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Currency Trends Plus Fund Why Invest in Currencies? The Currency Trends Plus Fund offers a unique investment opportunity for today's investors to gain access to a diversified basket of currencies not previously available to retail investors. Currencies typically offer: low correlation to stocks and bonds access to a highly liquid asset class* volatility levels which historically tend to be more akin to Fixed Income** the potential to offset foreign investments priced in foreign currencies if the US Dollar appreciates

* Daily Market Turnover ($US Billions)

** Currency Volatility Relative to Equities and Fixed Income

Source: Bloomberg, Deutsche Bank
The following indices are used as proxies for the respective asset classes;
Equities - VIX Index: Chicago Board of Options Exchange Volatility Index.
Fixed Income USSV055 Index: USD Swap on 5 year Fixed/Floating Volatility Index.
Currencies - CVIX Index: Deutsche Bank FX Volatility Index.
All calculations based on daily data (12/31/1990 - 12/31/2010). The y-axis represents annualized standard deviation of daily returns

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