Frederick G. Natale

TD Banknorth Wealth Management Group's (TDB) investment process combines diligence and focus with continuous client communication. Their multi-disciplinary team approach constructs each portfolio individually. The firm focuses on increasing after-tax returns and is an advocate of long-term investing. TDB's large/mid-cap core strategy includes investing in stocks of companies utilizing a blended style of investing by using both a growth-based or value-based strategy. The firm selects economic sectors and industries with a potential for above average growth for a five-year or more period. They seek to identify companies that offer secular growth driven by factors such as technological changes and demographics and avoid industries subject to heavy governmental regulation or dependence on commodity pricing for growth. TDB employs fundamental research to identify companies with histories of sustained profitability and leadership within their respective industries. Their primary focus is on the core earnings power of the company and their ability to provide above-average growth in revenues, earnings and cash flows for a multi-year period. Typically, this investment strategy focuses on companies with moderate to high p/e ratios and dividend yields that are generally lower than the overall market. Though not limited by sector, TDB tends to invest in the stocks of US large-cap companies in the finance, energy minerals, producer manufacturing, consumer non-durables and health technology sectors. The firm maintains a low turnover rate.

MLAM's worldwide approach to equity investing uses a philosophy of identifying relative value among individual stocks and stock markets by focusing primarily on two variables: reinvestment rate and the price-to-book value ratio. There are seven additional screens employed to further refine the process. The factors used to identify value include price-to-cash flow, price-to-earnings ratios, past and future earnings growth and dividend payouts. For asset allocation, a country whose market valuation measurements seem consistently above or below world averages or its own historical averages are over or under-weighted accordingly. The degrees of over or under-weighting are determined by relative economic prospects as measured by the outlook for GNP, inflation and interest rates of each country and their impact on currency movements. By combining a value approach to individual stock selection with asset allocation by country, the firm seeks to achieve consistent performance relative to international equity indexes. MLAM combines top-down and bottom-up analysis and uses proprietary models as part of their research process. Their funds are team-managed.

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