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Week of June 30, 2008

 

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Performance indicates cumulative gains since inception, YTD, 1-month, 1,3,5 and 10-year records ending May 31, 2008, that the PIP has produced consistent returns in a hedged portfolio.

Includes May 2008 Data

SPX Performance

PIP Performance

+ 45.73

+ 63.28%

- 3.23%

 + 0.81%

+ 1.07%

 + 1.48%

- 6.00%

 + 8.93%

 + 21.78%  + 24.95%
 + 52.80%  + 41.16%
 + 46.34%  + 59.22%

This track record is derived from the actual returns of the largest accounts using the S&P 500 (SPY) and reflects the return of over 30% of the assets invested in the Protected Index Program (PIP) using the SPY.  Multiple accounts are included in the track record to reflect the fact that any one account may have a slightly different put or call strike (or both) on any given month due to market conditions when the accounts were invested.  PIP returns are inclusive of all costs.  This return represents the average return achieved by amounts invested in the S&P 500 Protected Index Program over the time frame indicated.  The return is based on cash invested and uses no leverage or borrowed funds. For the first several years of the track record, accounts were advised on both a discretionary and a non-discretionary basis. Although PTI was responsible for making investment recommendations to non-discretionary accounts, they were free to accept, reject or modify those recommendations and had ultimate decision-making authority. Such decisions by the client could have impacted the performance. Currently all accounts included in this track record are managed by PTI.  Not all accounts in the composite include the reinvestment of dividends, interest and cash generated from covered calls writing, and if all accounts did include reinvestments, this would slightly increase the performance. The investment performance of any individual portfolio may have been better or worse over this period than the results shown herein. By presenting the composite performance, no representation is made that any particular portfolio or group of portfolios had precisely this performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

 

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A momentum calculation that divides today's closing price by the closing price N days ago. Except for the scale, this study is virtually identical to the "momentum" technical study, which measures the difference between today's close and the close N days ago.

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ECONOMIC COMMENTARY for Week Ending June 27, 2008
~ Financial Indicators ~

Interest Rates June 27 Prior Week Month Ago Year Ago
3 Month Treasury Bill 1.66% 1.88% 1.89% 4.67%
6 Month Treasury Bill 2.12 2.22 2.01 4.74
3 Month LIBOR 2.79 2.80 2.68 5.36
2 Year Treasury Note 2.63 2.88 2.64 4.87
5 Year Treasury Note 3.35 3.58 3.41 4.93
10 Year Treasury Note 3.97 4.16 4.05 5.03
30 Year Treasury Note 4.52 4.72 4.72 5.13

 Tax Exempt Revenue Bonds (Triple A) 

5 Year 3.55 3.59 3.14 4.05
10 Year 4.23 4.12 3.87 4.32
30 Year 5.06 4.89 4.71 4.75

Mortgage Rates

30 Year Fixed Rate 6.45 6.42 6.08 6.67
15 Year Fixed Rate 6.04 6.02 5.66 6.34
1 Year Adjustable Rate 5.27 5.19 5.22 5.65

Stock Market

Dow Jones Industrial 11346.51 11842.12 12638.32 13408.62
S&P 500 1278.38 1317.88 1400.38 1503.35
NASDAQ 2315.63 2406.09 2522.66 2603.23
Commodities
Gold ($) - 100 OZ FUTR 931.20 903.70 891.50 650.90
Oil ($/barrel)-Crude Futures (NY Merc) 140.86 134.62 127.56 70.68
Economic Indicators
New Home Sales (May) - 000s of units 512 525 501 551
Existing Home Sales (May) - 000s of units 4,990 4,890 4,940 4.938
Durable Goods Orders (May) - % change 0.0 -1.0 -0.2 -0.1
Consumer Confidence (June) - Index 50.4 58.1 62.8 66.8
Personal Incomes (May) - % change 1.9 0.3 0.3 0.6
Personal Consumption (May) - % change 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.4
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