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NAVIGATING THE ETF LANDSCAPE

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The exchange traded landscape

Source: BlackRock, as of 12/31/09.*Does not include Target Date and Alternative funds. There are a total of 912 Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) as of 12/31/09.

The exchange traded marketplace will look significantly different in five years.

Currency

Commodity

Fixed Income

Int’l/Global Equity

Domestic Equity

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Key criteria for selecting the right ETF

Know what you own

Total costs matter

Liquidity

Structure

Provider

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What you should know about indexes

Market coverage offered

Definition of value/growth, small cap, mid cap and large cap

Index transparency

“Resets” after adds and deletes

Modularity of index families and degree of constituent overlap

Rebalance frequency

Do the characteristics of the index align with client objectives?

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Indexes represent the market

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Sources: BlackRock, Russell, S&P, as of 12/31/09.Index returns are for illustrative purposes only and do not represent actual iShares ETF performance. Index performance returns do not reflect any management fees, transaction costs or expenses. Indexes are unmanaged and one cannot invest directly in an index. Past performance does not guarantee future results. For actual iShares ETF performance, please visit www.iShares.com or request a prospectus by calling 1-800-iShares (1-800-474-2737).

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Style index comparison: Value, growth and core

Russell 1000Two factors: P/B and forecasted earnings growth

P/E: 19.6

P/E: 17.0

Morningstar Large CapFive Growth factorsFive Value factors

P/E: 23.6

P/E: 14.8

P/E: 14.2

74 8978

Value GrowthCore

S&P 500®/CitigroupThree Growth factorsThree Value factors

P/E: 20.4

P/E: 16.7

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Sources: BlackRock, FactSet, as of 12/09.

Growth

Growth

Value

Value

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Mid cap index comparison:Distribution of market capitalization

Russell Midcap800 smallest companies in Russell 1000 Index

$15.5B

$3.2B

$74.6M

S&P MidCap 400Names picked by committee

$258.6M $8.3B

$2.1B Median market cap

Morningstar Mid Cap70th to 90th percentile of US market cap

$10.1B

$3.6B

$486.0M

Source: BlackRock investment analysis, as of 12/09.

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Alternative weighting schemes

Fundamental-weighted: Stocks are ranked and weighted by fundamental measures

Equal-weighted: All stocks receive the same weighting

Key considerations

Turnover

Transaction costs

Unintended bias within the index

Transparency

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Dimensions of total cost

Explicit costs

Expense ratio

Commission

Implicit costs

Trading spreads

Rebalancing

Tracking error

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Total cost

Source: BlackRock.

Trading costs are defined as one-way costs that include estimated average spread and market impact costs, as of 12/31/09.Tracking error is a one-year annualized estimate ending 12/31/09.

Expense Ratio

0.20%

0.13%

ETF 1

ETF 2

Commission

0.01%

0.01%

TradingCosts

0.03%

0.16%

Rebalancing

0.01%

0.03%

TrackingError

0.51%

0.58%

Implicit Costs

0.76%

0.91%

Total CostExplicit Costs

COMPARISON

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Total cost

Full replication

Fund holds all index names at benchmark weight

Optimization

Fund holds a representative sample of index names

BENCHMARK TRACKING

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iShares ETF liquidity offers price improvement

Sources: NYSE Arca, Bloomberg, as of 12/31/09.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets (EEM)

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Current bid/ask spread in underlying = 7.5 cents.

Current bid/ask spread in underlying = 6.0 cents.

iShares Russell 2000 (IWM)

IWM Volume

ETF Spread ($)

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Product structure

What is the principal source of risk?

What is the potential for tracking error?

What are the tax implications of the structure?

Open-End Fund

Unit Investment Trust

1940 Act 1933 Act

GrantorTrust

Exchange Traded Notes

Limited Partnership

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Attributes of ETFs and ETNs

Exchange Traded Notes

ExchangeTraded Funds

Liquidity Daily on exchange Daily on exchange

Registration Investment Company Act of 19401

Securities Act of 1933

Recourse Portfolio of securities Issuer credit

Principal Risk Market risk Market and issuer risk

Institutional-Size Redemption

Daily via custodian Daily to the issuer

Short Sales Yes,on an uptick or a downtick

Yes,on an uptick or a downtick

1 ETFs may be structured as 1933 Act Grantor Trusts.

Investment comparisons are for illustrative purposes only and are not meant to be all-inclusive. There may be significant differences between the investments that are not discussed here.

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Evaluating a provider

Size and scale

History

Expertise

Commitment to the industry

Resources

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iShares.com: Essential resources for financial professionals Live and on-demand e-learning

Client materials

Research – white papers

Fund data

Portfolio construction tools

Trading strategy report

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iShares resources Index Comparison Tool

Compare how over 170 indexes differ by market capitalization, return, risk, holdings, sector and correlation

Sample screenshots from the iShares.com website are for illustrative purposes only.

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Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal.

The information provided is not intended to be a complete analysis of every material fact respecting any strategy and has been presented for educational purposes only.

Asset allocation models and diversification do not promise any level of performance or guarantee against loss of principal.

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Mutual funds and iShares Funds are obliged to distribute portfolio gains to shareholders by year-end. These gains may be generated due to index rebalancing or to meet diversification requirements. Trading shares of the iShares Funds will also generate tax consequences and transaction expenses. Certain traditional mutual funds can be tax efficient as well.

When comparing stocks or bonds and iShares Funds, it should be remembered that management fees associated with fund investments, like iShares Funds, are not borne by investors in individual stocks or bonds. The annual management fees of iShares Funds may be substantially less than those of most mutual funds. Buying and selling shares of iShares Funds will result in brokerage commissions, but the savings from lower annual fees can help offset these costs.

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Index returns are for illustrative purposes only and do not represent actual iShares Fund performance. Index performance returns do not reflect any management fees, transaction costs or expenses. Indexes are unmanaged and one cannot invest directly in an index. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

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