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Index Fund and ETF Usage in the
Advisor Perspectives Universe

August 19, 2008

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Table 3 - Usage by Category

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

Category

6/30/2007

9/30/2007

2/28/2008

7/31/2008

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

Bear-Market

0.24%

0.11%

0.38%

0.65%

0.41%

Conservative Allocation

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

Diversified Emerging Mkts

5.17%

5.44%

6.77%

5.61%

0.44%

Diversified Pacific/Asia

0.00%

0.00%

0.01%

0.00%

0.00%

Europe Stock

1.58%

1.57%

1.55%

1.20%

-0.38%

Foreign Large Blend

16.59%

16.17%

19.21%

13.27%

-3.32%

Foreign Large Growth

0.03%

0.06%

0.04%

0.21%

0.18%

Foreign Large Value

0.92%

1.13%

1.71%

1.72%

0.80%

Foreign Small/Mid Growth

0.01%

0.17%

0.21%

0.29%

0.28%

Foreign Small/Mid Value

0.99%

1.00%

0.88%

0.86%

-0.13%

High Yield Bond

0.00%

0.00%

0.01%

0.06%

0.06%

Inflation-Protected Bond

0.33%

0.38%

0.48%

1.35%

1.02%

Intermediate Government

0.21%

0.18%

0.14%

0.13%

-0.08%

Intermediate-Term Bond

2.61%

2.40%

2.65%

5.08%

2.47%

Japan Stock

5.38%

4.21%

2.16%

1.21%

-4.17%

Large Blend

25.63%

25.90%

31.87%

36.41%

10.78%

Large Growth

3.00%

3.25%

1.93%

2.33%

-0.67%

Large Value

5.59%

4.57%

2.53%

2.79%

-2.80%

Latin America Stock

0.39%

0.60%

0.15%

0.23%

-0.16%

Long Government

0.47%

0.40%

0.42%

0.50%

0.03%

Long-Short

2.14%

2.67%

2.22%

2.56%

0.42%

Long-Term Bond

0.13%

0.12%

0.14%

0.13%

0.00%

Mid-Cap Blend

3.21%

3.12%

2.39%

2.47%

-0.74%

Mid-Cap Growth

0.36%

0.36%

0.35%

0.42%

0.06%

Mid-Cap Value

1.46%

1.34%

0.84%

0.98%

-0.48%

Moderate Allocation

0.17%

0.14%

0.11%

0.13%

-0.04%

Muni National Interm

0.00%

0.00%

0.01%

0.00%

0.00%

Muni National Long

0.00%

0.00%

0.02%

0.00%

0.00%

Muni National Short

0.02%

0.02%

0.02%

0.01%

-0.01%

Pacific/Asia ex-Japan Stk

2.04%

2.22%

1.18%

1.15%

-0.89%

Short Government

0.28%

0.77%

0.83%

0.67%

0.39%

Short-Term Bond

0.92%

0.79%

0.78%

1.31%

0.39%

Small Blend

4.02%

3.94%

3.07%

2.89%

-1.13%

Small Growth

1.89%

1.62%

1.06%

0.64%

-1.25%

Small Value

2.83%

2.41%

1.99%

1.02%

-1.81%

Specialty-Communications

0.02%

0.04%

0.01%

0.01%

-0.01%

Specialty-Financial

0.40%

0.31%

0.26%

0.35%

-0.05%

Specialty-Health

0.53%

0.47%

0.33%

0.29%

-0.24%

Specialty-Natural Res

3.54%

4.23%

3.90%

3.61%

0.07%

Specialty-Precious Metals

2.99%

3.04%

3.48%

3.36%

0.37%

Specialty-Real Estate

1.61%

2.10%

1.34%

1.79%

0.18%

Specialty-Technology

0.28%

0.27%

0.14%

0.13%

-0.15%

Specialty-Utilities

0.23%

0.19%

0.11%

0.13%

-0.10%

Target-Date 2000-2014

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

Target-Date 2015-2029

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

Target-Date 2030+

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

Ultrashort Bond

0.35%

0.29%

0.25%

0.21%

-0.14%

World Allocation

0.01%

0.01%

0.01%

0.01%

0.00%

World Bond

1.21%

1.91%

2.02%

1.56%

0.35%

World Stock

0.23%

0.05%

0.03%

0.10%

-0.13%

(blank)

0.00%

0.03%

0.02%

0.15%

0.15%

Grand Total

100.00%

100.00%

100.00%

100.00%

 

 

