The fund will follow the same strategy that the advisor has used for its private client's accounts since 2003. The portfolio has the flexibility to invest across the globe, focusing on specific asset classes it believes are best suited to perform well in a given economic environment.
"TEAM Asset Strategy Fund will help investors take advantage of global economic trends through a variety of investment vehicles across a wide array of asset classes," said Dailey. "Depending on where we see opportunity, we will invest in everything from traditional equities to commodities and hedging products to help our clients accumulate assets. This approach has been successful in navigating intermediate and short-term market volatility."
"In our firm's history as a registered investment advisor, we've dedicated ourselves to working in the best interests of our clients. We believe it's important to generate positive absolute returns, not just beat the S&P," said Sam Lindenberg, founder of TEAM Financial. "Shareholders can count on us to apply the same hard work and investor focus that has been our hallmark for 25 years. In addition to working toward generating attractive returns, we will structure the fund to employ features that help manage overall risk."
TEAM's investment selection process involves "navigating crowd madness," said Brennaman. "We use complex systems analysis to analyze how the cyclical swings in investor's risk appetite can affect market prices over the short to intermediate term." By identifying these anomalies, TEAM selects the asset classes and securities within them believed to offer the best stocks at the best price at the best time for the portfolio.
Complex systems analysis is a technique typically used by quantum physicists and mathematicians to identify structure in seemingly random chaotic events, such as the unseen but known structures found in beehives or snowflakes. In finance, its laws are applied to help identify the inflection points where trends will change and prices will be affected.
The TEAM Asset Strategy Fund is available through Schwab and direct from the fund at www.teamassetstrategy.com. It is anticipated to be added to the Ameritrade and Pershing platforms in early 2010.
You should carefully consider the investment objectives, potential risks, management fees, and charges and expenses of the Fund before investing. The Fund's prospectus contains this and other information about the Fund, and should be read carefully before investing. You may obtain a current copy of the Fund's prospectus by calling 877-832-6952. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.
The funds may invest in foreign securities which involves greater volatility and political, economic and currency risks and differences in accounting methods.
Micro-, small- and mid-cap investing involve greater risk not associated with investing in more established companies, such as greater price volatility, business risk, less liquidity and increased competitive threat.
An investment in an exchange-traded fund (ETF) generally presents the same primary risks as an investment in a conventional fund (i.e., one that is not exchange traded) that has the same investment objectives, strategies and policies. The price of an ETF can fluctuate up or down, and the Fund could lose money investing in an ETF if the prices of the securities owned by the ETF go down. In addition, ETFs may be subject to the following risks that do not apply to conventional funds: (i) the market price of an ETF's shares may trade above or below their net asset value; (ii) an active trading market for an ETF's shares may not develop or be maintained; or (iii) trading of an ETF's shares may be halted if the listing exchange's officials deem such action appropriate, the shares are delisted from the exchange, or the activation of market-wide "circuit breakers" (which are tied to large decreases in stock prices) halts stock trading generally.
Diversification does not ensure a profit or guarantee against loss.
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