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1: iShares ETFs are unique investment vehicles with distinct benefits An iShares Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) is an investment vehicle which is constructed like a mutual fund but trades like an individual security on a stock exchange. ETFs provide investors with a variety of benefits over traditional mutual funds including:
2: iShares provide an innovative approach to building portfolios Most ETFs are designed to track specific indexes. Indexes can be as broad as the Russell 3000 or as narrow as the FTSE/Xinhua China 25 and can represent a variety of exposures including fixed income, market capitalization, styles, global sectors, countries and even commodities. Building a portfolio using iShares ETFs can be made easier using the resources, strategies and tools available on iShares.com. 3: iShares Funds can be bought and sold through any broker and most trading platforms iShares Funds are listed on the American Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange, the Chicago Board Options Exchange, and the NYSE Arca, Inc., the same way as shares of a publicly held company. iShares ETFs use a three-digit ticker symbol and can be traded anytime during normal trading hours, using all the trading strategies associated with stocks such as market orders, limit orders, stop orders, short sales and margin buying*. If you want to learn more, go to |
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Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal.
Bonds and bond funds will decrease in value as interest rates rise.
The iShares Funds ("Funds") are distributed by SEI Investments Distribution Co. (SEI). Barclays Global Fund Advisors (BGFA) serves as an advisor to the Funds. BGFA is a subsidiary of Barclays Global Investors, N.A., a majority-owned subsidiary of Barclays Bank PLC, none of which is affiliated with SEI.
The iShares Funds are not sponsored, endorsed, or issued by Lehman Brothers, nor are they sponsored, endorsed, issued, sold or promoted by Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc., Dow Jones & Company, Inc., European Public Real Estate Association ("EPRA®"), FTSE International Limited ("FTSE"), FTSE/Xinhua Index Limited ("FXI"), iBoxx®, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., KLD Research & Analytics, Inc., MSCI Inc., Morningstar Inc., The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc., National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ("NAREIT"), New York Stock Exchange, Inc., Frank Russell Company, or Standard and Poor's. None of these companies make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Funds. Neither SEI nor BGI, nor any of their affiliates, are affiliated with the companies listed above.
FXI does not make any warranty regarding the FTSE/Xinhua Index. All rights in the FTSE/Xinhua index vest in FXI. Neither FTSE nor NAREIT makes any warranty regarding the FTSE NAREIT Real Estate 50 Index, FTSE NAREIT Residential Index, FTSE NAREIT Retail Index, FTSE NAREIT Mortgage REITs Index or FTSE NAREIT Industrial/Office Index; all rights vest in NAREIT. Neither FTSE nor NAREIT makes any warranty regarding the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate ex-US Index, FTSE EPRA/NAREIT North America Index, FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Europe Index, or FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Asia Index; all rights vest in FTSE, NAREIT, and EPRA. All rights in the FTSE Developed Small Cap ex-North America Index vest in FTSE. "FTSE" is a trade- and servicemark of London Stock Exchange and The Financial Times Limited; "NAREIT®" is a trademark of NAREIT; "EPRA®" is a trademark of EPRA. "Xinhua" is a trade- and servicemark of Xinhua Financial Network Limited.
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