Robert Lawrence Souza

GJIC primarily employs a long-term investment strategy and uses fundamental analysis to select securities for their clients’ portfolios. Their traditional investment strategies consist of long-term purchases and short-term purchases. They also build fixed income ladders with varying lengths of maturities based on current economic and interest rate environments. For some clients, the use of mutual funds, ETFs, and REITs are appropriate. The firm primarily recommends large-cap common stocks.

Western Asset is a global fixed-income investment manager committed to delivering long-term results through active management. The investment management team seeks to exceed benchmark returns while approximating benchmark risk or, for total return portfolios, within appropriate risk tolerances. The firm’s investment philosophy combines traditional fundamental and relative value analysis with an emphasis on diversification to dampen potential volatility. Issue selection is a bottom-up process that seeks to determine undervalued or overvalued securities.

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