Sabrient Named ‘Best Overall Stock Selection’ in Jaywalk Independent Research Provider Performance Awards
ConvergEx Group honors Sabrient for their unique stock selections
Santa Barbara, Calif. – July 30, 2012 – Sabrient Systems, LLC, an independent equity research firm that specializes in alpha extraction through quantitative and qualitative analysis, is proud to announce that it has been named "Best Overall Stock Selection" for Q1 2012, in the Jaywalk Independent Research Provider Performance Awards, which ConvergEx Group, a leading technology company, spearheads on a quarterly basis.
The success marks the second time Sabrient’s unique research has been recognized as an industry leader by ConvergEx Group’s Jaywalk Independent Research Provider Performance Awards. Sabrient Systems is an independent equity research firm employing a computer-driven, fundamentals-based quantitative methodology to create relative rankings among stocks and identify those poised to outperform or underperform the market. The firm offers research reports on nearly 6,000 U.S.-traded stocks, as well as actionable stock ideas (long and short); sector/index/ETF rankings; a unique artificial intelligence stock search tool; and robust specialty ranks for indexing, portfolio weighting, hedging, pairs trades, or absolute-return long/short portfolio strategies. They also create indexes that are tracked by ETFs.
“We are extremely honored to be included in this quarter’s Jaywalk Performance Awards,” said Scott Brown, President of Sabrient Systems. “We are constantly working to improve our research strategies and through our non-biased approach, we are able provide clients with the most comprehensive and informative analysis possible.”
ConvergEx Group’s Jaywalk Independent Research Provider Performance Awards seek to recognize firms for their exceptional research recommendations. Performance statistics were calculated by Abacus Analytics using data from the beginning of January through the end of March 2012. Abacus’ metrics focus on the degree to which an independent research provider’s equal-weighted portfolio of buy/positive ratings outperformed their equal-weighted portfolio of sell/negative ratings.
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ABOUT SABRIENT SYSTEMS, LLC
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Sabrient Systems, LLC specializes in unbiased, fundamentals-based quantitative equity research for the benefit of investment professionals, hedge funds, and self-directed investors. The firm analyzes nearly 6,000 U.S. and 2000 Canadian traded stocks and identifies those that appear poised to out-perform or under-perform the market. Sabrient first published its rankings in 2002, and its models have consistently outperformed relevant benchmarks over a broad range of investing styles, market caps, time frames and market conditions. Its long/short strategies have produced 10-year annualized returns ranging from 21% to 47%. Sabrient is based in Santa Barbara, California. Visit www.sabrient.com.