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Superfund Green, L.P.
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by a current Prospectus of Superfund Green, L.P. (the “Fund”). This brochure
does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy Units
in the Fund. The offering of Fund Units can only be made by the Prospectus
which contains important information regarding certain risks associated with
the Fund and should be read carefully and retained by anyone considering
an investment in the Fund. The Units have not been approved or disapproved
by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission or any state securities commission nor has the Securities and
Exchange Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission or any
state securities commission passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of the
Prospectus or this brochure.
Managed futures can generally be defined as a globally diversified basket
of futures contracts which are listed on worldwide exchanges.
Futures and forward contracts have a high degree of price variability and
are subject to occasional rapid and substantial changes.
Risk Factors:
� There can be no assurance that the investment objective
of Series A or Series B of Superfund Green, L.P. will be achieved.
� Investing in Series A or Series B of Superfund Green, L.P. is speculative and
investors must be prepared to lose all or a substantial amount of their
investment.
� Both Series A and Series B of Superfund Green, L.P. are highly leveraged,
which may potentially provide higher returns, but also increase the overall
risk and volatility of the investment.
� Costs and expenses of managed futures funds are significantly higher than
mutual funds and other investment vehicles.
� Investors in both Series A and Series B of Superfund Green, L.P. will realize
taxable gains and losses in the year in which they occur, and proper consid-
eration should be given to the tax implications of an investment.
� The profitability of funds that use trading systems that only analyze techni-
cal market data and not any economic factors external to market prices
may be negatively affected when sustained price trends fail to develop.
� Superfund Capital Management, the general partner of the Fund, has total
trading authority over each Series. The use of a single advisor could mean
lack of diversification and, consequently, higher risk.
� The Fund’s charges are substantial and must be offset by trading gains and/
or gold investment profits and interest income in order to avoid depletion
of each Series’ assets.
� There is no secondary market for the Units and none is expected to devel-
op. You may redeem your Units only as of a month-end. Transfers of Units
are subject to limitations.
There is no guarantee that these methods will be successful.
Past Performance is not indicative of future results.
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Dear Investor
As an alternative investment strategy, managed futures have attracted much attention in
recent years. Why?
Managed futures offer the potential for high absolute returns,
and their performance is historically independent of traditional
portfolio components, such as stocks, bonds, commodities and
other alternative investment strategies.
Discipline is the key to long-term investment success. Invest-
ing is a complex and often emotional topic for most investors.
As soon as greed for increased profits gains the upper hand,
healthy common sense disappears – whether you are an in-
dividual investor or institutional fund manager. Therefore, at
Superfund, we have crystallized our investment discipline into
an automated, systematic approach to markets. Our system ensures that human emotions
will not interfere with our approach to trading markets. Clear rules for market diversifica-
tion, trend analysis and risk management are applied consistently.
Our fully automated trading systems perpetually screen about 120 financial and commod-
ity markets around the world for investment possibilities. The broad diversification of the
traded markets improves the potential to find strong trends. We attain this diversity not
only by investing in stocks, bonds or currencies, but also by trading daily necessities, such
as energy, metals and various agricultural products.
Sincerely,
Christian Baha
Founder
Past Performance is not indicative of future results.
Christian Baha
What are Futures?
How do the goods we buy on a daily basis make their way
onto the supermarket shelves? How are their prices de-
termined? One way is through global commodity futures
exchanges. These are important financial centers which
provide buyers and sellers with a competitive marketplace
and a forum to control price and risk at the same time. A
futures contract is a financial agreement to buy or sell a
certain product for a fixed price at a predetermined date in
the future. In this way, farmers can sell their wheat months
before they even harvest it at a fixed price, regardless of
bad weather or crop disease. The buyer bears the initial
risk, but is rewarded if the futures price comes in under the
contract price for the commodity. As the futures contract
delivery date approaches, the distance between the con-
tract price and the final price will lessen.
An investment strategy in managed
futures generally should be planned
for a minimum of at least five years.
