Managed Programs 
Swinford
The Swinford Program utilizes fundamental analysis to project flat price (directional) price movement primarily in the CME meat complex.  The Swinford program also establishes positions in the Chicago Board of Trade (“CBOT”) feed grain sector based upon fundamental market analysis.  The Kottke Associates Swinford Managed Program provides proven returns with low correlation to technical trading programs.
Start to date: 365.1% Sharpe Ratio: 1.09 Trailing 12 Months: 21.7%
Disclaimer: There is risk of loss in futures and options trading.  Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.
Barclay Discretionary VAMI (Value Added Index) is a CTA trend following benchmark provided by Managed Account Reports LLC.
Performance Record Monthly Return Statistics
Month Swin S&P  Barclay Swinford   S&P 500 Barclay
Ending ford 500 Index** Winning Months: 79 68 78
Losing Months: 42 53 43
Oct-08 -1.26% -16.94% 3.35% % of profitable Months: 65% 56% 64%
Sep-08 1.08% -9.08% 0.11% Average Winning Month: 3% 3% 1%
Aug-08 -0.32% 1.22% 0.33% Average Losing Month: -2% -4% -1%
Jul-08 2.59% -0.99% -1.48% Max peak-to-valley (%): -10% -46% -3%
Jun-08 7.95% -8.60% 2.57% Max peak-to-valley (mths): 8 80 13
May-08 -0.80% 1.07% 0.81% Annual Sharpe Ratio: 1.09 -0.17 0.61
Apr-08 -1.98% 4.75% -0.03% Monthly Std.Dev. of returns: 3.3% 4.4% 1.2%
Mar-08 4.43% -0.60% -1.15% Correlation with S&P 500: 0.05 1.00 -0.07
Feb-08 -0.11% -3.48% 4.72% Correlation with Barclay: 0.19 -0.07 1.00
Jan-08 4.89% -6.12%
2.82%
Minimum Investment:      $500,000 USD
Dec-07 3.41% -0.86% 2.02%
Nov-07 0.36% -4.40% 0.54%
Oct-07 5.85% 1.48% -0.20%
Sep-07 2.15% 3.58% 2.17%
Contact: Carmen Soldato
Aug-07 0.29% 1.29% -0.49% Kottke  Associates, LLC
Jul-07 -6.66% -3.20% 0.77% 141 W. Jackson Blvd., Suite 1220
Jun-07 5.01% -1.78% 0.54% Chicago, Illinois 60604
May-07 -0.25% 3.26% 0.88% csoldato@kottkeassociates.com
Apr-07 -1.04% 4.33% -1.80% www.kottkeassociates.com (312) 697-2995
System Began Trading:
Oct-1998
** The Barclay Discretionary Index performance for October 08 is an estimate as of 11/11/08; with only 60.83% 
of funds in this category having reported their returns.
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