Arnold Englander, Ph.D. - USA Mutuals

USA MUTUALS ADVISORS, INC.

The legacy of USA Mutuals is, and will continue to be, rooted in the satisfaction of the thousands of investors we’ve had the privilege to serve. Their expectations are our expectations. Their success is our success. Yes, it can, and should be, that simple
Our simple mandate: Create an environment in which the company’s goals and expectations are truly aligned with our investors.
Arnold Englander

Ph.D., Director of Research

Arnold Englander

Arnold has 35+ years of experience in various branches of engineering and R&D management during which time he has pursued a central theme: Developing methods for predicting the behavior of random processes that are widely believed to be highly unpredictable. He has applied these methods to video compression, Internet traffic management, quantitative financial trading, and the optimization of inter-planetary space-probe trajectories. His work in quantitative trading is based on the exploitation of regularities in the random dynamics of financial instruments (e.g. S&P 500 futures contracts). These regularities are not discernable using conventional statistical methods and/or are assumed by conventional finance theory to not exist. Mr. Englander’s engineering and R&D management career has included large corporations and entrepreneurial starts ups. He has a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of New Hampshire,  a Masters of Electrical Engineering (M.S.E.E) from Yale, and a Masters of Architecture (M.Arch.) from Yale.

Interesting Facts About Arnold- When Arnold was in his thirties, his son and then daughter were born. He was working on his Ph.D. at Yale, but finally received his Ph.D. at University of New Hampshire in 2021. He did not want to raise his children in married student housing, so he picked up the family, left New Haven, and started a career long, accomplished, and very fun career in hi-tech. Eventually his kids grew up and got their very own Ph. D’s, before him, which is why he is so excited to have finally received his later in life. He’s excited to finally be finishing his. His wonderful wife is incredibly down-to-earth and sensible. She keeps him – and somedays his brainy kids – anchored.

Our Philosophy

The relationship between expectations and results

“The commitment to creating an environment in which the company’s goals and expectations are truly aligned with our investors will represent the backbone of each strategic decision and the theme of each business day.”

We aim to clearly define the fundamental expectations of each of our strategies in various types of market cycles. Transparent and accurate expectations evolve into predictable risk management tools, and predictable risk management tools are the foundation of our portfolio construction philosophy.

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In constantly monitoring all corners of the institutional investment world, our management team seeks to identify uniquely talented and undiscovered investment managers that have compiled track records of success in their respective asset classes. We believe that offering these strategies in a vehicle that emphasizes both transparency and daily liquidity is a benefit to all investors. Furthermore, in aspiring to create a suite of strategies that are largely uncorrelated to each other, we hope to provide our clients the flexibility to employ one, several, or all of our funds as portfolio tools in addressing a variety of investment goals.

Although many factors are considered throughout the due diligence process, including asset class, investment style and market outlook, the backbone of our philosophy is represented in a set of core characteristics upon which we are unwilling to compromise:

A clearly defined risk management philosophy

Low or zero leverage

A repeatable investment process

A track record of Alpha generation

A comprehensive and unyielding Code of Ethics

Low correlation to economic cycles

At USA Mutuals, we believe that truly understanding the basic expectations and behavior of any investment strategy is paramount to its proper positioning within a portfolio. It is all too common in today’s alternative investment universe to encounter poorly defined or miscategorized investment objectives, both intentionally and unintentionally. Many funds attempt to be all things to all investors. Consequently, improperly utilized strategies can lead to unexpected results. This doesn’t necessarily mean a strategy is ineffective, it may simply mean it was incorrectly positioned relative to its actual attributes rather than its perceived attributes. This is an eminently fixable problem. We aim to clearly define the fundamental expectations of each of our strategies in various types of market cycles. Transparent and accurate expectations evolve into predictable risk management tools, and predictable risk management tools are the foundation of our portfolio construction philosophy.

Our Mission

“The commitment to creating an environment in which the company’s goals and expectations are truly aligned with our investors will represent the backbone of each strategic decision and the theme of each business day.” Built on a steadfast foundation of progressive investment theory, our philosophy endeavors to meet the goals of our investors in any economic cycle. Perpetually striving to transform clearly defined expectations into successful and measurable results is the bedrock of our organization.

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INNOVATIVE INVESTMENTS. EVOLVED EXPECTATIONS.