The investment seeks long-term capital appreciation. In pursuing its investment objective, the Adviser uses three strategies: (i) selecting individual equity securities, (ii) hedging to mitigate the downside risk of equities during unfavorable markets, and (iii) seeking to minimize shareholders' tax liability in connection with the fund's distribution of realized capital gains. Under normal market conditions, the fund pursues its investment objective by investing at least 70% of its net assets in U.S. exchange listed common stock, preferred stock and depositary receipts ("Equity Instruments").