Equity Philosophy

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
PHILOSOPHY/STYLE/STRATEGY

Investment Philosophy - We Believe:

In focusing on preserving capital in protracted declining markets without giving up real rates of return in advancing markets as the true way to create and preserve wealth.
In a disciplined and consistently applied investment process that is client friendly, easily implemented and understood, with cost effective management fees and low portfolio turnover.
Economy, simplicity and reliability in an investment strategy enhance the likelihood of success.
In achieving returns less volatile than the major market indexes with higher returns.
In a quantitative value oriented defensive process that is free from the individual bias of research analysts and/or portfolio managers.

Investment Style:

Our actively managed enhanced investment styles focus on all capitalization stocks utilizing a blend of growth and value stocks in both domestic and international markets quantitatively selected from a specified universe of stocks. The blend of stocks will vary according to our Allocator Pro, Value, or Blue Chip strategies.

Investment Strategy:

Steeloaks Allocator Pro, Value, and Blue Chip strategies are uncomplicated, understandable, and dynamic in providing results. Each strategy is actively managed and utilizes a consistently followed equity selection and portfolio weighting process with annual portfolio rebalancing. Portfolios are constructed according to each investment strategy using one or more of the following enhancements:
Weighted Enhancement Determines the percent weighting of each security in the appropriate universe of stocks.
Price Enhancement Identifies low priced stocks.
Dividend Yield Enhancement Identifies higher dividend yielding stocks.
Stock Universe Enhancement Determines stock universe for each investment strategy.
Portfolio Allocation Enhancement Determines the percentage allocation to each enhancement, universe and/or security.