The BLDRS Europe Select ADR Index Fund (Fund) seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally, before fees and expenses, to the price and yield performance of the BNY Mellon Europe Select ADR Index (Index). The Fund normally holds at least 95% of its total assets in depositary receipts (DR) that comprise the Index. The Index is capitalization-weighted and designed to track the performance of approximately 100 European market-based DRs. The Fund and the Index are rebalanced and reconstituted quarterly.
The Fund is an “index fund” that holds publicly traded DRs, negotiable U.S. securities that generally represent a non-U.S. company’s publicly traded equity or debt, of non-U.S. companies in a particular geographic region or market represented by a specified relevant benchmark BNY Mellon ADR Index. |
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Date |
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5/23/2013 |
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Price |
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21.98 |
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Bid/Ask Midpoint  |
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22.30 |
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NAV |
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22.32 |
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Bid/Ask Prem/Disc |
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-0.02 |
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Bid/Ask Prem/Disc |
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-0.09% |
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| Index History (%) | YTD | 1 Year | 3 Year | 5 Year | 10 Year | Fund Inception |
| BNY Mellon Europe Select ADR Index | 1.83 | 10.58 | 4.37 | -1.84 | 8.71 | 7.60 |
| MSCI Europe Index | 2.71 | 10.56 | 4.80 | -2.08 | 9.72 | 8.42 |
| MSCI EAFE Index | 5.13 | 11.25 | 5.00 | -0.89 | 9.69 | 8.54 |
| S&P 500 Index | 10.61 | 13.96 | 12.67 | 5.81 | 8.53 | 7.86 |
| Fund History (%) | YTD | 1 Year | 3 Year | 5 Year | 10 Year | Fund Inception |
| NAV | 1.87 | 10.29 | 4.19 | -1.95 | 8.42 | 7.30 |
| After Tax Held | 1.87 | 8.91 | 2.92 | -3.25 | 7.15 | 6.06 |
| After Tax Sold | 1.06 | 6.06 | 2.73 | -1.95 | 6.47 | 5.52 |
| Market Price | 1.82 | 10.24 | 4.20 | -1.95 | 8.62 | 7.26 |
Market returns are based on the midpoint of the bid/ask spread at 4 p.m. ET and do not represent the returns an investor would receive if shares were traded at other times. Performance data quoted represents past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be higher or lower than performance data quoted. After-tax returns reflect the highest federal income tax rate but exclude state and local taxes. Fund performance reflects fee waivers, absent which, performance data quoted would have been lower. After Tax Held and After Tax Sold are based on NAV.
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| As of 3/31/2013 |
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| Data beginning 11/30/2002, the month end following Fund inception. |
| An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The results assume that no cash was added to or assets withdrawn from the Index. Index returns do not represent Fund returns. The Index does not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, nor does the Index lend securities, and no revenues from securities lending were added to the performance shown. |
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Bid/Ask MidPoint Above NAV |
Bid/Ask Midpoint Below NAV |
Quarter
Ending |
Days |
50-99
Basis Points |
100-199
Basis Points |
H200
Basis Points |
50-99
Basis Points |
100-199
Basis Points |
H200
Basis Points |
| 3/31/2013 |
60 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 12/31/2012 |
62 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 9/30/2012 |
63 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 6/30/2012 |
63 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Year Ended 2012 |
250 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Fund Inception: 11/13/2002 |
Shareholders may pay more than net asset value when they buy Fund shares and receive less than net asset value when they sell those shares, because shares are bought and sold at current market prices. Performance data quoted represents past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results. |
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United Kingdom |
48.03% |
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Switzerland |
12.00% |
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France |
8.50% |
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Germany |
6.62% |
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Netherlands |
5.85% |
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Spain |
5.45% |
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Belgium |
2.49% |
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Italy |
2.48% |
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Denmark |
2.21% |
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Ireland |
1.58% |
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| As of 5/23/2013 |
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Fund Holdings subject to change |
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HSBC Holdings PLC ADR |
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6.23% |
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Novartis AG ADR |
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5.99% |
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Vodafone Group PLC ADR |
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4.33% |
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BP PLC ADR |
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4.16% |
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Sanofi ADR |
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4.02% |
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As of 5/23/2013 |
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GlaxoSmithKline PLC ADR |
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3.88% |
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Royal Dutch Shell PLC ADR |
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3.80% |
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Total SA ADR |
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3.61% |
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British American Tobacco PLC ADR |
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3.33% |
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Royal Dutch Shell PLC ADR |
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2.80% |
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As of 5/23/2013
Typically, security classifications used in calculating allocation tables are as of the last trading day of the previous month.
There are risks involved with investing in ETFs, including possible loss of money. Shares are not actively managed and are subject to risks similar to those of stocks, including those regarding short selling and margin maintenance requirements. Ordinary brokerage commissions apply. The Fund’s return may not match the return of the Underlying Index.
Investing in securities of small and medium-sized companies may involve greater risk than is customarily associated with investing in large companies.
Foreign securities have additional risks, including exchange-rate changes, decreased market liquidity, political instability and taxation by foreign governments.
The Fund holds securities of non-U.S. and non-Canadian companies in the form of DRs, New York shares and Global Shares. Since the underlying securities of the Fund’s DRs are usually denominated or quoted in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, changes in foreign currency exchange rates may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. Therefore, a strong U.S. dollar will reduce returns for U.S. investors while a weak U.S. dollar will increase those returns.
Since underlying securities of the Fund’s DRs trade on foreign exchanges at times when the U.S. markets are not open for trading, the value of the DRs representing those underlying securities may change materially at times when the U.S. markets are not open for trading, regardless of whether there is an active U.S. market for Shares.
The Sponsor may direct the Trustee to terminate and liquidate the Fund—See “Termination of a Fund” in the prospectus for further information. In the event the Fund is terminated, the trading pattern of the Fund’s Shares could be negatively affected.
The MSCI Europe Index, the MSCI EAFE® Index and the S&P 500® Index are unmanaged indexes considered representative of stocks of developed European countries; stocks of Europe, Australasia and the Far East; and the U.S. stock market, respectively.
The Global Industry Classification Standard was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI, Inc. and Standard & Poor's.
BLDRS and Baskets of Listed Depositary Receipts are registered trademarks of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation and have been licensed for use by Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, BLDRS' sponsor. BNY Mellon makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in BLDRS and makes no warranty and bears no liability with respect to BLDRS or Baskets of Listed Depositary Receipts, its use or any data included therein.
The sponsor of the BLDRS Index Funds Trust (BLDRS), a unit investment trust, is Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC ("Invesco PowerShares").
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