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iShares MSCI USA Minimum Volatility Index Fund is an exchange-traded fund incorporated in the USA. The Fund seeks to track the performance of the MSCI USA Minimum Volatility Index.

FUND BASICS
Category	US Equities
Fund Sponsor	BlackRock Fund Advisors
Website	www.ishares.com
Inception date	Oct 20, 2011
Assets (mns)	$36,429
Currency	USD
Expense ratio	15 bp
Distributions	Quarterly

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

SECTOR BREAKDOWN

CONSTITUENT BREAKDOWN
No. of constituents	213
Wgt avg mkt cap (mns)	$114,385
Large cap (>$10bn)	94.9%
Mid cap ($2-10bn)	5.1%
Small cap (<$2bn)	0.0%
Developed mkts	100.0%
Emerging mkts	0.0%

TOP TEN HOLDINGS
Total	14.7 %
NEWMONT MINING CORP	1.7 %
VISA INC-CLASS A SHARES	1.5 %
COCA-COLA CO/THE	1.5 %
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC	1.5 %
NEXTERA ENERGY GROUP	1.4 %
WASTE MANAGEMENT INC	1.4 %
PEPSICO INC	1.4 %
FISERV INC	1.4 %
REPUBLIC SERVICES INC	1.4 %
MCDONALD'S CORP	1.4 %

TOP COUNTRY EXPOSURE
	UNITED STATES	92.4 %
	BERMUDA	2.3 %
	IRELAND	2.2 %
	SWITZERLAND	1.2 %
	BRITAIN	1.0 %
	CANADA	0.5 %

HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE info

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Standardized Annual Returns (thru November 30)
Year-to-date	1 year	5 years	10 years	Since Incep.
25.5%	17.1%	12.0%	--	14.3%

Market Correlations
versus...	Beta	R-squared
S&P500	0.65	82%
MSCI EAFE	0.56	50%
MSCI Emg. Mkts.	0.37	36%

Technical Indicators
Recent close	$64.66
30d moving avg.	$64.03
Annualized volatility	8.6%
Short interest (ETF)	0.0%
Short interest (Underlying)	2.4%
Relative strength (RSI)	58

Liquidity measures
Avg. volume (thou.)	4,763
Turnover	0.9%
Bid/Ask (% of price)	0.02%
ADV underlying (mns)	$74,049

Distributions

FINDING ALTERNATIVE FUNDS

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

Benchmark ticker:

USMV

Expense:

15 bp

ALTAR Score™:

5.2%

ALTERNATIVE ETFs BASED ON OVERLAP WITH USMV
Ticker	Fund Name	Overlap¹ vs USMV (%)	Expense ratio (bp)	Savings vs USMV (bp)	ALTAR Score™ (%)	ALTAR vs USMV (%)
QUS	SPDR MSCI USA Quality Mix	55.7	15	0	6.0	+0.8
FDLO	Fidelity Low Volatility Factor	53.0	29	-14	5.4	+0.2
DYNF	BlackRock U.S. Equity Factor Rotation	52.5	30	-15	6.5	+1.3
OVOL	Invesco Russell 1000 Low Volatility Factor ETF	48.6	19	-4	5.6	+0.5
LGLV	SPDR Russell 1000 Low Volatility	48.5	12	3	5.2	+0.0
HUSV	First Trust Horizon Managed Volatility Domestic	48.0	70	-55	4.9	-0.3
ACWV	iShares MSCI World Minimum Volatility	47.5	20	-5	5.5	+0.3
LVUS	Hartford Multifactor Low Volatility US Equity	46.7	21	-6	5.8	+0.6
JMIN	JPMorgan U.S. Minimum Volatility	46.3	12	3	5.6	+0.4
SPLV	Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatility	45.9	25	-10	5.2	+0.1
LVHB	Elkhorn Lunt Low Vol/High Beta Tactical	45.8	52	-37	5.0	-0.1
OMOM	Invesco Russell 1000 Momentum Factor ETF	45.6	19	-4	5.3	+0.1
FLLV	Franklin Liberty U.S. Low Volatility	44.7	29	-14	5.3	+0.1
RBUS	Nationwide Risk-Based U.S. Equity	44.0	30	-15	6.1	+0.9
MFUS	PIMCO RAFI Dynamic Multi-Factor U.S. Equity	43.3	29	-14	6.3	+1.1
MMTM	SPDR S&P1500 Momentum Tilt	42.7	12	3	5.4	+0.2
GSLC	Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta U.S. Large Cap Equity	42.3	9	6	6.1	+0.9
PBP	Invesco S&P 500 Buy/Write	42.1	49	-34	5.5	+0.3
DEF	Invesco Defensive Equity	41.8	59	-44	4.9	-0.3
VOO	Vanguard S&P 500 ETF	41.7	3	12	6.0	+0.8

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

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Historical valuation trends

Forward multiple:	iShares MSCI USA Minimum Volatility
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	16.9	%
Divided by: Fwd. P/BV	3.2	x
Less: Expense ratio	15	bp
Equals: ALTAR Score	5.2	%

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MODERN PORTFOLIO THEORY info

CONSENSUS RECOMMENDATIONS: FUND CONSTITUENTS

COMPOSITE RATING	1.61	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.