The Jasco Group’s investment objective is to preserve capital and to seek maximum, long-term capital appreciation with moderate risk. The Jasco Group’s investment strategies primarily include utilizing leverage combined with (i) investments based on broad political and economic outlooks, or global macro, (ii) investments in response to specific events, or event driven, and (iii) investments based on taking positions in publicly traded equities and equity derivatives, or long/short equity. The Jasco Group’s benchmarks are the S&P 500 and the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index.