Arlington Capital Management

A dynamic process is involved that has a beginning and an end. The beginning is where you are today. The end is where you want to be…reducing stress, enjoying life, sleeping well…a life enrichment plan.

Sleeping well, enjoying life, and reducing stress over your investments. These are the goals of many, yet realized by few. Under our care, you will better accomplish all that is important to you and in your life…having security in retirement, spending more time with your loved ones and having your money work harder…and smarter for you. You will move toward your ultimate goals and values of enjoying and enriching your life.

Getting more performance, order, discipline and enjoyment out of your money and investments will you get what you are after. Sometimes the goal is not more… sometimes it’s less. Less risk, volatility, uncertainty…

As a member of our Private Client Group, you are entitled to receive both Investment Management and Wealth Planning services, combined to form your Concierge Level investment service.

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES

It took 120 years and some of the brightest minds in Wall Street’s history to develop this amazing investment discipline. Starting with point & figure charts first used in the late 1800’s by the famous Charles Henry Dow…continuing with the use of bullish percent charts developed some 60 years ago, these steadfast, time-proven methods have been brought into the next investment frontier through further development by our investment management team. These investment strategies are put to work to help you reduce life’s stress and make more confident and informed investments.

The proof is in the performance. Our firm has produced a record of accomplishment that we believe our competitors would envy.

Many money managers utilize a static, style-driven focus. This strategy works well only when their specific style is in accord with the prevailing market conditions, resulting in inconsistent performance for you. Others use a passive asset allocation approach whereby a percentage of your portfolio invests in various asset categories and you hold on through thick…and thin. This strategy works well when most asset classes are simultaneously advancing, is a disaster when most are declining, and results in mediocre performance when some are advancing while others are declining.

Members in our Private Client Group benefit from a dynamic, active and tactical investment strategy designed to be flexible and adapt to prevailing market conditions. Protecting you during inevitable market declines, navigating your portfolio smoothly through rapidly changing environments, capitalizing on current opportunities …these are a few of the benefits your investment management team provides for you.

Here are a few examples of the asset management advice clients have received via our market newsletter over the last few years:

February 4, 2000 – just over one month prior to the
all-time high in the NASDAQ

“The NASDAQ Bullish Percent Index… reversed down this week and is in bear confirmed status. This status change indicates that this correction will be a little longer in duration and more substantial than what we’ve seen thus far. So, our approach will now become defensive, with preservation of capital the goal.”

May 26, 2000 – After the tech buble burst

“We are now beginning to see the various technology sectors’ relative strength charts reverse down. That leads us to draw a conclusion that the tech stocks are not likely to bounce back as quickly as they have in recent years.” iii

September 23, 2002 – 3 weeks prior to the bear market low

“…we are sending you this market update because we believe we will shortly reach an important turning point in the market that will take most investors by surprise… With the broad market indicators at higher levels while the popular averages are back to their lows this sets up the potential for a positive divergence, a very bullish development.” iii

Similar to the examples above, when market dynamics begin to change is when the most money is made by the those who receive savvy advice…and lost by the those less fortunate. Changing dynamics can produce some promising opportunities if you are shrewd enough to recognize them. If you are positioned wrong, these changes can prove devastating.

Charles Dow, the father of point & figure charting, and one of the most insightful investors in stock market history, had this to say in 1902:

“There is always a disposition in people’s minds to think that existing conditions will be permanent. ...it is said that while preceding booms have not lasted, there are circumstances connected with this one which are unlike its predecessors and give assurance of permanency. The one fact pertaining to all conditions is that they will change.”

Changes in the market don’t have to take you by surprise. Our unique investment discipline helps you stay ahead of the curve and achieve the ultimate goal of enjoying life.

Here are some of the tactics our investment mangement team utilizes:

An investment discipline based on a 120-year old charting method first started by Charles Dow.
A continual analysis of all levels of the market and an attempt to reduce exposure to risk and volatility through the use of market and sector bullish percent charts.
Use of our proprietary Asset Class Indicators designed to help focus on major asset categories that are leading the market (we developed this exciting breakthrough concept to use exclusively for Private Client Group members) i.
A dynamic investment style that is flexible and adapts to prevailing market conditions.
Putting the probabilities of success in your favor. On a daily basis, our investment committee, with the help of an extensive research database, filters through more than 10,000 potential investments prior to selecting one that meets our stringent criteria.

