You can think of the Institutional Growth Portfolio as your own private growth-oriented mutual fund and a core position in your investment strategy. We've taken our institutional investment strategy and brought it to you - the individual investor. So, why pay all those hefty management fees when you've got a better insitutional portfolio available that YOU can control? However, while the portfolio utilizes an institutional approach to equity management (and has beaten the pants of the average mutual fund), the method is surprisingly easy to follow.