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The Leuthold Core and Global Portfolios continued to perform well; the underlying equity strategies maintained solid gains. With a pause in rates, fixed income and alternatives were also positive contributors.

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AdvantHedge was down 5.2% in April, in line with the inverse S&P 500 (-5.3%) but trailing the inverse Russell 2000 (-2.1%).

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The Leuthold Core and Global Portfolios both benefited from strong performance of their underlying equity holdings during March and kept pace with all-equity benchmarks despite holding substantially less stock exposure. 

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AdvantHedge was down 2.4% in March, ahead of the inverse S&P 500 (-4.4%) but trailing the inverse Russell 2000 (-1.0%).

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The Leuthold Core and Global Portfolios both performed well during the “risk-on” market in February.

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AdvantHedge was down 6.1% in February, trailing the inverse S&P 500 (-2.8%) but performing in-line with the inverse Russell 2000 (-6.2%).

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The Leuthold Core and Global Portfolios were both about flat in January, holding up better than the broad equity markets.

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The Reddit short-squeeze saga had very little impact on this short strategy. We tend to avoid securities with extremely high short interest, we don’t pay more than the standard rate to borrow shares, and we diversify across a large basket of holdings; all of which reduce the risk of a single-name short squeeze manipulating portfolio results.

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The Leuthold Core and Global Portfolios both performed well during the market rally that continued in December. Equities, Fixed Income, and Alternatives were all positive contributors to performance.

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AdvantHedge was down 6.9% in December. It trailed the inverse S&P 500 (-3.8%), but outperformed the inverse Russell 2000 (-8.7%).

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The Leuthold Core and Global Portfolios were both sharply higher in November; both had strong underlying equity gains and positive fixed income returns. 

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AdvantHedge was down 17.2% in November. It trailed the inverse S&P 500 (-11.0%), but outperformed the inverse Russell 2000 (-18.4%).

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The Leuthold Core and Global Portfolios both had negative returns in October, with Core fared better due to more favorable performance from its underlying equities. 

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AdvantHedge was down 0.3% in October. It trailed the inverse S&P 500 (+2.7%), but outperformed the inverse Russell 2000 (-2.1%).

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The Leuthold Core and Global Portfolios both had losses in September but held up well relative to the broad market, thanks to outperformance of the underlying equity strategies. 

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AdvantHedge was up 2.3% in September. It trailed the inverse S&P 500 (+3.8%) and the inverse Russell 2000 (+3.3%).

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The Leuthold Core and Global Portfolios turned in positive performance in August, but failed to keep pace with large cap stocks.

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AdvantHedge was down 8.3% in August, trailing the inverse S&P 500 (-7.2%) and the inverse Russell 2000 (-5.6%).

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In July, the Leuthold Core and Global Portfolios both turned in strong performance.

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Select Industries, Global Industries, and AdvantHedge performance

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