Sparrow Unconstrained Strategy invests across market sectors, industries, and market capitalization ranges. The Sparrow Unconstrained Strategy objective is to provide the most efficient risk/reward outcome over time.

Buying a dollar for half of its value.

The US Equity All Cap Undervalued portfolio invests in stocks that are selling for less than their intrinsic value as determined by a conservatively applied discounted cash flow analysis.

The Freedland Healthcare portfolio invests in healthcare-related stocks. It attempts to identify companies with reasonable valuations and good prospects for growth including ones that offer possible dividends to stockholders. These companies will range from drug, device, retail sales, electronic medical record, prescription services, and HMO/hospital companies. While emphasizing mid cap stocks, large cap and smaller capitalization companies may be included as well as emerging medical treatments/technologies. Companies selected for this portfolio are closely monitored.

Value and Growth are joined at the hip – Warren Buffett. The goal of the Guru Value Growth strategy is to achieve consistent returns, exceeding market performance in up markets and limiting losses in down markets. The strategy is to select stocks that have strong fundamentals with durable competitive advantages, and enter into positions when the markets provide an opportunity to acquire at favorable prices. Additionally, the equity should have strong growth prospects and outlook for increasing shareholder value at the current time or in the near term. The overall philosophy is to buy stocks and hold them over a period of time allowing the stocks to reflect their true value potential.

The Undervalued Opportunities investment strategy is suited for investors who are seeking concentrated exposure to securities. The strategy will seek both investment in securities and short selling. Through active management the strategy strives to beat the annualized returns of the S&P 500 over a long period of time.

Our long-term value portfolio invests in the firms that have the competitive advantage in their market segments with the potential to grow for the long term. We hold most of our equities for the long term as long as they are reasonably valued and have ample margin of safety. We focus on capital preservation and consistently look for growth opportunities.

The strategy uses technical trading indicators to actively trade index ETFs. The strategy is appropriate for investors that are looking to sidestep market downturns, while still participating in the upside.

Invests in stocks with high Net Payout Yields, which is the combination of dividends and stock repurchases.

This portfolio’s primary objective is growth of capital with a moderate level of risk. The portfolio is highly diversified and has exposure to virtually all major equity sectors.

Hinde Group invests in publicly-traded securities using a value-oriented approach. The firm’s primary focus is on U.S.-listed equities. Through rigorous primary research, Hinde Group identifies securities that are materially mispriced as a result of being misunderstood, underappreciated or out-of-favor. Hinde Group invests with a 5-year time horizon and aims to achieve returns above passive equity alternatives while minimizing the probability and severity of return outcomes below the returns of treasury bills.

Studies quarterly and annual reports, looking for companies that have demonstrated the ability to grow sales, earnings, cash flows and book values consistently over multiple economic cycles. Long only and buys across all capitalizations.

Seeks to capture large cap stock mispricing opportunities due to market inefficiency, by continuously computing relative valuation of large cap stocks according to growth factors such as earnings growth rate, sales growth rate, p/e/g ratios, asset turnover rate, operating margin, debt/equity ratio, free cash flow, relative price strength, etc.

Mott Capital Management uses a long-term thematic growth approach to investing in equities. We search for investments that both reflect and help to shape generational and demographic shifts. Mott uses a philosophy of buying these companies for a 3- to 5-year time horizon, with the belief that a long-term holding period gives themes and our chosen companies a chance to fully develop. In our view, the long time horizon also serves to mitigate the risk associated with the short-term impact of market volatility.

Crabtree Technology is a science and technology, long-only investment strategy. It seeks to outperform the NYSE Arca Technology 100 Index. The strategy seeks companies that consistently meet three criteria that Barry calls the Crabtree Attributes: Potential investments must a) consistently generate cash, b) hold on to or increase their market share, and c) do so while executing on their operational and financial plans.

The Strategic Growth Allocations are Sizemore Capital's alternative to traditional asset allocation and will invest primarily using ETFs. The Strategic Growth Allocation seeks to achieve returns comparable to the S&P 500 while taking less risk and is appropriate for investors with an objective of long-term growth.  Income is secondary objective.

Our Mid Cap portfolio seeks to achieve capital appreciation by primarily investing in small- to mid-sized companies with above average growth potential. Mid-sized companies, according to the manager, are companies whose market capitalizations ranges from $2 billion to $10 billion at the time of purchase. The manager maintains a concentrated portfolio of mid-cap companies traded on US exchanges.

Vista Investment Management employs a Core Equity strategy. The primary objective is growth of capital with a moderate level of risk. The model portfolio is highly diversified and has exposure to virtually all major equity sectors.

The Cratus High Income Strategy is designed to provide high yield with minimal downside risk. This strategy invests in very short term high income bond ETFs with a small position invested in small- and mid-cap high dividend stocks. Overall risk is minimized through extensive due diligence on all companies and ETFs which Cratus Capital includes in this strategy. Interest rate risk is virtually non-existent as these bonds have very low durations. High dividend paying stocks are added opportunistically for diversification but may not represent for more than 20% of the total market value of the portfolio. This is a low volatility strategy.

