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Commodities•Coffee, Sugar, Cocoa, Cotton, Orange Juice. CRB Index

Currency•US Dollar index, Euro based pairs, Dollar based pairs, cross rates

Financials• Russell Equity Indexes, NYSE Composite Index

The New York Board of Trade The Global Market Place

Annual Nybot Combined Futures and Options Volume

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Sugar Coffee Cocoa Cotton O.J.

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NYSE Composite Index Russell 1000, 2000, 3000

• Inflation Hedge– Investment which reflects inflation associated with hard

assets

• Diversification – Un-correlated asset class versus stocks and bonds– Good hedge against negative bond performance– Reflects wage inflation inherent in plan sponsor liabilities

• Profit from an inefficient market

• Huberman (1995), Strongin (1995), Froot (1996), Schneeweis (1997), Georgiev (2001)

Why Commodities?

11.00%

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Annualized Risk

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Equities

Commodities

75% Equity

25% Bonds

75% Equity

6% Bonds

19% Commodities

70% Equity

30% Bonds

70% Equity

10% Bonds

20% Commodities

60% Equity

40% Bonds

60% Equity

18% Bonds

22% Commodities

Historic Research

21.96

10.06

-3.00

-1.54

24.45

33.93

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Dollar Index Russell 1000 Russell 2000 CRB Index US Bond

Annual Rate of Return

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COMMODITIES : A View from the Pit

Index Provider 1996 1998 Jun’02 Dec’02 Jun’03

Russell 18.5 27.9 39.3 41.4 45.5

S&P 73.6 64.6 49.9 46.7 42.5

Wilshire 1.1 1.2 1.6 1.9 1.7

NASDAQ 2.0 1.2 0.8 0.6 0.6

Lipper 1.4 1.5 0.8 0.7 0.6

Dow Jones 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3

Other 2.8 3.2 7.3 8.4 8.8

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S&P Russell

If this trend continues at the same rate, assets

benchmarked to Russell indexes likely will exceed

those benchmarked to S&P Indexes in the next

12 months

Index Provider Jun’02 Dec’02 Jun’03

S&P 62.5 57.4 49.8

Russell 28.1 32.3 38.9

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R1000 R1000V R1000G

R1000G-R1000V Optimal Stlye Switch R 1000 Plus Optimal Style Overlay

Style Timing Performance

ATC – Automated Trading Card

EOR – Electronic Order Routing

OBMS – Order Book Management system

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