Rock Oak Core Growth

Investment Goal

Rock Oak Core Growth Fund seeks long-term capital growth by investing primarily in stocks of mid and large capitalization companies selected for their growth potential.

Investment Approach

Rock Oak invests primarily in common stocks of mid and large capitalization U.S. companies with equity market capitalizations of more than $5 billion that are selected for their growth potential. The Fund typically holds between 25 and 50 common stocks. The Portfolio Manager utilizes a combined approach of “top-down” analysis and “bottom-up” stock selection. The “top-down” approach takes into consideration long-term investment themes such as globalization, demographics, productivity and innovation. As a result of the “top-down” analysis, the Manager identifies sectors, industries and companies which it believes should benefit from the overall themes that the Adviser has observed. As part of the “bottom-up” stock selection, the investment process involves looking for individual companies with earnings growth potential that should exceed the earnings growth rate of the overall market over the long-term and that may not be fully recognized by the market at large. The Manager evaluates a number of different attributes, including the company’s specific market expertise or dominance, its competitive durability and pricing power, solid fundamentals, strong and ethical management, apparent commitment to shareholder interests, earnings growth rates that exceed those of the overall market and what the Manager believes to be above-average growth potential with sustainable competitive advantage.

Although the Fund is diversified, its investment strategy often involves overweighting the Fund's position in the industry sectors that we believe hold the most growth potential.