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Title: REPORT FROM THE INVESTMENT COMMITTEE Thursday, July 13, 2000


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REPORT FROM THE INVESTMENT COMMITTEEThursday,
July 13, 2000
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Report from the InvestmentCommitteeTable of
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Tab 1 Economic/Market Update and Asset Allocation
Michael Flament Tab 2 Fixed Income Jim
Fields Tab 3 International Equities Amit
Khandwala Tab 4 Large-Cap Equities Patricia
Pierce Tab 5 U. S. Mid-Cap Equities George
Faherty Tab 6 Performance Tables
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Fixed Income Market ReviewSecond Quarter 2000
  • Jim Fields
  • July 13, 2000

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Fixed Income Market ReviewTreasury Yield Curve
ChangesJune 30, 2000
  • U.S. Treasury yield curve inverted during the
    first quarter of 2000. Two year Treasuries still
    offer higher yields than thirty year Treasuries.
  • An active Fed and a diminishing supply of
    Treasury Bonds presents challenges to bond
    investors.

1-Qtr 2000 2 Qtr 2000 2 Yr 25 bp
- 13 bp 10 Yr - 42 bp
1 bp 30 Yr - 64 bp 6
bp
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Fixed Income Market ReviewU.S. Investment Grade
Bond Market Performance By Sector June 30, 2000
2000 YTD Performance Aggregate First positive
back-to-back quarters since 1998 Treasuries Top
performing sector in 2000
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Source Lehman Brothers
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Fixed Income Market ReviewU.S. Investment Grade
Bond Market Monthly Performance By Sector June
30, 2000
2Q-2000 Performance June Top performing month
in the 2Q-2000
2 - 4
Source Lehman Brothers
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Fixed Income Market Review Treasury Markets
June 30, 2000
  • Inflation worries early in the second quarter led
    to a 50 bp Fed increase by in mid-May.
  • Market sentiment improved later in the quarter
    as weaker economic reports were reported
    throughout May and June.

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Fixed Income Market ReviewU.S.
Treasuries-Performance By Maturity June 30, 2000
2000 Performance -Short Treasuries Outperform
During The Second Quarter -U.S. Treasuries Posted
Positive Returns Each Month Of This Year
Source Lehman Brothers
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Fixed Income Market Review Investment Grade
Corporate Bonds U.S. Agencies Relative
ValuationJune 30, 2000
  • Treasury curve inversion, a volatile equity
    market and the concern over Fed tightenings have
    pushed corporate and agency spreads back out past
    the Asian crisis days of Summer 1998.
  • Agencies also hurt by the questioning of the
    status of the GSEs.

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Fixed Income Market Review Corporate Bond
PerformanceAbsolute Returns - June 30, 2000
2000 Performance Higher Quality Issues
Outperforming
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Source Lehman Brothers
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Fixed Income Market Review Mortgage-Backed
Securities Relative ValuationJune 30, 2000
  • Treasury curve inversion and discussions over the
    status of the GSEs, which are big players in the
    MBS market, has put pressure on Mortgage
    spreads.

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Fixed Income Market Review Mortgage Backed
Securities PerformanceAbsolute Returns -June 30,
2000
2000 Performance Flight To Quality Turnaround??
GNMAs Have An Explicit Government
Guarantee.
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Source Lehman Brothers
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Fixed Income Market Review Bond Performance By
Sector (Curve-Adjusted Excess Returns Over
Treasuries)June 30, 2000
  • Each sector posted negative YTD excess-returns
    for the first six months of 2000.
  • Sentiment improved in June as Agencies gained 43
    bp (best month ever), Corporates 69 bp (first
    positive month in 2000) and MBS 29 bp, on an
    excess-return basis, relative to Treasuries.

Source Lehman Brothers
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Fixed Income Market ReviewSecond Quarter 2000
June 30, 2000
  • Aggregate First Back-To-Back Positive Quarters
    Since 1998
  • Agencies MBS Out-perform Treasuries On An
    Absolute and Excess-Return Basis Corporates
    Under-perform for the Qtr.
  • Major Themes
  • U.S. Treasury curve remains inverted.
  • Fed 50bp increase in May
  • Market sentiment goes from inflation worries and
    fears of more Fed tightenings in the first half
    of the quarter to weaker economic reports and a
    Fed on-hold outlook towards the end of the
    quarter.
  • Good spread product performance in June