While managed futures offer such potential to profit, this
type of investment is highly volatile and speculative. Thus, an
investor must be prepared to lose all or substantially all of an
investment.
The growth of the managed futures industryin Billion USD (01/1987 through 12/2012)
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Source: BarclayHedge Alternative Investment Database (Barclay Hedge, Ltd.), Time Period: 01/1987–12/2012
Past Performance is not indicative of future results.
*an index of approximately 300 CTAs who voluntarily report their performance
Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index: The Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index is a broad base index that is often used to represent investment grade bonds being traded in the United States. CISDM CTA Equal Weighted Index: The CISDM CTA equal weighted index is a hedge fund index that reflects the average performance of Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs). To be included included in the equally weighted index, a CTA must have at least $500,000 under management and at least a 12 month track record. MSCI World Index: The MSCI World Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets. S&P 500 Total Return: The S&P 500 is one of the most commonly used benchmarks for the overall U.S. stock market. It is an index consisting of 500 stocks chosen for market size, liquidity and industry grouping, among other factors. The S&P 500 Index represents the price trend movements of the common stock of major U.S. public companies. The Total Return refers to the version of the index that reflects the effects of dividend reinvestment.
e Comparison of Asset Classes
(01/1980 through 12/2012)
The CISDM CTA Equal Weighted
Index and the MSCI World Index do
not include reinvested dividends.
The S&P 500 Total Return Index and
the Barclays US Aggregate Bond
Index include reinvested dividends.
The CISDM CTA Equal Weighted
Index should not be considered rep-
resentative of Superfund managed
futures funds. Information regard-
ing Superfund’s managed futures
funds performance can be obtained
at www.superfundusa.com.
1) Managed Futures: CISDM CTA Equal Weighted Index; 2) Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index
Managed Futures¹⁾
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MSCI World Bonds2)
Comparison of Asset Classes (01/1980 through 12/2012)
S&P 500 Total Return
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What are Managed Futures?
��Benefits of managed futures
Why investors are drawn to managed futures
�High performance potential
The potential for high performance over a long-term
investment period.
�Correlation
The historically low correlation of managed futures’
performance to other asset classes, including stocks and
bonds.
�Portfolio diversification
Managed futures provide access to multiple markets.
� Enhanced portfolio efficiency
Managed futures, when added to a traditional portfolio of
equities and bonds, have the potential to reduce volatility
and enhance returns for the entire portfolio.
Managed futures are becoming an increasingly significant asset class, distinct from stocks, bonds and other alternative invest-
ment strategies. Managed futures can generally be defined as a globally diversified basket of futures contracts which are
listed on worldwide exchanges. Managed futures funds have the ability to go both long and short, and thus have the poten-
tial to profit in rising or falling markets. Moreover, managed futures funds historically have had a low correlation to stocks,
bonds and other investments, and therefore have the potential to improve returns and lower the overall volatility of a
portfolio. At the end of 2012, institutional and private investors had approximately $330 billion invested in this asset class.
��HigH Performance Potential
Potential to outperform traditional indices
Managed futures have the ability to go both long and short
and thus have the potential to profit in rising or falling mar-
kets. They have the potential over a long-term period to out-
perform traditional indices. The graph below illustrates the per-
formance of the CISDM CTA Equal Weighted Index* vs. the S&P
500 Total Return Index, the MSCI World Index and the Barclays
US Aggregate Bond Index. Over the past 30 years, the cumula-
tive return on an initial investment would have been signifi-
cantly higher for managed futures than for these other asset
classes. There can be no assurance that the investment objec-
tives of a managed futures fund will be achieved. Investing in
managed futures is speculative and investors must be prepared
to lose all or a substantial amount of their investment. Futures
and forward contracts have a high degree of price variability
and are subject to occasional rapid and substantial changes.
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Superfund Story
Christian Baha is the founder of Superfund. In January 1992, he launched a company that
developed and marketed financial software applications to institutions in Austria. From this
platform, he launched Teletrader Software AG, which is currently a publicly held company
offering financial software products to institutions, and which has been listed on the
Austrian Stock Exchange since March 2001.
