Investment Strategy |
Jan. 28, 2026 |
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| FullerThaler Behavioral Small-Cap Equity Fund | |
| Prospectus [Line Items] | |
| Strategy [Heading] | Principal Investment Strategies |
| Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | Under normal circumstances, the Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in common stocks of small capitalization (small-cap) companies based in the U.S. (80% Policy). The Fund must provide shareholders with 60 days prior written notice if it changes its 80% Policy. The Fund considers a company to be based in the U.S. if it is publicly traded in the U.S. and it satisfies one or more of the following additional criteria: it is incorporated in the U.S., it is headquartered in the U.S., its reported assets are primarily located in the U.S., or it derives the majority of its revenue from the U.S. The Fund defines small-cap companies as companies whose market capitalizations are generally in the lowest 10% of total market capitalization or companies whose market capitalizations are smaller than or equal to the largest company in the Russell 2000® Index, whichever results in the higher market capitalization break. Total market capitalization is based on the market capitalization of U.S. operating companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NYSE American LLC, Nasdaq Global Market®, Nasdaq Capital Market®, or such other securities exchanges deemed appropriate by the Adviser. Under the Advisers market capitalization guidelines described above, based on market capitalization data as of September 30, 2025, the market capitalization of a small cap company would be $25.19 billion or below. This dollar amount will change due to market conditions. The size of the companies included in the Russell 2000® Index will change as a result of market conditions and reconstitution of the Index.
The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by building a diversified portfolio of U.S. stocks in a disciplined process that applies the proprietary research of FullerThaler, the Funds investment adviser, on the behavioral biases of other investors. FullerThalers investment process is based on decades of research into behavioral finance. Behavioral finance is the study of how investors actually behave, as opposed to how they should behave, when making investment decisions. Professional investors are human, and like all humans, they make mistakes. Investors make mistakes because they have emotions, use imperfect rules of thumb, and have priorities beyond risk and return. FullerThalers process identifies and exploits those mistakes. The Advisers analysis includes making educated predictions of when other investors – the market – have likely made a behavioral mistake, and in turn, have created a buying opportunity. There are two kinds of mistakes that produce buying opportunities: over-reaction and under-reaction. Investors may over-react to bad news and losses (e.g., panic) that may present opportunities in typically value-oriented stocks, or they may under-react to good news (e.g., not pay attention) that may present opportunities in typically growth-oriented stocks. At the individual stock level, FullerThaler searches for events related to insider buying, earnings announcements, and other news that suggest these types of investor misbehavior (over-reaction or under-reaction) and draws from its more than 30 years of experience in analyzing events that suggest investor misbehavior. If these behaviors are present, FullerThaler then proceeds to its fundamental analysis of the company. In summary, if an investor mistake is likely and the company has solid fundamentals, the portfolio managers buy the stock. The portfolio managers generally sell when they believe investor misbehavior has reversed or the firms fundamentals deteriorate. There is no set length of time that the Fund expects to hold a particular security. The Fund seeks to deliver similar risk characteristics to the Russell 2000® Index (Performance Benchmark). The Fund does not intend to deliver similar risk characteristics to the Russell 1000® Equal Weight Index which is a benchmark only for regulatory purposes (Regulatory Benchmark). The Fund may also invest a portion of its assets in real estate investment trusts (REITs) and Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) whose investment characteristics are consistent with the Funds principal investment strategy. REITs are pooled investment vehicles that generally invest in income-producing real estate or real estate-related loans or interests. The Fund will generally invest in liquid REITs that are included in the Russell 2000® Index, the Funds benchmark index. An ETF is a marketable security that typically tracks a stock index or other basket of assets. Although similar in many ways, ETFs differ from mutual funds because ETF shares trade like common stock on an exchange, with a fluctuating price throughout the day as shares are bought and sold.
The Fund may also lend portfolio securities to brokers, dealers and other financial organizations that meet capital and other credit requirements or other criteria established by the Funds Board. Loans of portfolio securities will be collateralized by liquid securities and cash. The Fund may invest cash collateral received in securities consistent with its principal investment strategy.
