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  Risk/Return Profile
   
 


Risk/Return (3) (net of fees) 01/01/78 to 03/31/10
(4)

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CG 10 Yr. = Citigroup 10 Year Treasury. Inception of Index is 1/01/80.
CG 30 Yr. = Citigroup 30 Year Treasury. Inception of Index is 1/01/80.
DJUA = Dow Jones Utility Average
BC Agg = Barclays Capital Aggregate Bond Index
R 1000 V = Russell 1000 Value Index. Inception of Index is 1/01/79.
Reaves = W. H. Reaves & Co., Inc. ERISA Composite
S&P 500 = S&P 500 Equity Index
T Bill = Ibbotson U.S. Treasury Bill

See endnotes for important disclosures and index definitions including ERISA comparisons.


A disciplined, consistent approach to risk management (3)

Reaves’ value style seeks to be disciplined and risk efficient, and has resulted in a 32-year track

record of uncorrelated excess returns with low volatility as compared to the broad market.

  1 Yr 3 Yrs 5 Yrs 10 Yrs 20 Yrs 32.25 Yrs  
Beta 0.75 0.77 0.77 0.60 0.55 0.56  
Annualized Alpha -1.18 -0.13 3.48 5.78 3.28 4.34  
Sharpe Ratio 2.74 -0.25 0.16 0.23 0.42 0.54  
Sortino Ratio 7.00 -0.31 0.20 0.32 0.63 0.83  

W. H. Reaves & Co., Inc. ERISA Composite (Net of fees)
Monthly data versus the S&P 500 Index (net of fees) 1/1/78 to 03/31/10. See endnotes for important disclosures and index definitions including ERISA comparisons.