Our Investment Committee, consisting of a team of professional portfolio managers and market strategists, manages all client portfolios and investment models. When the committee decides to make a change to your model, the change is reflected in your portfolio that day.

The team of investment professionals working for you has combined experience of 70 years in the investment management and wealth planning business. Clients have told us what they expect from our relationship... and we have listened. The philosophies guiding your advisory firm are built around your needs and expectations.

You receive independent, unbiased advice.
The fee structure is simple, based solely on the value of your assets we are managing placing your interests in alignment with ours.
Investment selections are based purely on the ability to fulfill our investment strategies.
We have a fiduciary responsibility to you. Decisions are made in your best interest.

WEALTH PLANNING SERVICES

The modern era of computerized financial planning brought with it elaborate and complex financial plans. There is a difference between an elaborate plan that looks good and one that is executable. The ultimate plan is the one that will help you live well and enjoy life. Your planning services are comprehensive:

Investment Planning to determine your optimal asset allocation.
Retirement Planning Strategies.
Estate Planning Strategies.
Tax Planning Strategies .
Insurance needs analysis, as appropriate, for life, disability, and long-term care protection, recommendations on types of policies, and appropriate coverage.
College Funding Strategies.
Mortgage Restructuring.

All services are available to you as may be appropriate for your personal situation. Your wealth-planning advisor will work with you to develop your plan to live well and enjoy life.

A wealth plan is never complete… it evolves. Your definition of life enjoyment today may be quite different five or ten years from now. As your life transitions into new stages, your investment, retirement, estate, and tax plans and insurance needs will transition with you.

As a member of our Private Client Group, you will not pay additional fees for your wealth planning services. Only one simple fee is paid for our services, based solely on the value of your assets we are managing.

CONCIERGE LEVEL SERVICES

You will have two personal investment advisors, a portfolio manager and wealth planner, leading you toward your life’s goals. This is a refreshingly new concept in the investment advisory industry, giving us…and you…a competitive edge.
A larger group of professionals and staff to see to it that you are able to accomplish all that is important in your life backs your advisory team. Our Investment Committee manages all client portfolios and investment models. Your personal Portfolio Manager, as a member of this team, is responsible for overseeing your portfolio and asset allocation model. They will communicate with you regularly to help keep you informed about market conditions and investment positions. Our Wealth Planning group develops the firm’s planning strategies. Your personal Wealth Planner is a member of this team and is responsible for working with you to develop all of your planning needs.
Both of your advisors will be in regular communication with you. You will meet with your advisory team in face-to-face quarterly or semiannual portfolio review and wealth planning meetings.
When timely changes are made to your investment allocation, you will receive a special report through your preferred means of communication. The implications can be further discussed with your advisors in person or on the phone. You will receive our insightful newsletter Arlington Capital MarketWatch, keeping you informed as to the general thoughts of our investment committee.

There is a dynamic process involved that has a beginning and an end. The beginning is where you are today. The end is where you want to be…reducing stress, enjoying life, sleeping well…a life enrichment plan.Your portfolio manager and wealth planner are in daily communication with each other…and regularly with you…to help guide you toward your life’s values.

When a builder sets out to build a house, they start with a blueprint. Our “concierge level” investment service is the blueprint for your life enrichment plan.

Our proposition to you… under our care, you will sleep well, enjoy life and have less stress over your investments and life.

From raising a family, to college planning, to empty nesting, into active retirement and…maybe someday…inactive retirement, you will ultimately want the right advisors to see to it that your money has helped you be happy and enjoy life. You will feel that:

…your investment strategies are based on a sound discipline and better information leading you to security in retirement.

…your portfolio is more focused based on the current market conditions and your goals and values that will better enable you to accomplish all that is important in your life.

…you have more clarity with your financial position.

…you sleep better, are getting more enjoyment out of life, have less stress and are receiving an enriching service.

ACM Private Client Group members have a minimum of $250,000 under the investment management of Arlington Capital Management.
Representative samplings of Arlington Capital MarketWatch and other writings based on certain market events. Archives of all issues are available upon request.
It should not be assumed that advice made in the future will be profitable or will equal the performance of advice made in the past.