
(10/2008 - 10/2009) based on monthly returns.
Performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance quoted.
1 A correlation of +1 means the securities move perfectly in tandem; a correlation of -1 means the returns move in opposite directions.
2 SPDR® S&P 500® ETF (SPY): The SPDR® S&P 500® ETF is a fund that, before expenses, generally corresponds to the price and yield performance of the S&P 500 Index. The S&P 500 Index is a market weighted index owned and maintained by Standard & Poor’s, a division of McGraw-Hill, containing the stocks of 500 large capitalization corporations.
3 iShares S&P GSCITM Commodity-Indexed Trust (GSG): The investment objective of the iShares® S&P GSCITM Commodity-Indexed Trust ("the Trust") is to seek investment results, through the Trust's investment in the iShares® S&P GSCITM Commodity-Indexed Investing Pool ("Investing Pool"), that correspond generally to the performance of the S&P GSCITM Total Return Index ("the Index") before payment of the Trust's and the Investing Pool's expenses and liabilities. The Index is intended to reflect the performance of a diversified group of commodities.
4 iPath® Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total ReturnSM ETN (DJP): The iPath® Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total ReturnSM ETN is linked to the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total ReturnSM and reflects the returns that are potentially available through an unleveraged investment in the futures contracts on physical commodities comprising the index plus the rate of interest that could be earned on cash collateral invested in specified Treasury Bills.
5 PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund (DBC): An Exchange Traded Fund that seeks to track the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index - Optimum Yield Diversified Excess ReturnTM by entering into long futures contracts and collateralizing those contracts with United States 3-month Treasury bills.
