Hi Tom, It is always good to check facts! didn't have to suffer a slow and painful decline with lots of false rallies along the way! This describes the price performance of IGD very well. I had a look in Morningstar at the Growth of 10,000 for IGD: http://performance.morningstar.com/funds/cef/total-returns.action?t=IGD®ion=USA&culture=en-us It is basically flat from 2005 to 2012. So despite the nice dividend you get 7 years of zero growth and the stock does not seem very AIMable. Thinking about this, I think I will sell IGD, still having a profit thanks to AIM. Kind Regards,K