Basic Fund Data
Fund Provider:	Barclays Global Investors
Asset Class:	Equity
Fund Category:	U.S. Industry Sector
Ticker:	IGE
Expense Ratio:	0.48%
Fund Category Expense Ratio Average:	0.44%
Options:	Yes
Fund Inception Date:	10-22-2001
Fund Structure:	Open-Ended
Fund Weighting Restrictions:	Diversified Fund Rules
Fund Tracking Method:	Full Replication
Dividend Payment Frequency:
Basic Index Data
Index Name:	S&P North American Natural Resources
Index Provider:	Standard & Poor's
No of Index Holdings:	100-500
Explanation of Index Strategy
Security Selection Category:	Passive
Security Selection Method:	Industry Sector
Security Selection Frequency:	Ongoing
Index Weighting Category:	Capitalization
Index Weighting Method:	Free Float
Index Weighting Frequency:	Semi-Annual

Market Price Return
1-Year:	22.2%
3-Year annualized:	0.98%
5-Year annualized:	10.09%
10-Year annualized:
Annual Performance History
2009:	28.37
2008:	-42.8
2007:	33.81%
2006:	16.29%
2005:	35.77%
2004:	24.21%
2003:	33.61%
2002:	-12.96%
2001:
2000:
Data as of 10/31/09

Fundamentals
Assets MM:	$1531.9
P/E Ratio:	13.56
P/B Ratio:	1.9
Median Market Cap:	$26301.04
12-month yield:	1.1%
Data as of 10/31/09

Risk / 3-Year Average
Alpha:	0.97
Beta:	1.14
Standard Deviation:	8.61
Sharpe Ratio:	-0.06
Data as of 10/31/09

Index Snapshot:

The iShares S&P North American Natural Resources Index Fund (Ticker: IGE), formerly iShares Goldman Sachs Natural Resources Index Fund, seeks investment results that correspond generally to the performance, before fees and expenses, of the S&P North American Natural Resources Index. The index includes companies in categories, such as integrated oil, oil exploration and production, oil services, metals, mining, coal, paper and forest products. This index uses a modified capitalization weighting based upon floated adjusted common shares outstanding. Each stock's index weighting is capped at 7.5% and index rebalancing occurs semi-annually in June and December.