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Index Fund and ETF Usage in the
Advisor Perspectives Universe

August 19, 2008

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Table 1 - ETF versus Index Fund Usage

(Percentages shown are based on index funds and ETFs in the AP Universe.)

 

6/30/2007

9/30/2007

2/29/2008

7/31/2008

ETFs

67.40%

65.00%

70.30%

63.50%

Index Funds

32.60%

35.00%

29.70%

36.50%

Table 2 - Usage by Asset Class

(Percentages shown are based on index funds and ETFs in the AP Universe.)

Asset Class

6/30/2007

9/30/2007

2/28/2008

7/31/2008

Change
6/30/07-
7/31/08

Bonds – Corporate

0.10%

0.09%

0.10%

0.16%

0.06%

Bonds – International

0.91%

1.08%

0.95%

0.91%

0.00%

Bonds – Long

0.17%

0.02%

0.21%

0.30%

0.13%

Bonds – Mid

1.52%

1.62%

1.38%

3.41%

1.89%

Bonds – Municipal

0.02%

0.02%

0.05%

0.06%

0.04%

Bonds - Short

1.76%

2.02%

1.98%

2.29%

0.53%

Bonds - Total Market

1.70%

1.55%

1.97%

3.21%

1.51%

Commodities - General

2.39%

2.85%

2.70%

2.50%

0.11%

Commodities - Precious Metals

2.98%

3.04%

3.45%

3.28%

0.30%

Currencies

0.29%

0.83%

1.06%

0.66%

0.37%

Dividend

0.95%

0.82%

0.42%

0.33%

-0.62%

International - Country - Developed

5.14%

4.17%

3.30%

1.98%

-3.16%

International - Country - Emerging

0.81%

1.28%

0.50%

0.86%

0.05%

International - Developed

21.44%

20.88%

23.01%

16.83%

-4.61%

International - Emerging

5.46%

5.74%

6.79%

5.74%

0.28%

International - Sectors

0.36%

0.67%

0.56%

0.57%

0.21%

Large Cap

21.33%

18.87%

24.69%

34.00%

12.67%

Large Cap Growth

2.43%

2.70%

1.64%

1.96%

-0.47%

Large Cap Value

2.92%

3.00%

2.07%

2.22%

-0.70%

Leveraged

0.54%

0.27%

0.45%

0.87%

0.33%

Micro Cap

0.01%

0.02%

0.04%

0.04%

0.03%

Mid Cap

2.92%

2.86%

2.07%

2.07%

-0.85%

Mid Cap Growth

0.36%

0.36%

0.35%

0.42%

0.06%

Mid Cap Value

1.43%

1.33%

0.82%

0.97%

-0.46%

Real Estate

1.38%

1.29%

1.10%

1.24%

-0.14%

Sector - Basic Materials

0.16%

0.17%

0.13%

0.11%

-0.05%

Sector - Consumer Goods

0.25%

0.19%

0.09%

0.07%

-0.18%

Sector - Consumer Services

0.10%

0.07%

0.04%

0.01%

-0.09%

Sector - Energy

0.74%

0.70%

0.42%

0.46%

-0.28%

Sector - Financial

0.39%

0.31%

0.26%

0.27%

-0.12%

Sector - Healthcare

0.52%

0.45%

0.25%

0.22%

-0.30%

Sector - Industrial

0.16%

0.12%

0.07%

0.11%

-0.05%

Sector - Natural Resources

0.14%

0.22%

0.12%

0.32%

0.18%

Sector - Technology

0.26%

0.26%

0.13%

0.10%

-0.16%

Sector - Telecommunications

0.02%

0.04%

0.01%

0.01%

-0.01%

Sector - Utilities

0.18%

0.15%

0.11%

0.07%

-0.11%

Small Cap

3.97%

3.89%

3.01%

2.80%

-1.17%

Small Cap Growth

1.89%

1.62%

1.05%

0.63%

-1.26%

Small Cap Value

2.86%

2.43%

2.01%

1.06%

-1.80%

Socially Responsible

0.13%

0.13%

0.02%

0.02%

-0.11%

Target Date

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

Total Market

3.84%

4.46%

4.34%

5.06%

1.22%

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5.07%

7.45%

6.31%

1.81%

-3.26%

Grand Total

100.00%

100.00%

100.00%

100.00%

 


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