The Fund may invest in multiple sectors, and may concentrate its investments in a particular sector by investing greater than 25% of the Funds total assets in such sector when its Behavioral Strategy indicates that such concentration would be appropriate from an investment perspective. The Fund does not have a pre-conceived intention to invest in any particular sector. The Fund will not invest more than 25% of its net assets in any particular industry as that term is used in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Fund expects to hold individual position sizes typically ranging up to 5% of the Funds net assets. Before trading, the portfolio managers review the portfolios characteristics relative to its benchmark, and may adjust position sizes to control exposures to sectors, volatility in relation to the market, and other characteristics. |
| FullerThaler Behavioral Small-Cap Growth Fund | |
| Prospectus [Line Items] | |
| Strategy [Heading] | Principal Investment Strategies |
| Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | Under normal circumstances, the Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in common stocks of small capitalization (small-cap) companies based in the U.S. (80% Policy). The Fund must provide shareholders with 60 days prior written notice if it changes its 80% Policy. The Fund considers a company to be based in the U.S. if it is publicly traded in the U.S. and it satisfies one or more of the following additional criteria: it is incorporated in the U.S., it is headquartered in the U.S., its reported assets are primarily located in the U.S., or it derives the majority of its revenue from the U.S. The Fund defines small-cap companies as companies whose market capitalizations are generally in the lowest 10% of total market capitalization or companies whose market capitalizations are smaller than or equal to the largest company in the Russell 2000® Index, whichever results in the higher market capitalization break. Total market capitalization is based on the market capitalization of U.S. operating companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NYSE American LLC, Nasdaq Global Market®, Nasdaq Capital Market®, or such other securities exchanges deemed appropriate by the Adviser. Under the Advisers market capitalization guidelines described above, based on market capitalization data as of September 30, 2025, the market capitalization of a small cap company would be $25.19 billion or below. This dollar amount will change due to market conditions. The size of the companies included in the Russell 2000® Index will change as a result of market conditions and reconstitution of the Index. The Fund screens for companies that historically have above average earnings or sales growth and retention of earnings. Often such companies have above average price to earnings ratios. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by building a diversified portfolio of U.S. stocks in a disciplined process that applies the proprietary research of FullerThaler, the Funds investment adviser, on the behavioral biases of other investors. FullerThalers investment process is based on decades of research into behavioral finance. Behavioral finance is the study of how investors actually behave, as opposed to how they should behave, when making investment decisions. Professional investors are human, and like all humans, they make mistakes. Investors make mistakes because they have emotions, use imperfect rules of thumb, and have priorities beyond risk and return. FullerThalers process identifies and exploits those mistakes. The Advisers analysis includes making educated predictions of when other investors – the market – have likely made a behavioral mistake, and in turn, have created a buying opportunity. There are two kinds of mistakes that produce buying opportunities: over-reaction and under-reaction. Investors may over-react to bad news and losses (e.g., panic) that may present opportunities in typically value-oriented stocks, or they may under-react to good news (e.g., not pay attention) that may present opportunities in typically growth-oriented stocks. At the individual stock level, FullerThaler searches for events related to earnings announcements and other news that suggest investor under-reaction and draws from its more than 30 years of experience in analyzing events that suggest investor misbehavior. If these behaviors are present, FullerThaler then proceeds to its fundamental analysis of the company. The Fund screens for companies that historically have above average earnings or sales growth and retention of earnings. The portfolio managers generally sell when they believe investor misbehavior has reversed or the firms fundamentals deteriorate. There is no set length of time that the Fund expects to hold a particular security. The Fund seeks to deliver similar risk characteristics to the Russell 2000® Growth Index (Performance Benchmark). The Fund does not intend to deliver similar risk characteristics to the Russell 1000® Equal Weight Index which is a benchmark only for regulatory purposes (Regulatory Benchmark).
While income-generating funds typically invest in stocks with high dividends, funds seeking capital appreciation typically invest in stocks without significant dividends but try to generate returns for investors through price appreciation. Funds can seek price appreciation with low turnover—holding each stock for many years and expecting each stock to go up in price for years—or with higher turnover—holding each stock for months or quarters, and expecting each stock to go up in price during the months and quarters the stock is held. The Fund typically buys small-cap stocks with high growth prospects, that often do not pay dividends. And we hold stocks on average less than a year, although we may hold for shorter or much longer periods of time—as long as we believe the price is likely to continue appreciating. Thus, while the Fund may hold individual stocks for less than a year, the goal of the Funds holdings and trading is long-term capital appreciation of the Fund as a whole.
