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1 4 8  B R YA N T  L I T E R A R Y  R E V I E WAuthor BiosRENÉE ASHLEY  is an American poet, novelist, essayist, and educator. Ashley is the author of five collections of poetry, two chapbooks and a novel. Her work has garnered several honors including the Brittingham Prize in Poetry, Pushcart Prize, as well as fellowships granted by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment of the Arts. Several of her poems have been published in noted literary journals and magazines, including Poetry, American Voice, Bellevue Literary Review, Harvard Review, Kenyon Review, and The Literary Review. She lives in New Jersey with her two dogs.BRENDA BEARDSLEY’S  work is forthcoming in The Seneca Review, Paterson Literary Review, Tupelo Press’s The Last Milkweed anthology, Soundings East, DASH, Permafrost, december, Fence, and The Examined Life. A 2022 december poetry prize finalist, Honorable Mention in 2023 Allen Ginsberg Poetry Awards, Beardsley was nominated for Best New Poets 2023. brendabeardsley.orgAMY CLEMENTS  chairs the Department of Literature, Writing, and Rhetoric at St. Edward’s University in Austin, TX. She earned her MFA in fiction at The New School. Her previous work has appeared in Southern Humanities Review, Litro, and other publications, and she is the author of The Art of Prestige: The Formative Years at Knopf.ANNA ELKINS  has written, painted, and taught on six continents, exhibiting paintings and publishing books along the way—including her poetry collection, Hope of Stones, which won an Oregon Book Award. After many travels, Anna now enjoys living in a small town on a big river with her husband. annaelkins.comDAWN GOULET  is a Chicago-area writer who drafts legal opinions by day and fiction in spare moments between making soup, observing rabbits, going on adventures with her family, and taking Jim the Dog to visit his dog park fan club. Her work has appeared in Hypertext Review. A U T H O R  B I O S  1 4 9KAREN GUZMAN  is a fiction writer and essayist. Her published novels include Arborview and Homing Instincts. Karen’s short fiction has appeared in literary magazines including Variant Literature and Gargoyle magazine. Karen has received a Writing Fellowship at the Collegeville Institute and a Writing Residency at the Vermont Studio Center.SUMMER HAMMOND  grew up in Iowa, near the bend of the Mississippi. She earned her MFA from the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. Her work appears or is forthcoming in Sonora Review, StoryQuarterly, and Moon City Review. She is the winner of New Letter’s 2023 Conger Beasley Jr. Prize in Nonfiction.E.H. JACOBS  is a psychologist and writer whose work has appeared in Glacial Hills Review, The Best of Choeofpleirn Press, Abandoned Mine, Coneflower Café, Santa Fe Literary Review, Permafrost Magazine, Hawaii Pacific Review, Storgy Magazine, Streetlight Magazine, Aji Magazine, Bryant Literary Review, The Bluebird Word, and Smoky Quartz. He has several professional publications and served on the clinical faculty of Harvard Medical School. He was a nominee for the Derick Burleson and Nina Riggs Poetry Awards.KEITH KOPKA  received the 2019 Tampa Review Prize for his collection of poems, Count Four (University of Tampa Press, 2020). His poetry and criticism have recently appeared in American Poetry Review, New Ohio Review, Best New Poets, The International Journal of the Book, and many others. He is also the author of the critical text, Asking a Shadow to Dance: An Introduction to the Practice of Poetry (GRL, 2018). Kopka is a Senior Editor at Narrative magazine and the Director of the low-res MFA at Holy Family University in Philadelphia.JOSHUA KULSETH  earned his BA in English from Clemson University, his MFA in poetry from Hunter College, and his PhD in poetry from Texas Tech University. His poems have appeared and are forthcoming in Tar River Poetry, The Emerson Review, The Worcester Review, Rappahannock Review, The Windhover, and others. His poetry manuscript, “Leaving Troy,” was shortlisted for the Cider Press Review Publication Competition.JAMES MAGRUDER  has published four books of fiction: Sugarless, Let Me See It, Love Slaves of Helen Hadley Hall, and Vamp Until Ready. He also wrote the books for the Broadway 1 5 0  B R YA N T  L I T E R A R Y  R E V I E Wmusicals Triumph of Love and Head Over Heels. A five-time MacDowell Fellow, he lives in Baltimore.HARRISON MONARTH  is the author of five books on communication, influence, and leadership, including the New York Times bestseller The Confident Speaker, and the international bestseller Executive Presence. His essays have appeared in Harvard Business Review, Fortune, and Fast Company, among other publications. He resides in Manhattan, New York City. ELEANOR ELI MOSS is an obscure cryptid who has no idea what’s good for them. They can be found at fanghoneyy.substack.com, mostly, sometimes.DARIA ROSE  is a writer based in Cambridge, MA and a PhD student in the History of Art at Harvard. Her writing has appeared in Verdigris, Asterisk, Memento, and others. In 2023, RIKKI SANTER  was named Ohio Poet of the Year. Her twelfth and most recent poetry collection, Resurrection Letter: Leonora, Her Tarot, and Me, is a sequence in tribute to the surrealist artist Leonora Carrington. Please contact her through her website, https://rikkisanter.com.PATRICIA SCHULTHEIS  is the author of an award-winning short story collection St. Bart’s Way (Washington Writers’ Publishing House, 2015), a historical work, Baltimore’s Lexington Market (Arcadia Publishing, 2007), and a memoir, A Balanced Life (All Things That Matter Press, 2018). CLAIRE SCOTT  is an award-winning poet who has received multiple Pushcart Prize nominations. Her work has appeared in the Atlanta Review, Bellevue Literary Review, New Ohio Review and The Healing Muse among others. Claire is the author of Waiting to be Called and Until I Couldn’t.SARA SLINGERLAND SHEINER  is a poet and writer from Shawangunk, New York. Her first poetry manuscript “Of Lack,” has been a runner-up for Tupelo’s Berkshire Prize, a finalist in the 2020 Essay Press Book Contest, and a semi-finalist in the Wisconsin Poetry Series’  A U T H O R  B I O S  1 5 1prizes. She is currently working on a ‘contraepic’ titled “The Field” and a scholarly project that investigates the work of modernist writers through an astrological lens. More of her work can be found at www.sarasheiner.com.SARAH SORENSEN  (she/her), MA, MLIS is a queer writer based in the Metro Detroit area. She has been published over fifty times in small presses and is now working on a novel. Her work is forthcoming from Allegheny and The Closed Eye Open, so stay tuned!MARK STROHSCHEIN  is a Washington state poet who lives on beautiful Whidbey Island. His work is forthcoming in Barren Magazine, Red Fern Review and Main Street Rag. His poems have also appeared in Flint Hills Review, Lips Poetry Magazine, The Milk House, In Parentheses and Caustic Frolic, among others. n

