We Believe in Disciplined Risk Management

Our tactical, rules-based process takes the guesswork and emotion out of making investment decisions and protects our clients and their portfolios.

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The Quantitative, Rules-Based Investment Process that has defined our disciplined risk management for 35 years.

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Trend Following

Quantitative, Rules-based

We evaluate buying opportunities when our quantitative decision rules identify an uptrend in the price of a security.

Security Selection

The Most Complex Question

We seek to buy securities exhibiting strong risk-adjusted returns during a recent uptrend.

Trailing Stop Discipline

Quantitive, Rules-based

We will sell a security when our quantitative decision rules identify a downtrend in the price of a security.

We're Committed to a Quantitative, Rules-Based, Investment Approach

Our investment management style was developed to fill a gap in the marketplace. The disciplines we’ve created provide guidelines regarding when we buy, what we buy, and when we sell, with the aim of limiting downside risk and providing satisfying returns over a market cycle.

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Tactical Investment Strategies

Our strategies address a full range of investor goals. Whether you are looking for a complete outsourced solution or looking to combine us with existing managers, we have a variety of solutions that may be an ideal fit for your client's portfolio.

Tactical Core Income Fund

A fund that is best suited for investors seeking total return with a low risk tolerance.

Tactical Bond Fund

The Fund’s two investment objectives are to provide long-term total return and to limit volatility and downside risk.

Tactical Risk Spectrum Fund Series

A suite of funds best suited for moderate investors who seek consistent levels of global stock exposure.

Tactical Municipal Fund

A fund suited for conservative investors seeking to preserve capital and provide benefits to high-income investors.

Tactical Core Growth Fund

The Sierra Tactical Core Growth Fund seeks to produce satisfying long-term returns while limiting downside risk. It moves between equities, Treasuries, and cash.

Tactical All Asset Fund

A fund that is best suited for investors seeking total return with a conservative risk tolerance.

35+ Years of Investing Wisely for our Clients

Since 1987, we have helped advisors and their clients limit downside risk and grow their wealth, using decades of strategic research and a tactical, rules-based investment approach. Our solutions complement existing investment portfolios, whether they be diversified or a single asset strategy.

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Industry Recognition

Finalist: Industry Awards category: Firms <25B AUM (2023)

 

Sierra Mutual Funds and Ocean Park Asset Management did not win the Asset Manager of the Year award noted above announced on October 11, 2023, as part of the MMI/Barron’s Industry Awards. Finalists were revealed in August 2023. These Industry awards, co-sponsored by the Money Management Institute (MMI) and Barron’s, were based on achievements since the last award announcements. There was no payment to MMI or Barron’s for the award nomination, fees are paid as part of the MMI membership.

Established in 1987 in Santa Monica, California.

Established in 1987 in Santa Monica, California.

Founded by David C. Wright, JD and Kenneth L. Sleeper, MBA, PhD

Founded by David C. Wright, JD and Kenneth L. Sleeper, MBA, PhD

$5.1B Assets Under Management across all affiliates as of 12/31/23*

$5.1B Assets Under Management across all affiliates as of 12/31/23*

Our Perspective

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CIO Insights: March 29, 2024

CIO Insights: March 29, 2024

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In this short video, CIO James St. Aubin gives a quick recap of Q1 2024 economic and market forces. Fixed income and equity markets entered the quarter with strong rallies, driven by expectations of both cooling inflation and resilient growth. However, once expectations for the Fed to cut rates declined, turbulence in the bond market appeared. St. Aubin also shares GDP growth and earnings outlooks and prompts us to prepare for March CPI data, which comes out on April 10. Of note: recent rising energy prices are likely to create some tailwinds for the inflation story, which will likely create headwinds for the bond market in the second quarter.



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CIO Insights: February 29, 2024

CIO Insights: February 29, 2024

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In this February 29, 2024 edition of CIO Insights, James St. Aubin discusses how consumers could control the fate of the economy, for better or worse.



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CIO Insights: February 5, 2024

CIO Insights: February 5, 2024

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What’s the one adjective that Fed Chair Powell continues use when discussing the path back to 2%? Find out in this installment of CIO Insights, where CIO James St. Aubin recaps important data from last week’s Fed meeting, discusses why January’s payroll report prompts a need for easing policy caution and patience, and shares why S&P downgrades are not holding true this earnings season.



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2023 Year-End Quarterly Webcast

2023 Year-End Quarterly Webcast

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At the end of 2023, the financial markets were pricing in a Goldilocks environment for 2024 that included continued disinflation and resilient economic growth. Will that outlook materialize and what could happen to asset prices if it doesn’t? Hear thoughts and analysis our Investment Team leaders and see how our investment products responded in Q4 across fixed income and equity asset classes.



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Disciplined Risk Management

Disciplined Risk Management

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Learn about our investment process that is based on two goals. The first goal is to keep clients out of trouble and limit the effects of sustained market declines on client accounts, and the other is to satisfy risk-adjusted rates of return over a full market cycle.



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The Value of Tactical in Every Portfolio

The Value of Tactical in Every Portfolio

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Why tactical investment management is so important to have in every client portfolio.



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The Quantitative, Rules-Based Investment Process that has defined our disciplined risk management for 35 years.