| | Moderate Asset Allocation Total Return Index (CIJ Index) | | | The Ibbotson Associates Moderate Asset Allocation Total Return Index, published by the Chicago Board Options Exchange under the symbol “CIJ,” tracks the performance of a hypothetical basket of indexes. The CIJ index is comprised of seven underlying constituent indexes in the U.S. and international markets. Updated daily, it reflects an optimized strategic asset allocation model with a moderate risk level. | |
| | | | Index Methodology | | Each month, Ibbotson Associates reallocates the Index based on the results of mean-variance optimization and resampling processes. The inputs needed to conduct mean-variance optimization are asset class expected returns, expected standard deviations, and expected cross-asset class correlations. Ibbotson Associates develops each of these statistics using a combination of historical data and current market information. Once the inputs are optimized, creating the efficient frontier, they are then subject to resampling. Portfolio allocations on a resampled frontier, or one frontier that is an average of many simulated frontiers generated through multiple variations of the original inputs, tend to be more diversified and less sensitive to forecast errors.
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| October 2009 | 30.06 | 8.67 | 4.02 | 11.06 | 8.37 | 37.01 | 0.81 | |  |
| September 2009 | 30.18 | 8.70 | 3.73 | 11.87 | 8.69 | 35.23 | 1.60 | | |
| August 2009 | 30.09 | 8.68 | 3.90 | 11.66 | 8.88 | 35.08 | 1.71 | | |
| July 2009 | 29.98 | 8.65 | 3.78 | 11.43 | 8.95 | 35.46 | 1.75 | | |
| June 2009 | 29.97 | 8.65 | 3.72 | 11.66 | 8.93 | 35.32 | 1.75 | | |
| May 2009 | 29.76 | 8.58 | 3.77 | 11.01 | 8.77 | 36.46 | 1.65 | | |
| April 2009 | 29.89 | 8.62 | 3.70 | 10.71 | 8.64 | 37.09 | 1.35 | | |
| March 2009 | 29.43 | 8.49 | 3.65 | 10.89 | 8.71 | 37.36 | 1.47 | | |
| February 2009 | 30.08 | 8.68 | 3.76 | 10.82 | 8.64 | 36.64 | 1.38 | | |
| January 2009 | 30.00 | 8.59 | 4.03 | 11.13 | 8.39 | 37.04 | 0.82 | | |
| December 2008 | 29.11 | 8.22 | 3.74 | 10.52 | 9.28 | 37.42 | 1.71 | | |
| November 2008 | 28.75 | 8.08 | 3.79 | 9.31 | 9.80 | 36.89 | 3.39 | | |
| October 2008 | 29.50 | 8.65 | 4.13 | 10.77 | 9.91 | 32.95 | 4.09 | | |
| September 2008 | 29.99 | 8.73 | 3.85 | 11.77 | 9.96 | 31.10 | 4.60 | | | |
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