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Performance Summar
Brandywine s Symphony program gained +0.41% in January and +8.34% since its launch in July 2011. The Brandywine Symphony Preferred Fund gained +1.57% in January and +43.09% since its launch in July 2011. Brandywine s fundamentally-based systematic approach also resulted in low volatility and returns that have been uncorrelated with other managed futures traders. The benefits of this non-correlation are displayed in this report: The Diversification Benefits of Brandywine s Symphony Program. Performance
Investm ent Brand w ine's S mphon Brand w ine S mphon Preferred Fund BTOP 50 S&P 500
Jan 2012
YTD 2012
2011 (1)
+0.41% +0.41%
+7.90% +14.74%
+1.57% +1.57% +40.88% +79.96% +0.56% +0.56% +4.48% +4.48% -0.71% -3.69% -0.23% +1.08%
(1) Beginning July 2011 (start of actual trading for Brandywine's Symphony) (2) Annualized standard deviation of daily returns (3) Based on 20 years of testing, the BTOP 50 suffered 34 drawdowns averaging -4.35% each. During those periods, the tested performance of Brandywine s Symphony program gained an average of +0.62%. S&P 500 had 28 drawdowns averaging -5.56%. Brandywine gained +1.10% on average during those periods.
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2012 1.57%
2011
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PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE PERFORMANCE. THERE IS THE RISK OF LOSS AS WELL AS THE OPPORTUNIT FOR GAIN WHEN INVESTING WITH BRAND WINE.
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