XML 17 R2.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT v3.10.0.1
TETON WESTWOOD MIGHTY MITES FUND
<b>TETON WESTWOOD MIGHTY MITES<sup>SM</sup> FUND </b> <br/> <b>(the “Mighty Mites Fund”)</b>
<b>Investment Objective </b>
The Mighty Mites Fund seeks to provide long term capital appreciation by investing primarily in micro-capitalization equity securities.
<b>Fees and Expenses of the Mighty Mites Fund: </b>
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Mighty Mites Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you or your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in the Mighty Mites Fund’s Class A shares. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the section entitled, “Classes of Shares” of the Mighty Mites Fund’s statutory prospectus, in Appendix A, “Sales Charge Reductions and Waivers Available through Certain Intermediaries,” attached to the statutory prospectus, and in the section entitled, “Purchase and Redemption of Shares” of the Mighty Mites Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”).
<b>Shareholder Fees</b> <br/>(fees paid directly from your investment):
Shareholder Fees - TETON WESTWOOD MIGHTY MITES FUND
Class AAA Shares
Class A Shares
Class C Shares
Class I Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) none 4.00% none none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of redemption or offering price, whichever is lower) none none 1.00% none
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Reinvested Dividends none none none none
Redemption Fees [1] 2.00% 2.00% 2.00% 2.00%
Exchange Fee none none none none
[1] (as a percentage of amount redeemed for shares held 7 days or less) payable to the Fund
<b>Annual Fund Operating Expenses </b><br/> (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment):
Annual Fund Operating Expenses - TETON WESTWOOD MIGHTY MITES FUND
Class AAA Shares
Class A Shares
Class C Shares
Class I Shares
Management Fees 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00%
Distribution and Service (Rule 12b-1) Fees 0.25% 0.50% 1.00% none
Other Expenses 0.15% 0.15% 0.15% 0.15%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.40% 1.65% 2.15% 1.15%
<b>Expense Example </b>
This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Mighty Mites Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Mighty Mites Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Mighty Mites Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
Expense Example - TETON WESTWOOD MIGHTY MITES FUND - USD ($)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Class AAA Shares 143 443 766 1,680
Class A Shares 561 900 1,261 2,276
Class C Shares 318 673 1,154 2,483
Class I Shares 117 365 633 1,398
You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares of the Mighty Mites Fund:
Expense Example, No Redemption - TETON WESTWOOD MIGHTY MITES FUND - USD ($)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Class AAA Shares 143 443 766 1,680
Class A Shares 561 900 1,261 2,276
Class C Shares 218 673 1,154 2,483
Class I Shares 117 365 633 1,398
<b>Portfolio Turnover </b>
The Mighty Mites 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 Mighty Mites Fund’s shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in the annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Mighty Mites Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Mighty Mites Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 9% of the average value of its portfolio.
<b>Principal Investment Strategies </b>
The Mighty Mites Fund primarily invests in common stocks of smaller companies that have a market capitalization (defined as shares outstanding times current market price) of $500 million or less at the time of the Mighty Mites Fund’s initial investment.

The Mighty Mites Fund focuses on micro-cap companies which appear to be underpriced relative to their “private market value.” Private market value is the value which Gabelli Funds, LLC, the Mighty Mites Fund’s sub-adviser (the “Gabelli Sub-Adviser”), believes informed investors would be willing to pay to acquire a company. The Gabelli Sub-Adviser has disciplines in place that serve as sell signals such as a security reaching a predetermined price target, a change to a company’s fundamentals that make the risk/reward profile unattractive, or a need to improve the overall risk/reward profile of the Fund.

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 Gabelli Sub-Adviser will attempt to capitalize on the lack of analyst attention to micro-cap stocks and the inefficiency of the micro-cap market.

