SL Advisors offers five different strategies.

SL Advisors Hedged Dividend Capture Strategy

An alternative to bonds, this strategy utilizes stocks of stable companies with high dividend yields to generate income with capital appreciation by investing in a diverse, unleveraged, hedged portfolio of U.S. equities. Companies are selected that possess a history of steady earnings growth, attractive dividend yields and are less volatile than the overall market. The long positions are hedged with a short S&P500 position with the objective of making the portfolio beta neutral while still maintaining a net long equity exposure. Historically this strategy has exhibited monthly swings comparable to corporate bonds, and given the relative attractiveness of equities compared with investment grade bonds it has a more attractive return outlook. This strategy may be considered as a substitute for a portion of an investor’s fixed income allocation.

SL Advisors Deep Value Equity Strategy

A portfolio of undervalued stocks of high quality businesses that aims to outperform the S&P500.  Investments are in listed U.S. equities trading significantly below the intrinsic value of the underlying enterprise.  Potential investments are identified both qualitatively and quantitatively following which detailed research is performed to assess fundamental value.  Desired characteristics of businesses include pricing power, low leverage, low costs of production, and attractive valuation.  Valuation is defined to us foremost as the net present value of cash one can extract from proportional ownership of the business, then relatively using peer multiples and finally liquidation value.  The portfolio is reassessed constantly and all holdings are rated for return potential and risk against their peer group to rebalance into the most attractive opportunities.  This strategy is part of the equity allocation for balanced accounts for individuals, and is also appropriate as an alpha seeking equity strategy for institutional accounts.

SL Advisors MLP Strategy

This portfolio consists of 10-15 investments in Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) to receive a healthy and growing tax deferred income stream. MLPs are publicly traded interests in energy infrastructure and related assets. They represent direct proportional ownership stakes in the underlying assets rather than securities in a corporation. Historically they have paid regular distributions which have grown with the U.S. economy, and as such they can be suitable for investors seeking income generating investments with a tolerance for equity market exposure. The strategy engages in low turnover so as to minimize transaction costs and benefit from the income tax deferral features of the asset class. MLPs are appropriate for high net worth investors comfortable with receiving a K-1 for each investment rather than a 1099. SL Advisors does not provide tax advice.

 SL Advisors High Dividend Low Beta Strategy

 It should be noted, this is the long-only version of our Hedged Dividend Capture Strategy (Long/Short), which has been actively managed and deployed since October 2011. Academic research has shown the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) fails to explain risk-adjusted returns. Over long periods of time, high beta stocks tend to under-perform and low beta stocks tend to out-perform, on a risk-adjusted basis, which is inconsistent with predicted performance by the CAPM. This strategy allows investors to take advantage of this persistent anomaly.

 SL Advisors Low Beta Long-Short Strategy

 Low Beta Long-Short is more concentrated than Hedged Dividend Capture ("DivCap") with added leverage and is not restricted to dividend paying stocks. It includes our best ideas from DivCap weighted according to conviction rather than diversified, equal weight allocations. It is managed to be beta neutral and returns are driven very largely by individual stock selection. Assets for this strategy only are custodied at Interactive Brokers.

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