Dave Francis

Bartlett & Co. is an active investment manager that seeks to maximize each client's return potential for the level of risk undertaken. To that end, they adjust the asset mix to reflect the changing opportunities encountered over a market cycle. Their approach is based on the premise that every client is unique and they formulate our recommendations accordingly. Bartlett & Co. believes that portfolio diversification is the best way to manage risk, in alignment with the client’s objective and risk tolerance. They advocate diversification across uncorrelated asset classes. Subject to each client’s unique objectives, Bartlett & Co. seeks to diversify stocks across economic sectors with emphasis placed in those sectors exhibiting superior return potential, subject to valuation criteria. International exposure is diversified across geographies and across developed and emerging countries. With expenses in consideration, the firm uses mutual funds and ETFs to meet the small-cap and international allocations. Bartlet & Co. applies their relative value philosophy of investing to the management of fixed income portfolios. They emphasize an analysis of the relative value of various sectors, individual credits and maturity slices of the yield curve. The firm does not generally make large interest rate bets by varying the duration of client portfolios by more than 10% from the duration of the client's selected benchmark.

Functions as a College/University

Functions as a College/University

Bartlett is an active investment manager that aims to develop customized, balanced portfolios designed to mitigate risk while striving to deliver consistent long-term results. They primarily allocate client assets among various mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and individual debt and equity securities in accordance with clients’ stated investment objectives.