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 P O E T R Y  7 9The Man Steps into the  Weightless RainREID BATEHHe’s forgotten his umbrella. Droplets collect on his eyebrows and drip down the creases between them. He checks his watch. Couple of minutes past nine. A pigeon ruffles its feathers above. The man misses the snow. Standing still and looking up into it. Imagining himself at the center of a cascading galaxy. Ancient light tumbled down around him in a boundless circle. Or himself, flying upward through it toward a distant black hole. Toward infinite stillness. He wonders if light travels forever in space. Or does it shine outside of our timeline? He thinks about his past attempts at writing small moments into equine flight. Eyes closed, he sees a woman with curly black hair form from a pink and red blur. She’s just caught one of her pumps on a crack in the sidewalk and the heel has broken. It is night. The crack is hidden like a trap. She’s laughing with her friends, ankle buckling beneath her. Her eyes are green and joyful. She hovers outside the Movie Haus, not yet aware that she is falling. Not aware she’s being watched. The man steps out of the stop and into the weightless rain. The sky is black, nearly moonless. The perfect backdrop for falling stars.

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Bryant University Bryant Digital Repository Archway Investment Fund Archway Investment Fund 1-2024 Fixed Income Fund Report, January 2024 Archway Investment Fund Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.bryant.edu/archway_investment  Part of the Finance and Financial Management Commons, and the Portfolio and Security Analysis Commons Recommended Citation Archway Investment Fund, "Fixed Income Fund Report, January 2024" (2024). Archway Investment Fund. Paper 137. https://digitalcommons.bryant.edu/archway_investment/137 This Report is brought to you for free and open access by the Archway Investment Fund at Bryant Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Archway Investment Fund by an authorized administrator of Bryant Digital Repository. For more information, please contact dcommons@bryant.edu. Portfolio Benchmark Excess Portfolio Benchmark-0.13% -0.15% 0.02% 6.22 6.24-0.13% -0.15% 0.02% 3.60% 3.54%-0.13% -0.15% 0.02% 4.52% 4.54%2.15% 2.09% 0.06% 14 11,431-2.77% -3.11% 0.34% 12 00.65% 0.57% 0.08% 18.49% 99.66%4.74% 3.21% 1.53% 80.22% 0.00%0.74% 0.50% 0.24% 1.29% 0.34%896,231.01$      Since Inception Return (Annualized) Weight in CashPortfolio Market ValueBryant University                 Performance data is calculated from the official portfolio valuation data provided by National FinancialServices LLC, the custodian for the Fund's Fidelity Brokerage Account. Additional security price andanalytic data has been obtained from Bloomberg LP. Returns for the portfolio and benchmark includereinvestment of income distributions, and realized and unrealized gains.  Returns have not been audited.1150 Douglas PikeSmithfield, RI 02917-1284http://aif.bryant.edu5 Year Trailing Return (Annualized) Weight in BondsSince Inception Return (Cumulative since October 27, 2017) Weight in ETFsAcademic Term to Date Return Current YieldYear to Date Return Yield to Worst1 Year Trailing Return Number of Individual Bonds HeldMonth to Date Return Option Adjusted DurationFund ObjectiveThe primary objective of the Archway Investment Fixed Income Fund (the Fund) is to provide students in Bryant University's Fixed Income Portfolio Management course with a hands-on learning experience.The Fund launched on October 27, 2017 with $500,000. After including subsequent capital inflows and outflows, the net capital contribution is $815,000.Investment StrategyThe Fund seeks returns from income and price appreciation, in excess of its Benchmark, while maintaining a volatility less than 120% of that of its Benchmark.   The Benchmark was changed from the Fixed Income ETF GVI to the Fixed Income ETF AGG, which broadly tracks the Bloomberg Barclays Aggregate Index, on September 30, 2021.  That index includes fixed rate debt securities priced in USD and traded in the US market, that are issued by the U.S. Treasury, U.S. government agencies,  U.S. corporations, and taxable debt issued by sovereign, supranational and local government entities rated investment grade.  It also includes highly rated MBS, CMBS and ABS securitized credit tranches.  The benchmark was chosen for its diversification, and its use as a benchmark for both active and passive core fixed income portfolios.  The tracking error of the portfolio versus its benchmark, defined as the annualized standard deviation of excess returns, is kept below 2%.   Historical benchmark return and risk metrics use a chained return series reflecting the benchmark in use at the time.Performance CommentaryThe Archway Fixed Income Portfolio returned -0.13% during January, while the benchmark returned -0.15%. Fixed-income markets started the year off mixed following the strong rally in December. At theJanuary meeting of the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee, officials emphasized that economic activity was expanding at a solid pace. However there was a keen focus on moderate job gains and thelow unemployment rate. These indications were cause for concern, as Fed Chairman Powell expressed that while inflation has slowed, it remains elevated. As a result, the Fed Funds target rate rangeremained unchanged at 5.25%-5.50% for the 4th consecutive month. Members indicated that while they were satisfied with the current direction of the economy, that rates would remain unchanged untilthe Federal Reserve had greater confidence that inflation was subsiding. In response to this, Treasury yields had mixed results. For the month of January, the 1-year Treasury yield fell by 6 bps, the 2-yearyield fell by 4 bps, the 5-year yield fell by 1 bps. By contrast, the 10-year and 30-year yields saw increases of 3 bps and 14 bps, respectively. Over the month, credit spreads had minimal tightening. Theportfolio’s duration was roughly neutral entering into January. At months end, we were +0.01 years higher in duration at the 6-month point on the curve, +0.02 years at the 1-year point, +0.07 years at the 7-year point, +0.04 years at the 10-year point and +0.10 years at the 20-year point. We were short 0.07 years at the 2-year and 5-year points, short 0.10 years at the 3-year point, and short 0.01 years at the 30-year point on the curve. In January, the duration and curve exposures together contributed -0.02% in alpha for the month. For sector allocation, we were slightly underweight in U.S. Treasuries and slightlyoverweight in IG Corporate, MBS, and Agency debt. The credit/sector allocation contributed 0.00% to alpha during the month. Income and security selection contributed 0.04% in alpha to the portfolio duringthe month. There were no trades made during the month. Since its inception in October 2017, the portfolio has an annualized return of 0.74% and outperformed the benchmark by 0.24%. 