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Horizon™ Action Report:
Accenture 401(k) Plan (November 26, 2007)

Table of Contents

 

IMPORTANT: Regardless of whether the Market or economy is moving up or down you can always count on these 5 things as a subscriber to Horizon™:

  1. In good times it will maximize gains;
  2. In bad times it will protect your Plan value and minimize the "Drawdown";
  3. When the bad times end, Horizon™ will recover any Plan value drawdown in the shortest amount of time;
  4. By retirement, Horizon™ will far outdistance any other approach in building your Plan value amount; and
  5. Horizon™ will do all of the above with the lowest risk.

No other approach can do this. One of our market-savvy subscribers best described Horizon™ as taking "3 steps forward and one step back" while all the other approaches they had seen over the years were "1 1/2 steps forward and one step back."

You are always best served by staying the course with Horizon™, and on the path towards achieving realistic, retirement Income security.

As part of our ongoing commitment to provide the finest possible services to you, should you have any questions, suggestions or problems please e-mail us at customerservice@compassinvestors.com.

 

Your Current Performance Guarantee Period Results
(January 1, 2004 to November 26, 2007)

 

Note: Stated performance results may be understated by the amount of any current fund distributions. Results of any fund distributions will appear in your next Action Report.

 

As of November 26, 2007, Horizon™ has guided the Accenture 401(k) Plan to a 72.6% pure investment return (excludes plan growth due to contributions) over the past 46-months since the current Performance Guarantee Period started on January 1, 2004. This far exceeds the two Performance Guarantees that only Compass Investors can offer.

 

While these short-term results are outstanding, you should never forget about the superior results that Horizon™ provides over the long-term. And these results have been proven and independently audited. Horizon™ is the ONLY strategy that you can count on to produce maximum gains in Up markets cycles and protection of Plan value in severe Down market cycles thereby always keeping you on the path towards having Retirement Income Security.

During the Market Cycle that began 1/1/1997, as of 11/26/07 an initial $100,000 starting investment guided by Horizon’s™ Adaptive Asset Allocation (AAA) strategy grew to $565,753 (excluding any additional contributions). This compares to the value, over that same period, invested in the following alternatives:

  • The Plan Index (PI)*: $270,200 -- Horizon's™ growth was 109% higher.

  • The Best Formulaic Asset Allocation (FAA)** Strategy: $248,916 -- Horizon's™ growth was 127% higher.

  • Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA): $200,186 -- Horizon's™ growth was 183% higher.

  • Money Market: $150,481 -- Horizon's™ growth was 276% higher.

 

Looking at the chart above, you can see how at the very start of the last sustained down market (in March 2000) Horizon™ experienced its largest percentage loss and then immediately began to contain additional losses. This type of behavior is what would be expected to be seen at the start of the next down market cycle. NOTE: Click on the chart to see the exact values by Action Report period.

You can also see how, as the 3-year down market persists (2000 to 2003), Horizon's™ value: (1) far surpasses the best Asset Allocation approach, and (2) quickly returns to its pre-down market high (i.e., recovers the loss) once the next up market begins (in March 2003).

Never forget that your key to success is to always focus on your long-term results that you will achieve over Market Cycles, not on short-term results. Providing for your retirement income security is a "marathon not a sprint." Horizon™ outperforms all other approaches over all Market Cycles—maximizing Plan growth during up markets, limiting loss during down markets and quickly recovering any lost Plan value after a down market ends—leading to the largest Plan value by the time you retire.

 

Compass Investors' 2 Performance Guarantees

 

Compass Investors provides its subscribers with two unprecedented Performance Guarantees. No other investment approach offers any guarantees. Only Compass Investors can, and does.

Following your 3rd anniversary of becoming a subscriber, the value of the Horizon™ investment made on January 1st of the year you enrolled will always be greater than either of the following two investments. And if it is not, you may cancel your subscription and receive a full refund of the prior year's fees.

Definitions
* The Plan Index (PI) investment is defined as the return from an equal distribution of your dollar balance, reallocated each Action Report period, into each of the available fund choices. The Plan Index is essentially the average return of the available funds.

** If your plan includes a Formulaic Asset Allocation (FAA) fund (e.g., Life Style, Life Cycle, Life Stage, Balanced, Target Date Retirement, Balanced, etc.) then the performance of the domestic FAA fund in your Plan that had the best return during the year prior to the start of each guarantee period. Otherwise, the performance of a 70/30 Equity/Fixed Income mix of the best performing funds in your Plan during the year prior to the start of each guarantee period.

