Quantitative U.S. equity strategy designed to outperform the Russell 1000^® index by investing 130% of invested capital long and 30% short.  Methodology can be applied to any reasonable U.S. equity index. The majority of value added by the strategy is from stock selection.

The ideal long stock has:

• Earnings growing faster than consensus expectations;
• Strong cash flow to support continued earnings growth;
• Corporate insiders are buying their own stock; and
• The stock is under-valued.

The ideal short candidate has the opposite characteristics:

• Earnings are declining or growing slower than consensus expectations;
• Weak or deteriorating cash flow;
• Corporate insiders are selling their firm's stock; and
• The stock is over-valued.

The additional links at the left will take you to the specific product information as follows:

Peer: Peer Comparison of other managers utilizing the same benchmark.
Returns: Composite monthly returns.
Characteristics: Characteristics of the resulting portfolio.
Parameters: The restrictions and parameters applied in the investment process.

Sources
Russell 1000^® Index is a registered trademark of the Russell Investment Group
Plan Sponsor Network (PSN) is a product of Informa Investment Solutions
Global Industry Classification Standards (GICS^®) are a registered trademark of Standard & Poors and MSCI BARRA
Portfolio characteristics compiled from data supplied by The Applied Finance Group, LTD.