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  Risk/Return Profile
   
 


Risk/Return (3) (net of fees) 01/01/78 to 9/30/08
(4)

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CG 10 Yr. = Citigroup 10 Year Treasury. Inception of Index is 1/01/80.
CG 30 Yr. = Citigroup 30 Year Treasury. Inception of Index is 1/01/80.
DJUA = Dow Jones Utility Average
LB Agg = Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index
R 1000 V = Russell 1000 Value Index. Inception of Index is 1/01/79.
Reaves = W. H. Reaves & Co., Inc. ERISA Composite
S&P 500 = S&P 500 Equity Index
T Bill = Ibbotson U.S. Treasury Bill

See endnotes for important disclosures and index definitions including ERISA comparisons.


A disciplined, consistent approach to risk management (3)

Reaves’ value style seeks to be disciplined and risk efficient, and has resulted in a 30-year track

record of uncorrelated excess returns with low volatility as compared to the broad market.

  1 Yr 3 Yrs 5 Yrs 10 Yrs 20 Yrs 30.75 Yrs  
Beta 1.01 0.97 0.88 0.53 0.54 0.55  
Annualized Alpha 5.57 3.84 8.79 4.80 3.94 4.84  
Sharpe Ratio -1.05 -0.03 0.79 0.30 0.53 0.62  
Sortino Ratio -1.00 0.31 1.50 0.80 1.45 1.89  

Monthly data versus the S&P 500 Index (net of fees) 1/1/78 to 9/30/08. See endnotes for important disclosures and index definitions including ERISA comparisons.