Performance Summary
Active vs Passive - Part 1

Active vs Passive - Part 1: Relative performance for trailing 1, 3, and 5 years

AlphaCycle Investing is the basis for our investment process (see "Alpha Unleashed", Journal of Indexes, March 2008). www.indexuniverse.com The specialty AlphaCycle Indexes use this approach, and have generated consistent and broad-based historical outperformance versus their corresponding passive indexes.

AlphaCycle Index Ticker Peer Group Asset Class Benchmark Index 2007 Return: AlphaCycle 2007 Return: Benchmark 2007 Excess Return 2007 Beta: AlphaCycle
 
AIPAFIG Financials DJ US Financial Services -8.11% -21.41% 13.30% 0.70
AIPAHCG Health Care DJ US Healthcare 10.45% 8.36% 2.09% 0.90
AIPANRG Natural Resources S&P GSSI Natural Res 37.99% 34.44% 3.55% 1.03
AIPAREG Real Estate DJ US Real Estate -11.94% -18.15% 6.21% 0.93
AIPATEG Technology S&P GSTI Technology 22.52% 16.94% 5.58% 0.91
AIPAUTG Utilities S&P GSSI Utilities        
AIRALVG Large Value Russell 1000 Value 1.69% -0.17% 1.86% 0.94
AIRALCG Large Blend S&P 500 10.18% 5.49% 4.69% 0.98
AIRALGG Large Growth Russell 1000 Growth 15.63% 11.81% 3.82% 0.98
AIRAMVG Mid Value Russell Midcap Value 5.76% -1.42% 7.18% 0.90
AIRAMCG Mid Blend Russell Midcap 10.31% 5.60% 4.71% 0.91
AIRAMGG Mid Growth Russell Midcap Growth 22.45% 11.43% 11.02% 1.01
AIRASVG Small Value Russell 2000 Value -0.61% -9.78% 9.17% 0.73
AIRASCG Small Blend Russell 2000 2.91% -1.57% 4.48% 0.82
AIRASGG Small Growth Russell 2000 Growth 17.53% 7.05% 10.48% 0.86
AIRILBG Large Blend S&P 500 6.89% 5.49% 1.40% 1.07
AIRILVG Large Value Russell 1000 Value -1.86% -0.17% -1.69% 0.92
AIRILGG Large Growth Russell 1000 Growth 17.08% 11.81% 5.27% 1.07
 

 


THE FOLLOWING DATA IS FOR PERIODS ENDING March 31, 2008:

AlphaCycle Index Ticker Peer Group Asset Class Benchmark Index Trailing One Year Excess Return 3-Yr Annualized Excess Return 5-Yr Annualized Excess Return Annualized Excess Return Since Inception Beta Since Inception
 
AIPAFIG Financials DJ US Financial Services 12.93 5.90 4.91 3.64 0.78
AIPAHCG Health Care DJ US Healthcare 0.21 2.75   3.36 0.92
AIPANRG Natural Resources S&P GSSI Natural Res 4.59 3.75 5.16 6.06 1.01
AIPAREG Real Estate DJ US Real Estate 5.68 4.83 3.54 2.52 0.92
AIPATEG Technology S&P GSTI Technology 0.29 4.98 3.82 2.36 1.03
AIPAUTG Utilities S&P GSSI Utilities 9.43     9.73 0.94
AIRALVG Large Value Russell 1000 Value 1.28 0.90 1.22 0.40 1.01
AIRALCG Large Blend S&P 500 2.81 2.67 1.97 1.93 0.98
AIRALGG Large Growth Russell 1000 Growth -0.32 2.08 2.09 1.64 1.05
AIRAMVG Mid Value Russell Midcap Value 5.48 0.34 -1.19 -1.62 0.99
AIRAMCG Mid Blend Russell Midcap 4.42 1.63 0.48 -0.32 0.98
AIRAMGG Mid Growth Russell Midcap Growth 7.36 4.97 1.65 1.47 0.99
AIRASVG Small Value Russell 2000 Value 8.71 1.75 1.21 1.07 0.88
AIRASCG Small Blend Russell 2000 3.58 3.07 2.76 2.39 0.90
AIRASGG Small Growth Russell 2000 Growth 4.35 2.81 2.91 2.68 0.90
AIRILBG Large Blend S&P 500 -2.30 0.23 1.93 0.83 0.91
AIRILVG Large Value Russell 1000 Value -2.54 -1.73 -1.16 -0.03 0.87
AIRILGG Large Growth Russell 1000 Growth 2.85 3.40 4.20 3.38 0.88
 


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