We believe in embracing change. Every industry has two groups of companies, those that lead and those that follow. Leaders innovate and introduce new products; followers mimic and react. Research shows the stock market tends to reward innovation. We invest in companies that lead innovation in their industries, and we apply the same standard to our own work.
An overview of our investmentThe Knowledge Leaders Strategy seeks to transform the Knowledge Effect into portfolio alpha. We identify Knowledge Leaders, or highly innovative companies, by measuring a company’s investment in its future growth. Knowledge Leaders possess deep reservoirs of intangible capital as a result of their history of investing in knowledge-intensive activities like R&D, brand development and employee education. Developed by founder Steven Vannelli and based on decades of academic research, our proprietary model adjusts a company’s financial history to capitalize these investments and reveal the companies with the greatest knowledge intensity.
strategy and products.
At the Inside ETFs conference,
Steve Vannelli joined
a select group of managers
to present a “Hidden Gem”
– the Knowledge Leaders
investment strategy –
in 3 minutes or less.
The Knowledge Effect is the tendency of highly innovative companies to generate excess returns in the stock market. It is proven by decades of academic research.
Learn more about this market anomaly.
losing less than the market; 2020
market anomaly; 2015
The semiconductor era is powering innovation and change not experienced since the industrial revolution. When we talk about investing in highly innovative companies, most people think of tech stocks. But did you the digital revolution is driving companies to lead their industries in every sector and geography in the world?
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