Hennessee Convertible Arbitrage Index

The Hennessee Convertible Arbitrage Index includes funds that engage in a type of arbitrage that involves the simultaneous purchase of a convertible bond and the short sale of the underlying stock. Interest rate risk may or may not be hedged.

Summary Statistics (1993 - 2006)

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Annualized Compound Return
Standard Deviation
Sharpe Ratio
Sortino Ratio
Annualized Alpha (vs. Benchmark)
Correlation (vs. Benchmark)
Hennessee Convertible Arbitrage Index 8.79% 3.97% 0.86 1.22 N/A N/A
S&P 500 Index 8.80% 13.80% 0.31 0.34 8.01% 0.30
Lehman Bros. Int. Gov. Corp. Bonds Index 6.46% 3.50% 0.35 0.49 7.74% 0.15
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Number of Months
% of Months Positive
Largest Consecutive Loss
Value of $1000 (invested since inception)
Positive Negative % Months Peak Valley
Hennessee Convertible Arbitrage Index 137 31 82% -6.89% 5 Jan-05 May-05 $3,253
S&P 500 Index 108 60 64% -20.55% 4 Apr-02 Jul-02 $3,255
Lehman Bros. Int. Gov. Corp. Bonds Index 121 47 72% -5.03% 3 Feb-94 Apr-94 $2,402

Monthly Returns (1993 - 2006)

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
2006 2.48% 1.30% 1.04% 0.33% 1.00% 0.02% 0.64% 1.12% 0.91% 0.64% 0.79% 1.24% 12.12%
2005 (0.91%) (0.48%) (1.37%) (2.89%) (1.42%) 1.07% 1.21% 0.73% 1.23% (0.21%) (0.09%) 0.75% (2.44%)
2004 1.11% 0.36% 0.54% 0.15% (1.26%) (1.06%) 0.34% 0.48% (0.03%) (0.48%) 0.43% 0.36% 0.92%
2003 2.91% 1.11% 0.60% 1.37% 1.45% (0.46%) (0.65%) (0.78%) 1.35% 1.22% 0.84% 0.44% 9.75%
2002 1.38% (0.04%) 0.72% 1.01% 0.16% 0.10% (1.54%) 0.39% 1.52% 0.84% 2.59% 1.27% 8.67%
2001 3.61% 1.40% 0.98% 1.67% 0.46% 0.28% 0.88% 1.50% 0.99% 1.27% 0.59% 0.37% 14.89%
2000 2.38% 2.38% 1.86% 0.64% 0.71% 1.90% 0.70% 2.31% 0.71% (0.69%) (2.72%) (1.74%) 8.61%
1999 2.12% 0.78% 1.57% 2.45% 1.54% 0.95% 0.26% 0.56% 0.89% (0.33%) 1.01% 3.37% 16.21%
1998 1.27% 1.44% 1.68% 1.29% 0.36% (0.27%) 0.15% (2.85%) (1.27%) 0.35% 2.32% 1.67% 6.19%
1997 1.02% 0.95% 0.75% 0.60% 1.63% 1.45% 1.68% 0.78% 1.37% 0.68% 0.21% 0.49% 12.23%
1996 1.44% 1.20% 1.19% 1.73% 1.98% 0.25% (0.01%) 1.50% 0.87% 0.94% 1.08% 0.57% 13.49%
1995 0.51% 0.98% 2.20% 2.34% 1.96% 2.34% 1.69% 1.55% 1.89% 0.88% 1.23% 1.32% 20.59%
1994 0.48% 0.63% (2.32%) (3.63%) (0.98%) 0.24% 1.29% 0.39% (0.19%) (0.51%) (0.68%) (2.61%) (7.73%)
1993 0.77% 1.63% 1.61% 1.31% 1.03% 1.21% 1.43% 1.05% 0.94% 0.97% 0.31% 0.24% 13.23%

 

 

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