Matthew Patrick Franz serves as President of Eagle Point Capital LLC and has final authority to make investment decisions. Franz invests 99% of his and his family's assets alongside Eagle Point's clients, demonstrating significant personal alignment with client interests. He holds CRD# 5951319 and is registered as an Investment Adviser Representative in Illinois, Texas, and Michigan. Franz has passed the Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination (Series 65) and operates the firm with a focus on fundamental analysis exclusively, avoiding technical analysis or market timing. The firm's team has virtually their entire net worth invested alongside clients, emphasizing the 'eat their own cooking' philosophy.

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Eagle Point Capital's investment objective is to avoid the permanent loss of capital while maximizing the increase in long-term, after-tax purchasing power of funds. The firm treats stock investments as acquisitions of private businesses, purchasing interests in understandable businesses at rational prices with predictable, long-term earnings growth. They aim to buy all investments for less than half of their conservative estimate of intrinsic value in five years, employing independent thinking, investing with a margin of safety, making fewer better decisions, acting like long-term business owners, fishing in high-probability markets, and profiting from patience. The firm focuses on Compounders with sustainable competitive advantages and Special Situations involving undervalued businesses due to corporate actions offering asymmetric risk/reward profiles.

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