Basic Fund Data
Fund Provider:	State Street Global Advisors
Asset Class:	Equity
Fund Category:	U.S. Industry Sector
Ticker:	XLB
Expense Ratio:	0.21%
Fund Category Expense Ratio Average:	0.44%
Options:	Yes
Fund Inception Date:	12-16-1998
Fund Structure:	Open-Ended
Fund Weighting Restrictions:	Non-diversified Fund Rules
Fund Tracking Method:	Full Replication
Dividend Payment Frequency:
Basic Index Data
Index Name:	Materials Select Sector Index
Index Provider:	Standard & Poor's
No of Index Holdings:	Under 100
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:	15.97%
3-Year annualized:	-2.06%
5-Year annualized:	3.81%
10-Year annualized:	4.42%
Annual Performance History
2009:	30.85
2008:	-43.99
2007:	21.98%
2006:	18.31%
2005:	4.09%
2004:	13.23%
2003:	37.49%
2002:	-5.71%
2001:	2.62%
2000:	-15.33%
Data as of 10/31/09

Fundamentals
Assets MM:	$1657.9
P/E Ratio:	23.17
P/B Ratio:	2.68
Median Market Cap:	$15452.11
12-month yield:	2.3%
Data as of 10/31/09

Risk / 3-Year Average
Alpha:	0.66
Beta:	1.23
Standard Deviation:	7.58
Sharpe Ratio:	-0.18
Data as of 10/31/09

Index Snapshot:

The Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund (Ticker: XLB) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the performance, before fees and expenses, of the Materials Select Sector Index. The Select Sector SPDRs are ETFs that result from the division of the Standard & Poor's 500 index into nine sector indexes. The Materials Sector Index represents the materials portion of the S&P 500 Total Market Index. It includes companies from the following industries: chemicals, construction materials, containers and packaging, metals and mining and paper and forest products. The Index is updated ongoing as the S&P components are updated.