3 Year Trailing Return (Annualized) Number of ETFs Held  The Archway Investment Fund - Fixed Income Portfolio Monthly Report  Bryant University Data as of 1/31/2024Investment Performance Portfolio and Benchmark CharacteristicsHistorical Returns through 1/31/2024-10.00%-5.00%0.00%5.00%10.00%15.00%20.00%Cumulative Return Since InceptionPortfolio (AIF_FIP) Benchmark4.97% 5.20% 1.38% 0.965.52% 5.30% 1.45% 0.975.52% 5.30% 1.45% 0.975.52% 5.30% 1.45% 0.977.29% 7.36% 1.10% 0.996.46% 6.60% 1.07% 0.995.49% 5.73% 1.47% 0.97Portfolio Benchmark Excess -0.13% -0.15% 0.02%-0.04% -0.03% -0.01%-0.26% -0.25% -0.01%0.01% 0.01% 0.00%0.15% 0.11% 0.04%Ticker Shares Share Price Weight Current Yield Yield to WorstOption Adj. DurationMBB 2241.675 93.80$            23.46% 3.80% 4.73% 6.08SPSB 2403.443 29.92$            8.02% 4.64% 4.97% 1.73IGLB 1121.723 52.44$            6.56% 4.76% 5.37% 12.88SPIB 1789.369 32.91$            6.57% 4.01% 5.05% 4.00IEI 498.541 117.49$          6.54% 2.93% 3.91% 4.33IGIB 1050.373 52.00$            6.09% 4.11% 5.14% 6.06TLT 496.916 96.66$            5.36% 3.85% 4.31% 17.02IEF 501.003 96.46$            5.39% 2.93% 3.92% 7.27SUSC 1966.696 23.21$            5.09% 4.24% 5.21% 7.02SPMB 1618.415 22.02$            3.98% 3.39% 4.74% 5.84TLH 177.123 106.92$          2.11% 3.99% 4.29% 13.26SHY 109 82.30$            1.00% 3.53% 4.27% 1.86CUSIP Face Value Bond Price Weight Current Yield Yield to WorstOption Adj. Duration9128283Z1 24000 97.984 2.66% 2.81% 4.64% 1.039128283F5 25000 94.129 2.64% 2.39% 3.92% 3.549128286N5 15000 121.106 2.03% 0.50% 2.62% 0.2091282CDQ1 15000 92.535 1.55% 1.35% 3.98% 2.80912810QY7 15000 79.773 1.35% 3.44% 4.30% 14.153137EAEP0 12000 96.832 1.31% 1.55% 4.73% 0.993133EJ2D0 12000 97.522 1.31% 3.54% 4.10% 4.373133EH5S8 10000 99.968 1.13% 2.37% 4.60% 0.0191282CFJ5 9000 96.086 0.98% 3.25% 3.89% 4.973133ENJZ4 10000 82.161 0.92% 2.18% 4.40% 6.7388059ESN5 10000 80.467 0.90% 0.00% 4.52% 5.1091282CGA3 6000 99.520 0.67% 4.02% 4.26% 1.77912810RP5 6000 80.875 0.55% 3.69% 4.34% 15.3091282CEH0 5000 97.711 0.55% 2.69% 4.56% 1.151.29% 5.08% 5.08%Fidelity Government Money Market 11,568.97$                                Bryant University                 1150 Douglas PikeSmithfield, RI 02917-1284http://aif.bryant.eduPerformance data is calculated from the official portfolio valuation data provided by National FinancialServices LLC, the custodian for the Fund's Fidelity Brokerage Account. Additional security price andanalytic data has been obtained from Bloomberg LP. Returns for the portfolio and benchmark includereinvestment of income distributions, and realized and unrealized gains.  Returns have not been audited.US Treasury 4% 12/15/2025 6,002.68$                                   US Treasury 3% 11/15/2045 4,891.07$                                   US Treasury 2.625% 04/15/2025 4,924.64$                                   US Treasury 3.125% 8/31/2029 8,766.73$                                   FFCB 1.80% 1/05/2032 8,229.10$                                   Tennessee Valley Authority 0% 5/01/2029 8,046.70$                                   Federal Home LN MTG CORP Note 1.5% 2/12/2025 11,704.34$                                 FFCB 3.43% 12/06/2028 11,765.52$                                 FFCB 2.37% 2/5/2024 10,112.67$                                 US Treasury TIPS 0.5% 04/15/2024 18,192.97$                                 US Treasury 1.25% 12/31/2026 13,896.73$                                 US Treasury 2.75% 11/15/2042 12,054.34$                                 Bonds Market ValueUS Treasury 2.75% 02/28/2025 23,795.39$                                 US Treasury 2.25% 11/15/2027 23,652.79$                                 iShares 10-20 Year Treasury ETF 18,937.99$                                 iShares 1-3 Year Treasury ETF 8,970.70$                                   iShares 7-10 Year Treasury ETF 48,326.75$                                 iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF 45,637.18$                                 SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Mortgage Backed Bond ETF 35,637.50$                                 iShares 3-7 Year Treasury ETF 58,573.58$                                 iShares Intermediate (5 to 10 year) Corporate ETF 54,619.40$                                 iShares 20+ Year Treasury ETF 48,031.90$                                 SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Short Term Corporate Bond ETF 71,911.01$                                 iShares Long Term (10+ year) Corporate ETF 58,823.15$                                 SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Intermediate Corporate ETF 58,888.13$                                 Contribution from Income and Security Specific ReturnsPortfolio HoldingsExchange Traded Funds Market ValueiShares MBS ETF 210,269.12$                              5 Year TrailingMonthly Performance Attribution ResultsTotalContribution from DurationContribution from Curve ExposureContribution from Sector Spread DurationSince InceptionMonth to DateAcademic Term to DateYear to Date1 Year Trailing3 Year TrailingPerformance AnalyticsHistorical Risk StatisticsAnnualized Portfolio VolatilityAnnualized Benchmark VolatilityAnnualized Tracking ErrorCorrelation to IndexTreasury33.22%IG Corp31.68%Agency4.83%Sov.+Supra.0.00%Cash3.18%Taxable Muni0.00%HY Corp0.00%Other0.00%HY Loan0.00%MBS27.10%Portfolio Sector Allocation0.010.02-0.07-0.10-0.070.070.030.06-0.04-0.12-0.10-0.08-0.06-0.04-0.020.000.020.040.060.080.106M 1Y 2Y 3Y 5Y 7Y 10Y 20Y 30YKey Rate Duration Exposure versus Benchmark2.371.920.220.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.001.652.561.780.04 0.11 0.00 0.05 0.00 0.08 0.001.620.000.501.001.502.002.503.00Contribution to Spread Duration by SectorPortfolio Benchmark

