Exchange Traded Fund Descrip3ons. (Proxy Indexes) DIA DOG SPY VNQ. SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF

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1 Exchange Traded Fund Descrip3ons (Proxy Indexes) ETF Symbol DIA ETF Descrip3on SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF The investment seeks to provide investment results that, before expenses, correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (the DJIA ). The Trust seeks to achieve its investment objective by holding a portfolio of the common stocks that are included in the DJIA (the Portfolio ), with the weight of each stock in the Portfolio substantially corresponding to the weight of such stock in the DJIA. DOG ProShares Short Dow30 The investment seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the inverse (-1x) of the daily performance of the Dow Jones Industrial AverageSM. The fund invests in derivatives that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return characteristics as the inverse (-1x) of the daily return of the index. The index is a price-weighted index maintained by editors of The Wall Street Journal. The index includes 30 largecap, "blue-chip" U.S. stocks, excluding utility and transportation companies. The fund is non-diversified. SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF The investment seeks to provide investment results that, before expenses, generally correspond to the price and yield performance of the S&P 500Â Index. The Trust seeks to achieve its investment objective by holding a portfolio of the common stocks that are included in the Index, with the weight of each stock in the Portfolio substantially corresponding to the weight of such stock in the Index. SH ProShares Short S&P500 The investment seeks daily investment results that correspond to the inverse (-1x) of the daily performance of the S&P 500. The fund invests in derivatives that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return characteristics as the inverse (-1x) of the daily return of the index. The index is a measure of large-cap U.S. stock market performance. It is a float-adjusted, market capitalization-weighted index of 500 U.S. operating companies and real estate investment trusts selected through a process that factors in criteria such as liquidity, price, market capitalization and financial viability. The fund is nondiversified. VNQ Vanguard REIT ETF The investment seeks to provide a high level of income and moderate long-term capital appreciation by tracking the performance of a benchmark index that measures the performance of publicly traded equity REITs. The fund employs an

2 indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI U.S. REIT Index. The index is composed of stocks of publicly traded equity real estate investment trusts (known as REITs). The fund attempts to replicate the index by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, holding each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index. EEM ishares MSCI Emerging Markets The investment seeks to track the investment results of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The underlying index is composed of large- and mid-capitalization emerging market equities. The fund generally invests at least 90% of its assets in the securities of its underlying index and in depositary receipts representing securities in its underlying index. RSX Market Vectors Russia ETF The investment seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Market Vectors Russia Index. The fund normally invests at least 80% of its total assets in securities that comprise the fund's benchmark index. The Russia Index is comprised of securities of Russian companies. A company is generally considered to be a Russian company if it is incorporated in Russia or is incorporated outside of Russia but generates at least 50% of its revenues (or, in certain circumstances, has at least 50% of its assets) in Russia. It is non-diversified. FXI ishares China Large-Cap The investment seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large-capitalization Chinese equities that trade on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The fund generally invests at least 90% of its assets in securities of the underlying index and in depositary receipts representing securities of the underlying index. It seeks to track the investment results of the FTSE China 50 Index (the "underlying index"), which is designed to track the performance of the largest companies in the Chinese equity market that are available to international investors. The fund is non-diversified. GDX Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF The investment seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the NYSE Arca Gold Miners Index. The fund normally invests at least 80% of its total assets in securities that comprise the Gold Miners Index. The Gold Miners Index is a modified marketcapitalization weighted index primarily comprised of publicly traded companies involved in the mining for gold and silver. The fund is non-diversified GLD SPDR Gold Shares The investment seeks to reflect the performance of the price of gold bullion, less the expenses of the Trustâs operations. The Trust holds gold bars and from time to time, issues Baskets in exchange for deposits of gold and distributes gold in connection with redemptions of Baskets. The gold held by the trust will only be sold on an as-needed basis to pay trust expenses, in the event the trust terminates and liquidates its assets, or as otherwise required by law or regulation.

3 DGZ DB Gold Short ETN The investment seeks to replicate, net of expenses, the inverse of the daily performance of the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity index - Optimum Yield Gold Excess Return. The index is intended to reflect changes in the market value of certain gold futures contracts and is comprised of a single unfunded gold futures contract. IBB ishares Nasdaq Biotechnology The investment seeks to track the investment results of the NASDAQ Biotechnology Index, which contains securities of NASDAQ listed companies that are classified according to the Industry Classification Benchmark as either biotechnology or pharmaceuticals and that also meet other eligibility criteria determined by NASDAQ OMX. The fund generally invests at least 90% of its assets in securities of the index and in depositary receipts representing securities of the index. It may invest the remainder of its assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, cash and cash equivalents, as well as in securities not included in the index. It is non-diversified. IEO ishares US Oil&Gas Explor&Prodtn The investment seeks to track the investment results of the Dow Jones U.S. Select Oil Exploration & Production Index composed of U.S. equities in the oil and gas exploration and production sector. The fund generally invests at least 90% of its assets in securities of the underlying index and in depositary receipts representing securities of the underlying index. The underlying index measures the performance of the oil exploration and production sub-sector of the U.S. equity market. The fund is non-diversified. IGM ishares North American Tech IWM ishares Russell 2000 The investment seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of North American equities in the technology sector. The fund generally invests at least 90% of its assets in securities of the underlying index and in depositary receipts representing securities of the underlying index. The underlying index measures the performance of U.S.-traded stocks of technology-related companies in the United States and Canada. Components primarily include information technology and technology companies. The fund is non-diversified. The investment seeks to track the investment results of the Russell 2000Â Index, which measures the performance of the small-capitalization sector of the U.S. equity market. The fund generally invests at least 90% of its assets in securities of the underlying index and in depositary receipts representing securities of the underlying index. It may invest the remainder of its assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, cash and cash equivalents, as well as in securities not included in the underlying index, but which the advisor believes will help the fund track the underlying index. RWM ProShares Short Russell2000 The investment seeks daily investment results that correspond to the inverse (-1x) of the daily performance of the Russell 2000 Index. The fund invests in derivatives that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar

