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Diversification: The Free Lunch That Is
Getting Harder to Find

March 18, 2008

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Ticker/
Morningstar Category

Fund (strategy)

Rank in Advisor Perspec
tives Universe

Total Return
6/30/07 - 2/29/08

2 yr period:
2/28/06 - 2/29/08

Total
Return

Monthly
Std.
Deviation

Beta to
S&P 500

ASFIX
Long-Short

ABSOLUTE STRATEGIES FUND
(fund of funds)

665

-0.2%

8.0%

2.5%

            0.19

CVSIX
Long-Short

CALAMOS MARKET NEU INC FD
(convertible arbitrage and
covered call writing)

n/a

-0.2%

8.7%

3.6%

            0.26

GATEX
Long-Short

GATEWAY FUND (holds S&P 500
and sells call options against it)

20

-1.1%

12.8%

3.8%

            0.40

HSGFX
Long-Short

HUSSMAN STRATEGIC GROWTH
(holds equities and hedges with
options under certain market
conditions)

n/a

3.1%

6.3%

4.7%

           (0.13)

OGNIX
Long-Short

JP MORGAN MKT NEUTRAL
(long-short strategy based on
large cap core stocks)

n/a

-3.3%

6.2%

5.2%

            0.01

SWHIX
Long-Short

SCHWAB HEDGED EQUITY FUND
(large cap long-short strategy based
on Schwab’s equity ratings)

n/a

-7.2%

4.7%

6.2%

            0.52

ALPHX
Long-Short

ALPHA HEDGED STRATEGIES
(fund of funds)

29

-3.1%

8.4%

6.6%

            0.31

RYMSX
Long-Short

RYDEX ABSOLUTE RETURN STR (utilizes
multiple investment styles)

n/a

-6.2%

3.3%

6.9%

            0.42

DHLSX
Long-Short

DIAMOND HILL LONG/SHORT (large
cap 130/30 with option writing)

n/a

4.9%

18.7%

7.0%

            0.49

TLSAX
Long-Short

TEMPLETON GLOBAL LNG/SHT-A (global
long-short)

n/a

-7.5%

9.0%

8.4%

            0.58

BPTRX
Mid-Cap
Growth

BARON PARTNERS (mid-cap growth
long-short)

373

-9.2%

11.0%

16.2%

            1.32

FGLSX
Long-Short
(see note
below)

FUSION GLOBAL LONG-SHORT
(trend following)

n/a

0.9%

11.0%

6.1%

.47

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S&P 500

S&P 500 Index

 

-10.3%

7.9%

9.8%

            1.00

Russell 2000

Russell 2000 Index

 

-17.0%

-3.7%

12.8%

            1.29

HFRXEH

HFRX Equity Hedge Index

 

-5.7%

7.0%

6.7%

            0.52

HFRXEMN

HFRX Equity Mkt Neutral Index

 

-5.3%

5.5%

4.2%

            0.16

Source: Bloomberg and Morningstar

FGLSX is a new fund.  It is based on the Smart Switch Index, which the fund tracks.  Two-year data is for the index.            


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