Regime Based Investing is the next generation of modern money management, leveraging an increased understanding of market psychology and investor behavior.  This paper describes the idea and various implementation methods used to protect capital from times of market duress without sacrificing upside participation.Read More

Leveraging the UMA technology of Adhesion, Auour is providing an investment solution for RIAs and IBDs that want to upgrade to the next generation of downside protection. October 03, 2016: Auour Investments announced that their Instinct family of strategies is now available on Adhesion Wealth Advisor Solutions’ unified managed account platform. The Instinct family of...Read More

We have expressed our concerns with the bond markets, specifically the negative rates being experienced around the globe as central banks attempt to boost economic activity through low rates.  These actions have taken a toll on the increasing number of retirees that had depended on the income from their savings as they have seen the...Read More

Is Minimum Volatility Investing becoming more risky? With the dramatic market losses of the Global Financial Crisis still so fresh in investors’ minds and because of the length of the market’s upward movement since then, investors have felt a growing desire to protect assets.  This sentiment has been prominent in the fixed income market, and...Read More

Auour recognized by i-invest for innovation and forward-thinking in construction of downside protection and ETF-based strategies. July 25, 2016: Auour Investments LLC (http://www.auour.com) announced today that the company has been presented with the title of Most Forward-Thinking Institutional ETF Manager – USA and the Award for Innovation in Downside Protection: Instinct Family of Funds by...Read More

Now financial advisers can leverage Auour’s unique regime-based investment techniques with Riskalyze to create responsive core portfolios that strive to reduce portfolio risk without giving up market participation. July 07, 2016: Auour Investments, an investment firm focused on downside protection through risk regime detection, and Riskalyze, a platform that enables advisers to capture a quantitative...Read More

Auour Investments, an investment firm focused on downside protection through risk regime detection, and Riskalyze, a platform that enables advisers to capture a quantitative measurement of client risk tolerance, have formalized a partnership to bring Auour Investment’s Instinct family of ETF-based downside protection strategies to the Riskalyze community. Through this combined effort, both firms aim...Read More

On Thursday, Britain held a referendum to decide whether or not to leave the European Union. Leave won with 52% of the vote, while Remain lost with 48%.  This referendum will likely result in the United Kingdom’s institution of Article 50, which would begin a withdrawal from the European Union.  We have provided some information...Read More

Historically, many countries have centralized their economies in an effort to improve productivity, raise living standards, and increase economic growth. In reality, the opposite has often occurred, resulting in stagnant economies and falling standards of living.  Conversely, history demonstrates that creating increasingly open and fair markets activates economic potential that lay dormant under more authoritarian...Read More

The lesson this month is that investment timing is important.  Not just a little, but a lot.  But let’s first start with an analogy. This past week a Toyota Tundra pickup barreled into our office space during work hours, laying waste to all contents.  Thankfully, no employees were in the office at the time as...Read More