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The Investment Project

The Investment Project. Chloe Floyd. The Prospectus Mutual Fund: BEARX. Mutual Fund: BEARX. Prudent Bear Fund David W. Tice: Lead manager Investments seek capital appreciation through short sales of equity securities when overall market variations are high

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The Investment Project

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  1. The Investment Project Chloe Floyd

  2. The Prospectus Mutual Fund: BEARX

  3. Mutual Fund: BEARX • Prudent Bear Fund • David W. Tice: Lead manager • Investments seek capital appreciation • through short sales of equity securities when overall market variations are high • And through long sales of equity securities when overall market variations are low • Invests in common stock • Some holdings: • Capstone Mining Corp. • Golden Cycle Gold Corp. • Silverstone Resources Corp. • Aquiline Resources Inc. • East Asia Minerals Corp. • This fund has increased a lot over the past year

  4. BEARX continued. I picked this mutual fund because it was one of the top performers on Yahoo finance. Their holdings have brought it a high return • PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW • Year to Date Return: 25.04% • 5-Year Average Return: 5.53% • Number of Years Up: 6 • Number of Years Down: 6 • Best 1-Yr Total Return (2002): 62.87% • Worst 1-Yr Total Return (1998): -34.08% • Best 3-Yr Total Return (2000-2): 31.64% • Worst 3-Yr Total Return (1997-99): -21.53% • Yield: 2.48% • Net assets: 1.06B

  5. ProspectusStock: Wal-mart Stores Inc.

  6. Wal-mart Stores Inc. WMT • Retail Stores worldwide offer general merchandise and a wide array of products. Wal-mart is known for its discounted prices. • The stock has increased slightly ($3.00) since last summer • VALUATION MEASURES • Market Cap (intraday)5: 207.36B • Enterprise Value (16-Nov-08)3: 245.02B • Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday): 15.68 • Forward P/E (fye 31-Jan-10) 1: 14.17 PEG • Ratio (5 yr expected): 1.33 • Price/Sales (ttm): 0.54 • Price/Book (mrq): 3.24 • Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3: 0.62 • Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3: 8.226

  7. Wal-mart stock continued • I chose this stock because Wal-mart serves everyone who does not have a lot of money, and since the economy is not doing as well, now more than ever, people are going to need their necessities at cheap, discounted prices. • 06/01/07 the closing price: $49.47 • 11/14/08 the closing price: $52.71 • It increased $3.24 over the past year

  8. The Portfolio

  9. Investment for BEARX 06/01/07: 5.67

  10. Investment for WMT 06/01/07: $49.47

  11. Investment for CD Since I am risking some of my money in the stock market, I decided I wanted to make sure I invested some of my money safely by placing it in a certificate of deposit where compounded interest will allow me to make a small return.

  12. Overall Loss/Gain of $10,000

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