Robert J. Mark founded St. James Investment Company in 1999 and serves as portfolio manager for the firm's Select Value strategy. Larry J. Redell operates as partner with oversight responsibilities for operations and portfolio management. The firm operates with a focused team of 6 employees including Amy Burson (compliance and operations), Christine Hudspeth (head trader), William R. Sachs (former petroleum engineer), and Asa Crow (MBA candidate with AdTech background). This diverse professional background enables evaluation of investments across multiple industries with specialized knowledge. The management structure reflects a collaborative approach between the two principals with clearly defined roles supporting the investment process.

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St. James Investment Company emphasizes value investing principles, describing their approach as a philosophy that emphasizes the need to perform fundamental analysis, pursue long-term investment results, limit risk and resist crowd psychology. The firm believes that the price paid for an investment ultimately determines the return, and that trying to keep pace with the market in all environments promotes poor decisions. Central to their process is the concept of margin of safety, which provides room to account for errors, imprecision or other fluctuations of the economy and stock market. They seek proven high-quality businesses trading at a discount to their conservative estimate of fair value through a disciplined, valuation-based investment process.

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