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The iShares MSCI EMU Index Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the European Monetary Union (EMU) markets, as measured by the MSCI EMU Index.

FUND BASICS
Category	International Equities
Fund Sponsor	Barclays Global Investors
Website	www.ishares.com
Inception date	Jul 31, 2000
Assets (mns)	$6,206
Currency	USD
Expense ratio	47 bp
Distributions	Semi-Annually

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

SECTOR BREAKDOWN

CONSTITUENT BREAKDOWN
No. of constituents	248
Wgt avg mkt cap (mns)	$60,730
Large cap (>$10bn)	90.4%
Mid cap ($2-10bn)	8.9%
Small cap (<$2bn)	0.1%
Developed mkts	100.0%
Emerging mkts	0.0%

TOP TEN HOLDINGS
Total	22.5 %
SAP AG	2.9 %
TOTAL SA	2.8 %
LVMH MOET HENNESSY LOUIS VUI	2.6 %
ASML HOLDING NV	2.4 %
SANOFI-AVENTIS	2.2 %
ALLIANZ SE-REG	2.2 %
SIEMENS AG-REG	2.1 %
UNILEVER NV	1.9 %
EADS NV	1.8 %
L'OREAL	1.6 %

TOP COUNTRY EXPOSURE
	FRANCE	32.1 %
	GERMANY	26.6 %
	NETHERLANDS	13.6 %
	SPAIN	8.6 %
	ITALY	6.5 %
	FINLAND	2.9 %
	BELGIUM	2.9 %
	IRELAND	1.9 %
	BRITAIN	0.9 %
	LUXEMBOURG	0.8 %

HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE info

	Custom date range	Compare to
	thru

Standardized Annual Returns (thru October 31)
Year-to-date	1 year	5 years	10 years	Since Incep.
18.3%	11.6%	4.4%	4.0%	3.4%

Market Correlations
versus...	Beta	R-squared
S&P500	0.82	49%
MSCI EAFE	1.22	92%
MSCI Emg. Mkts.	0.81	67%

Technical Indicators
Recent close	$40.91
30d moving avg.	$39.80
Annualized volatility	14.1%
Short interest (ETF)	0.0%
Relative strength (RSI)	69

Liquidity measures
Avg. volume (thou.)	4,852
Turnover	3.2%
Bid/Ask (% of price)	0.03%
ADV underlying (mns)	$13,983

Distributions

FINDING ALTERNATIVE FUNDS

Below is a list of 20 potential alternatives to the iShares MSCI Euro Monetary Union ETF based on the alternatives' overlap in portfolio holdings with EZU. Consider funds with lower expense ratios and/or higher ALTAR Score™ ratings as possible alternatives.

Benchmark ticker:

EZU

Expense:

47 bp

ALTAR Score™:

6.8%

ALTERNATIVE ETFs BASED ON OVERLAP WITH EZU
Ticker	Fund Name	Overlap¹ vs EZU (%)	Expense ratio (bp)	Savings vs EZU (bp)	ALTAR Score™ (%)	ALTAR vs EZU (%)
EURZ	Xtrackers Eurozone Equity	90.6	9	38	7.1	+0.3
DBEZ	Xtrackers MSCI EMU Hedged	84.0	45	2	6.4	-0.4
FEZ	SPDR DJ Euro Stoxx 50	59.3	29	18	6.9	+0.2
IEV	iShares S&P Europe 350	49.0	59	-12	6.4	-0.4
DBEU	Xtrackers Europe Hedged	48.9	45	2	6.4	-0.4
HEDJ	Wisdomtree International Hedged Equity	47.9	58	-11	7.6	+0.8
HFXE	IQ 50 PERCENT HEDGED FTSE EUROPE	47.4	30	17	6.7	-0.1
FLEE	Franklin FTSE Europe	47.2	9	38	6.9	+0.1
BBEU	JPMorgan BetaBuilders Europe	47.0	9	38	6.9	+0.1
FLEH	Franklin FTSE Europe Hedged	46.6	9	38	6.9	+0.1
GSEU	Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta Europe Equity	44.2	25	22	6.5	-0.3
IEUR	iShares Core MSCI Europe	44.0	9	38	6.9	+0.1
FEU	SPDR DJ Stoxx 50	43.0	9	38	6.8	+0.1
VGK	Vanguard FTSE Europe	42.5	9	38	6.9	+0.2
EWQ	iShares MSCI France	35.3	47	0	6.3	-0.5
JPEU	JPMorgan Diversified Return Europe Equity	34.6	37	10	6.7	-0.1
FLFR	Franklin FTSE France	34.6	9	38	6.7	-0.1
DOL	WisdomTree Int'l Large Cap Dividend	34.1	48	-1	7.7	+0.9
SCID	Global X Scientific Beta Europe	33.9	38	9	6.5	-0.3
IMTM	iShares MSCI Int'l Developed Momentum	33.4	30	17	5.3	-1.5

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 Euro Monetary Union
Relative to:	S&P500	MSCI EAFE	MSCI Emg. Mkts.	Other ETF:

UNDERWEIGHT

Below average appreciation potential. A rating of UNDERWEIGHT is assigned to ETFs with ALTAR Scores in the 2nd quintile (ranking higher than only 20%-40%) of their category. Typically, funds in this category consist of stocks trading at relatively expensive valuations and/or having below-average fundamentals.

ALTAR Score™

Calculation of ALTAR Score™
Avg. Return on Equity	10.7	%
Divided by: Fwd. P/BV	1.5	x
Less: Expense ratio	47	bp
Equals: ALTAR Score	6.8	%

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MODERN PORTFOLIO THEORY info

CONSENSUS RECOMMENDATIONS: FUND CONSTITUENTS

COMPOSITE RATING	1.59	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.