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Research Methodology

Levant Capital’s research methodologies have been designed and developed over the past 20 years. Our absolute return investment strategies combined with our research capability is only part of what makes Levant Capital a truly unique firm for institutional clients. We also believe that clients deserve transparency in the services we provide. The firm recognizes that the competitive nature of proprietary issues must be balanced with clear and candid client communication.

Our research service includes:

Our research methodology uses technical analysis, fundamental analysis and money management policies. The firm employs this methodology with a discretionary technical trading style. Our objective is to identify acceptable risk-adjusted opportunities based on client needs. The following is a brief illustration of our research methodology:

Levant Capital focuses on large listed instruments. These markets can accommodate substantial amounts of capital entering and exiting positions. These are some of the world’s most liquid markets.

ETF	Description	Price	Daily Volume	Daily Turnover
SPY	S&P 500	$111.30	159,542,500	$17.75 billion
QQQQ	Nasdaq 100	$44.01	81,768,300	$3.59 billion
IWM	Russell 2000	$58.99	63,141,300	$3.72 billion
XLF	Financial Services Sector	$14.67	86,708,900	$1.27 billion
EEM	MSCI Emerging Markets	$41.68	88,987,900	$3.70 billion
FXI	China 25	$44.91	24,706,900	$1.10 billion
USO	WTI Crude Oil	$39.62	10,872,800	$0.43 billion
GLD	Gold	$117.38	27,641,000	$3.24 billion
SLV	Silver	$18.78	17,181,800	$0.32 billion
Data as of December 1, 2009.

Future	Exchange Listed	Instrument Value	Daily Volume	Daily Turnover
E-mini S&P 500	CME	$55,420	2,000,000	$110 billion
30 Year U.S. Treasury Bond	CBOT	$122,343	500,000	$61 billion
Crude Oil	NYMEX	$78,370	350,000	$27 billion
Gold	COMEX	$121,000	75,000	$9 billion
Data as of December 1, 2009. The front month futures contract was used in the preparation of this data table.

Our specialization has many benefits for our clients, among them:

Levant Capital also covers major currency markets.

Currency Pair	Market	Base	Percent of Market	Daily Turnover
USD / EUR	Interbank	USD	33%	$562 billion
USD / GBP	Interbank	USD	13%	$220 billion
USD / JPY	Interbank	USD	13%	$226 billion
Data as of October 2008. The Foreign Exchange Joint Standing Committee UK survey was used in the preparation of this table.

The global economy has structurally changed over the past two decades. Supply chains have never been more efficient than today. The real-time economy has highly specialized activities being outsourced globally. This high efficiency has left businesses and markets susceptible to temporary shocks. With few real buffers, the world’s economy experiences periodic supply and demand imbalances. These imbalances provide viable trading opportunities.