Brompton Equal Weight Oil And Gas Income Fund

As the diagram below indicates, the pyramid represents the approximate configuration that financial resources should take, in order to produce effective yields and risks during progressive stages of an investor’s financial condition. Although the concept is similar in all financial pyramids, some might be more expansive or compressed than the example.

Each tier of the pyramid supports the levels above or below it, by providing the financial stability to allow an investor to add more lucrative, risky resources above, in a timely and prudent manner; or to add more dependable resources below, by reducing others from the riskier, less liquid tiers above.

Proliferation of New Products Blurs Risk/Reward

Among professional investment managers, there are no tier contents etched in granite; for the rapid proliferation of financial products in recent years has introduced a plethora of untested products, in terms of risk and reward. New products on Wall Street spawn like salmon headed upstream and make the discipline of the pyramid more important than ever.