Click to see the current Performance Guarantee chart.

Determining YOUR results since subscribing to Horizon

You can use the Compass Investors Estimated Return Calculator™ to determine your approximate Plan returns since you started using Horizon™. Click here or on the graph above to display the Market Cycle Performance Table which contains the input data you will need when using the calculator.

You can use the Compass Investors' Average Annual Return (AAR) Calculator™ to determine what your investment returns were prior to you starting to use Horizon™.

Selected Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

 

The answers to these, and many others, can be found in the FAQ section of our website.

Remember, the path to the Retirement Plan Goal -- growing the value of your Retirement Plan with low risk so that you can have your final salary every year for as long as you live -- requires a commitment to a long-term view. It is a marathon, not a sprint. You should not focus on recent performance -- either up or down. Horizon's™ unique approach of identifying best positioned funds combined with adjustments every 5 weeks assures stability and conservation of Retirement Plan value during down markets and accelerates the growth of Plan value during up markets. Horizon™ tremendously outperforms the best of the most commonly used and advocated Retirement Plan strategies during all market periods. That is why Compass Investors is able to offer you our unprecedented Performance Guarantees.

 

Current Period Recommended Plan Allocations (November 26, 2007)

 


* * * IMPORTANT IMPLEMENTATION REMINDER * * *

In order to avoid purchase block penalties that have been imposed by the providers of funds in your Plan, it is imperative you follow these instructions. Essentially, you should only make changes every 10 weeks, skipping every other Action Report. NOTE: Funds with trading restrictions are shown on your Plan's Reallocation Worksheet.

If you made changes from the last Action Report (issued 5 weeks ago):

If you DID NOT make changes from the last Action Report (issued 5 weeks ago) or if you are a NEW subscriber:

Click to learn how to determine the date of your most recent changes.


 

As always, please try to make your reallocations as soon as possible to avoid any short-term trading penalties.

Fund Name Score Recommended Allocation
FFFBX Asset Allocation/Balanced: Fidelity Freedom 2000 Fund 13 0.0%
FFFCX Asset Allocation/Balanced: Fidelity Freedom 2010 Fund 16 0.0%
FFFDX Asset Allocation/Balanced: Fidelity Freedom 2020 Fund 15 0.0%
FFFEX Asset Allocation/Balanced: Fidelity Freedom 2030 Fund 13 0.0%
FFFFX Asset Allocation/Balanced: Fidelity Freedom 2040 Fund 12 0.0%
FFFHX Asset Allocation/Balanced: Fidelity Freedom 2050 Fund 12 0.0%
FFFAX Asset Allocation/Balanced: Fidelity Freedom Income Fund 9 0.0%
VUSXX  Fixed Income: Vanguard Admiral Treasury Money Market Portfolio 19 0.0%
PIMSV Fixed Income: PIMCO Stable Value Fund 19 0.0%
PTTRX Fixed Income: PIMCO Total Return Fund 45 0.0%
VBTIX Fixed Income: Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund 35 0.0%
FUSCP Stock Growth/Income: Fidelity US Equity Index Commingled Pool (5) 0.0%
LLPFX Stock Growth/Income: Longleaf Partners Fund (87) 0.0%
LSVEX Stock Growth/Income: LSV Value Equity Fund (52) 0.0%
VMCIX Stock Growth/Income: Vanguard Mid-Cap Index Fund (23) 0.0%
VSCIX Stock Growth/Income: Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund (34) 0.0%
VGSNX Stock Growth/Income: Vanguard REIT Index Fund NA 0.0%
FCNTX Stock Growth: Fidelity ContraFund 65 15.7%
FOCPX Stock Growth: Fidelity OTC Portfolio 64 15.3%
HACAX Stock Growth: Harbor Capital Appreciation Fund 33 0.0%
MGRIX Stock Growth: Marsico Growth Fund 50 0.0%
RYPNX Stock Growth: Royce Opportunity Fund (59) 0.0%
ANWPX International Stock: American New Perspective Fund 72 17.4%
FDIVX International Stock: Fidelity Diversified International 61 14.7%
TEEMX International Stock: Templeton Emerging Markets Fund 91 21.8%
VGTSX International Stock: Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund 63 15.1%


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