John R. Piccirilli

Check Capital Management, Inc. (CCM) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Costa Mesa, California. The firm was founded by Steven G. Check in 1987 as Check & Associates Capital Management. CCM manages accounts for individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans and corporate clients, among others. In addition, the firm serves as an investment manager to the Blue Chip Investor Fund.

Putnam Investment Management LLC (PIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1971, the firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Putnam US Holdings I LLC and became an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN) in 2024. PIM provides investment advice across all asset classes to individuals and institutions worldwide through separately managed accounts and pooled investment funds.

Schwab Charles & Co., Inc. engages in the provision of investment products and services to retirement and other benefit participants. It offers trading, banking, small business solutions, investment tools and research. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Forté Capital LLC is an independent registered investment advisory firm headquartered in Rochester, New York. The firm was founded by Daivd W. Henion in 1996. Forté Capital provides advisory services to high net-worth individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, corporate pension & profit-sharing plans, endowments, Foundations, Trusts, estates and charitable institutions.

Virtus Fund Advisers LLC (VFA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1985, the firm was originally named Trusco Capital Management, Inc. and later became RidgeWorth Capital Management, Inc. and RidgeWorth Capital Management LLC. They were formerly a majority-owned subsidiary of SunTrust Banks, Inc. (NYSE: STI). They became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Virtus Partners, Inc., which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRTS), when the latter acquired the firm in June 2017 and subsequently changed their name into Virtus Fund Advisers LLC. VFA provides discretionary and non-discretionary advisory services to institutional clients including pension and profit-sharing plans, endowments and foundations, governmental entities, and other corporate entities as well as high net-worth clients.

Vectors Research Management LLC (VAM) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 by Andrew Davidson and Neil Powers. VAM manages Institutional Separate account and High-Net-Worth Individuals portfolios. The firm also provides investment analysis, valuation consulting, and risk management services to major financial institutions.