpriced relative to their "private market value." Private market value is the value the Adviser believes informed investors would be willing to pay to acquire a company.

In selecting stocks, the Adviser attempts to identify companies that:

  • have above-average sales and earnings growth prospects
  • have improving balance sheet fundamentals given the current status of economic and business cycles
  • are undervalued and may significantly appreciate due to management changes, stock acquisitions, mergers, reorganizations, tender offers, spin-offs or other significant events
  • have new or unique products, new or expanding markets, changing competitive or regulatory climates or undervalued assets or franchises

The Adviser also considers the stocks' prices, the issuers' balance sheet characteristics and the strength of issuers' managements. Micro-cap companies may also be new or unseasoned companies which are in their very early stages of development. Micro-cap companies can also be engaged in new and emerging industries.

Micro-cap companies are generally not well-known to investors and have less of an investor following than larger companies. The Adviser will attempt to capitalize on the lack of analyst attention to micro-cap stocks and the inefficiency of the micro-cap market.

The Fund may appeal to you if:

  • you are a long-term investor
  • you seek long-term growth of capital
  • you seek an exposure to the micro-capitalization market segment despite the potential volatility of micro-capitalization stocks

You may not want to invest in the Fund if:

  • you are conservative in your investment approach
  • you seek stability of principal more than growth of capital


The stocks of smaller companies may trade less frequently and experience more abrupt price movements than stocks of larger companies, therefore, investing in this sector involves special challenges. Investing in micro capitalization stocks may involve greater risk than investing in small, medium and large capitalization stocks, since they can be subject to more abrupt or erratic movements in price. The TETON Westwood Mighty Mites sm Fund may invest in relatively new or unseasoned companies, which are in their early stages of development, or micro cap companies positioned in new and emerging industries. Micro-cap companies may be illiquid. Securities of micro-cap and unseasoned companies present greater risks than securities of larger, more established companies.

The Fund's share price will fluctuate with changes in the market value of the Fund's portfolio securities. Stocks are subject to market, economic and business risks that cause their prices to fluctuate. When you sell Fund shares, they may be worth less than what you paid for them. Consequently, you can lose money by investing in the Fund.

Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, sales charges and expense of the fund carefully before investing. The prospectus contains more complete information about this and other matters. The prospectus should be read carefully before investing.

You can obtain a free prospectus by calling at 1-800-GABELLI (1-800-422-3554), or contacting your financial representative or by visiting http://www.gabelli.com.

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