About SNOIX
The Easterly Snow Long/Short Opportunity Fund Institutional Class is a mutual fund designed to pursue long-term capital appreciation while aiming to protect investment principal. This fund adopts a long/short strategy, primarily investing in U.S. equity securities across all market capitalizations. Its management seeks to reduce portfolio volatility by employing various hedging techniques and maintaining a diversified mix of long and short positions. Under the stewardship of experienced value investors, the fund typically holds 40 to 60 conviction-weighted small-cap value stocks, complemented by targeted sector diversification and high active share.
Beyond equities, the fund may allocate up to half of its assets to debt securities, including high-yield bonds and government-backed instruments, adjusting allocations in response to market conditions. The portfolio construction follows a contrarian, bottom-up investment process, focusing on out-of-favor companies with strong fundamentals and positive free cash flow. The fund's approach is grounded in behavioral finance principles, seeking to benefit from investor overreactions to negative surprises while aiming to minimize downside risk. This dynamic and flexible hedged equity fund plays a role in offering investors potential returns with reduced exposure to broad market swings.
Fund Family Easterly Funds
Category Alt Long/Short Eq
Performance Rating Average
Risk Rating Above Average
Stock Exchange Nasdaq
Ticker Symbol SNOIX
Share Class - Institutional Class Shares
Index Russell 3000 Value CR
SNOIX had a total return of 24.67% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's
inception, the average annual return has been 7.24%.
