The First Focus Core Equity fund seeks to buy high-quality companies that are trading at a discount to their estimated economic value in the domestic large-cap equity universe. Portfolio manager Randall Greer explains how the management team applies its value investment style to create a concentrated portfolio that delivers better returns than the S&P 500 Index.

Having access to proprietary research and timely insights in the real estate markets does give an edge over the competition even in the harshest conditions. Jay Leupp, President and Senior Portfolio Manager at Grubb & Ellis, sets liquidity, improving fundamentals and sector-driven and global diversification as priorities for the firm’s Realty Income, US Realty, and International Realty funds.