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Global Absolute Return
This strategy is a highly concentrated equity portfolio that invests according to Epoch's core investment philosophy within a portfolio of 20-30 securities, typically larger cap stocks. The Global Absolute Return strategy will use cash to mitigate downside capture. Cash positions within the portfolio will vary over time.
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Global Absolute Return Performance
As of June 30, 2010
YTD 1 Year 3 Years 5 Years Since
Inception
Inception
Date1
12/31/01
Epoch Gross Return -12.1%   11.5% -5.3% 4.1% 9.7%
Epoch Net Return -12.5%   9.9% -6.7% 2.5% 8.1%
S&P 500 -11.4%   14.4% -9.8% -0.8% 0.7%
MSCI World (Net) -12.7%   10.2% -11.5% 0.1% 2.4%
Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate 3.5%   9.5% 7.5% 5.5% 5.7%
Risk Statistics Since Inception (December 31, 2001 - June 30, 2010)2
Annual
Standard
Deviation
Sharpe
Ratio
Information
Ratio
Alpha Beta R-Squared
Epoch 13.0 0.6 Epoch vs.
S&P 500 15.7 -0.1 S&P 500 1.0 9.2 0.7 0.6
MSCI World (Net) 16.6 0.0 MSCI World (Net) 0.8 8.0 0.6 0.7
Lehman U.S. Aggregate 3.8 0.9 Lehman U.S. Aggregate 0.3 10.1 0.1 0.0
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1See End Notes (Download Adobe Acrobat Here) for further information and composite performance disclosure.
2The risk statistics are shown as supplemental information only and complement the Composite presentation which is located within the Performance Disclosure section of the End Notes.
Additional information regarding policies for calculating and reporting returns is available upon request.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
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