In what can be characterized as both art and science, RICE HALL JAMES’ investment process accentuates individual security selection – as opposed to betting on sectors or industries, market timing, or economic forecasting strategies.

Our time-tested approach strives to produce positive long-term performance over time without exposing our clients to undue risk over three decades.

Several key elements distinguish the RHJ investment process:

• Our efforts draw on an uncommon mix of professional experience and continuity. Members of our investment team possess an average of 23 years in the business – all with small- and mid-cap expertise. What's more unusual is the fact that many of us have worked together at RICE HALL JAMES for over two decades.
  
  
• RHJ encourages creative license in the idea-generation phase, but we insist on disciplined analytic methods to validate a stock’s merit for investment consideration.
  
  
• Each candidate for investment must show evidence of a catalyst that will lead to investor recognition and price appreciation.
  
  
• The timeliness of our discoveries affords us a valuable edge; a stock chosen for investment must be purchased at the right time – and must be priced right. While we are a growth manager, stocks must have reasonable valuations to qualify for purchase.