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PAST PERFORMANCE 1998-2008

average annual cumulative performance on 31 Dec’08
recommended SP500 & NQ portfolios vs S&P500 & NQ markets
5 Year average                        28.9%             19.8%             -24.0%             -20.8%
3 Year average                        17.8%             17.5%             -33.3%             -33.1%
1 Year average                        0.7%               -1.9%              -41.0%             -43.7%

total cumulative portfolio gain since inception
S&P portfolio (Aug’98 to Dec’09) and NQ (Jan’00 to Dec’08)
153.9% (vs. market  -27.6%)                 and  21.1% (vs. market -53.7%)

Risk measures (average over the entire time of portfolio existence)
Sharpe (return / risk):                 recommended 0.54, 0.04%;        (vs. market -0.05, -0.02)
Maximum draw down(max-min): recommend 3.63%, 8.36%;    (vs. market 18.08%, 29.16%)
Average exposure:        recommended-portf.= 32.51%, 30.84%, (vs. mkt-portf.= 100%)

Results for 2008 1 Jan to 31 Dec
recommended SP500-portf.  =  0.7% gain        (vs.market S&P500 = -41% loss)
recommended NQ100-portf. = -1.9% loss        (vs.market NQ 100 = -44% loss)

Sharpe (return / risk): recommended 0.0, -0.31 (vs. markets -1.17, -1.30)

Average annual performance over the lifetime of portfolios is much better than the markets, with significantly lower risk

 

DETAILED PERFORMANCE TABLES

Tbill%

 

recommended portfolios

market

market

 

recommended portfolios

market

market

 

prev year

year

 RecSP Portf

RecNQ Portf

S&P500

NDX

 

RecSP-port

RecNQ-port

S&P500

NDX

 

averages

 

annual gain

annual gain

annual gain

annual gain

 

CumGain

CumGain

CumGain

CumGain

 

 

initial

0.0%

 

0.0%

 

1997

100.0%

 

100.0%

 

 

4.60%

July-Dec1998

17.4%

 

13.3%

 

1998

117.4%

 

113.3%

 

 

4.66%

1999

25.2%

 

15.4%

 

1999

146.9%

 

130.8%

 

 

5.85%

2000

13.6%

 

-9.9%

 

2000

167.0%

100.0%

117.8%

100.0%

 

3.45%

2001

14.8%

5.2%

-12.1%

-30.8%

2001

191.6%

105.2%

103.5%

69.2%

 

1.62%

2002

0.8%

-1.5%

-24.6%

-38.4%

2002

193.1%

103.6%

78.1%

42.6%

 

1.02%

2003

2.0%

-2.4%

22.0%

41.9%

2003

196.9%

101.2%

95.2%

60.5%

 

1.38%

2004

5.6%

1.6%

10.6%

12.3%

2004

207.9%

102.8%

105.3%

67.9%

 

3.15%

2005

3.7%

0.6%

3.0%

1.5%

2005

215.6%

103.4%

108.5%

68.9%

 

4.73%

2006

13.1%

11.3%

13.6%

6.8%

2006

243.7%

115.1%

123.3%

73.6%

 

4.40%

2007

3.5%

7.3%

-0.5%

11.8%

2007

252.1%

123.5%

122.6%

82.3%

 

1.43%

2008

0.7%

-1.9%

-41.0%

-43.7%

2008

253.9%

121.1%

72.4%

46.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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av

8.3%

2.5%

-0.8%

-4.8%

C.Gain 5 y

28.9%

19.8%

-24.0%

-20.5%

 

 

st.d

8.2%

0.05

0.18

0.30

C.Gain 3 y

17.8%

17.5%

-33.3%

-32.8%

 

sharpe

annual

0.62

 

-0.23

 

C.Gain 1 y

0.7%

-1.9%

-41.0%

-43.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5 Y avrg

5.8%

4.0%

-4.8%

-4.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 Y avrg

5.9%

5.8%

-11.1%

-10.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Y avrg

0.7%

-1.9%

-41.0%

-43.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RISK MEASURESS:        Sharpe of weekly gains

Lowest Draw Down

 

 

Exposure

 

 

sh recSP

sh recNQ

sh SP500

sh NDX

 recSP

 recNQ

SP500

NDX

 recSP

 recNQ

 

 

recommended portfolios

 

markets

recomm. portfolios

 

markets

recomm. portfolios

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2000

0.55

 

-0.67

 

5.5%

 

15.1%

 

48.9%

 

 

2001

0.87

0.17

-0.61

-0.54

3.3%

19.8%

29.5%

65.3%

28.8%

28.7%

 

2002

-0.24

-0.35

-1.35

-1.26

2.0%

5.8%

32.0%

53.0%

16.4%

18.4%

 

2003

0.31

-0.64

1.24

1.56

2.2%

5.6%

11.1%

12.6%

16.9%

20.4%

 

2004

0.72

0.06

0.82

0.63

6.7%

12.1%

8.5%

17.0%

45.7%

43.1%

 

2005

0.11

-0.25

0.02

-0.06

3.1%

6.7%

6.6%

13.1%

47.6%

53.1%

 

2006

2.38

1.14

0.82

0.18

0.9%

2.9%

7.2%

18.0%

26.4%

24.3%

 

2007

0.19

0.48

0.48

0.64

4.8%

6.4%

6.9%

5.8%

40.6%

38.7%

 

2008

0.00

-0.31

-1.17

-1.30

4.1%

7.6%

45.9%

48.5%

21.4%

20.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

average

0.54

0.04

-0.05

-0.02

3.6%

8.4%

18.1%

29.2%

32.5%

30.8%

 

 

higher sharpe

 

 

smaller LDD

 

 

smaller exposure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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