Top-down convertible model portfolio realignment for 2010
With 2010 just around the corner and investors increasingly focusing on
positioning themselves for the next year, we thought it would be timely to review
our convertible model portfolio of individual convertible recommendations and to
begin repositioning it more appropriately for 2010.  Throughout the year we have
been adding and deleting model portfolio recommendations on a case by case
basis, driven by various factors, like equity analysts’ initiation of coverage or a
change in opinion on the underlying stock, or a screen-based discovery of a
specific convertible.  This time around we would like to employ more of a top-
down approach, taking into a closer account the overall convertible market sector
breakdowns and focusing more on the sectors overweighed by our equity
strategists into 2010.