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Bryant University Bryant Digital Repository Archway Investment Fund Archway Investment Fund 2-2024 Equity Fund Monthly Report, February 2024 Archway Investment Fund Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.bryant.edu/archway_investment  Part of the Finance and Financial Management Commons, and the Portfolio and Security Analysis Commons   The Archway Investment Fund - Equity Por olio  Bryant UniversityMonthly ReportData as of 02/29/2024Por olio Descrip onInvestment StrategyPerformance CommentaryInvestment Performance Por olio and Benchmark Characteris csSector ReturnsSector WeightsTop 10 Individual Equity and ETF HoldingsPerformance Analy csThe primary objec ve of the Archway Investment Equity Por olio (the Por olio) is to provide students in Bryant University's Equity Por olio Management coursewith a hands-on learning experience.  Student por olio managers are organized into teams responsible for managing the holdings in their assigned sectors.  ThePor olio launched in August 2005 with $200,000.   Including subsequent inflows and ou lows the net capital contributed has been $10,000 and the cumula veinvestment return is $2,044,076.The Por olio strategy focuses on buying stocks for less than their intrinsic value, based on both value and growth considera ons, to achieve risk-adjusted returnsthat equal or exceed benchmark returns.  The investment process is built around sector teams responsible for overseeing the holdings and the weigh ngs of thesecuri es in their sectors.  Formal stock pitches are required to add new names to the por olio.  Por olio managers and security analysts use tradi onalfundamental analysis and valua on modeling, and they incorporate ESG metrics to iden fy risk factors and aid in genera ng risk-adjusted excess returns.  Theoverall benchmark used for performance evalua on is the State Street SPDR S&P 500 Exchange Traded Fund (SPY), while benchmarks used for individual sectorsare the corresponding SPDR sector ETFs.  Each sector is ini ally weighted in the por olio based on their weigh ng in the S&P 500 Index and are then adjusted toreflect por olio manager expecta ons about the performance of each sector.  While the purchase of interna onal equi es via ADRs is allowed, the Fund remainsheavily weighted in domes c assets.  Op on use is limited to covered call and protec ve put strategies. Op ons are used only to control risk and the underlyingsecurity must be held in the Fund.  Performance a ribu on analysis, and factor risk modeling are integral parts of the por olio management and repor ngprocess.The Archway Equity Por olio returned 3.87% in February, while the benchmark returned 5.22%. Economic data released for this month showed no signs of animpending recission, but no evidence of a strong growth rebound. Consumer Confidence reports show a decline to 106.7 down from January’s report of 110.7, butthat decline followed three consecu ve months of posi ve reports. A notable data releases showed privately-owned housing starts 14.8% below the revisedDecember es mate of 1,562,000. Employment data for the month of February is set to be released March 8th, with unemployment expected to remain around3.7%, and hourly wages to increase by 0.2%. Real GDP for 2024 is expected to grow 2.2% following real GDP growth of 2.5% in 2023. For the month of February,the highest returns across the por olio sector ETFs came from Consumer Discre onary (+7.89%), Industrials (+7.18%) and Materials (+6.51%) sectors. The lowestreturns across the por olio’s ETFs came from U li es (+1.06%), Consumer Staples (+2.10%) and Real Estate (+2.57%) sectors. Sector Alloca on contributed -0.10%in alpha. Sector alloca on alpha was lost from overweight posi ons in both Cash and Healthcare rela ve to the SPY. We regained some of