| | Adept. Inventive. Experienced. | |  | | | Our goal is to offer products that help improve the overall investment experience for anyone using our services—individual investors, financial advisers, and institutions. Since Morningstar was founded more than 25 years ago, we’ve continued to evolve and expand our products, and we remain committed to leading the industry in delivering world-class investment research and services to people around the globe. | | | Investor Focus | | We design our products to provide the pertinent facts because investors use our information to help them make well-informed investment decisions. We also maintain an independent view. If we think an investment vehicle doesn’t meet the needs of investors, we won’t hesitate to express that opinion. We’ve advocated better disclosure practices in the investment industry and we regularly address corporate governance issues. |
| | Depth, Breadth, and Accuracy of Data | | Morningstar employs 265 investment analysts worldwide. We maintain one of the largest, most comprehensive databases in the industry, with information on approximately 422,000 investment offerings. |
| | Innovative, Proprietary Investment Tools |
| We have developed a number of proprietary research and analytical tools that support our fundamental approach to investing. Examples include: |  | | | | | | |
| We developed a portfolio analysis tool, a set of proprietary market indexes based on the Morningstar Style Box, and a set of comprehensive asset allocation tools for the investment planning market. |
| | Research and Technology Expertise | | Morningstar strives to rapidly adopt new technology that can improve the products we deliver to our clients. We have also built a flexible technology platform that allows our products to work together across a full range of investment databases, delivery formats, and market segments. We develop most of our own software and technology tools in-house, enabling us to leverage our expertise and tailor our products to the needs of our customers. | | |
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