Guest Pass Activity Increases After Election It’s been a busy time since the election, especially in regard to Theta’s Guest Pass feature. For those not familiar with this option, the Guest Pass is designed to allow Theta’s Investment Managers the opportunity to share their programs’ performance on the Theta database with prospective investors. You can think of it as a temporary one-Manager subscription. It’s also a way for Theta’s Investment Managers to highlight their performance on a one-on-one basis without the prospective client having to become a Theta subscriber. While Guest Passes are used all the time by Theta’s Managers, the period of time after the election has been especially busy. We expect Guest Pass activity to become even busier after the end of the month when November monthly performance will be published on the database. If you are not a Theta subscriber but are interested in a particular Investment Managers’ strategies, ask them to set you up for a Guest Pass. You’ll be glad you did. Check out Theta’s Newest Investment Manager Additions We have added more new strategies to the list of trackedmodels and have several more pending as we work to reconstruct their historical track records. Our newest additions are as follows: Patrick, MBA, CPA, CFA, founder of Martin Investment Management, LLC in Evanston, Illinois has initiated tracking of two strategies. First is an international strategy named Tortue (French for tortoise) Capital™ and the other is a “Best Ideas” strategy also known as Growth with a Value Discipline. Theta Research has independently verified the actual track records of both the Tortue and Best Ideas strategies back to their common inception date in January of 2013. Hunter Young, founder of Chicago-based DelTheta Capital, has submitted the Talton Volatility Advantage strategy for tracking. Theta Research has independently verified the actual track record of this strategy back to its inception date in December of 2012. A Heart-Felt Thanks from Theta Research Those of you who have communicated with us via e-mail often see us say “thanks for your business” at the end of our messages. It’s our way of letting you know that we truly appreciate all of our Investment Managers and Subscribers, as well as those who have signed up for this Theta News blog. It’s also consistent with our belief that thanks should be expressed all year, and not just around the official Thanksgiving Day remembrances. Think of how pleasant it would be if everyone expressed thanks toward others as they should all year long. Here’s hoping that you have the happiest of Thanksgiving celebrations and that you spread your thanks throughout the coming year. Who knows, you may just get a blessing out of it. Theta Research Henry Rohlfs, Technical Director Mike Posey, Marketing Director
Posted by MPosey on 11-21-2016 in Company NewsPermalink
The advantage of being able to reconstruct and verify historical track records has not been lost on a new crop of Investment Managers. Following are three new managers to Theta as well as an existing Manager with a new strategy: J. Stuart Kruse, CFA, MBA, CEO and Founder of Kruse Asset Management is a new Theta Manager based in Chicago, IL. Stuart’s strategy is known as the KAM Quantitative Value Portfolio, or QVP for short. Theta Research has independently verified the KAM QVP track record back to its inception in May of 2007. Another new Investment Manager is James P. O’Mealia, founder of Sunnymeath Asset Management, Inc. of Red Bank, NJ. Sunnymeath has enlisted Theta to track its All-Cap Value Equity model. Theta has documented and verified Sunnymeath’s strategy back to its inception in April of 2012. Douglas S. MacKay, CFA and William F. (Bill) Hoover are principals of Broadleaf Partners, LLC in Hudson, OH. Broadleaf has submitted its Growth Equity Portfolio for tracking by Theta Research. Theta has reconstructed and verified the Growth Equity Portfolio track record back to its inception of March 1, 2010. Current Theta Investment Manager, Brian Boughner, co-founder of Parallel Financial Partners has added another strategy to be tracked by Theta. The Value Plus Strategy is a new model and Theta has established tracking as of its inception date of September of 2016. NAAIM Announces its 2016 Outlook Conference - The Impact of Technology on Marketing and Trading The National Association of Active Investment Managers (NAAIM) will hold its 2016 Outlook Conference on November 14 – 15 at the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport Marriott. November will be here faster than we know it. And with it will come a new president-elect, new congressional leaders and a host of other factors that could affect markets in 2017. Now is the time to consider those factors and what technology you may need to use just to keep up. Welcome to Outlook 2016, your place to come together with other leaders in the Investment Advisor community to tackle these tough questions - together. Information and Registration information for the NAAIM Outlook Conference.