The Mighty Mites Fund may also invest up to 25% of its total assets in foreign securities and in European Depositary Receipts (“EDRs”) or American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), including in those of companies located in emerging markets. The Mighty Mites Fund may also invest in foreign debt securities.
<b>Principal Risks </b>
You may want to invest in the Fund if:
  • you are a long term investor
  • you seek long term growth of capital
  • you seek an exposure to the micro-cap market segment despite the potential volatility of micro-capitalization stocks
The Mighty Mites Fund’s share price will fluctuate with changes in the market value of the Mighty Mites Fund’s portfolio securities. Your investment in the Fund is not a deposit of the bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency; you may lose money by investing in the Fund. When you sell Mighty Mites Fund shares, they may be worth more or less than what you paid for them.

Investing in the Mighty Mites Fund involves the following risks:
  • Equity Market Risk.    The price of equity securities may rise or fall because of changes in the broad market or changes in a company’s financial condition, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably. These price movements may result from factors affecting individual companies, sectors or industries selected for the Mighty Mites Fund’s portfolio or the securities market as a whole, such as changes in economic or political conditions. When the value of the Mighty Mites Fund’s securities goes down, your investment in the Mighty Mites Fund decreases in value.
  • 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.
  • Management Risk.    If the portfolio managers are incorrect in their assessment of the growth prospects of the securities the Mighty Mites Fund holds, then the value of the Mighty Mites Fund’s shares may decline.
  • Small- and Micro-Cap Company Risk.    Although small-cap and micro-cap companies may offer greater potential for capital appreciation than larger companies, investing in securities of small-cap and micro-cap companies may involve greater risks than investing in larger, more established issuers. Small-cap and micro-cap companies generally have limited product lines, markets, and financial resources. Their securities may trade less frequently and in more limited volume than the securities of larger, more established companies. Also, small-cap and micro-cap companies are typically subject to greater changes in earnings and business prospects than larger companies. Consequently, small-cap and micro-cap company stock prices tend to rise and fall in value more than other stocks. The risks of investing in micro-cap stocks and companies are even greater than those of investing in small-cap companies.
<b>Performance </b>
The bar chart and table that follow provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Mighty Mites Fund by showing changes in the Mighty Mites Fund’s performance from year to year, and by showing how the Mighty Mites Fund’s average annual returns for one year, five years, and ten years compared with those of a broad based securities market index as well as another relevant index. As with all mutual funds, the Mighty Mites Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) does not predict how the Mighty Mites Fund will perform in the future. Updated information on the Mighty Mites Fund’s results can be obtained by visiting www.gabelli.com.
<b>TETON WESTWOOD MIGHTY MITES FUND<br/>(Total returns for Class AAA Shares for the Years Ended December 31) </b>
chart
During the calendar years shown in the bar chart, the highest return for a quarter was 18.44% (quarter ended September 30, 2009) and the lowest return for a quarter was (16.17)% (quarter ended December 31, 2018).
<b>Average Annual Total Returns<br/>(for the years ended December 31, 2018,<br/>with maximum sales charge, if applicable) </b>
Average Annual Total Returns - TETON WESTWOOD MIGHTY MITES FUND
Past One Year
Past Five Years
Past Ten Years
Inception Date
Class AAA Shares (13.75%) 2.80% 11.37%  
Class AAA Shares | Return After Taxes on Distributions (14.49%) 1.91% 10.59%  
Class AAA Shares | Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares (7.51%) 2.19% 9.45%  
Class A Shares (17.38%) 1.71% 10.64%  
Class C Shares (15.23%) 2.03% 10.54%  
Class I Shares (13.51%) 3.06% 11.63% Jan. 11, 2008
Dow Jones U.S. Micro-Cap Total Stock Market Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) (12.01%) 2.05% 12.82%  
Lipper Small Cap Value Fund Average (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) (15.82%) 2.33% 10.81%  
The returns shown for Class I shares prior to its actual inception date are those of the Class A shares of the Mighty Mites Fund. All classes of the Mighty Mites Fund would have substantially similar annual returns because the shares are invested in the same portfolio of securities and the annual returns would differ only to the extent that the classes do not have the same expenses.

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” because the investor is assumed to be able to use the capital loss from the sale of Mighty Mites Fund shares to offset other taxable gains. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Mighty Mites Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts, including Roth IRAs and SEP IRAs (collectively, “IRAs”).