Shield Plus Alternative Investments

Asset Management For Accredited Investors Only		Risk Management For Institutions Only
Stocks, ETF's & Options	Natural Gas Options	Energy Risk Management	Equity Risk Management

Asset Management

Shield Plus Diamond Horizon

Is there a better investment strategy than a traditional asset allocation of stocks and bonds?

As markets become more volatile, savvy investors are waking up to the fact that stocks and bonds have linear returns with unlimited risk. The Shield Plus Diamond Horizon market-neutral and net long volatility approach creates asymmetrical return patterns where risk is limited to a certain amount. Is it time to remove the unlimited risk in your investment portfolio? Contact Shield Plus.

Shield Plus Natural Gas

Is rising inflation impacting your investment strategy?

Sophisticated investors are realizing that they can no longer rely on just traditional assets to cover the expense of rising inflation. The Shield Plus Natural Gas market-neutral and net long volatility approach creates the opportunity (not the guarantee) to capture gains regardless of market direction in natural gas markets. Is it time to review your investment strategies? Contact Shield Plus or read our article, “The Rush to Commodities—Consider a Market-Neutral Investment,” regarding CalPERS' and other institutions' move to invest assets into energy and raw material markets.

Risk Management

Energy Risk Management

Are rising energy costs squeezing your institution's budget?

Energy prices and volatility have skyrocketed since 2000. Institutional clients, such as universities, colleges, charitable organizations, non-profits and corporations, can capitalize on this energy price volatility and limit their energy expenses by using Shield Plus' energy risk management strategy, the Shield Plus Dynamic Cap. To gain a better understanding of managing your institution’s energy costs, contact our Portfolio Management Team or read our article on investments to help manage institutional energy budgets called, "Energy Grandstand.”

Equity Risk Management

Are you naked or covered? Is the systematic equity risk embedded in your institution’s investments covered (protected) from another market decline?

Going naked can expose your organization to undesirable consequences if equity markets decline.  You can protect your institution from falling equity prices and simultaneously create the opportunity for unlimited upside in your equity holdings by using Shield Plus' equity risk management strategy, the Shield Plus Dynamic Floor. To avoid running naked, consider the benefits of managing your institution’s equity risks, contact our Portfolio Management Team.

Shield Plus = Performance + Protection

• Performance: Shield Plus Natural Gas is ranked #1 over the three-year period (2004 to 2006) for option-based strategies in “The Barclay Institutional Report.”
• Protection: Shield Plus investment strategies use only fully-covered positions to maintain protection of principal. As a means of achieving added protection, Shield Plus does not borrow uncovered cash/securities to lever returns and risk.
• Shield Plus LLC is an institutional investment advisor, registered as a Commodity Trading Advisor and Commodity Pool Operator. Shield Plus was founded in 2001 by James L. Mahnke, earner of the #1 ranking in “The Barclay Institutional Report,” as well as top-quartile and top-third rankings at ING/ReliaStar and Alliance Capital (now AllianceBernstein). The Shield Plus Portfolio Management Team has more than 85 years of institutional investment experience.

To learn more about our Alternative Investments, contact Shield Plus.

Disclosures

This literature may contain forward-looking statements. Shield Plus LLC does not guarantee or ensure that such events and forecasts will occur. Past performance is not an indication of future results. Options on futures trading involves a substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. Shield Plus products and literature are strictly designed for accredited investors. An accredited investor is defined in accordance with Rule 501(a) of Regulation D of the US Securities Act of 1933; or as a Qualified Eligible Participant as defined in accordance with CFTC Rule 4.7; or as a Qualified Purchaser as defined in accordance with Section 2(a)(51) of the US investment Company Act of 1940. If you are not an accredited investor per the definitions above and have received this literature in error, please disregard. This website is not intended as and does not constitute an offer to sell any securities to any person.