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iShares S&P Global Telecomm Services
ALTAR
Score™		 ** info Recommen-
dation		 **
2013E    2014E
EPS
growth		 4.1% P/E
ratio		 14.8x
Sales
growth		 0.5% P/Sales
ratio		 1.3x

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iShares S&P Global Telecommunications Sector Index Fund seeks investment results that correspond to the performance of the S&P Global Telecommunications Index.

FUND BASICS
Category International Equities
Fund Sponsor Blackrock Fund Advisors
Website www.ishares.com
Inception date 16 Nov 2001
ASX cross-listing 11 Mar 2009
Assets (mns) $494
Currency AUD
Expense ratio 48 bp
Distributions Semi-Anl

FUND STRUCTURE
Regulation Open-End Investment Company
Custodian State Street Bank & Trust
Domicile United States
Weighting Market Cap
Index replication Representative Sampling

SECTOR BREAKDOWN

 

CONSTITUENT BREAKDOWN
No. of constituents 36
Wgt avg mkt cap (mns) $105,531
Median mkt cap (mns) $28,698
Large cap (>US$10bn) 97.7%
Mid cap (US$2-10bn) 2.1%
Small cap (<$US2bn) 0.1%
Developed mkts 94.1%
Emerging mkts 5.9%

TOP TEN HOLDINGS
AT&T INC 17.0 %
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 12.7 %
VODAFONE GROUP PLC 12.4 %
TELSTRA CORP LTD 5.3 %
TELEFONICA SA 4.8 %
CHINA MOBILE LTD 4.8 %
AMERICA MOVIL SAB DE C-SER L 4.6 %
SOFTBANK CORP 3.7 %
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE 3.2 %
BCE INC 3.0 %
Total 71.7 %

TOP COUNTRY EXPOSURE
UNITED STATES 36.1 %
BRITAIN 15.4 %
JAPAN 8.8 %
AUSTRALIA 5.3 %
SPAIN 4.8 %
HONG KONG 4.8 %
MEXICO 4.6 %
CANADA 4.5 %
FRANCE 4.2 %
GERMANY 2.9 %

HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE

Standardized Annual Returns (thru 30 April)
Cal. YTD 1 year 5 years 10 years Since Incep.
13.3% 7.8% -- -- 0.0%

Market Correlations
versus... Beta R-squared
S&P500 0.38 10%
MSCI EAFE 0.39 14%
MSCI Emg. Mkts. 0.15 2%

Technical Indicators
Recent close $65.39
Net asset value $65.42
Premium / Discount -0.0 %
Tracking error 1.1 %
Annualised volatility 15.2 %
Relative strength (RSI) 70

Liquidity measures
Avg. volume (thou.) 0
Turnover 0.0 %
Bid/Ask (% of price) 0.52
ADV underlying (mns) $5,980

Distributions


RESULTS & ESTIMATES

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OTHER FUNDAMENTAL METRICS

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Foreign sales as a % of total **%   Asset turnover **%

Return on equity

Revision activity*
*Six months ago = 100

Net margins

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VALUATION METRICS
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Historical valuation trends

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multiple:		 iShares S&P Global Telecomm Services Relative to
other ETF:		 Code:
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to:		 S&P500 MSCI EAFE MSCI Emg. Mkts. ASX 200

RATING: **
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ALTAR Score™


Calculation of ALTAR Score™
Avg. Return on Equity ** %
Divided by: P/BV ** x
Less: Expense ratio 48 bp
Equals: ALTAR Score ** %
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MODERN PORTFOLIO THEORY info

 

 

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Risk & reward. Uses std. dev. as proxy for risk, ALTAR Score™ for return forecast.
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