Mutual Fund Family Rep:

Thanks for visiting R.O.I.’s website!  We receive multiple contacts from MF family reps, and we are happy to communicate with you by phone, fax, or email (see all of our contact information at the bottom of this page), however, a review of this part of our website may meet yours and our needs, or at least reduce the time spent in other communications.

Usually the purposes of MF family reps’ calls are one of two types:

1. The MF family rep is calling to inform us that he/she is our contact at XYZ MF/Family, and would like to know how he/she can assist and get to know us better.  If this is your reason for contacting us, please review:

Ø      “2.  Active Investment Management” under the “Services” link; and,

Ø      The “R.O.I. Investment Returns” link.

As you will see, we have our own very successful track record and proprietary methodology for tracking MFs, asset classes, what is happening, etc., and what would really help us is for you to send us your business card so we can put it in our rolodex system so we know who to contact if we need some information, have a question, or have some kind of problem relative to your particular MF/family.  If someone takes your place in the future, we would appreciate the new person’s business card so we can keep our contact system up to date.  Thanks!

1. The MF family rep is calling to find out what kind of advisor we are – specifically, concerning advisors who are short term timing and trading.  If this is your reason for contacting us, please review:

Ø      “2.  Active Investment Management” under the “Services” link; and,

Ø      The “R.O.I. Investment Returns” link.

As you will see, we have our own very successful track record and proprietary methodology for tracking MFs, asset classes, what is happening, etc.  We prefer never selling any part of any MF, but of course what happens in the world, the economy, the markets, inflation, the MF or the MF family, etc., usually makes that unwise.  We actively watch the world, economy, markets, inflation, interest rates, oil prices, etc., and the real effects we believe these things and other factors will have on our asset classes and thus our clients’ portfolios.  For example, on 2/27/7 when the DJIA lost 400 points we analyzed what the cause was and felt it was mostly emotional – the only change we made was we took a small portion of our cash allocation and made a small US market short MF purchase.  On the other hand, in 1999 and very early 2000 we were steadily reducing our US Technology positions.  Depending upon what we think may happen in the future we usually make small changes in an asset class allocation (we call these “Fine Tuning” changes) which could result in small increases or decreases in our allocation to a particular MF – we almost never make big bets like selling completely out of an asset class. 

The reasons we might sell an entire MF position are usually limited to:

(1)   No longer wanting any position in a particular asset class – as we stated above, that virtually never happens; or,

(2)   A MF’s performance compared to its competitors in the same asset class falls dramatically for an extended period.  Even in this case we would try to find out why the performance fell dramatically over an extended period, and if there was a good reason for the underperformance, we would still keep the fund.  But if the reason was simply poor MF manager performance, then naturally we might sell the fund – but even in that case we might continue to hold the fund in clients’ taxable accounts because of tax consequences (about half of our clients’ portfolios are in taxable accounts).

351 East 140 North, Lindon, UT 84042-2004
Phone: 801.785.3254 Fax: 801.785.3244 Email: ronolson@itsnet.com

1. The MF family rep is calling to inform us that he/she is our contact at XYZ MF/Family, and would like to know how he/she can assist and get to know us better.  If this is your reason for contacting us, please review:

Ø      “2.  Active Investment Management” under the “Services” link; and,

Ø      The “R.O.I. Investment Returns” link.

As you will see, we have our own very successful track record and proprietary methodology for tracking MFs, asset classes, what is happening, etc., and what would really help us is for you to send us your business card so we can put it in our rolodex system so we know who to contact if we need some information, have a question, or have some kind of problem relative to your particular MF/family.  If someone takes your place in the future, we would appreciate the new person’s business card so we can keep our contact system up to date.  Thanks!

1. The MF family rep is calling to find out what kind of advisor we are – specifically, concerning advisors who are short term timing and trading.  If this is your reason for contacting us, please review:

Ø      “2.  Active Investment Management” under the “Services” link; and,

Ø      The “R.O.I. Investment Returns” link.

