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Absolute Portfolios

Portfolio

Risk Profile
Objective 
Taxable Account
  IRAs  
  Variable Annuity
Conservative Portfolio Lower  Preservation of principle followed by Income Yes Yes No
Income Portfolio Moderate  Income followed by preservation of capital and slight growth component Yes Yes No
Stable Growth Portfolio
Higher  Long term capital appreciation Yes Yes No
Stable Growth Plus+ Portfolio        Lower to Moderate  Long term capital appreciation and income  Yes Yes No

 

Investment Strategies

Strategy
Asset Class 
Common Uses of Strategy 
Taxable Account
IRAs       
Variable Anunity
Absolute Return Strategy Multi-Asset ETFs Stand alone or within portfolio    Yes Yes Yes
Global Macro        Multi-Asset ETFs Stand alone or within portfolio    Yes Yes  Yes 
Absolute Tactical Multi-Asset ETFs Stand alone or within portfolio    Yes Yes   No
Equity Income Multi-Asset Equities, Preferreds, & MLP ETFs Stand alone or within portfolio    Yes Yes   No
Absolute Currency Major Currency ETFs / ETNs Within portfolio  Yes Yes   No
Absolute Commodity Commodity ETFs / ETNs including energy, metals, grains, & softs Within portfolio  Yes Yes   No
Absolute U.S. Sector Major U.S. Sectors ETFs Within portfolio  Yes Yes   No
Absolute International Country Specific ETFs Within portfolio  Yes Yes   No
Absolute Bond Domestic / international bonds including corporate & government bonds Stand alone or within portfolio    Yes Yes   No
Absolute Metals Precious and industrial metal ETFs Within portfolio  Yes Yes No
Protective Equity Income 20-30 dividend paying stocks using puts to hedge risk. Within portfolio  Yes Yes   No
Dynamic Overlay Domestic & international ETFs Within portfolio  Yes Yes   No
Dynamic International International ETFs Within portfolio  Yes Yes   No

Note:  One can not directly invest in an index.  The strategies listed above are Provident Capital's attempt to track the respective index.  Implementation of a strategy based on an index will yield different results do to slippage, transaction fees and management fees.

Absolute Indexes

Index
Total Number of Candidates
Maximum Number Selected
Number of Inverse Investments
Inverse Protection and Defensive Allocation
Global Macro Index  17 3 Broad Market U.S. / International Equities & Bonds and gold.  Cash allocation option
Absolute Tactical Index  50 5 4 Broad Market U.S. / International Equities & Emerging Markets.  U.S. Treasuries & Cash allocation option
Equity Income Index  14 3 3 U.S. Treasuries,  Equities & Real Estate.  Cash allocation option
Absolute Currency Index  6 1 0 Allocation to different currency. Cash allocation option
Absolute Commodity Index  12 0 Cash allocation option
Absolute U.S. Sector Index  9 2 U.S. Equities & cash allocation option 
Absolute International Index  25 3 Broad market international Equities, emerging markets & cash allocation option
Absolute Bond Index  11 2 3 Cash allocation option 
Absolute Metals Index 9 2 1 Cash allocation option 

 








 

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Financial professionals and individuals alike are moving to an absolute return approach.  We believe the days are gone where investors are willing to accept that they are ahead of the game when they only lost 30% and the benmark lost 35%.  There are no guarantees when it comes to investing, but it doesn't mean we shouldn't try to manage risk. 

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