Clear Asset Management Portfolios Outperform Benchmarks at Three-Year Milestone

Clear Asset Management Inc. (ClearAM), www.clearam.com , a money management and equity research firm, celebrated its third year of live management of two of its four portfolios, both of which significantly outperformed their benchmarks.

New York, NY (PRWEB) November 1, 2007 -- Clear Asset Management Inc. (ClearAM), www.clearam.com , a money management and equity research firm, celebrated its third year of live management of two of its four portfolios, both of which significantly outperformed their benchmarks.

ClearAM's Large Cap Growth portfolio (LCG) grossed a three-year performance of 80.99%*, compared to 36.93% for its target benchmark, the S&P 500 Growth Index. ClearAM's Mid Cap Growth portfolio (MCG) beat its target benchmark, grossing 94.29%*, compared to 58.06% for the S&P 400 Growth Index. Both portfolios were launched on October 15, 2004, as second generation portfolios that use ClearAM's multifactor stock selection models.

Last month ClearAM announced that its Large Cap Value portfolio (LCV) more than doubled its target benchmark at its three-year anniversary.

"The Clear Large Cap Growth and Clear Mid Cap Growth track records make them top quartile performers, a measure institutions and their consultants use to screen for top managers," said Andrew Corn, CEO and founder of ClearAM. "Now that our portfolios have passed the three-year milestone and demonstrated superior performance, we've reached the next level and are ready to meet institutional mandates."

"The performance of our Large Cap and Mid Cap Growth portfolios reinforces the success of ClearAM's extensive research and the efficacy of its multifactor models," said Fred Fraenkel, chairman of ClearAM. "More than a single proof point, the record validates our entire investment process." Founded in 2004 by Andrew Corn, Clear Asset Management was established on the principles that new laws regarding improved data reporting by public companies would create increased transparency and an information advantage for managers who focused on quantitative analysis. Clear's multifactor models analyze the data published by every public company, comparing a company by sector and investment style to calculate each firm's probability of out-performance to its benchmark."

In addition to its separately managed accounts, ClearAM, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Clear Indexes LLC, runs four indexes that that are licensed by exchange traded funds (ETFs) with more in registration for future release.

In June 2007, ClearAM was named "Equity Manager of the Year" by Opal Financial Group for its long-only portfolios.

In anticipation of the growth of its institutional business, ClearAM in September added three new positions, including two additional quantitative analysts and a marketing manager.

About Clear Asset Management
Clear Asset Management is fundamentally quantitative-based and employs models based on academic research and historical holdings of successful investors. ClearAM offers four equity style portfolios to institutions, financial intermediaries and individuals in separately-managed accounts. Portfolio construction and stock selection is performed utilizing its proprietary multifactor models that screen, rank and weight stocks. Transparency, risk management and a focus on delivering consistent long-term results while avoiding the human bias and conflicts of interest that have plagued Wall Street and the fund industry all set ClearAM apart. ClearAM is a Registered Investment Advisor. The company has recently moved from Park Avenue to its new and larger offices in the Trump Building at 40 Wall Street. For more information, please see www.clearam.com.

Through its wholly-owned subsidiary Clear Indexes LLC, it creates and publishes custom indexes that are tracked by exchange traded funds (ETFs) including (EXB), (CSD), (MCG) and (JNR). For more information, please see www.clearindexes.com.

*Both LCG and MCG performances are gross returns and the benchmark performances are gross price returns and do not include dividend reinvestments.

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