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Qterra Capital Management, LLC is a Registered Investment
Advisor providing individuals and institutions with at least $100,000 in eligible assets (see below) with professional asset
management services.
Portfolio Management Approach:
We believe that investment returns can be enhanced and portfolio
volatility reduced through the prudent use of proprietary quantitative valuation models in combination with quantitative technical
analysis and disciplined investment strategy. Excess returns are typically available only in small/mid capitalization stocks,
international/emerging market stocks and stocks which are not actively followed by Wall Street. The Qterra proprietary model
has the ability to value such stocks/Indices relative to their peer group, and identify those which are undervalued, profitable
(free cash flow positive), have a high Return on Assets (ROA) relative to their peer group and operate in attractive sectors.
The portfolio may also invest in Fixed Income Instruments, Mutual Funds and/or contrarion funds to diversify the portfolio
and to gain exposure to sectors or markets not available thru our Universe.
Qterra has developed a proprietary quantitative
model with the ability to value about 8000 equity securites (US Stocks, Canadian stocks, other foreign securities trading
on the US exchanges referred to as ADR’s and Indexes which serve as proxies for exchange traded funds or ETF’s,) on about
six different valuation metrics both on a short as well as a long term historical basis.
Buy Discipline:
The model
identifies securities with strong fundamentals trading at a discount to fair value and trading at a discount relative to their
peer group and to their capitalization appropriate industry. In order to minimize risk and avoid value traps, Qterra also
overlays proprietary technical analysis indicators to capture the psychological aspects of the market and to further limit
securities to those which have formed a base and begun to trend up. This powerful combination increases the probability of
success on the buy side.
Sell Discipline:
The true measure of success lies not in the buy decision but rather
in the sell decision. Identifying winners is only as good as knowing when to sell them, else there is the risk of round tripping
trades or selling the wrong securities. Qterra reverses the process and uses technical analysis tools to identify stocks which
may be ready to turn or break down. If however, the technicals are still in place, the security will be sold if the price
of the security is close to its model determined fair value. Lastly, a security may be sold if it falls below 15% from cost
of purchase, or if there is a negative earnings surprise, or if the industry outlook becomes unfavorable due to changing economic
conditions.
Custodian:
Fidelity Investments will be the custodian of your assets. Qterra partners with Fidelity
Investments thru their “FRIAG” (Fidelity Registered Investment Group) program to bring a wealth of products, programs and
services to clients at a low cost. Additionally, Fidelity: Does not charge an annual fee for IRA accounts; Issues debit cards
for individual accounts at no cost; Rebates ATM fees incurred while withdrawing cash from other ATM’s.
Eligible Assets:
Individual:
Cash or marketable securities
Retirement: 401(k) rollovers, IRA's, 403(b) rollovers, In-service 403b accounts where plan
sponsors permit an in service rollover to a managed 403(b) account
Institutional: Endowments, Foundations, Family offices
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Qterra
Attributes:
Assets managed by true professionals (CFA, CAIA) with institutional asset management experience
Institutional approach (access to Institutional Research)
Proprietary Real Time Stock/ETF Valuation Quantitative
Model
State of the art technology (Advent Axys: Portfolio Management & Performance Measurement, Reuters Stockval:
Stock/ETF Analysis, Morningstar Principia: Mutual Fund, ETF’s, Separately Managed Accounts)
Fidelity Investments
provides the platform for custody, trading and back-office support
Access to a broad offering of Fidelity products,
technology, product partners and bond inventory
Lower trading costs thru the Fidelity trading desk. Mutual Fund
Class A Shares at NAV (No Load)
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