Worldwide BalancedStrategy Overview

Portfolio Strategy

The Strategy Asset Managers Worldwide Balanced product is structured for the more conservative investor. Each portfolio will typically hold 25 to 35 stocks with 50% to 80% committed to equities and 20% to 50% invested in short term, laddered bonds including US Treasuries, agencies, and corporates. The equity portion is 70% to 90% invested in domestic equities and 10% to30 % invested in international equities in the form of ADRs. A stock can be sold if it hits its price target, its fundamentals change, or it can be replaced by a stronger candidate with more upside potential. Inception Date: 07/01/2001.

Portfolio Details

The investment team looks for companies with established market positions and favors companies with increasing dividend payouts. The team seeks stocks that have price-to-earnings ratios that are at a discount to the market, free cash flow to finance growth, balance sheet leverage, and strong competitive market positions. The team wants companies that have good corporate governance and incentive plans that align management with the interest of shareholders.

Top Ten Holdings
MV 39%

Broadcom Inc

Alphabet Inc

Constellation Energy Corp

Microsoft Corp

Lockheed Martin Corp.

JP Morgan Chase & Co.

Microchip Technology Inc

Berkshire Hathaway Inc

General Dynamics Corporation

BHP Group Ltd ADR

Portfolio Snapshot

Sector Percentages as of 09/30/2024

Worldwide Balanced Q3 2024 Factsheet (envestnet) Pie Chart And Legend

Annualized Performance Percentages

Period Ending 09/30/2024

QTD20243 Year5 Year10 Year
Worldwide Balanced Gross4.8%14.4%6.5%
8.5%6.9%
Worldwide Balanced Net4.6%13.6%5.5%7.7%6.2%
Global Balanced Index5.8%13.8%6.0%9.1%8.1%

Portfolio Management Team

Tom Hulick

CEOManaging Partner
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Joseph Traba

Managing DirectorSenior Portfolio Manager
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Alexander Hagstrom

CFA, Senior AnalystPortfolio Strategist
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Certain Disclosures for SAM’s Strategies & Representative Account Performance Strategy Asset Managers, LLC (founded in 2001) is an independent registered investment adviser, which is 100% owned by Hulick Capital Management, LLC. Strategy Asset Managers, LLC claims compliance with the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS®). Strategy Asset Managers, LLC has been independently verified for the period ending December 31, 2021, and all other performance is preliminary. Investing involves risk and possible loss of principal capital. No advice may be rendered by Strategy Asset Managers, LLC unless a client service agreement is in place. Investing involves risk and possible loss of principal capital. No advice may be rendered by Strategy Asset Managers, LLC unless a client service agreement is in place. The Worldwide Balanced strategy performance reflects the results of composite members that are discretionary accounts that seek to outperform our custom “Global Balanced Index”. For the equity allocation (typically 60%-80% of the portfolio), the strategy utilizes a bottom-up, fundamental analysis “relative value” approach to selecting common stocks. The objective is to buy “high quality” large capitalization companies (both domestically and internationally via ADRs) at a discount to their fair market value. The fixed income allocation (typically 20%-40% of the portfolio) is composed of short/intermediate duration high quality corporate bonds, US treasuries or US agency securities. Benchmark: Global Balanced Index, which consists of 48% SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust, 12% iShares MSCI EAFE ETF, and 40% The iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF. The US dollar is the currency used to express performance. The SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust seeks to provide investment results that, before expenses, correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the S&P 500® Index (the “Index”). The S&P 500 Index is a diversified large cap U.S. index that holds companies across all eleven GICS sectors. The ETF returns reflect the deduction of all expenses and transaction costs incurred by the SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust. As of December 31, 2023, the expense ratio was 0.0945%. The SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust returns reflect the closing prices, which are determined by the last traded price of the ETF. The iShares MSCI EAFE ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large- and mid- capitalization developed market equities, excluding the U.S. and Canada. The ETF returns reflect the deduction of all expenses and transaction costs incurred by the iShares MSCI EAFE ETF. As of December 31, 2023, the expense ratio was 0.33%. The iShares MSCI EAFE ETF returns reflect the closing prices, which are determined by the last traded price of the ETF. The iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of the total U.S. investment-grade bond market. The ETF returns reflect the deduction of all expenses and transaction costs incurred by the iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF. As of December 31, 2023, the expense ratio was 0.03%. The iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF returns reflect the closing prices, which are determined by the last traded price of the ETF. Portfolio characteristics, sectors weightings and holdings are subject to change, and provided for informational purposes only. A complete list of holdings for the past year is available upon request. Holdings are not security recommendations. The net investment performance reflects the deduction of advisory fees, custodial expenses, commissions and any other expenses incurred in the management of the account. Index returns have been taken from public sources, which are believed to be reliable and accurate; however, the accuracy of such information cannot be guaranteed. Strategy Asset Managers’ maximum annual advisory fee is 2.00%. Investment advisory fees for all the SAM strategies are fully disclosed in Form ADV Part 2A. GIPS® is a registered trademark of CFA Institute. CFA Institute does not endorse of promote this organization, nor does it warrant the accuracy or quality of the content contained herein. To receive a GIPS report, please contact info@strategyasset.com.