Paul A. Tryon

Emerson Investment Management offers balanced portfolios that are customized to meet each client's investment objectives and risk tolerance. The firm's investment strategy employs customized asset allocation of equity and fixed-income securities. Their approach emphasizes diversification. Emerson strives to spread risk over several types of asset classes in order to navigate cyclical ups and downs and produce consistent returns over time. Emerson's investment strategies include: Large-Cap Growth, Large-Cap Value, Mid-Cap Stocks, Small-Cap Stocks, International, Fixed-Income and Alternative Investments. The firm's Large-Cap Growth strategy focuses on investments in the stocks of large-cap companies that have the potential to increase earnings faster than the overall market. Their Large-Cap Value strategy seeks to invest in the common stocks of large-cap companies that are undervalued by the market but have a favorable long-term outlook. Emerson's Mid-Cap Equity strategy seeks to capitalize on investments in mid-sized companies. The firm's Small-Cap equity strategy seeks to provide more rapid and more aggressive growth than investments in blue-chip companies. Their International strategy focuses on investment opportunities in established and emerging global markets. Emerson's Fixed-Income strategy invests in seeks to provide predictable stability in both returns and income through investments in bonds and Treasury funds. The firm also offers alternative investments including: real estate, commodities and natural resources.

Individually managed equity portfolios emphasize long-term growth and are constructed from a list of between 30 and 50 stocks carefully selected from a universe of about 300 companies. Typically large capitalization, these stocks are identified through a process that combines bottom-up company-by-company analysis with top-down screening. Approved stocks are combined in a portfolio that is deliberately diversified across economic sectors to manage risk while capitalizing on long-term economic expectations and demographic trends. Equities: The firm methodology for equities investing includes a systematic analysis of macroeconomic conditions. To be included in a portfolio a company must: 1) have historically low relative p/e ratio of stock to industry, stock to market and stock to GNP; 2) be growing at a rate greater than its current p/e multiple; 3) have a strong cash flow; 4) have increasing levels of dividends. Stocks are sold when they reach an extreme in the established price range, the fundamentals deteriorate, or there are more compelling buying opportunities available. Balanced & Fixed: The firm uses a combination of economic, international, and political analysis to begin to determine the proper asset allocation between fixed-income and equity investments. Fixed-income parameters are based upon forecasts of trends in economics and interest rates and other technical considerations. The equity portion of the portfolio is determined by establishing a likely range for the market based upon forecasts of earnings, inflation, and corporate price-earnings. In addition, consideration is given to the clients' investment objectives.

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PCM actively manages equity, fixed income, and alternative portfolios that focus on investments in the undervalued securities of well-known companies. The firm offers portfolios that are diversified enough to provide proper diversification to reduce undue risks, while individual positions are sufficient to have a meaningful impact on overall returns.