Hennessee Short Biased Index

The funds in the Hennessee Short Biased Index typically have long and short equity positions with an overall net short exposure to the market. Investments can be fundamental, technical, or event driven. This style can be used as a hedge against long-only portfolios and by investors who feel the market is approaching or in a bearish cycle.

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 Short Biased Index -3.38% 19.65% -0.34 -0.61 N/A N/A
S&P 500 Index 8.80% 13.80% 0.31 0.34 8.77% -0.75
NASDAQ 9.52% 25.25% 0.29 0.23 6.21% -0.79
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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 Value Index 77 91 46% -41.42% 5 Sep-98 Jan-99 $618
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 (2.60%) 0.44% (0.95%) 0.44% 3.63% 1.04% 1.78% (1.12%) (1.91%) (3.34%) (1.82%) 0.24% (4.32%)
2005 4.33% 2.01% 1.93% 3.59% (3.97%) (0.57%) (1.53%) 2.25% 2.35% 2.69% (2.84%) (0.20%) 10.11%
2004 (0.33%) 1.04% (2.23%) 4.16% 0.48% 0.42% 8.23% 3.40% (2.44%) (1.28%) (8.09%) (4.76%) (2.37%)
2003 (0.93%) (0.68%) 0.13% (4.91%) (3.66%) (2.95%) (2.53%) (1.60%) (0.20%) (4.74%) (0.36%) (2.81%) (22.65%)
2002 2.09% 2.83% (3.87%) 2.89% 2.72% 4.20% 2.66% (1.11%) 4.26% (1.02%) (3.43%) 3.05% 15.87%
2001 (4.20%) 9.18% 4.88% (11.75%) (0.96%) 0.28% 2.46% 5.80% 13.41% (1.11%) (2.78%) (0.73%) 12.81%
2000 2.46% (5.49%) (0.04%) 4.69% 3.92% (5.70%) 5.12% (4.29%) 8.49% 4.21% 13.45% 1.40% 29.94%
1999 (6.57%) 7.38% 1.24% (2.20%) 0.22% (4.18%) 0.61% 5.04% 3.61% (2.07%) (7.13%) (5.16%) (9.91%)
1998 0.10% (8.66%) (0.76%) (3.08%) 8.68% (4.53%) 1.54% 32.05% (10.40%) (11.32%) (8.43%) (13.83%) (23.29%)
1997 (1.92%) 6.69% 8.62% (1.18%) (5.79%) (3.21%) (4.74%) 3.22% (4.33%) 6.48% 2.19% 0.11% 4.95%
1996 (0.35%) (7.06%) (0.93%) (8.44%) (3.47%) 10.11% 13.63% (5.62%) (15.75%) 6.47% (6.95%) 4.63% (16.37%)
1995 4.55% (4.11%) (4.20%) (0.48%) (5.75%) (12.09%) (10.88%) (0.76%) (3.19%) 3.96% (1.54%) 3.06% (28.47%)
1994 (3.10%) 2.44% 8.19% 2.97% 3.47% 8.85% (4.28%) (9.80%) 1.56% (2.51%) 6.85% (2.62%) 10.78%
1993 (0.74%) 4.86% (3.05%) 4.22% (7.83%) 1.47% 3.58% (2.93%) (1.87%) (2.72%) 2.32% (1.46%) (4.81%)

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