Posted by MPosey on 09-27-2016 in Company NewsPermalink
The stock market’s volatility in 2016 has underscored the need for actively managed investment strategies in a diversified portfolio. In this issue of Theta News, we will introduce both an active strategy with more than ten years of actual track record as well as a new strategy that has been recently developed by an existing Theta Research Investment Manager. Speaking of long-term strategies, are you having a hard time finding managed account strategies with actual track records going back more than ten years? If so, you’ll be happy to know that there are more than two-dozen actively managed investment strategies on the Theta database with actual track records going back more than 10 years. And the list is growing all the time. While the buy-and-hold crowd claims that it’s impossible to beat the market over time, many of these strategies have done just that by employing active management strategies through the years. Another benefit of Theta Research is that we can often reconstruct long-term historical track records. Some Managers with long-term track records have not had the advantage of being tracked and verified since their inception. In many cases, Theta Research can reconstruct an actual track record using third-party brokerage or custodial statements. MDP Associates, highlighted below, is an excellent example of this advantage. MDP joined Theta in August of this year but had an actual track record going back to October of 2002. If you are an Investment Manager with a long-term track record that has not been independently verified, give us a call at (512) 628-5201, Option #1 to see if we can document your hard work. On the other hand, if you are an Investment Manager seeking out long-term performers, the Theta Research database may be just what you’re looking for. Just go to the Theta website at www.thetaresearch.com and follow the instructions for subscribing to the Theta database. I think you’ll be glad you did. Another New Strategy From an Existing Theta Investment Manager: Existing Theta Investment Managers Marty Kerns and Parker Binion of Kerns Capital Management in Houston, Texas have initiated tracking of their newest strategy, the KCM Valarian Strategies – Equity Exposure. This model is the latest in the KCM Valarian series of managed accounts and has been tracked by Theta Research back to its original inception date of May 1, 2016. A New Investment Manager Joins the Theta Database: New Investment Manager, Mark Pankin, Ph.D, founder of MDP Associates in Arlington, Virginia, has initiated tracking of his NDX Trading strategy. As mentioned above, Theta Research has independently documented and verified the actual performance of this model back to its original inception date of October 1, 2002.
Posted by MPosey on 09-01-2016 in Company NewsPermalink
Doubting DALBAR Every year, Dalbar, Inc updates its Qualified Analysis of Investor Behavior (QAIB) Study. Just like clockwork, this study shows that, in general, the average equity and bond investor receives a return far lower than that of their benchmark indexes. The apparent reason, at least according to Dalbar, is that investors tend to switch from fund to fund chasing returns, too often buying high and selling low. As you might suspect, the buy-and-hold crowd loves this Study, saying that it proves the value of passive investing. In Dalbar’s world, simply investing in a low-cost index fund buying and holding it no matter what is the “smart” thing to do. Dalbar has produced and updated this study since 1994 without much pushback, at least not until now. In a recent article entitled, The Fallacy behind Investor versus Fund Returns (and why DALBAR is dead wrong), mathematician and economist, Michael Edesses takes on the Dalbar QAIB Study and challenges its buy-and-hold conventional wisdom. According to Edesses, “…there is no way to determine if investors underperform the mutual funds they own, either because of bad timing or for any other reason.” For many years, the QAIB Study has been used to call market timing and other active investment strategies into question. “Better to sit and take whatever the market throws at you rather than time the market,” they say. Edesess’ analysis, on the other hand, says that there will always be a substantial difference between investor and index returns, but that it’s impossible to tell how much, if any, of this difference is attributable to poor market timing by investors. This article is a must-read for anyone who actively manages portfolios on their own or on behalf of clients. While you may not agree with all of Edesess’ claims, the article is important because it calls into question a bit of conventional wisdom that has been accepted as gospel since 1994. Of course, the buy-and-hold crowd will not let the QAIB Study go gently into that good night, but we now know that the math doesn’t necessarily support their favored conclusion. Announcing More Strategies Being Now Being Tracked by Theta Existing Investment Managers Marty Kerns and Parker Binion of Kerns Capital Management have added the KCM Valarian Four Seasons strategy. Theta Research has verified the track record of the Four Seasons Strategy back to its original inception date of April 1, 2016. Another existing Investment Manager, Dr. Gary Harloff of Harloff Capital Management, has added two more strategies under his University Beta Strategies™ series. The new strategies are US Dollar and Fully Diversified, bringing the total number of Dr. Harloff’s tracked strategies to ten. Theta Research began tracking these strategies as of their original inception dates in June and July of this year. New Investment Manager, David T. Bush, Managing Member and CIO of ALPHATATIVE, LLC. Located in Beavercreek, Ohio has initiated tracking of his award-winning Stratversify® Strategy. This model recently won the National Association of Investment Managers (NAAIM) “Shark Tank” Competition as well as BattleFin’s “Sharpe Ratio Shootout.” Theta Research has verified this strategy’s actual performance back to its original inception date of March 20, 2011.  
Posted by MPosey on 08-02-2016 in Company NewsPermalink
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