Equity Long Short Index

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	YTD
2015	-0.03%	2.03%	0.79%	-0.12%	1.26%	-0.63%	0.18%	-1.53%	-1.06%	1.31%	0.43%	-0.12%	2.49%
2016	-2.31%	-0.73%	0.80%	-0.01%	1.00%	-0.73%	1.63%	0.49%	0.60%	-0.49%	0.72%	0.88%	1.83%
2017	0.84%	0.49%	0.61%	0.55%	0.66%	0.24%	0.78%	1.00%	0.69%	1.16%	0.27%	0.76%	8.36%
2018	1.81%	-1.05%	-0.50%	0.64%	0.97%	-0.22%	0.28%	0.22%	0.16%	-2.39%	-1.06%	-1.86%	-3.04%
2019	2.72%	0.24%	0.11%	0.52%	-0.45%	0.87%	0.39%^§	-0.45%^†	-	-	-	-	4.00%*

^†Estimated performance for August 2019 calculated with reported data from 296 funds.
^§Estimated performance for July 2019 calculated with reported data from 366 funds.
^*All estimates and 2019 YTD amounts are calculated with reported data as of Sep-17-2019 20:20 US CST.

About the Equity Long Short Index

This directional strategy involves equity-oriented investing on both the long and short sides of the market. The objective is not to be market neutral. Managers have the ability to shift from value to growth, from small to medium to large capitalization stocks, and from a net long position to a net short position. Managers may use futures and options to hedge. The focus may be regional or sector specific.

The Barclay Equity Long/Short Index is recalculated and updated real-time on this page as soon as the monthly returns for the underlying funds are recorded. Only funds that provide us with net returns are included in the index calculation. The number of funds that are currently included in the calculations for the most recent months can be found in the footnotes above. Please note that the calculation for the number of funds is time-stamped and that the number of funds will continue to increase until all funds categorized within the sector have reported monthly returns.

About the Equity Long Short Index

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