Last month’s commentary stated that “we now view markets as being expensive, with an increasingly asymmetrical risk/reward outlook when peering out over the next 12 months”. The S&P 500 had been trading comfortably north of 20X forward EPS amidst signs that monetary accommodation had peaked and a material retrenchment in fiscal stimulus was forthcoming. Our investment team proceeded to tactically reduce the net exposure of each of our two funds, resulting in solid net gains for the month of September.