Hennessee Event Driven Index

The Hennessee Event Driven Index includes include merger arbitrage, distressed, liquidations, and spin-offs in addition to value driven special situation equity investing. Investments are usually dependent on an "event" as the catalyst to release the position's intrinsic value.

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 Event Driven Index 14.33% 5.83% 1.46 2.45 N/A N/A
S&P 500 Index 8.80% 13.80% 0.31 0.34 12.22% 0.52
Lehman Bros. Int. Gov. Corp. Bonds Index 6.46% 3.50% 0.35 0.49 13.97% 0.05
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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 Event Driven Index 136 32 81% -11.41% 2 Aug-98 Sep-98 $6,521
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 3.48% (0.52%) 1.61% 1.81% (0.11%) 0.04% (0.62%) 1.02% (0.28%) 2.29% 1.73% 1.54% 12.57%
2005 (0.18%) 1.69% (0.40%) (2.15%) 0.83% 1.80% 2.42% 1.18% 1.37% (2.62%) 1.42% 1.62% 7.05%
2004 3.02% 1.30% (0.03%) (0.19%) (0.47%) 1.11% (1.19%) 0.25% 1.01% 1.18% 3.47% 2.48% 12.49%
2003 1.82% 0.32% 0.24% 3.12% 2.86% 2.15% 0.91% 0.73% 1.25% 2.05% 0.85% 1.88% 19.72%
2002 0.88% (0.75%) 1.52% 0.48% 0.24% (3.08%) (3.26%) 0.97% (0.11%) 0.12% 1.63% 1.07% (0.43%)
2001 2.56% 1.15% (0.05%) 1.02% 2.77% 1.04% 1.09% 0.92% (1.91%) 1.73% 0.73% 0.95% 12.59%
2000 1.99% 3.42% 1.97% 0.13% (1.13%) 2.05% 0.92% 2.01% 0.38% (0.11%) (1.41%) 0.25% 10.86%
1999 2.24% (0.08%) 3.07% 6.66% 2.80% 3.17% 0.51% (0.71%) 0.48% 0.56% 2.08% 1.43% 24.36%
1998 0.15% 4.04% 2.32% 0.76% (1.28%) (0.14%) 1.32% (7.55%) (4.18%) 0.79% 1.15% 2.41% (0.76%)
1997 2.69% 1.11% 0.23% (0.16%) 3.52% 2.58% 3.80% 0.51% 3.19% 1.74% 2.56% 1.59% 25.91%
1996 2.84% 1.18% 1.74% 1.09% 1.70% 0.35% 0.91% 1.43% 2.42% 2.18% 2.96% 2.03% 22.90%
1995 0.86% 1.67% 2.02% 1.28% 1.51% 2.11% 0.67% 1.67% 1.08% 0.77% 1.23% 0.26% 16.20%
1994 4.82% (0.38%) 0.58% (0.81%) 1.14% 1.67% 1.83% 1.95% 0.34% (1.21%) (1.49%) 0.50% 9.14%
1993 5.47% 1.98% 6.04% 0.95% 2.53% 2.43% 2.76% 1.86% 0.12% 1.70% 1.28% 2.27% 33.49%

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