The investment seeks long-term capital appreciation and current income. Under normal market conditions, the fund invests primarily in a diversified portfolio of common stocks and other equity securities of companies of all sizes, including but not limited to, American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs"), preferred stocks, limited partnerships, and convertible securities. The adviser employs a bottom-up, quantitative, factor-based approach to security selection based on research and analysis of historical data. The adviser may eliminate or substitute factors at its discretion.