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The Board may establish a spending policy which attempts to balance the
long-term objective of maintaining the Association’s purchasing power
with the goal of providing a reasonable, predictable, stable and sustainable
level of spendable revenue to support current needs.
Investment performance will be reviewed quarterly with the Manager. It is
not anticipated that the goals defined below will be satisfied in every quarter
of year. It is, however, expected that performance goals will be met over a
rolling three-year period. Analysis of performance should always be within
the context of the prevailing investment environment and the Manager’s
particular investment style. The investment performance will be evaluated
relative to the following indices and standards:
A. Indices
Salomon
Portfolio S & P Broad 3-7 Yr. 90-Day
Segment CPI 500 Govt./Corp. US T-Bill
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Total Fund yes yes yes yes
Common Stocks yes yes no no
Domestic
Fixed Income yes no yes yes
Domestic
Cash yes no no yes
Equivalents
B. For the Total Fund
The performance of the total fund will be compared with the following:
An index developed by combining the representative indices weighted as to
the policy asset mix;
A real return of 5%;
The results of comparable funds as measured by a recognized third party
consultants, ranking in the upper half of this database over a rolling three-
year period;
The Committee’s desire is that the Fund’s performance place in the upper
third of a comparable universe of funds during falling or down markets;
Level of portfolio risk is assumed.
C. For the Equity Portion of the Fund
The performance of the equity portion (domestic and foreign) of the portfolio
will be compared with the following:
1 The Total Fund performance will be compared to the CPI and to an index developed by combining the
representative indices weighted as to the policy asset mix.
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