Exhibit 99.1

                        CERTIFICATION OF PERIODIC REPORT


I, Daniel S. Shaffer, CEO of Shaffer Asset Management, Inc. General Partner of
the Shaffer Diversified Fund, LP (the "Company"), certify, pursuant to Section
906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. section 1350, that:

1)   The Quarterly Report on form 10-Q of the Company for the quarterly period
     ended September 30, 2002 (the "Report") fully complies with the
     requirements of Section 13 (a) or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
     1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)); and

2)   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
     respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.



Date: October 25, 2002



                                          Shaffer Diversified Fund, LP




                                          By: Shaffer Asset Management, Inc.


                                              General Partner





                                          By:

                                          /s/ Daniel S. Shaffer
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                                          Daniel S. Shaffer
                                          Chief Executive Officer

                                          President/Secretary/Director