FSI vs GDL Comparison

Flexible Solutions International Inc develops, manufactures, and markets specialty chemicals that slow the evaporation of water. Its business is organized into two segments: Energy and Water Conservation Products and Biodegradable Polymers. It offers a liquid swimming pool blanket under the WATERSAVR brand, which saves energy and water by inhibiting evaporation from the pool surface, and a chemical product called HEATSAV for use in swimming pools and spas to slow water evaporation. The company also manufactures and markets water-soluble chemicals utilizing thermal polyaspartate biopolymers. It generates the majority of its revenues from the export of its products to international markets.

GDL Fund is a diversified closed-end management investment company. Its primary investment objective is to achieve absolute returns in various market conditions without excessive risk of capital. The fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing in merger arbitrage transactions and, to a lesser extent, in corporate reorganizations involving stubs, spin-offs, and liquidations.