In March 1996, Mr. Baha founded the first member of what is now the Superfund group of
companies, launched one of the world’s first retail managed futures funds and continued to
develop the Superfund trend following trading systems. By 1997, the proprietary
software and trading systems were further refined, resulting in a fully automated approach
to trading.
During the past decade, the Superfund trading systems have been further developed,
tested and continually improved using 30 years of historical data. The trading systems
monitor and trade about 120 futures markets in eight core areas.
The investment decisions are not dependent on fundamental data. The trading systems
constantly monitor all associated micro and macro risk factors and systematically determine
buy and sell orders through technical analysis. Should there be a major trend reversal, the
program reacts immediately to adjust to the new environment. In this manner, the trading
systems attempt to minimize losses and increase profit potential.
Past Performance is not indicative of future results.
e Superfund Trading Chart
As shown in the chart to the
left, the Superfund trading
systems limit losses by using
stop-loss orders.
e Traded Markets
The chart is only an
indication of the variety of
markets traded or that may
be traded by Superfund and
is not indicative of relative
allocations among these
markets. The actual
allocations among these
markets change over time
due to liquidity, volatility
and risk considerations.
Financial Futures Commodity Futures
Stock Indices Metals
Currencies Energy
Bonds Grains
Interest Rates Agricultural Markets
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Superfund Strategy
Superfund USA, LLC, and additional selling agents, have offered an SEC registered managed futures fund to private investors
since November 2002: Superfund Green L.P. - Series A and Series B. The two series of the fund follow a similar investment
strategy but vary according to level of risk and reward with Series B having a risk and reward level that is approximately
1.5 times greater than that of Series A.
��market diversification
Superfund funds use proprietary trading systems that strive to produce minimal correlation to traditional investments.
Futures contracts are traded in about 120 different financial and commodity markets around the world. Fundamental to the
Superfund trading style are low correlation between the different instruments and high liquidity for order execution.
��tecHnical trading systems
Positions are initiated using a proprietary technical algorithm that works to detect price trends in advance. Many systematic
trend following systems employ technical indicators, such as moving averages or Bollinger bands, to identify trading
conditions. The key to using such indicators successfully lies in the way they are interrelated and applied in combination.
��trend following
The Superfund trading strategy is based on short-, medium- and long-term trend following. Key to the past success of Super-
fund funds is the ability to limit drawdowns by the daily maintenance of stop orders. If a trend reverses, loss is theoretically
limited. If a trend continues, profits are theoretically protected. In this way, the Superfund trading strategy seeks to optimize
winning trades.
��money management
Risk management plays a vital role in the Superfund investment strategy. Consistent money management is the most important
element of the Superfund trading strategy. Trading risk is controlled by strictly limiting the size of individual trading positions
and cutting losses early. The total risk is continuously screened and drawdowns are limited by daily maintenance of stop orders.
In this way, if a trend reverses, losses are theoretically limited, while if a trend continues profits are theoretically protected.
The profitability of Series A or Series B of Superfund Green, L.P. could be materially diminished during periods when factors
external to the market itself have an important impact on market prices. During such periods, Superfund trading system could
establish positions on the wrong side of the price movements caused by such external factors.
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Many investors are drawn to managed futures because of the low
correlation to other major asset classes. Including managed futures as
part of a diversified portfolio is seen as a risk management tool that can
help investors not only when the stock market suffers losses, but also
when other portfolio components suffer losses.
The graphs below compare managed futures to the S&P 500 during the 10
worst and 10 best months for stock performance from 1980 through 2012.
5�Description: 1) CISDM CTA Equal Weighted Index: An index of approximately 300 commod-ity trading advisers that voluntarily report their performance to the CISDM; S&P 500 Total Return: A benchmark of U.S. common stock performance. It includes 500 of the largest stocks (by market value) listed in the U.S. It is considered to be the most important benchmark for market developments in the U.S.
2) February 2001 performance for Managed Futures, represented by CISDM CTA Equal Weighted Index was –0.13%. Past Performance is not indicative of future results.
