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Equity Portfolio Management | Sell Disciplines | Risk Management Saturday, October 11, 2008
Process
Sell Disciplines

Target Price Achieved

  • Significant premium to intrinsic value
  • Expected annual return provides insufficient equity-risk premium

Portfolio Upgrade

  • Enhance quality characteristics
  • Accelerate growth profile
  • Improve value metrics

Diversification Requirements

  • Rebalance within sector controls
  • Improve industry mix

Negative Company or Industry Changes

  • Position-review research report written for any of following conditions:
    • Stock price declines 20% or more in a short time period, absent a broad market decline
    • Validity deteriorates for one or more of the reasons for purchase
    • A deterioration in a company's credit-quality profile
  • Formal research meeting discussion of position review report
  • Quality parameters reviewed by the chief investment officer with individual portfolio managers