Tad Niederriter

Knott Capital Management invests primarily in the stocks of US large-cap companies in the finance, electronic technology, technology services, healthcare technology and energy minerals sectors. The firm employs a top-down investment process that is based on the economy and interest rates. They begin with an in-house macroeconomic forecast that incorporates GDP, interest rates, Federal Reserve policy, inflation/deflation pressures, labor market studies and productivity gains. Knott Capital Management overweights sectors whose fundamentals are more favored by a macro view. They underweight or avoid industries that are impaired by the forecast. The firm uses a bottom-up approach to select individual securities. This process incorporates in-house, independent and Wall Street sources. They look for companies within their identified sectors with superior products/services, strong business models with pricing power and exceptional management teams. From a valuation standpoint, Knott Capital Management invests in companies that trade at a reasonable multiple relative to their normalized growth rate, their sector peers and the market. The firm maintains a very high turnover rate