The Fund may also invest a portion of its assets in real estate investment trusts (REITs), Business Development Companies (BDCs), and Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) whose investment characteristics are consistent with the Funds principal investment strategy. REITs are pooled investment vehicles that generally invest in income-producing real estate or real estate-related loans or interests. The Fund will generally invest in liquid REITs that are included in the Russell 2000® Growth Index, the Funds benchmark index. A BDC is a form of unregistered closed-end investment company that typically invests in small and mid-sized businesses to help such companies grow in the initial stages of their development. An ETF is a marketable security that typically tracks a stock index or other basket of assets. Although similar in many ways, ETFs differ from mutual funds because ETF shares trade like common stock on an exchange, with a fluctuating price throughout the day as shares are bought and sold. The Fund may also lend portfolio securities to brokers, dealers and other financial organizations that meet capital and other credit requirements or other criteria established by the Funds Board. Loans of portfolio securities will be collateralized by liquid securities and cash. The Fund may invest cash collateral received in securities consistent with its principal investment strategy.
The Fund may invest in multiple sectors, and may concentrate its investments in a particular sector by investing greater than 25% of the Funds total assets in such sector when its Behavioral Strategy indicates that such concentration would be appropriate from an investment perspective. The Fund will not invest more than 25% of its net assets in any particular industry as that term is used in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Fund expects to hold individual position sizes typically ranging up to 10% of the Funds net assets. Before trading, the portfolio managers review the portfolios characteristics relative to its benchmark, and may adjust position sizes to control exposures to sectors, volatility in relation to the market, and other characteristics. |
| FullerThaler Behavioral Mid-Cap Value Fund | |
| Prospectus [Line Items] | |
| Strategy [Heading] | Principal Investment Strategies |
| Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | The Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in common stocks of medium capitalization (mid-cap) companies based in the U.S. (80% Policy). The Fund must provide shareholders with 60 days prior written notice if it changes its 80% Policy. The Fund considers a company to be based in the U.S. if it is publicly traded in the U.S. and it satisfies one or more of the following additional criteria: it is incorporated in the U.S., it is headquartered in the U.S., its reported assets are primarily located in the U.S., or it derives the majority of its revenue from the U.S.
The Fund defines mid-cap companies as companies whose market capitalizations are generally in the middle of an upper and lower bound. For the upper bound, we use companies whose market capitalizations are generally equal to or below 40% of total US market capitalization, or companies whose market capitalizations are smaller than or equal to the largest company in the Russell MidCap® index, whichever results in the higher market capitalization break. For the lower bound, we use companies whose market capitalizations are generally above 3% of total US market capitalization, or companies whose market capitalizations are larger than the smallest company in the Russell MidCap® index, whichever results in the lower market capitalization break. Based on market capitalization data as of September 30, 2025, the market capitalization of a mid-cap company would be between $1.07 billion and $147.50 billion. This dollar amount will change due to market conditions. The size of the companies included in the Russell MidCap® Index will change as a result of market conditions and reconstitution of the Index. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by building a diversified portfolio of U.S. stocks in a disciplined process that applies the proprietary research of FullerThaler, the Funds investment adviser, on the behavioral biases of other investors. FullerThalers investment process is based on decades of research into behavioral finance. Behavioral finance is the study of how investors actually behave, as opposed to how they should behave, when making investment decisions. Professional investors are human, and like all humans, they make mistakes. Investors make mistakes because they have emotions, use imperfect rules of thumb, and have priorities beyond risk and return. FullerThalers process identifies and exploits those mistakes. The Advisers analysis includes making educated predictions of when other investors – the market – have likely made a behavioral mistake, and in turn, have created a buying opportunity. There are two kinds of mistakes that produce buying opportunities: over-reaction and under-reaction. Investors may over-react to bad news and losses (e.g., panic) that may present opportunities in typically value-oriented stocks, or they may under-react to good news (e.g., not pay attention) that may present opportunities in typically growth-oriented stocks. At the individual stock level, FullerThaler searches for events related to insider buying and other news that suggest investor over-reaction and draws from its more than 30 years of experience in analyzing events that suggest investor misbehavior. If these behaviors are present, FullerThaler then proceeds to its fundamental analysis of the company. The portfolio managers generally sell when they believe investor misbehavior has reversed or the firms fundamentals deteriorate. There is no set length of time that the Fund expects to hold a particular security. The Fund seeks to deliver similar risk characteristics to the Russell MidCap® Value Index (Performance Benchmark). The Fund does not intend to deliver similar risk characteristics to the Russell 1000® Equal Weight Index which is a benchmark only for regulatory purposes (Regulatory Benchmark).
