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Page 1: Good Timing Peter Mauthe Spectrum Financial Inc. May 15, 2004

Good Timing

Peter MautheSpectrum Financial Inc.

May 15, 2004

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OBJECTIVE

IS to Make Money!

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OBJECTIVE is NOT to be right

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APPROACH: Find or make price streams that are

smooth and offer superior performance.

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Baskets Pros:

enhanced betas, enhanced

performance, trade all day, unique

price stream, smooth price

stream, can easily target market hot spots

Cons: trade all day, transaction costs

need to be managed,

slippage needs to be managed,

trading and tracking of baskets

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Biotech Holders vs. Equal Weighted BasketBasket equals or betters the performance of the Holders

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Industrials vs. Equal Weighted Dow BasketBasket equals or betters the performance of the Holders

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IBD 100 Basket vs. NASDAQ CompositeBasket far outperforms the NASDAQ Composite

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Lowry's Power Bank basket vs. NASDAQ Composite.(vs. BKX which was +46.29%)

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Lowry's Power Oil basket vs. NASDAQ Composite.(vs. OIH which was +26.89%)

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Lowry's Power REIT basket vs. NASDAQ Composite.(vs. IYR Real Estate ETF which was +45.05%)

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Top small cap growth fund picks vs. Rydex Mekros (1.5x enhanced beta)Mekros outperforms the average of our favorite small cap growth fundsFOCUS ON STYLE SECTOR RATHER THAN SPECIFIC FUNDS

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CRUSH basket 1/14/03 – 3/11/03 vs. NASDAQ CompositeThose that go down the most in a correction tend to go up the

most in the following rally.

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CRUSH Basket 7/14/03 – 8/8/03 vs. NASDAQ Composite Those that go down the most in a correction tend to go up the

most in the following rally.

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Lowry's “Power” REIT basket vs. NASDAQ Composite.(vs. IYR Real Estate ETF which was +45.05%)

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Position Sizing Dollar loss stops Percent loss stops % of Capital stops – dependent on

where trade stop is.

Dynamic stops to keep positions from getting too large.

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Trading by ExposureHedge Fund Start of Day % Long vs. NASDAQ

Composite

-40%

-30%

-20%

-10%

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NASDAQ Comp.

Hedge % Long

Average % Long:

2003 = 69%

2003 post March low = 78%

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Hedge Fund Formula Return using Russell 2000 vs. Russell 2000

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Russell 2000

Hypothetical return assuming invested

in the Russell 2000

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Profile ForecastingS&P 500 vs. 4 Prior Periods of the S&P 500

as of the Close 05/05/04

100.00

110.00

120.00

130.00

140.00

150.00

160.00

9-Oct-02 6-Jan-03 2-Apr-03 27-Jun-03 23-Sep-03 17-Dec-03 16-Mar-04 0-Jan-00 0-Jan-00

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Behavioral Finance More errors are made when a

trader has a forecast. Objectivity is compromised since subconsciously the trader tends to interpret indicators to fit the forecast.

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Good News / Bad News Discount Model

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Trend line anchoring

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Discretionary vs. Systematic Discretionary: + Performance

- Repeatability

Systematic: + Repeatability - Performance

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Moving average / New High Strategy

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PIMCO High Yield Institutional