| Investment Objective: |
The Fund seeks to generate long-term returns in excess of the total return of the Russell 3000 Index, with less volatility than the Index. The Russell 3000 Index measures the performance of the 3,000 largest publicly traded U.S. companies, based on market capitalization. The Fund seeks to achieve this goal by investing in stocks with liquidity and fundamental characteristics that are historically associated with superior long-term performance. The Index measures the performance of approximately 98% of the total market capitalization of the publicly traded U.S. equity market. The top decile of stocks ranked represent the companies in the Index with (1) the largest reduction in shares outstanding, (2) the strongest growth in free cash flow, and (3) the largest decrease in leverage, respectively. The Adviser uses an algorithm to combine the three rankings into a single ranking for each stock ranked (combined ranking). The algorithm places a higher weight on the float shrink ranking, followed by the free cash flow ranking, followed by the leverage ranking. Under normal circumstances the Fund invests in 80 to 120 stocks from the top decile of stocks with the highest combined ranking, although the Adviser retains discretion to adjust allocations. |