The Fund may also invest a portion of its assets in real estate investment trusts (REITs), Business Development Companies (BDCs), and Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) whose investment characteristics are consistent with the Funds principal investment strategy REITs are pooled investment vehicles that generally invest in income-producing real estate or real estate-related loans or interests. The Fund will generally invest in liquid REITs that are included in the Russell MidCap® Index, the Funds benchmark index. A BDC is a form of unregistered closed-end investment company that typically invests in small and mid-sized businesses to help such companies grow in the initial stages of their development. An ETF is a marketable security that typically tracks a stock index or other basket of assets. Although similar in many ways, ETFs differ from mutual funds because ETF shares trade like common stock on an exchange, with a fluctuating price throughout the day as shares are bought and sold.
The Fund may also lend portfolio securities to brokers, dealers and other financial organizations that meet capital and other credit requirements or other criteria established by the Funds Board. Loans of portfolio securities will be collateralized by liquid securities and cash. The Fund may invest cash collateral received in securities consistent with its principal investment strategy.
The Fund may invest in multiple sectors, and may concentrate its investments in a particular sector by investing greater than 25% of the Funds total assets in such sector when its Behavioral Strategy indicates that such concentration would be appropriate from an investment perspective. The Fund will not invest more than 25% of its net assets in any particular industry as that term is used in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Fund expects to hold individual position sizes typically ranging up to 7% of the Funds net assets. Before trading, the portfolio managers review the portfolios characteristics relative to its benchmark, and may adjust position sizes to control exposures to sectors, volatility in relation to the market, and other characteristics. |
| FullerThaler Behavioral Unconstrained Equity Fund | |
| Prospectus [Line Items] | |
| Strategy [Heading] | Principal Investment Strategies |
| Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | The Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in common stocks of companies of all market capitalizations based in the U.S. (80% Policy). The Fund must provide shareholders with 60 days prior written notice if it changes its 80% Policy. The Fund considers a company to be based in the U.S. if it is publicly traded in the U.S. and it satisfies one or more of the following additional criteria: it is incorporated in the U.S., it is headquartered in the U.S., its reported assets are primarily located in the U.S., or it derives the majority of its revenue from the U.S.
The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by building a non-diversified portfolio of U.S. stocks in a disciplined process that applies the proprietary research of FullerThaler, the Funds investment adviser, on the behavioral biases of other investors. FullerThalers investment process is based on decades of research into behavioral finance. Behavioral finance is the study of how investors actually behave, as opposed to how they should behave, when making investment decisions. Professional investors are human, and like all humans, they make mistakes. Investors make mistakes because they have emotions, use imperfect rules of thumb, and have priorities beyond risk and return. FullerThalers process identifies and exploits those mistakes. The Advisers analysis includes making educated predictions of when other investors – the market – have likely made a behavioral mistake, and in turn, have created a buying opportunity. There are two kinds of mistakes that produce buying opportunities: over-reaction and under-reaction. Investors may over-react to bad news and losses (e.g., panic) that may present opportunities in typically value-oriented stocks, or they may under-react to good news (e.g., not pay attention) that may present opportunities in typically growth-oriented stocks. For example, investor over-reaction may occur when investors become extremely pessimistic about a particular companys stock due to negative information about that company, e.g. a falling share price, unfavorable news reports, analyst downgrades, etc. FullerThaler regards this negative investor sentiment as excessive and an over-reaction when it persists despite significant bullish signals coming from a companys management. Similarly, investor under-reaction occurs when investors anchoring and over-confidence biases cause them to under-react to new information--especially new information that is inconsistent with their previous analysis of a stock. For example, one type of situation that FullerThaler looks for is significant positive earnings surprises versus consensus earnings forecasts, where sustainable, company-specific improvements have driven better-than-expected earnings. Because of its long-term investment orientation, the Fund further narrows its universe by only investing in a small subset of these under-reaction stocks: those where under-reaction has historically occurred with unusual consistency and frequency.
At the individual stock level, FullerThaler employs proprietary screening tools to help identify stocks where such behavioral biases are occurring. This is not a quantitative strategy, and no quantitative factor model is used in the investment process. Through its screening tools, FullerThaler searches for events related to insider buying, earnings announcements, and other news that suggest these types of investor misbehavior (over-reaction or under-reaction) and draws from its more than 30 years of experience in analyzing events that suggest investor misbehavior. If these behaviors are present, FullerThaler then proceeds to its fundamental analysis of the company, which includes a credit-style/downside analysis of the company to determine whether it is suitable for a long-term, multi-year holding period. The portfolio manager performs this stock-specific research and makes all buy and sell decisions for the strategy. In summary, if an investor mistake is likely and the company has solid fundamentals, the portfolio managers buy the stock. The portfolio managers generally sell when they believe investor misbehavior has reversed or the firms fundamentals deteriorate. There is no set length of time that the Fund expects to hold a particular security.
