Rigel's philosophy and process were first implemented by founder George Kauffman at a predecessor firm in 1981.

Rigel is distinguished by characteristics that we feel are important to the long term success of our investment products.

First is our ability to combine both fundamental analytical tools with technical and price/volume metrics. We believe fundamentals are a very important piece of the puzzle but not the only piece. Fundamentals can help you to find the best companies, but the best companies are not always the best stocks, so we incorporate technical and price/volume analysis into the process to help us discern which of the subset of best companies we believe may also be great stocks.

Secondly, we feel our concentration on the current market environment rather than trying to forecast future markets can help to achieve our goal of out performing in up markets and better preserving capital in bad markets. We hope to accomplish this by investing our portfolios in growth stocks that are being rewarded today rather than building portfolios with hopes of future success based on forecasts.

Thirdly, we believe the utilization of a Chief Risk Control Officer provides us with a strong defense. Our risk officer helps us to stay objective and keep a watchful eye on the portfolio daily for any potential breakdown in our current investments. Also in the hands of the risk control officer is the establishment of a review price on each investment. This review price theoretically acts like a stop loss on each stock we purchase. The risk control function is a key aspect to our process.

Lastly, is our team approach to investing. We do not utilize the "Star System" at Rigel, in fact our process is the star, with each of our professionals working within it. Therefore, we feel we are not held hostage to the risk of members leaving, and with them taking their intellectual capital. This provides our clients a consistent application of the process, as well as creates shared commitment to and continuation of the process.

Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible.

There is no guarantee the Fund will achieve its investment goals or objective.