Table 4 – Usage by Index

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

Index

6/30/2007

9/30/2007

2/28/2008

7/31/2008

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

AMEX Gold Miners

0.00%

0.00%

3.38%

0.00%

0.00%

DJ Financial

0.38%

0.30%

0.22%

0.21%

-0.17%

DJ Healthcare

0.35%

0.29%

0.25%

0.21%

-0.14%

DJ Moderate Port

0.01%

0.01%

0.01%

0.03%

0.02%

DJ Telecom

0.01%

0.01%

0.00%

0.00%

-0.01%

DJ Utility

0.14%

0.11%

0.09%

0.05%

-0.09%

DJ Wil 4500

0.05%

0.05%

0.15%

0.18%

0.13%

DJ Wil REIT TR

0.00%

0.00%

0.46%

0.00%

0.00%

DJ Wilshire REIT

1.25%

1.10%

0.64%

0.73%

-0.52%

Dow Jones U.S. Oil & Gas
Index

0.00%

0.00%

0.05%

0.00%

0.00%

GoldmanSachsNatRes

0.58%

0.55%

0.29%

0.33%

-0.25%

LB 1-5 Yr Gov/Cor

0.82%

1.32%

1.33%

1.37%

0.55%

LB 1-5 Yr Govt

1.25%

1.60%

1.38%

1.27%

0.02%

LB 5-10 Yr Gov/Cor

0.38%

0.34%

0.30%

0.29%

-0.09%

LB Aggregate

2.21%

2.03%

2.31%

4.57%

2.36%

LB Credit

0.10%

0.09%

0.09%

0.10%

0.00%

LB Government

0.63%

0.78%

0.71%

1.55%

0.92%

LB LT Government

0.17%

0.01%

0.20%

0.29%

0.12%

LB LT Govt/Credit

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

LB Muni 3yr(2-4)

0.02%

0.02%

0.02%

0.01%

-0.01%

Lehman+Brothers+1-3+
Yr+Govt

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

Lehman+Brothers+
Aggregate+Bond

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

MSCI AC FEexJpFrID

0.36%

0.36%

0.25%

0.21%

-0.15%

MSCI AC Wld FreeID

0.01%

0.00%

0.00%

0.01%

0.00%

MSCI AcFe xJapanND

0.00%

0.00%

0.16%

0.00%

0.00%

MSCI EAFE NDTR_D

18.00%

17.52%

20.43%

13.78%

-4.22%

MSCI Eas NdD

0.03%

0.03%

0.02%

0.01%

-0.02%

MSCI EMF ID

4.79%

5.08%

6.33%

5.13%

0.34%

MSCI EMF LatinAmID

0.33%

0.52%

0.14%

0.20%

-0.13%

MSCI Eur NdD

1.39%

1.39%

1.24%

0.83%

-0.56%

MSCI JAPAN Ndtr_D

4.93%

3.84%

1.94%

1.02%

-3.91%

MSCI Pac NdD

0.10%

0.06%

0.11%

0.08%

-0.02%

MSCI Pc xJND

1.04%

1.04%

0.65%

0.40%

-0.64%

MSCI Wd x USN

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

MSCI Wd xUSN

0.02%

0.02%

0.04%

0.03%

0.01%

MSCI Wld Met/MinID

0.01%

0.01%

0.84%

0.83%

0.82%

MSCI WORLD NDTR_D

0.23%

0.04%

0.01%

0.03%

-0.20%

MSCI Wrld Ndtr_D

0.01%

0.01%

0.01%

0.00%

-0.01%

MSCI+EAFE+IL

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

Mstar Energy TR

0.00%

0.00%

0.17%

0.00%

0.00%

Mstar Indus Mater

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

Mstar Large Core

0.34%

0.26%

0.13%

0.09%

-0.25%

Mstar Large Growth

0.04%

0.07%

0.07%

0.06%

0.02%

Mstar Large Value

0.01%

0.01%

0.02%

0.00%

-0.01%

Mstar Mid Core

0.66%

0.74%

0.72%

0.50%

-0.16%

Mstar Mid Growth

0.02%

0.02%

0.01%

0.00%

-0.02%

Mstar Mid Value

0.15%

0.16%

0.12%

0.11%

-0.04%

Mstar Small Core

0.87%

0.84%

0.44%

0.48%

-0.39%

Mstar Small Growth

0.01%

0.01%

0.00%

0.00%

-0.01%

Mstar Small Value

0.22%

0.16%

0.14%

0.23%

0.01%

Mstar Srvs SuprTR

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

Mstar Telecom TR

0.00%

0.00%

0.01%

0.00%

0.00%

Mstar US Mkt TR

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

NASDAQ 100

0.54%

0.85%

0.00%

0.34%

-0.20%

NYSE Tech 100

0.25%

0.25%

0.14%

0.13%

-0.12%

Other

0.00%

0.01%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

Pacific/Asia ex-Japan Stk  

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.01%

0.01%

Russ 1000

4.62%

5.16%

4.79%

5.50%

0.88%

Russ 1000 Growth

2.22%

2.13%

1.65%

1.70%

-0.52%

Russ 1000 Value

4.67%

5.00%

3.65%

4.39%

-0.28%

Russ 2000

3.16%

3.03%

2.45%

2.16%

-1.00%

Russ 2000 Growth

2.34%

2.03%

1.38%

1.04%

-1.30%

Russ 2000 Value

1.54%

1.31%

1.22%

0.30%

-1.24%

Russ Midcap Growth

0.31%

0.29%

0.24%

0.24%

-0.07%

Russ Midcap Value

0.32%

0.29%

0.07%

0.07%

-0.25%

Russell+1000

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

Russell+2000

0.58%

0.56%

0.41%

0.24%

-0.34%

S&P 500

18.43%

17.27%

24.45%

27.03%

8.60%

S&P Midcap 400

4.19%

4.36%

2.96%

3.09%

-1.10%

Standard+&+Poor's+500

0.07%

0.06%

0.04%

0.00%

-0.07%

Standard&Poor's+Midcap+400

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

(blank)

14.85%

16.63%

10.68%

18.50%

3.65%

Grand Total

100.00%

100.00%

100.00%

100.00% 

 



Table 5 –Top 25 Index Funds and ETFs in the AP Universe (ranked by AUM)

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