��correlation
A relationship between two variables
*Please see the back page of this brochure for definitions of terms.
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Correlation & Diversification
Futures contracts are highly liquid financial instruments traded in about 120 financial and
commodity markets around the globe. By broadly diversifying across many global
markets, managed futures have the potential to simultaneously profit from price changes in
stock, bond, currency and interest rates as well as from many commodity markets with
historically low correlation to traditional asset classes. A managed futures fund allows
investors to participate in many different asset classes with one single investment.
��Portfolio diversification
Ease of global diversification
Managed futures are often used by investors as a way to diversify a portfolio from reliance
on traditional stocks and bonds. Since managed futures typically trade in a wide variety of
futures markets on many global exchanges, they can provide investors with exposure to
commodities, currencies, and a wide variety of international indexes and interest rates.
� Stock Indices*:
DAX, E-Mini Dow Jones, CAC 40, Hang Seng, E-Mini S&P 500, E-Mini Nasdaq 100,
FTSE 100, Australian SPI 200, Nikkei 225, SMI, Euro Stoxx 50, E-Mini Russell 2000
�Currencies:
Euro, USD, Pound Sterling, Swiss Franc, Japanese Yen, Mexican Peso,
Australian Dollar, Canadian Dollar, Turkish Lira, New Zealand Dollar
�Bonds:
U.S. Treasury Bond, Long Gilt, U.S. 10-Y Note, Japanese Bond, Australian Bond
� Interest Rates:
Euribor 3 Month, Eurodollar 3 Month, Short Sterling, Euro Bobl,
Australian Bank Acceptance, Euroswiss 3 Month
�Metals:
Gold, Copper, Platinum, Aluminum, Silver, Zinc, Nickel
� Energy:
Crude Oil, Heating Oil, Natural Gas, Gas Oil, Kerosene, Brent Crude
�Grains:
Corn, Soybeans, Soybean Oil, Soybean Meal, Wheat
�Agricultural Markets:
Coffee, Cotton, Sugar, Cocoa, Live Cattle, Lean Hogs
01/1980 - 12/2012 Stocks Bonds Managed Futures
Return p.a. Risk p.a.
max. Drawdown
Stock only Portfolio 100 % 0 % 0 % +11.2 % 15.5 % –51.0 %
Traditional Portfolio 60 % 40 % 0 % +10.5 % 10.0 % –32.5 %
Modern Portfolio 1 57 % 38 % 5 % +10.7 % 9.5 % –30.3 %
Modern Portfolio 2 54 % 36 % 10 % +10.9 % 9.1 % –28.1 %
Modern Portfolio 3 48 % 32 % 20 % +11.4 % 8.5 % –23.4 %
Managed Futures 0 % 0 % 100 % +13.6 % 15.8 % –15.4 %
Managed futures are often used by investors to complement a portfolio of stocks and
bonds and to help balance overall returns.
Professor Harry Markowitz pioneered the concept of the modern portfolio theory over
50 years ago. A cornerstone of Professor Markowitz’s Nobel prize-winning research was
the “efficient frontier” of investments, where he proved that adding a mix of diverse
asset classes into an investment portfolio would lower the overall volatility of the entire
portfolio while potentially enhancing investment return. Harvard professor Dr. John
Lintner enhanced our understanding of the modern portfolio theory with a seminal
study in 1983 that concluded that “portfolios… including judicious investments… in
managed futures accounts show substantially less risk at every possible level of expect-
ed return than portfolios of stocks (or stocks and bonds) alone.”
a Effects of adding managed futures The graph above shows the effects of adding a managed futures investment (in this case represented by the CISDM Index) into an equity portfolio (represented by the S&P 500 Total Return Index). During the 32-year period covered in this graph, the addition of a 20% share of managed futures into the portfolio would have lowered the volatility and increased returns. As used in this chart, Risk represents standard deviation, which is a measurement of an investment’s historical volatility. The higher the percentage, the more likely an investment will deviate from an expected normal return. The Increased Return uses performance p.a., which is the percentage of performance per annum, or per year. Managed futures: CISDM CTA Equal-Weighted; Stocks: S&P 500 Total Return Index; Bonds: Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index
Past Performance is not indicative of future results.
