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Ferrell Concert FoF at 15.44% YTD

Thursday, December 27, 2007

The November 2007 return estimate for the Ferrell Concert Fund of Hedge Funds (Concert 6) is -2.29%, bringing 2007 YTD performance to 15.44%, according to an investor communication obtained by Opalesque. Greenwich, Connecticut based Ferrell Capital Management (FCM) is headed by Bill Ferrell. Ferrell Concert Ltd. is an offshore, controlled-volatility fund invested in over 60 hedge funds in nine different strategy buckets.

The investment objective is to maximize risk-adjusted returns in all market conditions. Concert 2 (the Master Fund, 8.87%), Concert 4 (11.69%) and Concert 6 (15.44%) are managed to a target standard deviations of 2%, 4% and 6%, respectively, based upon the risk and return objectives of individual investors.

Ferrell says that as an Alpha generator, Concert may be used as an investment alternative to enhance cash, fixed income or equity performance. Risk consistency and low correlation to equity and fixed income indices would make the program ideal for Portable Alpha applications.

According to Ferrell Capital, the firm has developed many of the currently recognized risk allocation and budgeting methodologies since inception in 1988 and advised many blue chip institutions on their practical application to portfolio management.

FCM would combine financial engineering and risk management expertise with an "extraordinary pipeline of hedge fund research to actively manage the Ferrell Concert program. At FCM, managing allocations to strategy types and i......................

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