The investment seeks long term capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the adviser is expected to hold approximately 300 different stocks, where no individual issuer represents more than 5% of the portfolio total value. The adviser defines a mid-capitalization company as any company that is neither in the highest 80% of U.S. aggregate market capitalization nor in the lowest 8% of U.S. aggregate market capitalization. As a non-fundamental policy, the fund will invest at least 80% of its total assets in equity securities of mid-cap companies. It may obtain exposure to equity securities through futures and options on futures contracts.