Christopher DeMonte

Cresset invests in active and passive solutions and public and private vehicles. The firm optimizes asset allocation decisions based on the client’s goals, not simply market benchmarks. They form an investment committee, which includes senior management and investment managers, to analyze investments on their clients' behalf. Their investment strategies and advice may vary depending on each client's specific financial situation.

OIA uses several methods of investment analysis and investment strategies to provide services to their clients. Their methods of analysis include fundamental analysis; technical analysis; and valuation analysis. The firm monitors economic and corporate issues, both domestic and international, for events, changes or trends which might affect the financial markets or particular economic sectors as part of their equity and balanced approach. They review individual stocks based on the fundamental operating conditions of the issuing company with particular emphasis on consistency and momentum of earnings growth, return on equity, conservativeness of debt structure, improvements in cash flow , valuation of the stock and the level and growth of dividends. OIA reviews bonds based on the ratings assigned to the particular bond by the bond rating agencies, the structure of the yield curve and spreads among various bond classes, the financial fundamentals of the bond issuer, and other factors for their fixed income analysis. The firm’s investment strategies include long-term purchases; short-term purchases; short-term trading; and stock options.