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Investment Solutions
A smarter, more
disciplined approach to portfolio management
SimplyRIA advisors can gain access to a full suite of institutional-quality investment strategies through our partnership with A Smarter Way to Invest — a systematic, data-driven approach built around your clients' unique goals and risk tolerance.
The systematic process
Investment discipline
Identify the appropriate strategy — Strategic, Dynamic, or Tactical
Asset allocation
Determine optimal allocation across equities, fixed income, and alternatives
Security selection
Formulaic, data-driven 4-step process to identify the best underlying securities
Ongoing risk management
Algorithmic Alpha & Omega signals guide continuous monitoring and rebalancing
SEC registered
Sub-advisory services through ASWTI
20+
Investment strategies across the full risk spectrum
3
Distinct active management disciplines
Data-driven
Algorithmic signals remove emotion from decisions
Investment disciplines
Three distinct active management disciplines
Every client has a unique relationship with risk. ASWTI's three disciplines span the active management spectrum — from low to high — giving advisors the flexibility to properly align portfolios with client goals.
Low active management
Strategic
Stays invested, maximizes total return potential
Moderate active management
Dynamic
Captures trends, reduces volatility
High active management
Tactical
Principal protection & outperformance
Low level of active management with a small degree of portfolio changes — designed to maximize long-term total return potential by staying invested through market cycles.
BENEFITS
Maximizes long-term total return potential
Maximizes long-term total return potential
Stays invested through market cycles
Lower management activity reduces costs
GEARED TOWARDS
Long-term investors with a higher risk tolerance*
Moderate level of active management using algorithmic signals to shift positioning as market conditions evolve — capturing uptrends while reducing exposure during downtrends.
BENEFITS
Captures market trends algorithmically
Reduces portfolio volatility over time
Enhances risk-adjusted returns
GEARED TOWARDS
At or near-retirement investors seeking stability with moderate to low risk tolerance*
High level of active management with large portfolio changes — designed to protect principal against major drawdowns while seeking the greatest opportunity for outperformance.
BENEFITS
Protects principal against major drawdowns
Enhances risk-adjusted returns
Greatest opportunity for outperformance
GEARED TOWARDS
Investors seeking principal protection and greatest outperformance opportunity*
Active management spectrum
ASWTI strategies span the full range from passive-adjacent to highly active — so every client's risk tolerance is matched precisely.
Strategic
Low activity
Dynamic
Moderate activity
Tactical
High activity
How It Works
A systematic, four-step process
Every strategy follows the same disciplined framework — ensuring consistent execution, alignment with client goals, and ongoing accountability.
Investment discipline
Identify the appropriate discipline — Strategic, Dynamic, or Tactical — based on the client's goals, time horizon, and risk tolerance.
Strategic
Tactical
Dynamic
Asset allocation
Determine the optimal allocation across asset classes — equities, fixed income, and alternatives — using Focused or Asset Allocation strategies.
Focused
Blended
Defensive → Ultra
Security selection
A formulaic 4-step process: Universe Selection → Financial Metric Filters → Fundamental Analysis → Ranking & Final Selection.
Data-driven
Formulaic
Repeatable
Ongoing risk management
Continuous monitoring using Alpha (short-term) and Omega (intermediate-term) algorithmic signals to guide dynamic and tactical strategy decisions.
Alpha signal
Omega signal
Algorithmic
Portfolio styles
Focused vs. asset allocation strategies
Two portfolio construction approaches — each designed to serve different client objectives across the risk spectrum.
Single asset class
Focused strategies
Greater "risk-on" positioning within specific asset classes
Investments concentrated within a specific asset class — equities, fixed income, or alternatives — actively managed based on the strategy's specific objective and methodology.
Equities
Dividend Growth, Growth, Core/Value, Large/Mid/Small Cap
Fixed Income
Diversified bond exposure, capital preservation focus
Alternative Assets
Real estate, commodities, precious metals, currencies
Multi-asset class
Asset allocation strategies
Dynamic risk management across the full allocation spectrum
Algorithmic signals shift portfolios between "Risk-On" and "Risk-Off" positioning based on market conditions — capturing uptrends while protecting against downtrends.
Defensive
40/60
Conservative
30/70
Moderate
20/80
Enhanced
10/90
Risk-Off % / Risk-On % across 5 allocation tiers
Risk Management
Comprehensive, algorithmic risk mitigation
Three layers of risk management built into every strategy — diversification, active security selection, and algorithmic market signals.
Equity diversification
25–30 stocks diversified across market cap, sectors, and industries — prioritizing companies with strong fundamentals and financial health.
Fixed income management
ETFs for diversified bond exposure — actively managing duration and sector (corporate, government, high-yield) with focus on investment-grade credit quality.
Alternative assets
ETF exposure to real assets with intrinsic value — positively correlated with equities in bull markets and negatively correlated during bear markets.
The systematic process
Alpha Signal
Short-term market signal — identifies near-term trend changes to guide tactical positioning within Dynamic and Tactical strategies.
Omega Signal
Intermediate-term market signal — provides broader trend confirmation to guide intermediate-term risk management decisions.
The systematic process
Bullish
Risk-On
Caution
Reducing
Bearish
Risk-Off