The Fund may invest a portion of its assets in real estate investment trusts (REITs), Business Development Companies (BDCs), and Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) whose investment characteristics are consistent with the Funds principal investment strategy. REITs are pooled investment vehicles that generally invest in income-producing real estate or real estate-related loans or interests. The Fund will generally invest in liquid REITs that are included in the Russell 3000®, the Funds benchmark index. A BDC is a form of unregistered closed-end investment company that typically invests in small and mid-sized businesses to help such companies grow in the initial stages of their development. An ETF is a marketable security that typically tracks a stock index or other basket of assets. Although similar in many ways, ETFs differ from mutual funds because ETF shares trade like common stock on an exchange, with a fluctuating price throughout the day as shares are bought and sold. The Fund may also lend portfolio securities to brokers, dealers and other financial organizations that meet capital and other credit requirements or other criteria established by the Funds Board. Loans of portfolio securities will be collateralized by liquid securities and cash. The Fund may invest cash collateral received in securities consistent with its principal investment strategy.
The Fund is non-diversified and therefore may invest a greater percentage of its net assets in the securities of fewer issuers than a diversified Fund. The Fund reserves the right to concentrate in a particular industry or group of industries by investing, consistent with the Funds investment policies and objectives, up to 35% of its assets in the equity securities of issuers in such industry or group of industries, if, at the time of investment, that industry or group of industries represents 10% or more of the Russell 3000®, the Funds benchmark index. While it is not possible to forecast exactly when and how this concentration will occur, it would most likely occur in industries where the strategy has historically had the highest weights: Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment; Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals; Internet & Direct Marketing Retail; Software; Electrical Equipment; Machinery; Biotechnology; and Specialty Retail.
The Fund also reserves the right to concentrate in particular sectors, and will concentrate its investments in a particular sector by investing greater than 25% of the Funds total assets in such sector when its Behavioral Strategy indicates that such concentration would be appropriate from an investment perspective. The Fund does not have a pre-conceived intention to invest in any particular sector.
The Fund expects to hold individual position sizes typically ranging up to 12% of the Funds net assets. The Unconstrained Equity Funds portfolio turnover rate is normally expected to be below 50%. |
| FullerThaler Behavioral Small-Mid Core Equity Fund | |
| Prospectus [Line Items] | |
| Strategy [Heading] | Principal Investment Strategies |
| Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | Under normal circumstances, the Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in common stocks of small to medium capitalization companies based in the U.S. (80% Policy). The Fund must provide shareholders with 60 days prior written notice if it changes its 80% Policy. The Fund considers a company to be based in the U.S. if it is publicly traded in the U.S. and it satisfies one or more of the following additional criteria: it is incorporated in the U.S., it is headquartered in the U.S., its reported assets are primarily located in the U.S., or it derives the majority of its revenue from the U.S. The Fund defines small to medium capitalization companies as companies whose market capitalizations are generally in the bottom 30% of total market capitalization or companies whose market capitalizations are smaller than or equal to the largest company in the Russell 2500® Index, whichever results in the higher market capitalization break. Total market capitalization is based on the market capitalization of U.S. operating companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NYSE American LLC, Nasdaq Global Market®, Nasdaq Capital Market®, or such other securities exchanges deemed appropriate by the Adviser. Under the Advisers market capitalization guidelines described above, based on market capitalization data as of September 30, 2025, the market capitalization of a small- or mid-cap company would be $81.04 billion or below. This dollar amount will change due to market conditions. The size of the companies included in the Russell 2500® Index will change as a result of market conditions and reconstitution of the Index. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by building a diversified portfolio of U.S. stocks in a disciplined process that applies the proprietary research of FullerThaler, the Funds investment adviser, on the behavioral biases of other investors. FullerThalers investment process is based on decades of research into behavioral finance. Behavioral finance is the study of how investors actually behave, as opposed to how they should behave, when making investment decisions. Professional investors are human, and like all humans, they make mistakes. Investors make mistakes because they have emotions, use imperfect rules of thumb, and have priorities beyond risk and return. FullerThalers process identifies and exploits those mistakes. The Advisers analysis includes making educated predictions of when other investors – the market – have likely made a behavioral mistake, and in turn, have created a buying opportunity. There are two kinds of mistakes that produce buying opportunities: over-reaction and under-reaction. Investors may over-react to bad news and losses (e.g., panic) that may present opportunities in typically value-oriented stocks, or they may under-react to good news (e.g., not pay attention) that may present opportunities in typically growth-oriented stocks. At the individual stock level, FullerThaler searches for events related to insider buying, earnings announcements, and other news that suggest these types of investor misbehavior (over-reaction or under-reaction) and draws from its more than 30 years of experience in analyzing events that suggest investor misbehavior. If these behaviors are present, FullerThaler then proceeds to its fundamental analysis of the company. In summary, if an investor mistake is likely and the company has solid fundamentals, the portfolio managers buy the stock. The portfolio managers generally sell when they believe investor misbehavior has reversed or the firms fundamentals deteriorate. There is no set length of time that the Fund expects to hold a particular security. The Fund seeks to deliver similar risk characteristics to the Russell 2500® Index (Performance Benchmark). The Fund does not intend to deliver similar risk characteristics to the Russell 1000® Equal Weight Index which is a benchmark only for regulatory purposes (Regulatory Benchmark).
