The Connors Group Launches The Machine Advisor, Providing Time-Tested Active Investing Strategies to Financial Advisors

JERSEY CITY, N.J., Feb. 16, 2012  /PRNewswire/ -- The Connors Group, a leading innovator in the development of quantified financial market research for those seeking an active investing approach, today launched The Machine Advisor®, a unique web-based investment-decision and marketing-support software that provides financial advisors with a quantified and systematic approach to active investing, portfolio management and risk management.

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The objective of The Machine Advisor is to provide absolute returns in any market environment, without the use of leverage or derivatives. The software delivers quantified and statistically validated investing models that have historically outperformed benchmark indices. The models further reduce risk by removing the variable of human emotions from investment decisions.

"The Machine Advisor is an absolute game-changer for financial advisors looking for proven active investing strategies that will enhance the performance of their clients' portfolios," said Jim Lonergan, Chief Executive Officer of The Connors Group. "Now, for the first time, advisors have at their fingertips a complete array of powerful tools and time-tested strategies that enable them to control and actively manage their client portfolios in literally just minutes a day."

The Machine Advisor's superior risk-management and capital-preservation tools empower advisors to generate alpha and deliver consistent returns without wild swings in volatility. The Machine Advisor is unique in its ability to diversify portfolios on four different levels: strategy, time-horizon, long/short and asset class. The 28,000 active investing strategies within The Machine Advisor, developed by Connors Research over the past nine years, also provide buy and sell signals for U.S. equities and exchange traded funds (ETFs).

In addition to helping advisors better manage their clients' investment portfolios, the Machine Advisor is a powerful competitive differentiator that enables advisors to grow their assets under management, both in capturing more of their existing clients' investment capital and in winning new clients and assets. The Machine Advisor's compliant interface allows advisors to share portfolio information with clients, visually demonstrate the differences in customized portfolios relative to a benchmark buy-and-hold strategy, deliver individualized advice and use multiple strategies in a single portfolio to optimize diversification.

"For advisors who are thinking about their own futures, The Machine Advisor offers an investment methodology and marketing tools that are completely scalable and transferable," said Mr. Lonergan. "Those important features can increase the lifetime value of an advisor's practice, independent of his or her personal relationships with clients, and provide a powerful succession-planning advantage."

About The Connors Group
The Connors Group is the leader in providing quantified financial market research for financial advisors seeking an active investing approach that provides enhanced portfolio performance. The firm's Machine Advisor is a unique web-based investment-decision support software that puts the power of quantitative analysis of financial market data at advisors' fingertips, providing them a comprehensive, objective active investing methodology with more than 28,000 time-tested models. Established in 1998, The Connors Group is headquartered in Jersey City, N.J., with offices in Los Angeles and Seattle. 

For more information, go to http://www.themachineadvisor.com/

SOURCE The Connors Group