Deen Capital Management, Inc.

Our goal: Outperform the S&P 500 in both up markets and down.

Our result: +52.6% for the 60 months ending July 28, 2010 (vs -1.0% for the S&P)

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What Makes Us Different

Deen Capital Management differs from most money management firms in a number of ways:

We attempt to sidestep major market declines by sitting on a very high level of cash (50% to 100%) during periods of unusually high risk. Most money managers consider a "high level of cash" to be 10% to 20%. For more on this subject, visit our Risk Management page.

We buy stocks likely to go up NOW, and then we typically sell them after only a few weeks. Growth stocks often make big moves in this short time frame, especially when they are under-valued and when there is some unexpected catalyst to spark a rally. In other words, we seek to capitalize on true surprises.

Clients receive weekly status reports by e-mail. These reports include the current value and performance of your account; details on stocks bought and sold; gains and losses, both realized and on paper; and Mr. Deen's commentary on current market conditions.

Mr. Deen brings 20 years of training and experience as a software engineer (M.I.T. '74) to bear on the decisions of what to buy, when to buy, when to sell, and when to sit on cash. To this end, he has developed a variety of computer-based decision-support tools.

Mr. Deen "eats home cooking". That is, he invests his personal retirement accounts in parallel with client accounts. We believe the following quote, from the December 30, 1991 issue of Barron's, still holds true today:
"How do you begin to evaluate stockbrokers and money managers? ... There is no better place to begin one's investigation than with personal ethics. Do they 'eat home cooking' -- managing their own money in parallel with their clients? I can think of no more important test of the integrity of a manager and the likelihood of investment success..."