The Fund may invest a portion of its assets in real estate investment trusts (REITs), Business Development Companies (BDCs), and Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) whose investment characteristics are consistent with the Funds principal investment strategy. REITs are pooled investment vehicles that generally invest in income-producing real estate or real estate-related loans or interests. The Fund will generally invest in liquid REITs that are included in the Russell 2500®, the Funds benchmark index. A BDC is a form of unregistered closed-end investment company that typically invests in small and mid-sized businesses to help such companies grow in the initial stages of their development. An ETF is a marketable security that typically tracks a stock index or other basket of assets. Although similar in many ways, ETFs differ from mutual funds because ETF shares trade like common stock on an exchange, with a fluctuating price throughout the day as shares are bought and sold.
The Fund may also lend portfolio securities to brokers, dealers and other financial organizations that meet capital and other credit requirements or other criteria established by the Funds Board. Loans of portfolio securities will be collateralized by liquid securities and cash. The Fund may invest cash collateral received in securities consistent with its principal investment strategy.
The Fund may concentrate its investments in a particular sector by investing greater than 25% of the Funds total assets in such sector when its Behavioral Strategy indicates that such concentration would be appropriate from an investment perspective. The Fund does not have a pre-conceived intention to invest in any particular sector. The Fund expects to hold individual position sizes typically ranging up to 7% of the Funds net assets. The Fund is typically expected to have a portfolio turnover rate of less than 80%. |
| FullerThaler Behavioral Micro-Cap Equity Fund | |
| Prospectus [Line Items] | |
| Strategy [Heading] | Principal Investment Strategies |
| Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | Under normal circumstances, the Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in common stocks of micro capitalization (micro-cap) companies based in the U.S. (80% Policy). The Fund must provide shareholders with 60 days prior written notice if it changes its 80% Policy. The Fund considers a company to be based in the U.S. if it is publicly traded in the U.S. and it satisfies one or more of the following additional criteria: it is incorporated in the U.S., it is headquartered in the U.S., its reported assets are primarily located in the U.S., or it derives the majority of its revenue from the U.S. The Fund defines micro-cap companies as companies whose market capitalizations are generally in the lowest 5% of total market capitalization or companies whose market capitalizations are smaller than or equal to the 1,500th largest U.S. company or smaller than or equal to the largest stock in the Russell Microcap® Index, whichever results in the higher market capitalization break. Total market capitalization is based on the market capitalization of U.S. operating companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NYSE American LLC, Nasdaq Global Market®, Nasdaq Capital Market® or such other securities exchanges deemed appropriate by the Adviser. Under the Advisers market capitalization guidelines described above, based on market capitalization data as of September 30, 2025, the market capitalization of a micro-cap company would be $6.18 billion or below. This dollar amount will change due to market conditions. The size of the companies included in the Russell Microcap® Index will change as a result of market conditions and reconstitution of the Index and universe. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by building a diversified portfolio of U.S. stocks in a disciplined process that applies the proprietary research of FullerThaler, the Funds investment adviser, on the behavioral biases of other investors. FullerThalers investment process is based on decades of research into behavioral finance. Behavioral finance is the study of how investors actually behave, as opposed to how they should behave, when making investment decisions. Professional investors are human, and like all humans, they make mistakes. Investors make mistakes because they have emotions, use imperfect rules of thumb, and have priorities beyond risk and return. FullerThalers process identifies and exploits those mistakes. The Advisers analysis includes making educated predictions of when other investors – the market – have likely made a behavioral mistake, and in turn, have created a buying opportunity. There are two kinds of mistakes that produce buying opportunities: over-reaction and under-reaction. Investors may over-react to bad news and losses (e.g., panic) that may present opportunities in typically value-oriented stocks, or they may under-react to good news (e.g., not pay attention) that may present opportunities in typically growth-oriented stocks. At the individual stock level, FullerThaler searches for events related to insider buying, earnings announcements, and other news that suggest these types of investor misbehavior (over-reaction or under-reaction) and draws from its more than 30 years of experience in analyzing events that suggest investor misbehavior. If these behaviors are present, FullerThaler then proceeds to its fundamental analysis of the company. In summary, if an investor mistake is likely and the company has solid fundamentals, the portfolio managers buy the stock. The portfolio managers generally sell when they believe investor misbehavior has reversed or the firms fundamentals deteriorate. There is no set length of time that the Fund expects to hold a particular security.
