On the Managed Futures Front

Barclay Names Financial Commodity Investments (FCI) to Top 20 CTA List

Washington, D.C - August 29, 2009

Financial Commodity Investments (FCI) is proud to report that FCI has recently been ranked as one of the top CTA performers for the past five years. The "Barclay's Managed Funds Report", which is published by BarclayHedge, Ltd. has summarized and reported results of the top CTAs managing at least $10 million dollars as of June 30, 2009. The original FCI program, the FCI-OSS (Option Selling Strategy) as reported by Barclay's, posted a 21.54% compounded annual rate of return for the five year period from July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2009. During this same time frame, the S & P equity index generated a negative 4% (-4%). Published quarterly for the last 18 years, the Barclays Report provides industry professional with information on relevant industry trends and performance rankings for the managed futures (CTAs) and hedge fund investment industries. This year, 582 programs were reviewed and included in the calculation of the Barclay CTA index. To qualify, an advisor had to have publicly reported at least five years of prior performance history. "Our customer focus and risk management discipline approach in executing an Alternative Investment Approach with commodities has resulted in consistent commendable returns for our institutional and private investors. Furthermore, our long term consistent returns illustrate that an alternative investment program such as FCI, is a viable investment strategy that can be used to further diversify a portfolio," stated Craig Kendall, President of FCI. FCI has approximately $40 million of assets under management. FCI is a registered Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA). FCI's mission, philosophy and investment strategy is "Absolute Returns in an Uncommon Market." FCI now serves more than 250 financial institutions and individual client who are located in 42 states and 26 countries. Recently FCI has also been recognized by Inc. magazine as one of the Inc 500/5000 awards. FCI has been ranked as #509 of the top fastest growing privately held firms in the nation.

About FCI: FCI is a commodity trading advisor (CTA) service registered with the National Futures Association (NFA). FCI executes investment strategies on behalf of an investor directly in the investor's own account. FCI trades options in a diversified range of commodities including energies, grains, softs, metals and financial commodities. Participants in FCI have unlimited risk. To learn more visit http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102681176229&s=6200&e=001l-3xp8mXHLkvyZf3et_Ipyl1xzu8G3OWGlDhZ4daYeipyyRLyI-oMLZYIpnlBS5nU5wU2lKiyHuCcIT-A03JN6sQ3ndEssUko44QIekj9iYPwTgXnyvvnw== and/or http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102681176229&s=6200&e=001l-3xp8mXHLmRJkSK8o1eC2qPctTaiOdCJxr6rX8kb5I5eDEHMuT9_RlDEfYYzUt04j-9Uq31qQ2eG8G_PSANsYoxXuiKZHEncsArGC3LsQcDjCG6sUPv5Q== or call 703-435-2777.
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