The Benefits of a Modular Approach May Include:

1. A potential improvement in the risk/reward profile of clients' portfolios by fully (and intelligently) utilizing all of the tools available to today's investor
2. A way to clearly articulate how the advisor adds value in building and maintaining client portfolios
3. The flexibility to design portfolios using mutual funds, ETFs, alternative investment vehicles and individual securities
4. The ability to accommodate an advisor's proprietary insights as well as the client's own biases

"Modular Portfolio Construction provides an adaptable framework for building customized client portfolios with the potential for greater returns and lower risk. It also provides an open platform for evaluating the role of differentiated products within a diversified portfolio. In other words, it provides the opportunity to move "beyond the style box".

The MW/AMPM System consists of four ELEMENTS and five MODULES:

ELEMENTS

1. STRATEGY
2. CONSTRUCTION
3. MANAGEMENT
4. REPORTING
   

INVESTMENT MODULES

1. FIXED INCOME / Cash & Equiv.
2. REAL RETURN Strategies
3. CORE EQUITY/CORE +/-
4. TACTICAL/ALTERNATIVE Allocation
5. OPPORTUNISTIC/Special Situations

How we build and manage each Portfolio is a function of client preferences. This requires a collaborative approach and is highly customized and personalized.