FWP 1 e43517fwp.htm WEEKLY PERFORMANCE
Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Registration Statement No. 333-158199-10
May 11, 2011


The following is the latest weekly report for the Exchange Traded Notes Linked to the Credit Suisse Merger Arbi-trage Liquid Index (Net) (the “CSMA ETNs”). Daily values (with one day lag) can be found on Bloomberg on CSMA US Equity <GO> or at www.credit-suisse.com/notes.

Performance Comparison* WTD MTD ITD ITD Vol.
CSMA ETN -0.65% -0.65% 4.10% 3.21%
Credit Suisse Merger Arbitrage Liquid Index
(Net)
-0.51% -0.51% 4.62% 2.35%

*The Credit Suisse Merger Arbitrage Liquid Index (Net) (the “Index”) includes 0.50% p.a. of index calculation fees. Furthermore, an annual investor fee of 0.55% p.a. is associated with the CSMA ETNs which will reduce the amount of the return on the CSMA ETNs at maturity or upon repurchase by Credit Suisse.

  # Positions Weight    
US Long 32 83.9%    

International Long 9 18.1%    

US Short 12 -26.9%    

International Short 1 -3.4%    

 
Sectors   Longs Shorts  
Basic Materials   6.0% -1.4%  

Communications   6.5% 0.0%  

Consumer, Cyclical   4.9% 0.0%  

Consumer, Non-cyclical   25.2% -1.2%  

Diversified   0.0% 0.0%  

Energy   8.9% -4.1%  

Financial   17.0% -13.5%  

Industrial   17.1% -1.4%  

Technology   5.8% 0.0%  

Utilities   10.6% -8.7%  

 
Top 5 Longs   Average Weight*    
PROGRESS ENERGY INC   4.4%    

BUCYRUS INTERNATIONAL INC   4.2%    

DOLLAR THRIFTY AUTOMOTIVE GP   3.9%    

NSTAR   3.9%    

DANISCO A/S   3.8%    

*When a position is initiated in the Index, its weight is restricted to be no more than 7.5% of the index value. Due to fluctuations in the security levels of the positions in the Index, this weight can subsequently exceed 7.5%.
 
Top 5 Shorts   Average Weight    
DUKE ENERGY CORP   -4.6%    

NORTHEAST UTILITIES   -4.1%    

AMB PROPERTY CORP   -3.8%    

BANK OF MONTREAL   -3.4%    

VENTAS INC   -3.0%    

WTD - week-to-date performance as of May 6, 2011
MTD - month-to-date performance as of May 6, 2011
ITD - inception-to-date performance as of May 6, 2011

Regards,

Investor Relations Team

Effeson Hailemichael
effeson.hailemichael@credit-suisse.com
+1 212 325 4285

Griffin Wetmore
griffin.wetmore@credit-suisse.com
+1 212 538 8495

Online: www.credit-suisse.com/notes

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