Dan Plettner Profile Picture Individual Investor

Dan Plettner

Financial Services

  • Education New York University; Miami University of Ohio
  • Qualifications MBA, BS
  • Investment Experience Approximately 20 years
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Core

Core Total Return model seeks to exploit inefficiencies in Closed-End Funds. The goal of this model is to provide significant risk-adjusted total return outperformance versus the S&P 500.  Target yield of 3-6% (when fully invested).  However, yield is less important than total return.
Seeks to exploit inefficiencies in Closed-End Funds and other under-followed exchange-traded securities across multiple asset categories.

This model has a goal of providing significant risk-adjusted total return outperformance versus the S&P 500.

Various private investigative research techniques are used in effort to locate opportunities.  Qualitative research focuses on underfollowed securities.
Allocation discipline is dynamic. Opportunistic at both the micro and macro level; embracing a higher risk profile when suitable. Allocation to a certain security or set of securities is likely to be most significant when confidence is highest.  This model is long only with an equity-style bias.
Evaluates an ongoing opportunity relative to a broader set of other available opportunities. In other words, willing to sell a positively performing security in order to take advantage of a security with greater expectations.
Not constrained only to closed-end funds.

Risk score

3
11.7%

Best 30 days

-17.7%

Worst 30 days

Performance

  • 3.8%
    30 day
  • 4.8%
    90 day
  • 28.6%
    365 day
Monthly vs S&P500
dan plettner - core
3.6% 12 months
  • $30,000 subscription min
  • 1.5% fee

Replicability

100.0%
  • Replicable

Top 5 Holdings View all

27.6%
9.6%
7.9%
7.7%
5.7%

Model commentary

  1. Why I'm shorting these three closed-end funds

    14 May 2013

    All three trade at unjustified premiums to their NAV.

  2. Why I'm staying with closed end funds in this market 14 March 2013
  3. What CEFs teach you about Apple stock 8 February 2013
  4. Staying long with conviction 1 October 2012
  5. Beware market sages predicting the death of equities 14 August 2012

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Performance detail

  • Manager
  • S&P 500

Performance

Inception March 31, 2010
as of May 23, 2013 Manager S&P 500 Average Subscriber
Past 30 days 3.8% 4.5% 3.1%
Past 90 days 4.8% 8.9% 3.8%
Past 365 days 28.6% 25.1% 23.3%
Since Inception (Annualized) 13.2% 11.6% -
2013 (YTD) 12.1% 15.7% 9.6%
2012 21.2% 13.4% 17.3%
2011 1.6% -0.0% -0.6%

Risk Metrics

Last 365 days
as of May 23, 2013 Manager S&P 500
Best 30 days 8.3% 8.2%
Worst 30 days -7.1% -7.0%
Volatility 9.6% 12.7%
Sharpe Ratio 2.96 1.97
Sortino Ratio 4.29 2.85
Maximum Drawdown -7.7% -7.7%
Value-at-risk (95%, 1 week) -2.2% -2.9%
vs. S&P 500
Information Ratio 0.54
Alpha 10.3%
Beta 0.66
R-Squared 0.77
  • $30,000 subscription min
  • 1.5% fee

Latest transactions view all

Average trades per month 3.6
Executed Symbol Security Replicable Type Price
05/10/13 ECF Ellsworth Fund Ltd Yes Buy $7.85
05/10/13 JFC JF CHINA REGION FUND INC   Sell $14.89
05/10/13 JFC JF CHINA REGION FUND INC   Sell $14.89
05/10/13 SVVC FIRSTHAND TECHNOLOGY VALUE Yes Sell $18.69
05/10/13 SVVC FIRSTHAND TECHNOLOGY VALUE Yes Sell $18.69
05/10/13 SVVC FIRSTHAND TECHNOLOGY VALUE Yes Sell $18.69
04/17/13 GLQ Clough Global Equity Fund Yes Sell $14.19
04/17/13 GLQ Clough Global Equity Fund Yes Sell $14.19


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2. Performance of the model manager's account is calculated by Covestor on a daily time-weighted basis, including cash, dividends and earnings distributions, and broker commissions. Manager returns include trades that fail Covestor's trading rules, do not reflect any Covestor suitability or risk score restrictions and are exclusive of Covestor fees. More

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9. Top Replicable Holdings: These securities are currently held in the model manager's brokerage account. Those marked as "Replicable Holdings" currently pass Covestor's trading rules, subject to individual client constraints. Eligibility for replication may change over time. Actual client subscription holdings may vary.

10. Latest Transactions: These transactions were executed in the model manager's brokerage account. Those marked as "Replicable" () passed Covestor's trading rules and were eligible for replication at the time of execution, subject to individual client constraints. Eligibility for replication may change over time. Actual client subscription trade activity may vary.

11. S&P 500 Index is an unmanaged index compiled by Standard & Poor´s Corp. Index returns do not reflect any management fees, transaction costs or expenses. Individuals cannot invest directly in an Index. S&P 500 index data: S&P/Dow Jones Indices LLC, a subsidiary of The McGraw-Hill Companies Copyright © 2013.