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Last Update: 11:06 AM EST December 15 2006

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Jim Johnson		“The market is driven by people and people have behaviors they exhibit over and over again and they repeat the same mistakes over and over again. Using quantitative models, we are able to identify and exploit these behaviors. ”
		Quant Long/Short Fund

Oddly enough, investors repeat mistakes again and again. Through financial models, a quantitative approach makes behavior patterns of investors evident to these models whether it is in a sector or in a stock. James Johnson exploits arbitrage opportunities through disciplined, quantitative fund management.

A: The goal of the fund is to achieve long term growth of capital over time. The benchmark we use to identify our risk and construct the portfolio is the S&P500. One of the measures of success is how we do relative to that passive benchmark. That is the best way we know how to manage our risks and achieve the goal of the fund.

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