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Couch Potato Fund more than chip off Gabelli block

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As a youngster, Marc Gabelli never spent a lot of time talking stocks with his famous father, mutual fund manager Mario Gabelli. But that's not to say he didn't learn a thing or two from Dad about managing money.

"My father is a great value investor," the younger Mr. Gabelli says. "So whenever I bought a pair of shoes, we'd have to go to five different shoe stores before I could buy anything."

This upbringing is serving him well. Now a portfolio manager with his father's firm, Gabelli Asset Management Inc.,

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Couch Potato Fund more than chip off Gabelli block

As a youngster, Marc Gabelli never spent a lot of time talking stocks with his famous father, mutual fund manager Mario Gabelli. But that's not to say he didn't learn a thing or two from Dad about managing money.

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