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Fixed Income Market Review WIS Total Return
Bond FundJune 30, 2000
Outlook Second-Half 2000 Over Weighting Spread
Sectors Duration Modestly Longer Vs. Benchmark
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Fixed Income Market Review WIS Current Income
Fund June 30, 2000
Outlook Second-Half 2000 Discount / Premium
Coupons
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Fixed Income Market Review U.S. Government Near
Term FundJune 30, 2000
Outlook Second-Half 2000 Agency/Treasury Swaps
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Fixed Income Market OutlookSecond-Half
2000June 30, 2000
  • Bond Market Second-Half 2000
  • Surplus/Treasury Buy-Backs/Inverted Treasury
    Curve
  • Economic Strength Inflation Worries Fed
    Moves ????
  • Soft/Hard Landing in the U.S.???
  • Equity/Bond Performance
  • Spread (non-Treasury) Products Performance
  • Maturity/Duration Slightly Longer Than Benchmarks

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International Equity Management
  • Amit S. Khandwala
  • July 13, 2000

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WIBC Investment Performance
Q1 2000
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WIBC Investment Performance
12 months thru Q2 2000
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Return Attribution AnalysisQ2 2000
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Contributors by Country for Q2 2000
  • Negative Contributors
  • Japan, stock selection. Blue Chip sell off.
  • Singapore, industry selection Natsteel
    Electronics.
  • Swiss, industry selection. Pharma Staple
    bounce.
  • Positive Contributors
  • Brazil, stock selection.
  • Sweden, industry selection.
  • Greece, country selection zero weight.

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Country changes during Q2
  • Reduced Finland due to sale of Nokia.
  • Increased Italy thru Financials.
  • Investment in Taiwan Thailand.
  • Increased UK, Switzerland France.

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Sector changes during Q2
  • Reduced Technology by 5.
  • Reduced Telecom by 4
  • Reallocated proceeds to Industrials, Financials
    Energy.

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ADR Core Management PerformanceAs of June 30,
2000
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Summary
  • Expect global economy to weaken somewhat over the
    next 12 months.
  • Euro appreciation should help dollar returns.
  • UK market looks attractive now.
  • Japanese Tankan survey results were encouraging.
  • Continue to like Technology, Energy Financials.
  • International markets continue to look attractive
    for the rest of 2000.

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The Equity MarketReport for 2nd Quarter 2000
  • Patricia Pierce, CFA
  • Senior Vice President

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PerformanceSecond Quarter 2000Managed Equity
Core Portfolio
Total Return3 Mos. Ended 6/30
Core Equity -4.0 Core Equity
25 -4.6 WMBC -4.4 SP 500 -2.7
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Managed Equity CorePortfolio StrategiesJune
Quarter
  • Become more defensive on consumer spending
  • Reduce Consumer Cyclicals
  • Upgrade Consumer Staples
  • Take advantage of growth stocks at opportunistic
    prices

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Managed Equity CoreEquity Transaction
HighlightsMarch - June 2000
  • SELL
  • Vulnerable situations
  • EMC Corp.
  • Alltel
  • Disappointing outlooks
  • Gap Stores
  • Bristol-Myers
  • BUY
  • Accelerating topline growth
  • Avon Products
  • Biogen
  • Low priced Blue Chip growth
  • ATT
  • Lucent Technologies

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Pluses Minuses in a Volatile MarketJune
Quarter 2000
Outperformed in Winners LosersTechnology A
dobe Systems (17) Adaptec (-41)Communicatio
ns SBC Telecom ( 3) ATT (-43)
Underperformed in Winners LosersCapital
Goods Solectron (4) Honeywell
(-36)Healthcare Johnson Johnson (
45) Bristol-Myers (1)
BEST Blue Chip- Johnson Johnson _at_ plus
45 WORST Blue Chip - ATT _at_ minus 43
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U.S. Mid Cap Equity
  • George Faherty, CFA
  • Vice President

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Selected Blue Chip vs. SP 400 and Russell MidCap
Index
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Sector Weighting 6/30/2000
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WSBC Q2 Relative Performance
  • Outperformance
  • Healthcare (23)
  • Energy (7)
  • Cons. Staples (6)
  • Underperformance
  • Basic Materials (-19)
  • Cons. Cyclicals (-11)
  • Technology (-9)

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WSBC Q2 Sector Shifts
  • Increased Weighting
  • Healthcare (4)
  • Utilities (2)
  • Energy (2)
  • Cons. Cyclicals (1)
  • Cons. Staples (1)
  • Capital Goods (1)
  • Decreased Weighting
  • Technology (-9)
  • Basic Materials (-2)

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