Skip to content
Rubric AdvisorsRubric Advisors
Looking up at glass skyscrapers in a financial district

Investment Strategy

Public Markets Investment Strategy

Diversified portfolios across equities and fixed income, managed with a tax-aware lens.

Overview

We manage publicly traded securities through rigorous asset allocation, deliberate security selection, and ongoing oversight, diversified across asset classes, sectors, and geographies to reduce concentration risk and capture broad market returns. We keep implementation costs low so more of your capital stays invested and working. Public-market investing still involves risk, including the potential loss of principal, and returns will fluctuate with market conditions.

Tax awareness runs through every decision. We weigh the tax impact of each trade, aiming to cut unnecessary drag while keeping the portfolio tightly aligned with your goals, risk tolerance, and time horizon. See how different asset classes compare across risk and return.

How we manage it

A structured, repeatable process.

Broad Diversification

Spread risk across asset classes, sectors, and geographies, capturing opportunity while reducing concentration.

Built-In Risk Controls

Ongoing monitoring against defined risk limits, with long-term goals in view.

Tax-Aware Execution

We weigh the tax cost of each trade to help reduce unnecessary tax drag.

Systematic Rebalancing

Regular reviews and rebalancing bring the portfolio back toward target.

Common questions

What does public markets management include?
Discretionary management of diversified portfolios of equities and fixed income, with regular reviews, rebalancing, and tax-aware trading. Allocations reflect your objectives, time horizon, and risk tolerance.
Do you use individual stocks or funds?
Both, depending on your situation: exchange-traded and mutual funds for broad exposure, and individual stocks where direct indexing or tax management calls for them. Funds charge their own internal expenses in addition to our advisory fee.
Can a public-markets portfolio lose money?
Yes. All investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal. Diversification does not guarantee a profit or eliminate the risk of loss.

Next step

Talk through your portfolio

Let’s look at how your portfolio is built and where taxes and risk show up. Holding a large position in your employer’s stock? See Concentrated Stock.