Michael Byrum

Security Investors seeks to achieve superior risk-adjusted returns through investments in domestic equities, global equities, fixed-income securities and alternative investments. The firm's domestic equity strategy follows a value-oriented approach and target companies where the stock price does not reflect their internal assessment of intrinsic value, based on their assessment of long-term fundamental expectations and/or risk profile. Their global equity strategy employs a bottom-up stock selection process in a global context. Security Investors fixed-income strategy focuses on the selection of issues based on both structure and credit. They employ top-down decision-making, fundamental analysis and rigorous management of credit risk.

Exists as exchange Traded Fund

Exists as exchange Traded Fund

Guggenheim Funds offers a variety of strategic investment solutions including innovative investment strategies employing the use of ETFs, unit investment trusts (UITs) and closed-end funds.

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GPIM tailors the investment strategies used on behalf of a client to meet a specific client’s investment objectives. The firm manages client assets using a variety of disciplines within fixed income and equity strategies.

Rydex Advisors offers institutional investors and financial intermediaries a wide variety of traditional and non-traditional investment products across 5 five distinct disciplines: (1) actively managed specialty fixed-income (2) value (3) growth (4) global equity and (5) quantitative. The firm employs a rigorous investment strategy in managing all of their funds. PADCO Advisors' benchmark funds seek to provide investment returns that correspond to the performance of a specific benchmark. Their sector funds are managed by teams who employ a quantitative model to select stocks and strive to be fully invested in their respective sectors. The firm's quantitative model involves screening stocks based on market-cap, liquidity and correlation relative to the entire industry sector. PADCO Advisors' quantitative strategy ranks stocks by market-cap and liquidity. For sector funds, the firm also considers the stock's correlation to the sector. The firm also utilizes long/short hedging methods and leveraging in some of their mutual funds. Though not limited by sector, PADCO Advisors tends to invest in the stocks of mid-cap and large-cap US companies in the electronic technology, technology services, healthcare technology, finance and non-energy minerals sectors.

Provides investment advice

Exists as exchange Traded Fund