Swan Consulting, Inc.
Defined Risk Strategies for the 21st Century
Strategy vs. S&P 500
Swan Consulting, Inc. Defined Risk Strategy
S&P 500 ("The Benchmark")
Year Gross-of-Fee Return Cumulative Return Annualized Return Standard Deviation (External) Sharpe Ratio # of Accts / Assets in Millions % of Firm Assets Dispersion (Internal) Return Cumulative Return Annualized Return Standard Deviation (External) Sharpe Ratio
1997+ 19.63% 19.63% 19.63% - - 1 / .22 100% - 9.98% 9.98% 9.98% - -
1998 12.13% 34.15% 21.63% - - 1 / .32 100% - 28.58% 41.42% 25.99% - -
1999 13.35% 52.05% 18.25% - - 1 / .72 100% - 21.04% 71.17% 23.99% - -
2000 4.32% 58.61% 14.09% - - 1 / .90 100% - -9.10% 55.59% 13.46% - -
2001 8.42% 71.97% 12.80% - - 3 / 1.66 100% - -11.89% 37.09% 7.26% - -
2002 12.97% 94.28% 12.83% - - 3 / 1.97 100% - -22.10% 6.79% 1.20% - -
2003 0.02% 94.32% 10.76% - - 6 / 3.74 100% 5.60% 28.69% 37.43% 5.01% - -
2004 12.96% 119.51% 11.05% - - 8 / 4.66 100% 6.16% 10.88% 52.38% 5.78% - -
2005 7.75% 136.52% 10.66% - - 8 / 4.98 100% 2.70% 4.91% 59.87% 5.68% - -
2006 18.32% 179.85% 11.44% - - 12 / 7.69 100% 3.95% 15.79% 85.12% 6.70% - -
2007 9.38% 206.11% 11.24% 4.92% 1.32 14 / 9.40 100% 3.93% 5.49% 95.29% 6.58% 16.42% 0.23
2008 -3.71% 194.75% 9.86% 6.12% 0.89 17 / 14.12 90% 4.91% -37.00% 23.04% 1.82% 20.16% 0.00
2009 27.09% 274.60% 11.14% 7.75% 0.93 22 / 20.66 100% 11.95% 26.46% 55.60% 3.60% 20.35% 0.10
+1997 CY Returns are total returns (i.e. not annualized) from July-December consistent with initial Strategy implementation.
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