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Portfolio Manager Insights

Gain unique insights into the world of ETF investing from Barclays Global Investors and iShares portfolio managers...
  Episode 5
Diversifying with
Preferred Stocks

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5:39


Inside BGI On-Campus:
Deconstructing Trading Strategies


Join us inside the classroom of BGI On-Campus, a program designed to bring leading academic research to financial professionals...
  Episode 5
Actions of Unsophisticated and Smart Traders and Differences of Opinion

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7:52


ETF Podcast Series

Get to know how Exchange Traded Funds are changing the investment landscape. Investors are increasingly moving to ETFs as a potentially low-cost and tax-efficient investment choice...
  Episode 7
3 ETF Investing Strategies

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Carefully consider the funds' investment objectives, risk factors, and charges and expenses before investing. This and other information can be found in the funds' prospectuses, which may be obtained by calling 1-800-iShares or click here to view or download a prospectus. Read the prospectus carefully before investing.

Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal. Diversification may not protect against market risk.

In addition to the normal risks associated with investing, international investments may involve risk of capital loss from unfavorable fluctuation in currency values, from differences in generally accepted accounting principles or from economic or political instability in other nations. Emerging markets involve heightened risks related to the same factors as well as increased volatility and lower trading volume. Securities focusing on a single country may be subject to higher volatility. Narrowly focused investments typically exhibit higher volatility. Preferred stocks are not necessarily correlated with securities markets generally. Rising interest rates may cause the value of the Fund’s investments to decline significantly. Payment of dividends is not guaranteed. Removal of stocks from the index due to maturity, redemption, call features or conversion may cause a decrease in the yield of the index and the Fund.

Neither SEI, or its affiliates, nor BGI, or its affiliates, are affiliated with Yale University. The opinions expressed here are intended to provide insight or education and are not intended as individual investment advice. We do not represent that this information is accurate and complete and should not be relied upon as such.

Past performance does not guarantee future results. For actual iShares Fund performance, please visit www.iShares.com or request a prospectus by calling 1-800-iShares.

The strategies discussed are strictly for illustrative and educational purposes and should not be construed as a recommendation to purchase or sell, or an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any security. The information provided is not intended to be a complete analysis of every material fact respecting any strategy or investment. There may be significant differences between the investments that are not discussed. The examples presented do not take into consideration commissions, tax implications, or other transactions costs, which may significantly affect the economic consequences of a given strategy or investment decision.

The iShares Funds are not sponsored, endorsed, issued, sold or promoted by Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc., Dow Jones & Company, Inc., European Public Real Estate Association ("EPRA®"), FTSE International Limited ("FTSE"), FTSE/Xinhua Index Limited ("FXI"), iBoxx®, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., KLD Research & Analytics, Inc., MSCI Inc., Morningstar Inc., The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc., National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ("NAREIT"), New York Stock Exchange, Inc., Frank Russell Company, or Standard & Poor's, nor are they sponsored or endorsed by Barclays Capital. None of these companies make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Funds. Neither SEI nor Barclays Global Investors, nor any of their affiliates, are affiliated with the companies listed above except Barclays Capital, which is an affiliate of Barclays Global Investors.

FXI does not make any warranty regarding the FTSE/Xinhua Index. All rights in the FTSE/Xinhua index vest in FXI. Neither FTSE nor NAREIT makes any warranty regarding the FTSE NAREIT Real Estate 50 Index, FTSE NAREIT Residential Index, FTSE NAREIT Retail Index, FTSE NAREIT Mortgage REITs Index or FTSE NAREIT Industrial/Office Index; all rights vest in NAREIT. Neither FTSE nor NAREIT makes any warranty regarding the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate ex-US Index, FTSE EPRA/NAREIT North America Index, FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Europe Index, or FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Asia Index; all rights vest in FTSE, NAREIT, and EPRA. All rights in the FTSE Developed Small Cap ex-North America Index vest in FTSE. "FTSE" is a trade- and servicemark of London Stock Exchange and The Financial Times Limited; "NAREIT®" is a trademark of NAREIT; "EPRA®" is a trademark of EPRA. "Xinhua" is a trade- and servicemark of Xinhua Financial Network Limited.

The iShares Funds ("Funds") are distributed by SEI Investments Distribution Co. (SEI). Barclays Global Fund Advisors (BGFA) serves as the investment advisor to the Funds. BGFA is a subsidiary of Barclays Global Investors, N.A., a majority-owned subsidiary of Barclays Bank PLC, none of which is affiliated with SEI.

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