Arnie Schneider lll is the President, Chief Investment Officer and founder of Schneider Capital Management, which officially opened its doors in late 1996. This management firm's investing style is a direct reflection of its founder's beliefs; the idea is that there are bargains out there which will eventually be properly priced by the market, they simply have to be found. Schneider’s deep value approach to investing is the cornerstone of the Schneider management philosophy.

For over two decades, Schneider has been involved in the securities industry. He began his career as an analyst for the Wellington Management Company, where he then became a senior vice-president and partner. Along the way, Schneider found time to earn his CFA designation as well as act as the President of the Financial Analysts of Philadelphia before starting his own money management firm. It is through his valuable experience over the years that Schneider has established steadfast values by which to invest.

Schneider believes the market’s inability to react quickly to change means there are often undervalued stocks available. By determining a company’s intrinsic value--through a stringent process of fundamental analysis including consideration of some of the traditional metrics such as P/E--the astute value investor is able to profit. And profit he has. As you can see below, Schneider’s Small Cap Value fund has posted phenomenal gains over the past 3- and 5-year periods. Schneider’s solid value investing principles have propelled his small-cap value fund to the top three in its class in trailing 5-year returns, an impressive feat indeed.

Even though the flagship small-cap fund is closed to new investors, this does not mean that we can't still take advantage of the great stock picking ability of Schneider and his money management team. His organization is definitely one worth coattailing.