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Happy New Year

Year in Review - 2011

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Happy New Year

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  1. Year in Review - 2011 • Financial Headlines • Eurozone • Market Volatility • Implied volatility increases late summer/early fall to over 30% from mid-teens preceding 12 months • 16 days Dow moves more than 200 points • Debt ceiling crisis, Dow down 4.3% • S&P downgrades US, Dow down 5.6% • Occupy Wall Street • First Solar • MF Global scandal • Personal Headlines • 1st full year at Greenhill • Meeting of the Parents • Engagement • New Apartment • Heart Surgery • Hayden lost his front teeth in December

  2. 2011 Select stock and index performances • S&P 500 index ended about flat • Vanguard Euro Index (VGK) was down roughly 12% • Best performer in S&P 500 - Cabot Oil & Gas (COG) up over 100% • Worst performer in S&P 500 - First Solar (FSLR) down about 75%

  3. Stock and index performances in 2011 Hayden’s first boogie board ride represents Euro index. Could have ended worse than it did but it wasn’t pretty, Vanguard Euro index down about 12%. S&P 500 ended up about flat for the year Poppy represents Cabot Oil & Gas Failed flip is First Solar, started out OK but ended up painful being down 75% Making a big splash as top performing S&P 500 stock

  4. 3rd Best S&P 500 Performer – Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) up about 80% Post-recovery beard Intuitive Surgical designs and builds the da Vinci Surgical System which robotically assists in minimally invasive surgery (MIVS). Ironically, I had a similar procedure for my aortic valve replacement…but failed to buy the stock

  5. Commodities were not the headline story like in 2010 but there was still money to be made …and took his earnings to the tailor to buy a suit because cotton was down about 40% for the year! Commodities did not perform nearly as well in 2011 as they did in 2010 but Hayden bought cattle, which was a top performer up over 20%...

  6. Things that went missing in 2011 – front teeth and $1.2 billion Jon – “Santa, all I want for Christmas is the $1.2 billion that MF Global lost” Hayden – “Santa, all I want for Christmas are my two front teeth”

  7. Take the time to be thankful in 2012 and may all your dreams come true. Happy New Year.Music by Hall and Oates

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