CFO attempts to provide broad exposure to US large-caps while reducing the amount of attendant volatility. To this end, it employs three moving parts: a simple quality screen, low-volatility weighting, and a cash toggle. The quality screen removes firms with negative earnings over the past four quarters. Low-volatility weighting gives more weight to stocks with lower price variability and ignores correlations. CFO then adds a cash toggle that is triggered by a 10% drop from CFA's all-time high and moves 75% into cash. In severe downturns, CFO will leg back in as stock prices drop.
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