CHICAGO--(Business Wire)--
Please join us Thursday, May 21, 2009 from 4-7pm for a complimentary seminar
presented by Robert Stein, Author of the newly released book The Bull Inside The
Bear (Wiley 2009) and Managing Partner of Astor Asset Management, LLC. The
evening's presentation will address topics such as, how to position your
portfolio for the current economic environment. We are also excited to announce
Astor Asset Management's Long Short Balanced Program has been named the No. 4
Best Performing Program by Forbes.com, based on data complied by Barclays Global
Investor's iShares.
Space is limited for event. Please register online (www.astorllc.com) or by
phone (1-800-899-8230).
Astor`s management style focuses on the overall markets and the economy rather
than individual stocks and bonds. Individual`s investments may not be as
diversified as perceived, even if investors hold several different mutual funds
and a variety of stocks. Achieving true diversification with a stock portfolio
can be challenging. Individual stocks are typically more risky and volatile than
an index, while some mutual funds can be costly, illiquid, inefficiently taxed,
and they generally under-perform their benchmarks. Most importantly, equity
investments are generally of the "buy-and-hold" variety, which completely
ignores the value of style diversification and active management. We believe
that positive returns can be realized in any market, regardless of its
direction. By investing long or short in the market through the broader
averages, we can more efficiently take advantage of economic conditions and
flows of capital. The result is superior returns to traditional equity
strategies with less risk and lower drawdowns.
Astor Asset Management has specialized in this approach since 2001. We utilize
the data the economy and market is giving us to tell us how and where to
position out clients. We constantly assess the data and our analytical tools to
stay ahead of curve. This approach has served us well over the decades as
employment trends turned down in 2000 followed by a contraction and bear market
and again in late 2007 early 2008. Our flagship L/S Balanced portfolio was down
a mere 4.5% in 2008, and as of last Friday, was up over 4.5% for the year and
making new profits for clients.
About Rob Stein:
Rob Stein began his career as a project analyst for the Federal Reserve, under
the chairmanship of Paul Volker. In 1994, Mr. Stein formed Astor Financial, Inc.
In 2003, Mr. Stein was named one of the best unknown business managers by
BusinessWeek magazine and in 2008 Astor's ETF portfolio was ranked fourth by
Forbes.com. He has been featured in print and broadcast media such as The Wall
Street Journal, Business Week, Investor's Business Daily, ABC, FOX News,
Bloomberg, and CNBC.
About Astor Management, LLC:
Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Astor Financial, LLC provides world-class
financial services to individual and institutional investors. We are the General
Partner of a family of asset management businesses.
Astor Asset Management is a registered investment advisor (RIA) with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and a partner with Sanders Morris
Harris Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:SMHG), a diversified financial services holding
company based in Houston, Texas that provides investment banking services and
manages over $7.5 billion in client assets. Astor`s proprietary macro-economic
model (The Astor Model) keeps our investment strategies on the cutting edge of
the industry.
Astor Asset Management, LLC
Meredith Weber or Althea Trevor, 1-800-899-8230
WWW.ASTORLLC.COM
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