While income-generating funds typically invest in stocks with high dividends, funds seeking capital appreciation typically invest in stocks without significant dividends but try to generate returns for investors through price appreciation. Funds can seek price appreciation with low turnover—holding each stock for many years and expecting each stock to go up in price for years—or with higher turnover—holding each stock for months or quarters, and expecting each stock to go up in price during the months and quarters the stock is held. The Fund typically buys micro-cap stocks with high growth prospects, that often do not pay dividends. And we hold stocks on average less than a year, although we may hold for shorter or much longer periods of time—as long as we believe the price is likely to continue appreciating. Hence, we believe high-turnover (i.e., shorter-term) holding of individual stocks that we expect to appreciate within the Fund is entirely consistent with long-term capital appreciation of the Fund as a whole.
The Fund may invest a portion of its assets in real estate investment trusts (REITs), Business Development Companies (BDCs), and Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) whose investment characteristics are consistent with the Funds principal investment strategy. REITs are pooled investment vehicles that generally invest in income-producing real estate or real estate-related loans or interests. The Fund will generally invest in liquid REITs that are included in the Russell Microcap® Index, the Funds benchmark index. A BDC is a form of unregistered closed-end investment company that typically invests in small and mid-sized businesses to help such companies grow in the initial stages of their development. An ETF is a marketable security that typically tracks a stock index or other basket of assets. Although similar in many ways, ETFs differ from mutual funds because ETF shares trade like common stock on an exchange, with a fluctuating price throughout the day as shares are bought and sold.
The Fund reserves the right to concentrate in a particular industry or group of industries by investing, consistent with the Funds investment policies and objectives, up to 35% of its assets in the equity securities of issuers in such industry or group of industries, if, at the time of investment, that industry or group of industries represents 10% or more of the Russell Microcap® Index, the Funds benchmark index. While it is not possible to forecast exactly when and how this concentration will occur, it would most likely occur in industries where the strategy has historically had the highest weights or currently see potential opportunities: Specialty Retail; Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components; Health Care Equipment & Supplies; Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment; Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure; Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods; and Software.
The Fund also reserves the right to concentrate in particular sectors, and will concentrate its investments in a particular sector by investing greater than 25% of the Funds total assets in such sector when its Behavioral Strategy indicates that such concentration would be appropriate from an investment perspective. The Fund does not have a pre-conceived intention to invest in any particular sector. The Fund expects to hold individual position sizes typically ranging up to 7% of the Funds net assets. The Fund is typically expected to have a portfolio turnover rate of approximately 100% or more.
