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Our Philosophy
Astor Asset Management (Astor) believes the long-term financial goals for investors are capital appreciation, limited volatility, and quick recovery times from market losses. Astor believes these goals can be achieved by diversifying investments among various asset classes, using low-cost investment products, and adding style diversification. A main objective of the fund is to limit drawdowns and generate profits in virtually all market environments. The basis of our philosophy is identifying the recurring economic cycles of expansion, peak, contraction, and trough, and actively rebalancing when the cycles change.
Our Strategy
Astor’s proprietary macro-economic model, “The Astor Model” developed by Robert Stein is the principal basis for investment decisions. The model analyzes economic data such as GDP, inflation, unemployment, money flows and overall market conditions to determine the current phase of the business cycle (expansion, peak, contraction or trough). Once the business cycle is identified, Astor, through active management within separately managed accounts, rebalances its investment portfolios. Active rebalancing occurs only when the economic cycle changes.
The Astor Advantage
By analyzing macro-economic factors such as employment, GDP, and fundamental indicators including money flows, valuations, market price and momentum, our goal is to achieve a less volatile return profile and higher risk-return ratio than our benchmark. Strategic asset allocation is utilized to create exposure to a variety of market sectors, capitalizations and styles. Our objective is to produce positive returns, not necessarily outperform a benchmark.
Macroeconomis is the branch of economics dealing with the broad and general aspects of an economy.
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