our lost sector alloca onalpha through underweight posi ons in Real Estate and Financials. Security Selec on contributed -0.70% of alpha for the month. Technology (-35 bps) and HealthCare (-25 bps) were the largest contributors to the fund's nega ve selec on alpha. Communica on Services (+11 bps), Consumer Staples (+8 bps) and ConsumerDiscre onary (+5 bps) contributed posi ve security selec on alpha, limi ng our overall alpha loss. Cash added 1 bp while index tracking subtracted 0.56% of alphaduring the month. For the calendar year thus far, the por olio returned 5.42% while the benchmark returned 6.89%.  Since the incep on of the fund in August2005, the por olio has an annualized return of 9.61% and the benchmark has an annualized return of 10.08%. The macro team recommended adjus ng the equityand fixed income weights in the overall Archway program leading to an ou low of $35,000 mid month. A variety of trades were  executed on 2/15 to adjust sectorweights to the macro team targets. The Health Care (-22K) and Consumer Staples (-15K) sector teams did the largest net selling.Bryant University1150 Douglas PikeSmithfield, RI 02917-1284Bryant University1150 Douglas PikeSmithfield, RI 02917-1284Bryant University1150 Douglas PikeSmithfield, RI 02917-1284Performance data is calculated from the official por olio valua on dataprovided by Na onal Financial Services LLC, the custodian for the Fund'sFidelity Brokerage  Account.  Addi onal security price and analy c data hasbeen obtained from Bloomberg LP.  Returns for the por olio and benchmarkinclude reinvestment of income distribu ons, and realized and unrealizedgains.  Returns have not been audited.Month to Date Return Por olio Market ValueAcademic Term to Date Return Number of Individual Equi es HeldYear to Date Return Number of ETFs Held1 Year Trailing Return Weight in Individual Equi es3 Year Trailing Return (Annualized) Weight in ETFs5 Year Trailing Return (Annualized) Weight in Op onsSince Incep on Return (Annualized) Weight in CashWtd. Avg. 2 Year Beta to S&P 500Performance data is calculated from the official por olio valua on dataprovided by Na onal Financial Services LLC, the custodian for the Fund'sFidelity Brokerage  Account.  Addi onal security price and analy c data hasbeen obtained from Bloomberg LP.  Returns for the por olio and benchmarkinclude reinvestment of income distribu ons, and realized and unrealizedgains.  Returns have not been audited.Since Incep on1 Year Trailing3 Year Trailing5 Year TrailingTotalReturn Contribu on from Sector Alloca onAlpha from Equity and ETF Selec on and TradingAlpha from Op on Selec on and TradingIncome from Cash AccountTracking/Rounding DifferencePerformance data is calculated from the official por olio valua on dataprovided by Na onal Financial Services LLC, the custodian for the Fund'sFidelity Brokerage  Account.  Addi onal security price and analy c data hasbeen obtained from Bloomberg LP.  Returns for the por olio and benchmarkinclude reinvestment of income distribu ons, and realized and unrealizedgains.  Returns have not been audited.h p://aif.bryant.eduh p://aif.bryant.eduh p://aif.bryant.eduHistorical Returns through 02/29/2024 Por olio Benchmark Excess Characteris cs as of 02/29/2024 Por olio BenchmarkEqui es Ticker Shares Price Market Value% ofPor olioHistoricalCostUnrealizedGain/LossExchange Traded Funds Ticker Shares Price Market Value% ofPor olioHistoricalCostUnrealizedGain/LossCash $ 57,915.56 2.82%Historical Risk Sta s cs and Ra osAnnualizedPor olioVola lityAnnualizedBenchmarkVola lityAnnualizedTrackingErrorAnnualizedInforma onRa oCorrela ontoBenchmarkBeta toBenchmarkJensen'sAlphaTreynorRa oSharpeRa oMonthly Performance A ribu on Results Por olio Benchmark Excess Top 5 Return Contributors Bo om 5 Return ContributorsTicker Weight Ticker WeightReturnContrib.ReturnContrib.3.87% 