As you will see, we have our own very successful track record and proprietary methodology for tracking MFs, asset classes, what is happening, etc.  We prefer never selling any part of any MF, but of course what happens in the world, the economy, the markets, inflation, the MF or the MF family, etc., usually makes that unwise.  We actively watch the world, economy, markets, inflation, interest rates, oil prices, etc., and the real effects we believe these things and other factors will have on our asset classes and thus our clients’ portfolios.  For example, on 2/27/7 when the DJIA lost 400 points we analyzed what the cause was and felt it was mostly emotional – the only change we made was we took a small portion of our cash allocation and made a small US market short MF purchase.  On the other hand, in 1999 and very early 2000 we were steadily reducing our US Technology positions.  Depending upon what we think may happen in the future we usually make small changes in an asset class allocation (we call these “Fine Tuning” changes) which could result in small increases or decreases in our allocation to a particular MF – we almost never make big bets like selling completely out of an asset class. 

The reasons we might sell an entire MF position are usually limited to:

(1)   No longer wanting any position in a particular asset class – as we stated above, that virtually never happens; or,

(2)   A MF’s performance compared to its competitors in the same asset class falls dramatically for an extended period.  Even in this case we would try to find out why the performance fell dramatically over an extended period, and if there was a good reason for the underperformance, we would still keep the fund.  But if the reason was simply poor MF manager performance, then naturally we might sell the fund – but even in that case we might continue to hold the fund in clients’ taxable accounts because of tax consequences (about half of our clients’ portfolios are in taxable accounts).

351 East 140 North, Lindon, UT 84042-2004
Phone: 801.785.3254 Fax: 801.785.3244 Email: ronolson@itsnet.com

1. The MF family rep is calling to inform us that he/she is our contact at XYZ MF/Family, and would like to know how he/she can assist and get to know us better.  If this is your reason for contacting us, please review:

Ø      “2.  Active Investment Management” under the “Services” link; and,

Ø      The “R.O.I. Investment Returns” link.

As you will see, we have our own very successful track record and proprietary methodology for tracking MFs, asset classes, what is happening, etc., and what would really help us is for you to send us your business card so we can put it in our rolodex system so we know who to contact if we need some information, have a question, or have some kind of problem relative to your particular MF/family.  If someone takes your place in the future, we would appreciate the new person’s business card so we can keep our contact system up to date.  Thanks!

1. The MF family rep is calling to find out what kind of advisor we are – specifically, concerning advisors who are short term timing and trading.  If this is your reason for contacting us, please review:

Ø      “2.  Active Investment Management” under the “Services” link; and,

Ø      The “R.O.I. Investment Returns” link.

As you will see, we have our own very successful track record and proprietary methodology for tracking MFs, asset classes, what is happening, etc.  We prefer never selling any part of any MF, but of course what happens in the world, the economy, the markets, inflation, the MF or the MF family, etc., usually makes that unwise.  We actively watch the world, economy, markets, inflation, interest rates, oil prices, etc., and the real effects we believe these things and other factors will have on our asset classes and thus our clients’ portfolios.  For example, on 2/27/7 when the DJIA lost 400 points we analyzed what the cause was and felt it was mostly emotional – the only change we made was we took a small portion of our cash allocation and made a small US market short MF purchase.  On the other hand, in 1999 and very early 2000 we were steadily reducing our US Technology positions.  Depending upon what we think may happen in the future we usually make small changes in an asset class allocation (we call these “Fine Tuning” changes) which could result in small increases or decreases in our allocation to a particular MF – we almost never make big bets like selling completely out of an asset class. 

The reasons we might sell an entire MF position are usually limited to:

(1)   No longer wanting any position in a particular asset class – as we stated above, that virtually never happens; or,

(2)   A MF’s performance compared to its competitors in the same asset class falls dramatically for an extended period.  Even in this case we would try to find out why the performance fell dramatically over an extended period, and if there was a good reason for the underperformance, we would still keep the fund.  But if the reason was simply poor MF manager performance, then naturally we might sell the fund – but even in that case we might continue to hold the fund in clients’ taxable accounts because of tax consequences (about half of our clients’ portfolios are in taxable accounts).

351 East 140 North, Lindon, UT 84042-2004
Phone: 801.785.3254 Fax: 801.785.3244 Email: ronolson@itsnet.com