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Case study of an AlphaCycle Index during an extraordinarily volatile day

On Monday, March 17, 2008, the financial services sector was buffeted by extreme volatility as Bear Stearns announced its intent to be acquired by JP Morgan for more than 90% less than its closing price the prior Friday. The sector overall lost 1.84% for the day, and active investment managers had huge dispersion of results.

The chart below shows the dispersion of performance of the underlying funds in AlphaCycle Financial Services Index, and the resulting Index return. This AlphaCycle Index also outperformed the sector by 1293 bp (12.93%) for the trailing 12 months.

ActiFindex Financial Index Fund Constituency Ticker Performance 3/17/08 Performace 12 mos. ended 3/31/08
 
John Hancock Financial Industries Fund / United States FIDAX -3.82%  
Jennison Financial Services A PFSAX -2.79%  
Saratoga Financial Service A SFPAX -2.73%  
Fidelity Select Home Finance FSVLX -2.03%  
Diamond Hill Financial Long - Short Fund BANCX -1.67%  
Rydex Breaking Adv RYKAX -1.31%  
FBR Large Cap Financial FBRFX -1.23%  
Wells Fargo Advantage Specialized Financial Service Fund SIFEX -1.20%  
Schwab Financial Services Fund SWFFX -1.11%  
ING Financial Services Fund PBTAX -0.61%  
Actifindex Financial Index AIPAFIG -1.84% -17.25
 

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