Sarah DerGarabedian

Parsec Financial uses fundamental analysis in formulating their investment advice and/or managing client assets. The firm prefers to invest in companies that engage in shareholder-friendly activities, including a history of dividend payments and, when external growth opportunities are subpar, share buybacks. They take a long-term investment approach that focuses on diversification, client suitability, and tax efficiency. With regard to individual stock selection, Parsec Financial employs a bottom-up process that seeks to identify high-quality companies with market caps, trading at attractive or discounted valuations.

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Modera Wealth aims to optimize the risk-return relationship appropriate to a client’s objectives and risk tolerance. They generally use mutual funds and exchange traded funds for all asset classes in a client portfolio. When utilizing individual stock investments, the firm follows a bottom-up process that seeks to identify high-quality companies, typically with market capitalizations of $3 billion or higher, that are currently trading at attractive or discounted valuations relative to history or to future growth prospects. Modera Wealth looks for companies with a long track record of consistent earnings and cash flow growth, healthy balance sheets, and competitive market positions. The firm prefers companies that engage in shareholder-friendly activities including a history of dividend payments and, when external growth opportunities are subpar, share buybacks.