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Tradeable Index Strategies

Extending our franchise as a leader in Index research, J.P. Morgan has developed proprietary Tradeable Index Strategies to allow investors to gain exposure to key asset classes, benchmarks, and dynamic trading strategies. Our Tradeable Index Strategies offer clients the opportunity to maximize portfolio returns and quickly exploit market activities across bull and bear scenarios within the Credit, Commodity, FX, Fixed Income, Emerging Market and Equity asset classes.

Important Risk Considerations related to the Tradeable Index Strategies

Investing in any of the Tradeable Index Strategies involves significant risks, including but not limited to:

For more information on specific J.P. Morgan Tradeable Index Strategies, please review product descriptions below, our Index pages on MorganMarkets or contact your J.P. Morgan representative. We also welcome your inquiries at Tradeable_Index_Strategies@jpmorgan.com

Index Strategies
 
Type Index Name Index
Level
Daily
Ret (%)
Mthly
Ret
Ann
Ret
Level
Date
Credit iTraxx TR 0.64    0.00    -0.05    NA    20091103   
Commodity Core C-IGAR * 117.29   0.31   -1.94   5.84   20091113  
Commodity C-IGAR Long/Short * 119.88   -0.06   -1.16   -13.67   20091113  
Commodity C-IGAR Cond LS * 118.20   0.31   -2.74   -17.14   20091113  
Commodity C-IGAR Sigma * 1271   0.11   0.14   -6.26   20091113  
FX Income FX * 117.85   0.00   0.42   57.26   20091112  
Fixed Inc GBI hedged into USD 287.65   0.00   0.23   4.96   20091113  
Fixed Inc EMU Govt EUR 264.04   -0.23   0.49   7.44   20091113  
Fixed Inc 5yr EUR TRSI 175.14   0.00   0.54   8.69   20091112  
Fixed Inc MAST EUR TR Index 173.03   0.03   0.36   4.48   20091113  
Fixed Inc CarryMAX in EUR 152.71   -0.06   -0.08   0.40   20091113  
Fixed Inc CarryMAX in JPY 152.79   -0.05   -0.09   -0.10   20091113  
Fixed Inc CarryMAX in USD 153.46   -0.06   -0.10   -0.11   20091113  
Fixed Inc EMBI+ 492.05   0.10   -0.24   39.72   20091113  
Equity S&P500 1091   0.38   0.87   28.25   20091113  
Equity NIKKEI 225 9750   -0.41   -5.06   14.84   20091113  
Equity FTSE100 5548   0.00   0.00   0.00   20080709  
Equity EuroStoxx 50 2505   0.52   1.83   19.46   20091113  




Note: The data above may not be the latest available and should be used for information purposes only.

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