5.22% -1.35% $5.42% 6.89% -1.48% 68 5035.42% 6.89% -1.48% 16 031.64% 30.16% 1.48% 79.77% 99.87%12.03% 11.78% 0.25% 17.41% 0.00%15.11% 14.61% 0.50% 0.00% 0.00%9.61% 10.08% -0.47% 2.82% 0.13%0.98 1.00APPLE INC AAPL 552 180.75 $ 99,774.00 4.86% $18,888.48 $80,885.52MISCROSOFT CORP INC MSFT 237 413.64 $ 98,032.68 4.77% $40,600.51 $57,432.17AMAZON INC AMZN 460 176.76 $ 81,309.60 3.96% $54,347.82 $26,961.78ALPHABET INC CAP STK CL A GOOGL 501 138.46 $ 69,368.46 3.38% $22,073.64 $47,294.82ADOBE SYSTEMS INC ADBE 122 560.28 $ 68,354.16 3.33% $58,807.30 $9,546.86NVIDIA CORP NVDA 78 791.12 $ 61,707.36 3.00% $6,968.95 $54,738.41EMERSON ELECTRIC CO EMR 439 106.85 $ 46,907.15 2.28% $38,744.38 $8,162.77KLA CORPORATION KLAC 61 682.3 $ 41,620.30 2.03% $18,561.65 $23,058.65INTEL CORP INTC 938 43.05 $ 40,380.90 1.97% $45,564.48 -$5,183.58BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY CLASS B BRK/B 90 409.4 $ 36,846.00 1.79% $24,184.88 $12,661.12SECTOR SPDR TR SHS BEN INT TECHNOLOGY XLK 373 $ 206.98 $ 77,203.54 3.76% $57,465.28 $19,738.26SELECT SECTOR SPDR TR FINANCIALS XLF 984 $ 40.34 $ 39,694.56 1.93% $35,490.67 $4,203.89SELECT SECTOR SPDR TR ENERGY XLE 448 $ 86.14 $ 38,590.72 1.88% $31,764.56 $6,826.16SECTOR SPDR TR SHS BEN INT INDUSTRIAL XLI 309 $ 121.00 $ 37,389.00 1.82% $33,563.73 $3,825.27SPDR SER TR S&P INS ETF KIE 475 $ 49.73 $ 23,621.75 1.15% $15,417.18 $8,204.57SELECT SECTOR SPDR TR CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY XLY 101 $ 184.41 $ 18,625.41 0.91% $14,952.21 $3,673.20SELECT SECTOR SPDR TR HEALTH CARE XLV 110 $ 144.82 $ 15,930.20 0.78% $14,531.54 $1,398.66SPDR SERIES TRUST S&P AEROSPACE & DEFENSE ETF XAR 116 $ 136.97 $ 15,888.52 0.77% $13,829.32 $2,059.20SPDR SER TR S&P REGL BKG ETF KRE 325 $ 48.14 $ 15,645.50 0.76% $17,051.53 -$1,406.03SECTOR SPDR TR SHS BEN INT UTILITIES XLU 249 $ 62.10 $ 15,462.90 0.75% $15,727.50 -$264.6014.76% 15.30% 3.28% -0.14 0.98 0.94 0.03% 0.09 0.5611.82% 13.03% 2.32% 0.64 0.99 0.90 4.11% 0.30 2.2616.61% 17.44% 1.99% 0.12 0.99 0.95 0.74% 0.10 0.5817.50% 18.16% 2.11% 0.24 0.99 0.96 1.04% 0.14 0.763.87% 5.22% -1.35%4.55% 4.65% -0.10% NVDA 2.39% 0.6819% ADBE 3.75% -0.3487%-0.70% -0.70% AMZN 3.55% 0.4930% AMGN 1.25% -0.1608%0.00% 0.00% META 1.67% 0.4275% AAPL 5.06% -0.0936%0.01% 0.01% EMR 2.00% 0.3300% CSCO 1.75% -0.0630%0.01% 0.57% -0.56% KLAC 1.80% 0.2677% MDT 1.37% -0.0622%2,054,2045.9%8.3%3.5%1.1%3.7%1.3%6.2%3.4%3.9%2.1%-0.6%4.6%7.9%2.1%3.3%4.1%3.2%7.2%4.7%6.5%2.6%1.1%-0.02500.0250.050.0750.1Communica on ServicesConsumer Discre onaryConsumer StaplesEnergyFinancialsHealth CareIndustrialsInforma on TechnologyMaterialsReal EstateU li esPor olio SPDR Sector ETFMonthly Sector Returns:  Por olio vs. Benchmark-100.00%0.00%100.00%200.00%300.00%400.00%500.00%8/31/200511/30/20052/28/20065/30/20068/31/200611/30/20062/28/20075/31/20078/31/200711/30/20072/29/20085/31/20088/31/200811/30/20082/28/20095/31/20098/31/200911/30/20092/28/20105/31/20108/31/201011/30/20102/28/20115/31/20118/31/201111/30/20112/29/20125/31/20128/31/201211/30/20122/28/20135/31/20138/31/201311/30/20132/28/20145/31/20148/31/201411/30/20142/28/20155/31/20158/31/201511/30/20152/29/20165/31/20168/31/201611/30/20162/28/20175/31/20178/31/201711/30/20172/28/20185/31/20188/31/201811/30/20182/28/20195/31/20198/31/201911/30/20192/29/20205/31/20208/31/202011/30/20202/28/20215/31/20218/31/202111/30/20212/28/20225/31/20228/31/202211/30/20222/28/20235/31/20238/31/202311/30/20232/29/2024Por olio (AIF_Equity) Benchmark (SPY)Cumula ve Return Since Incep on2.8%8.6%10.7%5.5%4.0%11.8%12.8%9.5%29.0%1.9% 1.5% 1.9%0.3%8.9%10.3%6.0%3.9%13.1%12.4%8.8%29.5%2.4% 2.3% 2.2%00.10.20.3CashCommunica on ServicesConsumer Discre onaryConsumer StaplesEnergyFinancialsHealth CareIndustrialsInforma on TechnologyMaterialsReal EstateU li esPor olio BenchmarkSector Weights:  Por olio vs. Benchmark

