Shelly Halford Baker

Provides brokerage services

Waddell & Associates recommends investments in no-load mutual funds, ETFs, individual securities, money market funds, CDs, corporate bonds, US Treasury bonds and municipal bonds. The firm typically creates portfolios of no-load mutual funds, using model portfolios which match clients' unique investment objectives. They monitor the performance of these funds, adjusting portfolio positions in response to changing economic and market conditions. While W&A typically invests in no-load mutual funds, they may also invest in conservative fixed-income securities. W&A's investment philosophy is not constrained by capitalization size or domicile. Based on a variety of research methods, the firm develops a global, macro-economic view of the investing landscape. W&A then conducts extensive searches for relevant fund managers to coincide with their macroeconomic views. The managers use a combination of fundamental, technical, bottom-up and top-down analysis to make buy and sell decisions. When analyzing managers, W&A focuses on a variety of factors, including but not limited to manager tenure, performance track record, peer group representation, investing philosophy, portfolio composition, beta, r-squared, upside/downside capture, current conditions and future outlook of the markets.

Legacy’s primary investment approach is to use a globally diversified portfolio. The firm invests client funds in stocks and bonds issued by companies and governments in the US and abroad. The primary vehicles they use to invest in these asset classes are no-load mutual funds and exchange traded funds (ETFs). For certain clients, Legacy may also recommend separate portfolios of individual bonds managed by a sub-advisor or portfolios with limited liquidity that are following alternative strategies.

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