GARP stands for Growth at a Reasonable Price. My growth-oriented investment style focuses on fundamental analysis including cash ratios, liquidity ratios and margins. I will also invest in anticipation of potential mergers, spin-offs and perceived arbitrage opportunities.

The Atlas Global Downside Protected (GDP) strategy is a global equity strategy benchmarked to the MSCI All-Country World Index (ACWI). GDP is designed to reduce the risk of large loss in sustained market declines, while still striving to achieve gains when stock markets are rising. The strategy does this by avoiding segments of global stock markets that have heightened risk profile; staying fully invested in “good markets” (using cash sparingly); and opportunistically managing foreign exchange rate risk. As with the other Atlas strategies, GDP uses a consistent, systematic approach with a foundation in academic and Atlas proprietary research.

The Sizemore Capital Dividend Growth Portfolio invests in dividend-paying stocks, REITS, MLPS, and other income-producing securities with the primary objective of generating a high and growing income stream that will outpace inflation over time, and a secondary objective of long-term capital gains.

Sera Capital Management’s Financial Tales Portfolio is designed for investors, not speculators. This global tactical strategy invests in a mix of Exchange-Traded Products (ETPs), and seeks to potentially outperform inflation by 5% a year over multiple market cycles. We attempt to achieve that goal while taking on about half the risk of the S&P 500.

We focus on US takeover targets or potential takeover targets and use screening guidelines including liquidity, premium and share price. Our focus is current US takeover targets or potential targets.

The Ivy 5 Downside Protected (Ivy 5) portfolio is a global asset allocation strategy. The Ivy 5 implements a strategy used by the large Ivy League endowments as researched by Faber and Richardson (2009). The five asset classes that the Ivy 5 portfolio invests in are US equities, foreign equities, fixed income, real estate, and commodities. Over this set of assets we layer on quantitative risk management strategies that seek to reduce the volatility and drawdowns of the portfolio. The latest quantitative research is employed to improve the risk-return characteristics of the portfolio.

The High-Quality Small Cap strategy is a fundamental core approach that invests in small cap companies in strong financial condition and whose equities are priced below our view of fair value. Our research process integrates fundamental research with quantitative screening to exploit market anomalies, providing us a competitive advantage in identifying investment opportunities. Our bottom-up proprietary research work focuses on identifying high-potential investment candidates experiencing positive fundamental change.

The WMA Top Picks portfolio is an investment solution for those wishing to avoid very crowded, passive index tracking strategies. Our selection of companies emanates from a fundamental ranking methodology of over 4,000 firms which are categorized according to three thematics – Growth, Value, and Yield. A weekly relative price trend indicator for each stock is overlaid upon the fundamental framework to ensure our holdings remain oriented in the right direction. The strategy objective is to outperform the Russell 3000, in both bull and bear markets, and produce long-term capital appreciation.

THB believes that stocks of Mid Cap companies are relatively inefficient and that a focused portfolio of high-quality names has the potential to offer superior risk-adjusted returns. THB takes a very long term view of the investment horizon and seeks to outperform the market by protecting during the down periods while offering participation during the up periods. We seek to construct a portfolio of high-quality, self-funded, low-risk companies with valuation metrics similar or lower than the benchmark but that still have superior long-term, value-creating characteristics. We believe the best companies are able to grow their businesses organically and via acquisitions using internally generated cash flows. Debt should be kept to a minimum with a preference for companies that retire shares outstanding. The strategy will hold approximately 30 securities and have high active share (i.e., high percentage of holdings differing from the benchmark Russell Midcap Index).  

We are first and foremost value investors. That is, we seek to take advantage of the irrationality of the stock market by purchasing when prices are low and selling when prices are high.  In order to make this strategy work, we must determine what a fair price should be, also known as the "intrinsic value." Toward this end, we adhere to the teachings of Benjamin Graham, best known as Warren Buffett's college instructor, mentor, business partner and friend. Graham, and his business partner David Dodd, authored two master works, "Security Analysis" published in 1937 and "The Intelligent Investor" published in 1949. These widely accepted and authoritative writings are the bedrock upon which our investment strategy is built.

Split Rock Private Trading and Wealth Management LLC (“Split Rock”) strategically manages its Equity Rotation SMA by continually monitoring which phase of the economic cycle we are currently in. Split Rock then invests in companies that it believes are best positioned within the current cycle. On an ongoing basis, Split Rock makes tactical adjustments based on geopolitical events and various micro and macro-economic factors.

For managed account portfolios, PIP utilizes proprietary asset allocation models based upon predetermined investment objectives and risk tolerance levels in the management of client assets.  These models incorporate both equity and fixed income securities for sector diversification. For equities, these sectors are further broken down by market capitalization and area of focus. For fixed income, these sectors are further broken down by maturity of issues, credit quality of the underlying and collateral backing the issue. The common theme of all the models is to generate favorable risk-adjusted returns.

The Global Strategy seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by tactically investing in a diversified portfolio of domestic and international large-cap stocks, ADRs and ETFs.

Curve Capital’s fixed income relative value strategy targets net returns of 10-12%. We invest across the fixed income universe including government, corporate, mortgage, and emerging market bonds, with a focus on value and risk driving the allocation process.