Portfolio Focus
Financial Overview of Fund • Has maintained a high
percentage of Fund assets in interest bearing cash to support
the contingent purchase requirements of put options sold.
• Equity portfolio has represented less than 75% of net
assets, but can vary as market triggers stock purchases or
sales, currently near
80%.
• Equity positions often enter portfolio in unrealized
loss positions due to being purchased through assignment of
put options.
• Liability of put and call options sold can represent
6-12% of net assets as a time-based liability. Approximately
80% of this liability
is generally in excess of the intrinsic liability
of the underlying contracts and can represent a source of
future gains.
• The contingent purchase exposure of put options can
be 2.5 to 3.5 times the Fund's net assets spread over five
to six months which
provides enhanced returns from expiring options
premiums, but can present exposure to sharp market down drafts.
• Portfolio of options is analyzed based on timing and
degree of in the money/out of the money
• Sale of put options can incorporate anticipated future
investor contributions and proceeds from option sales to reduce
the liquidity
risk of this exposure.
• Total option premiums (both puts and calls) generated
during a year can total as much as 25% of the Fund's net assets,
or more.
• As equity portfolio grows, sales of call options has
become more significant.