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Bryant University Bryant Digital Repository Analytics Without Borders Conferences and Events 3-22-2024 The 7th Analytics Without Borders Flyer Bryant University Department of Information Systems and Analytics Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.bryant.edu/analytics The 7th Analytics Without Borders ConferenceBryant University,Academic Innovation CenterFriday, March 22, 20248:00 am - 4:30 pm Keynote SpeakersMr. Todd Gustafson '86,President, HP FederalLLC, U.S. Public SectorHP Inc.Dr. Michael J. JabbourMicrosoft EducationChief Innovation OfficerThe Future of Education andHealthcare- Embracing AI'sPotential in Education, Ethics,and SocietyInteractive WorkshopDustin Cabral,Director of the DataVisualization & AnalyticsPractice atCleartelligence llc.“Visualize Your Data:Tableau for Beginners”Jay Metzger,GIS Manager, RI  Department ofHealth, Center for HealthData and Analysis,Adjunct Professor at  Bryant UniversityRhode Island Department of Health’sModern GIS EnvironmentSponsors:For more details, visit https://www.bryant.edu/academics/analytics-without-borders  RegisterHereBryant University Provost’s OfficeBryant University College of BusinessBryant University Department of Graduate andProfessional EducationPresented by:AbstractSubmission HereFuture Ready withData Analytics

