Without the hedges, the equity portfolio value will be a tad more volatile in these tumultuous times. Below is the change in value of the top 19 positions from 12/31/08 to today. A drop of about 8.6% or 435 million.
12/31/08 2/17/09 Equity Positions
2,195,441 2,204,769 ODYSSEY RE HLDGS CORP
459,816 430,741 JOHNSON & JOHNSON
317,577 255,532 PFIZER INC
293,676 270,681 Kraft Foods Inc
271,289 235,719 DELL INC
234,720 211,360 Intel
195,414 130,639 General Electric
162,739 141,140 Frontier Communications
158,592 152,340 Magna International Inc
103,625 48,122 Wellsfargo
102,021 61,213 Alcoa
98,713 82,074 Burlington Northern Santa Fe
98,366 79,232 KING PHARMACEUTICALS INC
96,101 126,742 LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS INC
69,019 49,127 INTERNATIONAL COAL GRP
65,074 32,740 Gannett Inc
56,892 47,434 USG CORP
42,645 34,865 Progressive Corp Ohio
36,463 28,669 OVERSTOCK COM INC DEL
5,058,183 4,623,137 total
-8.60%
-435,046