Hennessee Market Neutral Index

The funds in the Hennessee Market Neutral Index typically have long and short equity positions with approximately zero net dollar exposure. In addition, some funds will attempt to be beta, sector, and market cap neutral to further reduce equity market risk. Funds within this style utilize a range of methods from quantitative modeling to fundamental pairs trading.

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 Market Neutral Index 6.77% 2.60% 0.57 0.86 N/A N/A
S&P 500 Index 8.80% 13.80% 0.31 0.34 6.51% 0.16
NASDAQ 9.52% 25.25% 0.29 0.23 6.66% 0.11
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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 Market Neutral Index 131 37 78% -4.57% 4 Jan-99 Apr-99 $2,502
S&P 500 Index 108 60 64% -20.55% 4 Apr-02 Jul-02 $3,255
NASDAQ 96 72 57% -41.26% 4 Sep-00 Dec-00 $3,570

Monthly Returns (1993 - 2006)

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
2006 0.81% 0.63% 0.78% 0.41% (0.05%) 0.82% 0.32% 0.76% 0.36% 0.49% 0.66% 1.01% 7.23%
2005 0.55% 0.73% 0.03% (0.20%) 0.43% 0.70% 0.44% 0.26% 0.91% (0.16%) 0.65% 0.31% 4.75%
2004 0.77% 0.55% 0.18% (1.03%) 0.20% 0.13% 0.02% (0.05%) 0.90% 0.00% 1.02% 0.36% 3.08%
2003 0.31% (0.15%) (0.17%) (0.32%) 0.74% (0.03%) (0.29%) 0.05% 0.68% 0.95% 0.11% 0.21% 2.10%
2002 0.47% (0.27%) (0.06%) 0.41% 0.54% 0.71% 0.56% 0.84% (0.52%) (0.61%) (1.27%) 0.92% 1.71%
2001 1.01% 1.09% 0.99% 0.83% 0.65% 0.34% 0.45% 0.54% (0.92%) (0.09%) 0.67% 0.76% 6.49%
2000 (0.75%) 1.43% (0.86%) 1.53% (0.37%) 0.33% 1.45% 1.21% 0.51% 1.24% 0.22% 1.00% 7.12%
1999 (0.81%) (1.66%) (1.18%) (1.00%) 0.36% 1.09% 1.55% (0.24%) 1.03% (0.12%) (0.01%) 0.20% (0.84%)
1998 (0.23%) 0.54% 1.40% 0.47% 0.91% 0.80% (0.23%) (1.20%) 0.14% 0.11% 0.86% 1.02% 4.66%
1997 1.64% 0.95% 0.89% 0.79% 0.46% 1.57% 3.34% 0.31% 1.53% 1.27% 0.69% 0.63% 14.97%
1996 2.01% 1.05% 0.82% 1.35% 0.78% 1.23% 1.47% 1.33% 0.72% 2.56% 1.57% 1.10% 17.20%
1995 (0.16%) 1.15% 0.78% 1.33% 1.09% 0.57% 1.39% 0.51% 1.27% 1.92% 0.35% 0.57% 11.30%
1994 0.61% 1.32% 0.54% (0.03%) 0.69% 0.50% 1.07% (0.66%) 0.06% 1.27% 0.48% 0.96% 7.01%
1993 2.11% (0.17%) 1.51% (0.39%) 1.11% 1.74% 1.35% 1.67% 1.08% (0.33%) (1.11%) 0.62% 9.52%

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