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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Long/Short Opportunistic

Seeks to exploit inefficiencies in Closed-End Funds. This model is aggressive and flexible. It has no mandate to follow growth versus income strategies.
Seeks to exploit inefficiencies in Closed-End Funds and other under-followed exchange-traded securities across multiple asset categories.

This is the ambitious long-short model, which itself targets total return. This model has absolute flexibility and no mandate to follow growth versus income strategies.
Various private investigative research techniques are used in effort to locate opportunities. Qualitative research concentrates on underfollowed securities. Efforts seek to identify potential valuation changes which are unanticipated by median market participants.
Allocation discipline is dynamic. Concentration and diversification have contrasting benefits and detriments. Balance of each adapts to the market environment. Do not assume the model to be Market Neutral over the long or short term. With intent to be opportunistic, the model may have a long or short bias, for any reason. This model allows freedom to take short positions.
Evaluates the ongoing opportunity he perceives relative to a broader set of available opportunities. In other words, may close a positively performing security in order to invest in another security with greater expectations.
Not constrained to closed-end funds.

Risk score

4
20.3%

Best 30 days

-7.6%

Worst 30 days

Performance

  • 2.5%
    30 day
  • 7.3%
    90 day
  • 39.6%
    365 day
Monthly vs S&P500
dan plettner - long short opportunistic
17.7% 12 months
  • $20,000 subscription min
  • Margin account required
  • 2% fee

Replicability

100.0%
  • Replicable

Top 5 Holdings View all

62.1%
16.1%
11.9%
8.3%
-17.9%

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 07, 2010
as of May 23, 2013 Manager S&P 500 Average Subscriber
Past 30 days 2.5% 4.5% 2.1%
Past 90 days 7.3% 8.9% 5.5%
Past 365 days 39.6% 25.1% 33.5%
Since Inception (Annualized) 25.8% 12.2% -
2013 (YTD) 16.9% 15.7% 14.6%
2012 24.5% 13.4% 23.3%
2011 5.0% -0.0% 2.0%

Risk Metrics

Last 365 days
as of May 23, 2013 Manager S&P 500
Best 30 days 9.8% 8.2%
Worst 30 days -5.3% -7.0%
Volatility 11.1% 12.7%
Sharpe Ratio 3.56 1.97
Sortino Ratio 5.70 2.85
Maximum Drawdown -5.6% -7.7%
Value-at-risk (95%, 1 week) -2.6% -2.9%
vs. S&P 500
Information Ratio 1.77
Alpha 18.5%
Beta 0.67
R-Squared 0.60
  • $20,000 subscription min
  • Margin account required
  • 2% fee

Latest transactions view all

Average trades per month 3.3
Executed Symbol Security Replicable Type Price
05/22/13 CTR CLEARBRIDGE ENERGY MLP TOTAL   Buy to cover $24.69
05/22/13 CTR CLEARBRIDGE ENERGY MLP TOTAL   Sell short $24.35
05/22/13 CTR CLEARBRIDGE ENERGY MLP TOTAL   Sell short $24.68
05/22/13 CTR CLEARBRIDGE ENERGY MLP TOTAL   Buy to cover $24.35
05/22/13 CTR CLEARBRIDGE ENERGY MLP TOTAL   Buy to cover $24.68
05/15/13 BIF Boulder Growth & Income Fund Inc Yes Sell $7.63
05/14/13 APF MORGAN STANLEY ASIA PACIFIC Yes Buy $17.51
05/10/13 KYN Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Co Yes Sell short $37.54


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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.

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