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January 2010: The Hulbert Financial Digest (HFD), leading rater of investment newsletters, reported that the PAD-C portfolio outperformed the Wilshire 5000 Index on a risk-adjusted basis, for the 21-year period 1989-2009.

Year
  PAD-C Portfolio  
  Wilshire 5000  
Relative Risk*
2009
24.9
28.3
0.93 ( 7% less risky)
2008
-24.4
-37.2
0.82 (18% less risky)
 2007 
5.6
5.6
0.41 (59% less risky)
2006
6.9
15.8
0.39 (61% less risky)
2005
2.7
6.4
0.64 (36% less risky)
2004
11.1
12.5
0.76 (24% less risky)
2003
29.2
31.6
1.27 (27% more risky)
2002
-11.8
-20.9
1.23 (23% more risky)
2001
7.6
-11.0
1.18 (18% more risky)

*HFD measure of riskiness vs. the market average