��Potential enHanced Portfolio efficiency
Effects of adding managed futures
With the addition of a managed
futures fund to a traditional
portfolio, there is the potential for
a higher return at a reduced risk.
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Correlation is one of the most common
and most useful statistics when measuring
how the returns of two investments move
in relation to each other. A measure of
1.0 indicates returns that move perfectly
together; 0 indicates movements that have
no relationship to each other; and –1.0
indicates perfect opposite movement.
Managed futures have historically dis-
played low or even zero-correlation with
other asset classes, which make them an
attractive and efficient portfolio diversifica-
tion tool.
Modern Portfolio Theory
Harry M. Markowitz is an acclaimed economist and Nobel Laureate who received the Nobel prize in economics in 1990 for his work
in modern portfolio theory. His extraordinary theory provided proof that a diversified portfolio utilizing various investment products
can achieve overall higher return while lowering risk at the same time.
One of the core points of modern portfolio theory is “don’t put all your eggs in one basket.” Professor Markowitz proved that adding a
non-correlated asset class to traditional investments like stocks and bonds not only can reduce risk, but can also improve performance.
e How to read the graphic
Annual return is the increase in value of
a particular investment, expressed as a
percentage per year. Maximum
drawdown is the greatest cumulative
percentage decline in month-end net as-
set value due to losses sustained by the
portfolio during any period in which the
initial month-end net asset value is not
equaled or exceeded by a subsequent
month-end net asset value.
��diversification
Optimum portfolio mix
1) Managed Futures: CISDM CTA Equal Weighted Index 2) Stocks: MSCI World, S&P 500 Total Return 3)Bonds: Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index; Source: TeleTrader
Managed Futures Demonstrated True Non- Correlation
Monthly Data from 12/31/2001 – 12/31/2012; Managed Futures: CASAM CISDM CTA Equal Weighted Index; Equities: S&P 500 Total Return Index; Bonds: Barclays Aggregate US Bond Index; Commodities: S&P Goldman Sachs Commodity Index; Hedge Funds: HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index
Past Performance is not indicative of future results.
tHere is no assurance or guarantee tHat diversification can enHance returns or lower risk.
��correlation
Statistical Measure of two investments
40%Bonds2)
30% S&P 500 TR
30%MSCI World
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40%Bonds3)
40%Stocks2)
Diversi�edPortfolio
Optimum portfolio mix 12/1980 through 12/2012
Annual Return Maximum Drawdown
Correlation Coefficient 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years
Equities and Bonds -0.47 0.11 0.04
Equities and Commodities 0.81 0.63 0.42
Equities and Hedge Funds 0.89 0.84 0.81
Equities and Managed Futures 0.19 -0.1 0.04
Correlation Coefficient 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years
Managed Futures and Bonds 0.08 0.03 0.09
Managed Futures and Commodities 0.35 0.17 0.28
Managed Futures and Hedge Funds 0.41 0.14 0.29
Managed Futures and Equities 0.19 -0.1 0.04
*Australian SPI (Share Price Index) 200: SFE SPI 200 Futures are the benchmark derivative product for investors trading and hedging in the Australian equity index market. SFE SPI 200 Futures are based on the S&P and Australian Stock Ex-change 200 index of the 200 largest market-capitalization weighted companies traded on the Australian Stock Exchange. Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index: An index used by bond funds as a benchmark to measure their relative perfor-mance. The index includes government securities, mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities and corporate securities to simulate the universe of bonds in the market. The maturities of the bonds in the index are more than one year. The index is considered to be the best total market bond index, as it is used by more than 90% of investors in the United States. CAC 40 (Cotation Assistee en Continu/Continuous Assisted Quotation): The French stock market index that tracks the 40 largest French stocks based on market capitalization on the Paris Bourse (stock exchange). The CAC 40 is used as a benchmark index for funds investing in the French stock market. CASAM (Crédit Agricole Structured Asset Management) CISDM CTA Equal Weighted Index: An index of approximately 300 commodity trading advisers that voluntarily report their performance to the CISDM; CTAs trade a wide variety of OTC and exchange traded forward, futures and options markets (e.g., physicals, currency, financial) based on a