Undergraduate Student Investment Management Fund Semi-Annual Presentation Friday, April 20, 2012 1
Fund Members Fund Managers Michael Cohn Rima Reddy Steven Kutos Fund Analysts Michael Ham Aaron Baker Jenna Hoppe Ajay Gnanasambanthan Jonathan Lozano Kenneth Qian 2
Investment Goals Diversification Humility in incorporating views Reduce sensitivity to input data Resampling vs. static MVO Increasing Correlations Different methods to estimate volatility 3
Asset Allocation Structure High-Level MVO US Equity Fixed Income Ex-US Equity REITs Commodities B-L Low-Level MVO Constructed Basket 4
Return Undergraduate.51.05.19.05.2.507.032.19.05.22.49.049.19.05.22 Risk MVO MVO MVO 5 Ex-US Equity Commodities Fixed Income US Real Estate US Equity
Selected Asset Classes Equity (Black-Litterman Model) Ability to incorporate our own sector views Lessen the historical returns bias Commodities Low correlation, diversification Basket of stocks with high commodity exposure Fixed Income Selected a intermediate Government/Credit ETF REITs Additional diversification, attractive investment International Equity 6
Commodities 5% REIT 5% Fixed Income 19% Int. Equity 21% Broad Allocation US Equity 50% EU EM Canada Japan Australia Israel NZ HK International Allocation 9% 9% 1% 1% 3% 9% 29% 1% 38% Singapore 7
Reasons for Rebalancing Accumulated cash dividends of $8,000 Fixed Income weight below optimal Down to 17.4% from 20% Updated view on consumer discretionary 8
Consumer Discretionary Consumer confidence increasing Unemployment declining Positive environment for cyclical sectors No longer saw a reason to underweight removed view 9
Case Study Hecla Mining Base and precious metal business lines Discovery/Exploration Development/Production Two operational mines Greens Creek (Alaska) Lucky Friday (Idaho) Market Capitalization (mm): $1,193 Average Volume (mm): 6.34 10
Case Study Hecla Mining Two deaths occurred at Hecla s Lucky Friday mine in 2011 One of deepest mines in US Safety failures blamed for deaths Mine Safety & Health Administration shut down Lucky Friday for one year 2012 silver production estimates reduced by 20% 11
10/17/11 10/24/11 10/31/11 11/07/11 11/14/11 11/21/11 11/28/11 12/05/11 12/12/11 12/19/11 12/26/11 01/02/12 01/09/12 01/16/12 01/23/12 01/30/12 02/06/12 02/13/12 02/20/12 02/27/12 03/05/12 03/12/12 03/19/12 03/26/12 04/02/12 04/09/12 04/16/12 Millions Undergraduate 8.00 7.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 0.00 Case Study Hecla Mining Mine closure news release (Jan. 11th): Stock price plunged 21% Trading volume spiked 885% Hecla Mining Co. (NYSE: HL) Price and Volume 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 12
Case Study Hecla Mining Correlation to gold index remained favorable post mine closure Commodity exposure maintained Investment horizon: 3-5 years Passive strategy P/E of 8.16 vs. industry P/E 13.50 ~ Do not sell Hecla Mining 13
Performance metrics Holding Period Return Annualized Return Volatility Sharpe Ratio Undergraduates 6.29% 14.38% 16.35% 0.825 Constrained BM 7.31% 17.27% 12.50% 1.31 Russell 3000 10.48% 23.07% 17.46% 1.31 World Equity 5.90% 13.28% 16.01% 0.77 Non-Rebalanced 6.50% 14.84% 16.37% 0.85 14
Fund Performance 0.15 0.1 0.05 0-0.05-0.1-0.15 11/3/2011 12/3/2011 1/3/2012 2/3/2012 3/3/2012 4/3/2012 MSCI World Russell 3000 Portfolio Custom Benchmark Benchmark 15
Fund Performance 20.00% 15.00% 10.00% 5.00% 0.00% -5.00% -10.00% 0.00% 5.00% 10.00% 15.00% 20.00% 25.00% Commodities International US Equity Fixed Income REIT Portfolio 16
Opportunity Costs Views expressed on U.S. sectors 12.50% 12.40% 12.30% 12.20% 12.10% 12.00% 11.90% 11.80% 11.70% 11.60% 11.50% Our Portfolio No Views 17
Views Expressed on U.S. sectors Undergraduate Sector Ticker Return Weight Utilities VPU US 0.38% Neutral Telecom VOX US 3.21% Neutral Industrials VIS US 9.04% Overweight Healthcare VHT US 12.10% Neutral Information Tech VGT US 14.15% Overweight Financials VFH US 13.18% Underweight Energy VDE US -0.74% Overweight Consumer Staples VDC US 8.95% Neutral Consumer Disc. VCR US 13.97% Underweight - Neutral Materials VAW US 5.21% Neutral 18
Succession Planning Training for new members Bloomberg, Portfolio Theory, Asset Pricing Problems we encountered Hand-over portfolio 19
New Members Aaron Baker Kenneth Qian Dakota Boyd Shane Carlin Charlotte DeMocker Andrew Farber Lorne Forcum Sean Gormley John Happe Troy Hebert Clayton Jenners Dylan King Kai (Edwin) Lam Jaesung Lee Leo Panopoulos Adrian Reiter Brian Wright Yili Yu 20
Questions? 21