Bryan Novak
Mr. Bryan Novak joined Astor in 2002 and currently serves as CEO. Mr. Novak has been involved in the research and development of the trading and investment strategies at the firm. He was instrumental in the launch of the firm’s mutual fund family in 2009 and has served as part of the portfolio management team since 2004. Prior to Astor, Mr. Novak was an equity options trader for Second City Trading, LLC at the CBOE in Chicago. Mr. Novak appears regularly in numerous financial media outlets and is often a panelist at ETF industry events. Bryan earned his B.S. in Financial Management from the Ohio State University. Mr. Novak is a CAIA charterholder.
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Mutual funds involve risk including the possible loss of principal. The funds may invest in alternative assets and specialty market segments. The risks and volatility of these products are linked to investments in equities, derivatives, commodities, futures, real estate or currency exchange rates and may include leverage, which magnifies the changes in the value of the ETF and are subject to leverage, credit risk and counterparty risks. Foreign investing, including emerging markets, involves risks not typically associated with U.S. Investments, including fluctuations in currency values, political, social and economic developments, liquidity, volatility, less efficient markets, and differing legal standards.
The adviser’s dependence on its proprietary economic analysis and judgements about the attractiveness, value and potential appreciation of asset classes may prove to be incorrect and ay not produce the desired results. ETF’s are subject to investment advisory fees and other expenses, which will be indirectly paid by the Fund. As a result, your cost of investing in the Fund will be higher than the cost of investing directly in the ETF’s and may be higher than other mutual funds. The net asset value of the Fund will fluctuate based on changes in the value of the equity securities in which in invests through ETF’s.
When investing in fixed-income, the value of your investment if the Fund will fluctuate with changes in interest rates. Lower quality (high yield or junk) bond are considered speculative and preset greater risk than bonds of higher quality. Debt issuers, including sovereign debt, may not make interest or principal payments resulting in losses to the Fund. Securities of small and medium capitalization companies may be subject to more abrupt or erratic market movements than those of larger more established companies.
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