Foundation

Our Investment Strategy rests upon the foundation that is our investment philosophy. We believe deeply in those principles and ethics and they are behind every investment decision we make.

Our niche is Growth and Income style investing at the moderate and moderate-to-conservative risk levels. Consequently, our client’s objectives and suitability parameters are within that realm.

Balance

Our strategy is to produce attractive returns, while at the same time preserving capital and reducing volatility.

We maintain a unique universe of between 80 and 100 publicly traded securities that we follow at any given time. Our clients’ portfolios are comprised of anywhere between 25 to 40 of those securities.

At present, we offer prospective clients two investment options: Our standard Growth and Income portfolio, and our Conservative Growth and Income portfolio.

Risk Management

Our risk management methods include: selling into strength, buying on weakness, raising cash at times, and employing diversification among market sectors and asset classes. We use block trading technology, which leverages our time to better serve our clients, and offers the availability of better execution pricing for our clients.

It also allows us the opportunity to get hundreds of clients into, or out of, an investment simultaneously in just a matter of a couple of minutes.

Growth

Using fundamental and technical analysis, we build portfolios of equity ownership primarily in large capitalization U.S. and foreign companies. We scan the market for out-of-favor businesses and or sectors that appear poised for an upswing.

We favor dividends and growth, but we also occasionally buy growth momentum names that pay no dividends.

Opportunities

We look for businesses that are in a good competitive position, have good growth prospects and experienced management teams. We also look for opportunities in businesses with disruptive technologies and competitive dominance that offer attractive risk-reward scenarios. We also favor companies that are likely to be acquired or taken over at a significant premium.

Trust

We are discretionary portfolio managers. Rather than calling clients with each individual trade or change of investments, we spend our time managing portfolios and finding the best investments for our clients. We spend our time conducting research and managing portfolios, not selling products.

We do not invest our clients’ assets in any illiquid assets, non-publicly traded assets, so-called alternative investments, assets considered high-risk or speculative, assets with penalties or holding periods, or private securities.