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The iShares MSCI EAFE Index fund seeks investment results that correspond to the price and yield performance of the MSCI EAFE Index. The index consists of the stocks in developed markets in Europe, Australia and the Far East.

FUND BASICS
Category	International Equities
Fund Sponsor	Barclays Global Investors
Website	www.ishares.com
Inception date	Aug 14, 2001
Assets (mns)	$64,779
Currency	USD
Expense ratio	31 bp
Distributions	Semi-Annually

FUND STRUCTURE
Regulation	Open-Ended Fund
Custodian	State Street Bank & Trust
Weighting	Market Cap
Index replication	Full
Uses derivatives	No
Options available	Yes

SECTOR BREAKDOWN

CONSTITUENT BREAKDOWN
No. of constituents	919
Wgt avg mkt cap (mns)	$67,949
Large cap (>$10bn)	86.1%
Mid cap ($2-10bn)	13.6%
Small cap (<$2bn)	0.2%
Developed mkts	99.8%
Emerging mkts	0.2%

TOP TEN HOLDINGS
Total	11.7 %
NESTLE SA-REG	2.2 %
ROCHE HOLDING AG-GENUSSCHEIN	1.6 %
NOVARTIS AG-REG	1.4 %
TOYOTA MOTOR CORP	1.1 %
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC	1.0 %
SAP AG	0.9 %
LVMH MOET HENNESSY LOUIS VUI	0.9 %
AIA GROUP LTD	0.9 %
ASTRAZENECA PLC	0.9 %
BP PLC	0.9 %

TOP COUNTRY EXPOSURE
	JAPAN	24.1 %
	BRITAIN	15.9 %
	FRANCE	10.4 %
	SWITZERLAND	9.8 %
	GERMANY	8.5 %
	AUSTRALIA	6.8 %
	NETHERLANDS	4.4 %
	HONG KONG	3.3 %
	SPAIN	2.7 %
	SWEDEN	2.5 %

HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE info

	Custom date range	Compare to
	thru

Standardized Annual Returns (thru December 31)
Year-to-date	1 year	5 years	10 years	Since Incep.
22.0%	22.0%	5.7%	5.4%	6.1%

Market Correlations
versus...	Beta	R-squared
S&P500	0.77	70%
MSCI EAFE	1.00	98%
MSCI Emg. Mkts.	0.68	79%

Technical Indicators
Recent close	$69.79
30d moving avg.	$69.50
Annualized volatility	11.1%
Short interest (ETF)	8.6%
Relative strength (RSI)	59

Liquidity measures
Avg. volume (thou.)	24,063
Turnover	2.6%
Bid/Ask (% of price)	0.02%
ADV underlying (mns)	$40,102

Distributions

FINDING ALTERNATIVE FUNDS

Below is a list of 19 potential alternatives to the iShares MSCI EAFE ETF based on the alternatives' overlap in portfolio holdings with EFA. Consider funds with lower expense ratios and/or higher ALTAR Score™ ratings as possible alternatives.

Benchmark ticker:

EFA

Expense:

31 bp

ALTAR Score™:

6.7%

ALTERNATIVE ETFs BASED ON OVERLAP WITH EFA
Ticker	Fund Name	Overlap¹ vs EFA (%)	Expense ratio (bp)	Savings vs EFA (bp)	ALTAR Score™ (%)	ALTAR vs EFA (%)
DBEF	Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged	95.3	35	-4	6.6	-0.1
EFAX	SPDR MSCI EAFE Fossil Fuel Free	89.6	20	11	6.8	+0.1
PBDM	Invesco PureBeta FTSE Developed ex-North America	87.4	7	24	7.3	+0.6
HFXI	IQ 50 Percent Hedged FTSE Int'l	87.0	20	11	7.0	+0.3
IEFA	iShares Core MSCI EAFE	84.6	7	24	6.9	+0.2
SCHF	Schwab International Equity	80.7	6	25	7.1	+0.4
IDEV	iShares Core MSCI Int'l Developed Markets	76.2	5	26	6.9	+0.2
SPDW	SPDR Portfolio World ex-US	73.9	4	27	6.9	+0.2
VEA	Vanguard Europe Pacific	71.5	5	26	7.1	+0.4
JHMD	John Hancock Multifactor Developed International	70.9	45	-14	7.0	+0.3
ESGD	iShares MSCI EAFE ESG Optimized	70.6	20	11	6.7	-0.0
PXF	Invesco FTSE-RAFI Developed ex-US	66.7	45	-14	7.9	+1.2
DWM	WisdomTree DEFA Fund	66.2	48	-17	7.4	+0.8
QEFA	SPDR MSCI EAFE Quality Mix	65.5	30	1	6.4	-0.3
DDWM	WisdomTree Dynamic Currency Hedged Int'l Equity	65.5	35	-4	7.6	+0.9
ACWX	iShares MSCI ACWI ex-US	64.7	31	0	7.1	+0.4
FNDF	Schwab Fundamental Intl Large Cap	64.1	25	6	7.5	+0.8
GSIE	Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta Int'l Equity	63.6	25	6	6.4	-0.3
DBAW	Xtrackers MSCI All World ex-US Hedged	62.7	40	-9	6.9	+0.2

¹Overlap is the percentage of holdings by weight that are identical. For example, if Fund A has a 2% position in Apple, Inc. (AAPL) and Fund B has a 5% position, their overlapping position in AAPL is 2%.

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RESULTS & ESTIMATES

	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019E	2020E
Sales per share	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
Earnings per share	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
Dividends per share	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
Book value per share	**	**	**	**	**	**	**

Sales per share growth		**%	**%	**%	**%	**%	**%
EPS growth		**%	**%	**%	**%	**%	**%

Sales per share growth		**%	**%	**%	**%	**%	**%
EPS growth		**%	**%	**%	**%	**%	**%

OTHER FUNDAMENTAL METRICS

Long term EPS growth est.	**%		Debt-to-equity	**x
Asset turnover	**%		Assets-to-equity	**x

Return on equity

Revision activity*

*Six months ago = 100

Net margins

Compound annual growth rates

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VALUATION METRICS

	2018	2019E	2020E
Price-to-sales	**	**	**
Price-to-earnings	**	**	**
Price-to-cash flow	**	**	**
Price-to-growth	**	**	**
Price-to-book value	**	**	**
Yield	**	**	**

Historical valuation trends

Forward multiple:	iShares MSCI EAFE
Relative to:	S&P500	MSCI EAFE	MSCI Emg. Mkts.	Other ETF:

NEUTRAL

Average appreciation potential. A rating of NEUTRAL is assigned to ETFs with ALTAR Scores in the middle quintile (ranking between 40%-60%) of their category. This indicates that valuations adequately reflect the fundamentals of stocks in these funds.

ALTAR Score™

Calculation of ALTAR Score™
Avg. Return on Equity	10.7	%
Divided by: Fwd. P/BV	1.5	x
Less: Expense ratio	31	bp
Equals: ALTAR Score	6.7	%

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MODERN PORTFOLIO THEORY info

CONSENSUS RECOMMENDATIONS: FUND CONSTITUENTS

COMPOSITE RATING	1.63	CATEGORY AVERAGE	1.63

The composite rating is a weighted average of analysts' consensus recommendations for individual ETF constituents, based on the following scale: BUY = 1; OVERWEIGHT = 1.5, HOLD = 2; UNDERWEIGHT = 2.5; and SELL = 3. Readers are cautioned that because analyst ratings tend to be inflated, the composite score may be more useful as a relative measure of sentiment between funds rather than as a stand-alone recommendation.