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The iShares Goldman Sachs Software Index Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of U.S.-traded software-related stocks as represented by the Goldman Sachs Technology Industry Software Index.

FUND BASICS
Category	US Equities
Fund Sponsor	Barclays Global Investors
Website	www.ishares.com
Inception date	Jul 13, 2001
Assets (mns)	$2,744
Currency	USD
Expense ratio	46 bp
Distributions	Quarterly

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

SECTOR BREAKDOWN

CONSTITUENT BREAKDOWN
No. of constituents	94
Wgt avg mkt cap (mns)	$161,595
Large cap (>$10bn)	80.1%
Mid cap ($2-10bn)	17.6%
Small cap (<$2bn)	2.3%
Developed mkts	100.0%
Emerging mkts	0.0%

TOP TEN HOLDINGS
Total	56.7 %
MICROSOFT CORP	8.9 %
ADOBE SYSTEMS INC	8.8 %
SALESFORCE.COM INC	8.2 %
ORACLE CORP	8.2 %
INTUIT INC	5.9 %
SERVICENOW INC	4.5 %
ACTIVISION BLIZZARD INC	3.7 %
AUTODESK INC	3.5 %
ELECTRONIC ARTS INC	2.7 %
WORKDAY INC-CLASS A	2.4 %

TOP COUNTRY EXPOSURE
	UNITED STATES	98.3 %
	CANADA	1.6 %

HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE info

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Standardized Annual Returns (thru November 30)
Year-to-date	1 year	5 years	10 years	Since Incep.
33.7%	25.2%	20.4%	18.3%	9.0%

Market Correlations
versus...	Beta	R-squared
S&P500	1.09	63%
MSCI EAFE	1.00	44%
MSCI Emg. Mkts.	0.79	45%

Technical Indicators
Recent close	$227.72
30d moving avg.	$222.35
Annualized volatility	16.5%
Short interest (ETF)	0.0%
Short interest (Underlying)	3.7%
Relative strength (RSI)	75

Liquidity measures
Avg. volume (thou.)	490
Turnover	4.1%
Bid/Ask (% of price)	0.03%
ADV underlying (mns)	$13,948

Distributions

FINDING ALTERNATIVE FUNDS

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

Benchmark ticker:

IGV

Expense:

46 bp

ALTAR Score™:

3.1%

ALTERNATIVE ETFs BASED ON OVERLAP WITH IGV
Ticker	Fund Name	Overlap¹ vs IGV (%)	Expense ratio (bp)	Savings vs IGV (bp)	ALTAR Score™ (%)	ALTAR vs IGV (%)
XSW	SPDR S&P Software & Services	36.3	35	11	4.1	+1.0
JHMT	John Hancock Multifactor Technology	29.1	40	6	6.1	+3.0
SKYY	First Trust Cloud Computing	29.0	60	-14	2.4	-0.7
AIQ	Global X Future Analytics Tech	28.1	68	-22	4.5	+1.5
IYW	iShares US Technology	24.4	42	4	5.2	+2.1
FTEC	Fidelity MSCI Info Technology	23.8	8	38	5.5	+2.4
VGT	Vanguard Info Tech ETF	23.7	10	36	5.4	+2.4
XNTK	SPDR NYSE Technology	22.9	35	11	5.6	+2.5
OGIG	O'Shares Global Internet Giants	22.5	48	-2	1.5	-1.6
IGM	iShares S&P N. American Technology	22.5	46	0	4.6	+1.5
IETC	iShares Evolved U.S. Technology	22.4	18	28	4.8	+1.7
PTF	Invesco DWA Technology Momentum	21.7	60	-14	1.5	-1.6
FXL	First Trust Technology Alphadex	21.3	63	-17	5.5	+2.5
PSJ	Invesco Dynamic Software	20.1	58	-12	3.2	+0.1
XLK	Technology Select Sector SPDR	20.1	13	33	5.6	+2.5
QTEC	First Trust NASDAQ 100 Tech	18.8	57	-11	6.0	+2.9
GDAT	Goldman Sachs Motif Data-Driven World	18.7	50	-4	6.0	+2.9
RYT	Invesco S&P Equal Weight Technology	18.5	40	6	6.4	+3.3
IXN	iShares S&P Global Technology	17.8	46	0	5.3	+2.2

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

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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

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VALUATION METRICS

	2018	2019E	2020E
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Price-to-earnings	**	**	**
Price-to-cash flow	**	**	**
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Historical valuation trends

Forward multiple:	iShares N. American Tech-Software
Relative to:	S&P500	MSCI EAFE	MSCI Emg. Mkts.	Other ETF:

AVOID

Not worthwhile for most investors. A rating of AVOID is assigned to ETFs with ALTAR Scores in the lowest quintile (the bottom 20%) of their category. Often, funds in this category consist of stocks with little if any history or expectation of profitability, and as a result our fundamentally-driven analysis may not be relevant.

ALTAR Score™

Calculation of ALTAR Score™
Avg. Return on Equity	22.1	%
Divided by: Fwd. P/BV	6.2	x
Less: Expense ratio	46	bp
Equals: ALTAR Score	3.1	%

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CONSENSUS RECOMMENDATIONS: FUND CONSTITUENTS

COMPOSITE RATING	1.43	CATEGORY AVERAGE	1.56

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.