| 1. |
At the country level: are an economy’s
underlying fundamentals right? At what stage is the
liquidity cycle? Where is the money going? |
| 2. |
At market level: are the technical features right? |
| 3. |
At sector level: which industries or combination
of financial and behavioural characteristics are likely
to perform at the current stage of the cycle? |
| 4. |
At instrument level: the underlying is assessed
on traditional fundamentals. |
| 5. |
The investment decision is based on fundamental
and/or technical factors specific to each stock, convertible,
bond, equity, ETF or fund. |
| 6. |
The exit is as important as the entry. Stop disciplines,
time horizons and targets are implemented at the outset
every time an investment is made. |