Conrad Leifur

Developed SuperSet Large Cap model from years of research
Personal Information
Education
Yale University and University of Minnesota
Qualifications
BA, MBA Finance, CFA Charterholder
Date of Birth
March 06, 1965
Job Title
Asset Manager
Industry
Financial Services
Investment Experience
22 years of portfolio management and investment research experience

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Designed to outperform the S&P 500 by identifying component stocks with the best potential to outperform their respective sectors. Allocates according to S&P 500 sector weightings. Always fully invested.

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Inception date
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Cap. bias
Long/Short
Current holdings 24
Avg. trades per month
Latest trade GPS
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Performance and Risk

Performance Summary (as at end of )
Manager*
S&P 500
1M 3M YTD 1Y SI
Inception Manager* S&P 500 Avg. Sub.
Month to date (%)
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3 month (%)
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* Includes trades that fail Covestor Trading Rules

Past performance is not indicative of future performance

Strategy

Summary

Model is designed specifically to outperform the S&P 500 by identifying components stocks with the best potential to outperform their respective sectors.  Minimizes the risk of significant underperformance by investing only in the largest, most liquid S&P 500 stocks and maintaining similar sector weights to that of the S&P 500. Seeks to minimize turnover and trading costs, and is always fully invested.

Asset Allocation

Top Holdings (excluding cash) (as at end of )
Symbol Security Allocation(%)
TGT Target Corporation 5.52
EMC EMC Corporation 5.26
MMM 3M Company 5.13
GPS Gap, Inc. (The) 5.09
HNZ H.J. Heinz Company 4.89
  Top holdings total (excluding cash) 25.88%
  Cash -0.19%
  Total number of holdings 24
  Leverage 1.00

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Investment Report

August 2010

Since the model is always fully invested with sector weights that match the S&P 500, outperformance or underperformance relative to the benchmark is driven by how portfolio holdings perform relative to their sectors.  In July, model performance was slightly below that of the S&P 500 benchmark due to health care holdings Stryker (SYK) and Cardinal Health (CAH), along with consumer holdings Gap (GPS) and Heinz (HNZ), each of which underperformed their respective sectors.  On the positive side of the ledger were energy holdings Halliburton (HAL), Baker Hughes (BHI), and Chevron (CVX), which solidly outperformed the broader energy sectors. 

The monthly rebalancing resulted in additions to Cisco (CSCO), Fifth Third (FITB), and Gap (GPS), while exposure to Halliburton (HAL) and Baker Hughes (BHI) was reduced.

History

Monthly Performance (%)
Month Return Avg. Sub. Risk Performance

Transactions

Latest Transactions (as at end of )
Executed Symbol Security Type Price
July 29, 2010 GPS Gap, Inc. (The) Buy $18.00
July 29, 2010 CSCO Cisco Systems, Inc. Buy $23.25
July 29, 2010 HAL Halliburton Company Sell $30.24
July 29, 2010 BHI Baker Hughes Incorporated Sell $48.65
July 29, 2010 FITB Fifth Third Bancorp Buy $12.76
June 02, 2010 SYK Stryker Corporation Sell $52.90
June 02, 2010 CVX Chevron Corporation Buy $72.79
June 02, 2010 BHI Baker Hughes Incorporated Buy $38.51

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