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Ashley, Renée

 P O E T R Y  3 9The Crazy Dog Lady Sees a Rat Snake in the Compost BinRENÉE ASHLEYShe has nowhere to go and no one to see and way too much time to think, so she’s taking the compost out—though she hasn’t turned it since, not very long ago (and it took a while for her eyes to make it out), there was a black snake coiled, partly camouflaged in the dark, rich filth (for the warmth of the rot, she supposed). If she’d been in a hurry, she would have missed him altogether or even pierced him with the compost crank—that frightens her. What she could see of him (she assumed it was a he) was damn near as thick as a Coke can is round, and it moved only slightly, as if adjusting to the light, but she knew for sure he’d seen her too—the fright of her face in a black snake’s eyes! The kind of fear to make her stare, then run. She’d started shaking and she shook for far too long. She knows what her fears are (the list is longer than she’d like, and snakes are on it somewhere), but death by drowning, death by fire, those two top it—and it’s less the death than the struggling, it’s less the struggling than the endless lightning-strike of panic when you’re trying to stay alive. And, so, the snake’s fired up a wondering in her—what else in her long life has she passed by without thinking: There, it’s there, I see it. Too much, she’s sure. Is this what age is? Perseveration on the mortal and the nonsense—what’s that worth? Her life’s on the right margin now—she’s constantly aware of this—she’s slow to rise and quick to not quite fall or fall. She’s blaming evolution for her senseless fear. She’s aware she’s never been this old before—what from hell will come up next? There’s a veil over everything (it’s always been there), and, now, one more thing to worry on. She keeps watching for some sign, a word, some thing that might seem answer-like (though she knows there is no answer; she’s barely found the question). So, to keep her on top of ground not under it, she’s keeping track of smaller things: the water level in the reservoir, how much blue she can see in the sky, and even better: Will she grow tomatoes? Is her rocky soil ready for her seeds? A clematis? More moonflowers? Another day, she’ll start another compost dump but farther down: First she’ll lift the hollow-bottomed bin and watch the compost take its angle of repose. The snake, if it’s still there can make its way elsewhere. Then 4 0  B R YA N T  L I T E R A R Y  R E V I E Wshe’ll scoop it all up again and toss it in. No harm done. Silly gesture, but it’ll make her feel better. She reiterates what she’s always known in one form or another: We’re just another animal, unreliable, feckless, weak, and way too grabby. Is that what she’s been saying all these years? There’re so many people to be angry at (that’s why she doesn’t keep a gun); there’s so much news, so many men with guns who are crazier than her. Oprah says, What we dwell on we become. It could be true; she hopes it’s not, and throws her scraps into the bin; she doesn’t look. There’s rain predicted for the evening, so she leaves the cover off and goes back in. But the sky is blue, her house stands relatively firm, she’s appreciative of that. For now, the universe inside her’s nearly still. She’ll do what just comes naturally: She’ll feed the dogs their usual repast (she’ll wash their dishes, put all that away, draw the blinds, and think: There, it’s there, I can see it). Then she’ll eat hers. 

The Crazy Dog Lady Sees a Rat Snake in the Compost Bin

Kulseth, Joshua

2 2  B R YA N T  L I T E R A R Y  R E V I E WConcreteJOSHUA KULSETHafter C.K. WilliamsOn the hundred-degree summer days we hauled bags of concrete up six flights of stairs; with the buckets, tools, and heavy mixer made heavier by the caked-on concrete hardening faster than we could scrape it off.Even the most level headed of us held nothing back, spraying the place with curses, and each other with the concrete—tools and buckets, bottles thrownacross the room: none of us free from the choking strain of heat except the boss, thirty-something, veteran of Iraq: three years a Marine, three on an aircraft carrier reading every book in the library. I asked him once how he kept it together: when you’ve seen men vaporized by IEDs, nothing else bothers you.He said it simply, like a child, his simplicity splintering on me like a light-struck prism, in the pickup truck now impossibly fleeced with a million grey specks, shedding from our shirts, spreading over every surface. I was suddenly afraid S H O R T  S T O R I E S  2 3that whatever it was I was, it wasn’t enough; that I would at any moment be revealed for what it was I was. And what was that? The old question: something now sunk, deep in my seat, hardening between cushions, indistinguishable as the grey chips sloughed in the mess of the car: the space between what is ordered, known,imperceptible in the dark. It seemed easyto him, to know and live his role, the joba kind of calling, lost on me.

Concrete

Kothmiri, Swathika

Yerram, Pranavi

Surya, Hema

Bhargavi, Teja

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