The Fund may also lend portfolio securities to brokers, dealers and other financial organizations that meet capital and other credit requirements or other criteria established by the Funds Board. Loans of portfolio securities will be collateralized by liquid securities and cash. The Fund may invest cash collateral received in securities consistent with its principal investment strategy. |
| FullerThaler Behavioral Mid-Cap Equity Fund | |
| Prospectus [Line Items] | |
| Strategy [Heading] | Principal Investment Strategies |
| Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | Under normal circumstances, the Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in common stocks of mid capitalization (mid-cap) companies based in the U.S. (80% Policy). The Fund must provide shareholders with 60 days prior written notice if it changes its 80% Policy. The Fund considers a company to be based in the U.S. if it is publicly traded in the U.S. and it satisfies one or more of the following additional criteria: it is incorporated in the U.S., it is headquartered in the U.S., its reported assets are primarily located in the U.S., or it derives the majority of its revenue from the U.S. The Fund defines mid-cap companies as companies whose market capitalizations are generally in the middle of an upper and lower bound. For the upper bound, we use companies whose market capitalizations are generally equal to or below 40% of total US market capitalization, or companies whose market capitalizations are smaller than or equal to the largest company in the Russell MidCap® Index, whichever results in the higher market capitalization break. For the lower bound, we use companies whose market capitalizations are generally equal to or above 3% of total U.S. market capitalization, or companies whose market capitalizations are equal to or larger than the smallest company in the Russell MidCap® index, whichever results in the lower market capitalization break. Based on market capitalization data as of September 30, 2025, the market capitalization of a mid-cap company would be between $1.07 billion and $127.24 billion. This dollar amount will change due to market conditions. The size of the companies included in the Russell MidCap® Index will change as a result of market conditions and reconstitution of the Index. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by building a diversified portfolio of U.S. stocks in a disciplined process that applies the proprietary research of FullerThaler, the Funds investment adviser, on the behavioral biases of other investors. FullerThalers investment process is based on decades of research into behavioral finance. Behavioral finance is the study of how investors actually behave, as opposed to how they should behave, when making investment decisions. Professional investors are human, and like all humans, they make mistakes. Investors make mistakes because they have emotions, use imperfect rules of thumb, and have priorities beyond risk and return. FullerThalers process identifies and exploits those mistakes. The Advisers analysis includes making educated predictions of when other investors – the market – have likely made a behavioral mistake, and in turn, have created a buying opportunity. Investors can make mistakes trading individual stocks or trading bundles of stocks, such as trading among industry index funds, or embedding biases into stock-picking algorithms. There are two kinds of mistakes that produce buying opportunities: over-reaction and under-reaction. Investors may over-react to bad news and losses (e.g., panic) that may present opportunities in typically value-oriented stocks, or they may under--react to good news (e.g., not pay attention) that may present opportunities in typically growth-oriented stocks. At the individual stock level, FullerThaler searches for events related to insider buying, earnings announcements, and other news that suggest that suggest investor mistakes due to behavioral biases. (over-reaction or under-reaction). Similarly, when FullerThaler sees positive earnings surprises or other good news, FullerThaler buys if its analysis suggests the good news is big and persistent, that other investors are likely to under-react to the good news, and the company has solid fundamentals. The Adviser draws from its more than 30 years of experience in analyzing events that suggest investor mistakes. If these behaviors are present, FullerThaler then proceeds to its fundamental analysis of the company, with a focus on downside analysis. When FullerThaler sees insider-buying in a stock -executives either buying for their own account or buying back shares of the company on the companys behalf - FullerThaler buys if its analysis suggests that insider buying is big and unusual, that other investors are likely over-reacting to bad news, and the company has solid fundamentals. In summary, if an investor mistake is likely and the company has solid fundamentals, the portfolio managers buy the stock. The portfolio managers generally sell when they believe investor mistakes have reversed or the firms fundamentals deteriorate. There is no set length of time that the Fund expects to hold a particular security. The Fund seeks to deliver similar risk characteristics to the Russell MidCap® Index (Performance Benchmark). The Fund does not intend to deliver similar risk characteristics to the Russell 1000® Equal Weight Index which is a benchmark only for regulatory purposes (Regulatory Benchmark).
The Fund may also invest a portion of its assets in real estate investment trusts (REITs) and Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) whose investment characteristics are consistent with the Funds principal investment strategy. REITs are pooled investment vehicles that generally invest in income-producing real estate or real estate-related loans or interests. The Fund will generally invest in liquid REITs that are in the mid-cap market capitalization range defined above. An ETF is a marketable security that typically tracks a stock index or other basket of assets. Although similar in many ways, ETFs differ from mutual funds because ETF shares trade like common stock on an exchange, with a fluctuating price throughout the day as shares are bought and sold.
The Fund may also lend portfolio securities to brokers, dealers and other financial organizations that meet capital and other credit requirements or other criteria established by the Funds Board. Loans of portfolio securities will be collateralized by liquid securities and cash. The Fund may invest cash collateral received in securities consistent with its principal investment strategy. The Fund may invest in multiple sectors and may concentrate its investments in a particular sector by investing greater than 25% of the Funds total assets in such sector when its Behavioral Strategy indicates that such concentration would be appropriate from an investment perspective. The Fund will not invest more than 25% of its net assets in any particular industry as that term is used in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Fund expects to hold individual position sizes typically ranging up to 5% of the Funds net assets. Before trading, the portfolio managers review the portfolios characteristics relative to its benchmark, and may adjust position sizes to control exposures to sectors, volatility in relation to the market, and other characteristics. |