Basic Fund Data
Fund Provider:	Barclays Global Investors
Asset Class:	Equity
Fund Category:	Global Industry Sector
Ticker:	IXG
Expense Ratio:	0.48%
Fund Category Expense Ratio Average:	0.62%
Options:	No
Fund Inception Date:	11-12-2001
Fund Structure:	Open-Ended
Fund Weighting Restrictions:	Non-diversified Fund Rules
Fund Tracking Method:	Full Replication
Dividend Payment Frequency:
Basic Index Data
Index Name:	S&P Global Financials Sector Index
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:	Daily

Market Price Return
1-Year:	17.91%
3-Year annualized:	-16.46%
5-Year annualized:	-3.23%
10-Year annualized:
Annual Performance History
2009:	33.4
2008:	-54.84
2007:	-7.63%
2006:	23.79%
2005:	11.67%
2004:	16.38%
2003:	37.74%
2002:	-16.74%
2001:
2000:
Data as of 10/31/09

Fundamentals
Assets MM:	$331.9
P/E Ratio:	14.9
P/B Ratio:	1.08
Median Market Cap:	$37701.14
12-month yield:	2.4%
Data as of 10/31/09

Risk / 3-Year Average
Alpha:	-0.27
Beta:	1.65
Standard Deviation:	9.84
Sharpe Ratio:	-0.56
Data as of 10/31/09

Index Snapshot:

The iShares S&P Global Financials Sector Index Fund (Ticker: IXG) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the performance, before fees and expenses, of the S&P Global Financials Sector Index. The index measures the performance of companies in the financial sector that S&P believes are important to global markets. Component companies include companies involved in activities such as banking, consumer finance, investment banking and brokerage, asset management, insurance and investment and real estate, including REITs. The index is a subset of the S&P Global 1200 Index and employs the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). All companies are float adjusted and reconstitution is a continuous process.