Olympic Series Programs
The Purcell Olympic Series offer blended combinations of actively managed strategies with various investment styles. The objective of the Olympic Series is to optimize capital growth and reduce risk through active management.
The four programs include Olympic Blend I, Olympic Blend II, Olympic Blend III and Olympic Blend IV.
While the Olympic Series programs seek to mitigate principal risk and market (systematic) risk utilizing an active, tactical allocation approach, they cannot remove all risk. To achieve their investment objectives, each of the Olympic Series programs may utilize 2.0 beta (200%), 1.2 beta (120%) long and inverse mutual funds, sub-accounts, and money market funds. Long and inverse positions are taken only when the perception of opportunity for gain outweighs perceived risks to principal.
The programs are suitable for investors who have a three-to-five year time horizon and value an actively managed solution.
Olympic Blend I
100% of the account is managed by a blend of low correlated signal providers’ technical models, based on the movement of the non-equity and/or fixed income market.
Both long and inverse U.S. government bond mutual funds and sub-accounts are used, as well as money market funds. The program seeks to identify opportunities where the short-term direction of the long bond can be predicted with a high degree of probability and position assets accordingly. Positions may also include other non-equity mutual funds and sub-accounts.
The Olympic Blend I program seeks to control risk by daily analysis of current market data to determine, from a statistical standpoint, the market action during the next trading day.
Olympic Blend II
60% of the account is managed by a blend of low correlated signal providers whose technical models are based on the movement of the non-equity and/or fixed income market while 40% of the assets are managed by a blend of non-correlated signal providers whose technical models are based on the movement of the equity market.
A combination of equity and non-equity holdings are employed in an actively managed, tactical approach that seeks to identify opportunities in the short-term direction of the market. The model uses several independent indicators and may commit assets to either the long or inverse position on any given day.
Olympic Blend III
60% of the account is managed by a blend of low correlated signal providers whose technical models are based on the movement of the equity market while 40% of the assets are managed by a blend of non-correlated signal providers whose technical models are based on the movement of the non-equity and/or fixed income market.
This program operates similar to Olympic Blend II, but with a higher equity concentration. The model is again completely mechanical, utilizing several independent indicators. Both long and inverse mutual funds and sub-accounts are used.
Olympic Blend IV
100% of the account is managed by a blend of low correlated signal providers’ technical models, based on the movement of the equity market.
This program invests in index-based mutual funds and sub-accounts in an actively managed, tactical approach. Account assets may be committed to either long or inverse positions on any given day. A neutral position may be taken by placing 50% of the assets long and 50% inverse in the index funds. Two beta (200%) leveraged funds are used.
Risk Assessment
Risks associated with the Olympic Blend Series I, II, III, and IV include principal risk and market, or systematic risk, as well as interest rate risk and currency risk. Olympic Blend IV has heightened exposure to principal risk and market, or systematic risk. While the programs seek to mitigate these risks through an active tactical allocation approach, all risk cannot be removed. These programs cannot be considered diversified among asset classes and they use leveraged and inverse mutual funds and sub-accounts.
Please consult your financial advisor for help deciding which program may be suitable for you.