​​​Custom Strategies

Investments chosen for portfolios based on a Custom Strategy may be inherently riskier than the market as a whole, and often are not based on historical performance data.  Clients and potential clients should be aware that Custom Strategies will not have a historical track record and, therefore, potential performance and risk may be difficult, or even impossible, to estimate.

We sometimes implement custom strategies when requested by our clients.  Custom strategies may consist of, but may not limited to, a combination of the following for a given account:
 

• Ownership of foreign stocks/ADRs, bond and/or stock ETFs and index funds.
• A blend of our Safeguard 1st, Large Cap Momentum and Small Cap Momentum Strategies.
• Stocks selected by us based on fundamental characteristics important to the client.
• Stocks selected based on the client’s environmental, social and/or governance (ESG) selection criteria.
• Continued ownership in a client account’s previously existing positions before we assume investment management responsibilities, based on tax and/or other considerations important to the client.
• The use of options, but only with authorization from the client.