The fund seeks capital appreciation by investing in small-size companies in the United States.
The investment process starts with a list of companies in the benchmark index and the research team utilizes quantitative techniques and fundamental analysis to identify investment opportunities.
Next, the research team invests in domestic and foreign issuers.
The team also focuses on either growth or value stocks or both.
In addition, the team evaluates a company’s financial condition and industry position, as well as market and economic conditions.
Then the manager constructs a portfolio of stocks from a list of companies favored by the research team and allocates capital based on its conviction level.
The manager allocates the fund’s assets across different market sectors such as communication services, consumer discretionary, consumer staples, energy, financials, health care, industrials, information technology, materials, real estate, and utilities.