wide variety of trading models. In order to be included in the equally weighted index universe, a CTA must have at least $500,000 under management and at least a 12-month track record. The index goes back historically to January 1980. DAX: The German Stock Index is a total return index of 30 selected German blue chip stocks traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The equities use free float shares in the index calculation. Dow Jones (Dow Jones Industrial Average): The Dow Jones Industrial Average index - (DJIA) is a price-weighted average of 30 actively traded blue chip stocks. It is the oldest and most widely quoted of all the market indicators. The components, which change from time to time, represent between 15% and 20% of the market value of NYSE stocks. Euro Stoxx 50: The Euro Stoxx 50 Index, Europe’s leading Blue-chip index for the Euro zone, provides a Blue-chip representation of super sector leaders in the Euro zone. The index covers 50 stocks from 12 Euro zone countries. FTSE 100: An index of the 100 largest U.K. companies based on total market capitalization listed on the London Stock Exchange. Hang Seng: A market capitalization-weighted index of 40 of the largest companies that trade on the Hong Kong Exchange. The Hang Seng Index is maintained by a subsidiary of Hang Seng Bank, and has been published since 1969. HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index: The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index is a global, equal-weighted index of over 2,000 single-manager funds that report to HFR Database. Constituent funds report monthly performance net of all fees in US Dollar and have a minimum of $50 Million under management or a twelve (12) month track record of active performance. The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index does not include Funds of Hedge Funds. E-Mini Dow Jones/S&P 500/Nasdaq 100/Russell 2000: A type of option for which the underlying assets are Dow Jones Industrial Average/S&P 500/Nasdaq 100/Russell 2000 futures contracts, respectively. MSCI World Index: The MSCI World Index generally consists of more than 1,500 stocks in 23 developed market countries and typically represents approximately 85 percent of the total market capitalization in those countries. Nasdaq 100: The NASDAQ-100 Index includes 100 of the largest U.S. domestic and international non-financial securities listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market based on market capitalization. Nikkei 225: The leading index of Japanese stocks. It is a price-weighted index comprised of Japan’s top 225 blue-chip companies on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Russell 2000: The Russell 2000 Index measures the performance of the small-cap segment of the U.S. equity universe. The Russell 2000 Index includes approximately 2,000 of the small-est securities based on a combination of their market cap and current index membership. SMI (Swiss Market Index): The Swiss Market Index is a capitalization-weighted index of the 20 largest and most liquid stocks of the SPI universe. It represents about 85% of the free- float market capitalization of the Swiss equity market. S&P GSCI Total Return Index: The investment is linked to the GSCI Total Return index and provides investors with exposure to the returns potentially available through an unleveraged investment in the contracts comprising the GSCI plus the Treasury bill rate of interest that could be earned on funds committed to the trading of the underlying contracts. The commodities represented in the GSCI Total Return Index are production-weighted to reflect their relative significance to the world economy. Crude oil is currently the dominant commodity in this index. The fund is non-diversified. S&P 500 (Standard & Poor 500): The S&P 500 is one of the most commonly used benchmarks for the overall U.S. stock market. It is an index consisting of 500 stocks chosen for market size, liquidity and industry grouping, among other factors. S&P 500 Total Return Index: A type of equity index, including 500 of the largest stocks (by market value) listed in the U.S, that tracks both the capital gains of a group of stocks over time, and assumes that any cash distributions, such as dividends, are reinvested back into the index. Looking at an index’s total return displays a more accurate representation of the index’s performance. By assuming dividends are reinvested, you effectively have accounted for stocks in an index that do not issue dividends and instead, reinvest their earnings within the underlying company.
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the SIPC brochure, by contacting the SIPC at
202-371-8300, or at www.sipc.org.
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