Mimi O'Bara

Hugh Johnson Advisors' (HJA) investment approach seeks to preserve capital while producing consistently above-average returns in all market environments. The firm's investment process is referred to as the Hugh Johnson Methodology. The methodology was developed by Hugh Johnson when he served as Chief Economist and Chief Investment Strategist at First Albany Companies. It is a disciplined methodology that strives to add value at each stage of the decision-making process. The Hugh Johnson Methodology employs both top-down and bottom-up investments processes. HJA's top-down methodology considers market and economic trends to determine where they are in the current stock market-economic-interest rate cycle. The structural decisions include asset allocation, sector allocation, market-cap allocation and style allocation. HJA employs a proprietary bottom-up methodology to select individual equities and fixed-income securities. The process consists of 3 steps: (1) technical analysis with an emphasis on relative performance (2) quantitative analysis and (3) fundamental analysis. HJA also offers enhanced index portfolios that invest in ETFs for individual and institutional investors that do not want the risks associated with owning individual companies. Though not limited by sector, HJA tends to invest in the stocks of US large-cap companies in the consumer non-durables, electronic technology, technology services, healthcare technology and finance sectors. The firm maintains a medium turnover rate.

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FA's portfolio management team seeks to produce stable, above market returns with below market risk. They accomplish this through a proprietary methodology of identifying and analyzing financial market and economic trends and using the results to select stocks for inclusion in the portfolio. Their Core approach to balanced management is to focus on the structure of a portfolio. They believe that a careful evaluation of asset allocation, sector selection, capitalization range and style allocation results in a portfolio that will outperform an appropriate benchmark over a market cycle. Fixed-income portfolios are constructed through a process of benchmark selection and appropriate portfolio construction. FA's purchase decisions lead them to first make sector and sub-sector allocation choices, taking into account short- and long-term objectives. The firm's Convertible Arbitrage strategy seeks to produce an attractive risk-adjusted rate of return utilizing convertible arbitrage. FA combines security selection with a portfolio construction methodology, balancing favorable fundamental and security modeling characteristics with a mix of industrial exposures. Their goals are to preserve capital in difficult market conditions and to enhance traditional asset class returns while controlling risk. The Enhanced S&P 500 Strategy is focused on U.S. company convertible bonds and FA neutrally hedges them with a short of the underlying common stock.

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DWM uses a process that includes the inputs of valuation and fundamental analysis, along with a rules-based overlay incorporating technical analysis that helps inform their decision making. They then apply this process in the form of different types of investment offerings: equities, fixed income, ETFs, asset allocation and options. The firm utilizes both actively and passively managed mutual funds in an asset allocation framework to provide client portfolios with a diversified exposure to the broader capital markets.

Operates as an investment management firm