4 daily return characteristics as the inverse (-1x) of the daily return of the index. It is a float-adjusted, market capitalization-weighted index containing approximately 2000 of the smallest companies in the Russell 3000 Index or approximately 8% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000 Index, which in turn represents approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market. The fund is non-diversified. IYE ishares US Energy The investment seeks to track the investment results of the Dow Jones U.S. Oil & Gas Index composed of U.S. equities in the energy sector. The fund generally invests at least 90% of its assets in securities of the underlying index and in depositary receipts representing securities of the underlying index. The underlying index measures the performance of the oil and gas sector of the U.S. equity market. The fund is non-diversified. IYH ishares US Healthcare The investment seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. equities in the healthcare sector. The fund generally invests at least 90% of its assets in securities of the underlying index and in depositary receipts representing securities of the underlying index. The underlying index measures the performance of the healthcare sector of the U.S. equity market. The fund is non-diversified. QQQ PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 is a unit investment trust that issues securities called Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking Stock. The Trust's investment objective is to provide investment results that generally correspond to the price and yield performance of the Nasdaq-100 Index. The Trust provides investors with the opportunity to purchase units of beneficial interest in the Trust representing proportionate undivided interests in the portfolio of securities held by the Trust, which consists of substantially all of the securities, in substantially the same weighting, as the component securities of the Nasdaq-100 Index. Invesco PowerShares Capital Management, LLC is the Sponsor of the Trust and The Bank of New York Mellon is the Trustee. PSQ ProShares Short QQQ The investment seeks daily investment results that correspond to the inverse (-1x) of the daily performance of the NASDAQ-100 IndexÂ. The fund invests in derivatives that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return characteristics as the inverse (-1x) of the daily return of the index. The index, a modified market capitalization-weighted index, includes 100 of the largest non-financial domestic and international issues listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market. The fund is non-diversified. SLV ishares Silver Trust The Trust seeks to reflect generally the performance of the price of silver. The Trust seeks to reflect such performance before payment of the Trust s expenses and liabilities. The Trust is not actively managed. It does not engage in any activities designed to obtain a profit from, or to ameliorate losses caused by, changes in the price of silver. The Trust receives silver deposited with it in

5 exchange for the creation of Baskets of Shares, sells silver as necessary to cover the Trust expenses and other liabilities and delivers silver in exchange for Baskets of Shares surrendered to it for redemption. TLT ishares 20+ Year Treasury Bond The investment seeks to track the investment results of the Barclays U.S. 20+ Year Treasury Bond Index (the "underlying index"). The fund generally invests at least 90% of its assets in the bonds of the underlying index and at least 95% of its assets in U.S. government bonds. It seeks to track the investment results of the Barclays U.S. 20+ Year Treasury Bond Index (the "underlying index"), which measures the performance of public obligations of the U.S. Treasury that have a remaining maturity of 20 or more years. TMF Direxion Daily 20+ Yr Trsy Bull 3X ETF The investment seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, of 300% of the performance of the NYSE 20 Year Plus Treasury Bond Index. The fund, under normal circumstances, creates long positions by investing at least 80% of its assets in U.S. government securities that comprise the NYSE 20 Year Plus Treasury Bond Index ("index") and/or financial instruments that provide leveraged and unleveraged exposure to the index. The fund is non-diversified. USO United States Oil The investment seeks to reflect the performance, less expenses, of the spot price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) light, sweet crude oil. The fund will invest in futures contracts forlight, sweet crude oil, other types of crude oil, diesel-heating oil, gasoline, natural gas, and other petroleum-based fuels that are traded on the NYMEX, ICE Futures Exchange or other U.S. and foreign exchanges. DNO United States Short Oil The investment seeks to the daily changes in percentage terms of its shares per share net asset value ( NAV ) to inversely reflect the daily changes in percentage terms of the spot price of West Texas Intermediate ( WTI ) light. The fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in short positions in futures contracts for WTI light, sweet crude oil, other types of crude oil, diesel-heating oil, gasoline, natural gas and other petroleum-based fuels. The Benchmark Futures Contract is the futures contract on WTI light, sweet crude oil as traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange (the NYMEX ). VGK Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF The investment seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of stocks issued by companies located in the major markets of Europe. The fund employs an indexing investment approach by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the common stocks included in the FTSE Developed Europe All Cap Index. The FTSE Developed Europe All Cap Index is a market-capitalization-weighted index that is made up of approximately 1,250 common stocks of large-, mid-, and small-cap companies located in 16 European countries-mostly companies in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and Switzerland. XLF Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF The investment seeks investment results that, before expenses, correspond to the price and yield performance of publicly traded equity securities of companies

6 in the Financial Select Sector Index. In seeking to track the performance of the index, the fund employs a replication strategy. It generally invests substantially all, but at least 95%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index. The index includes companies from the following industries: diversified financial services; insurance; commercial banks; capital markets; REITs; consumer finance; thrifts & mortgage finance; and real estate management & development. The fund is non-diversified SEF ProShares Short Financials The investment seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the inverse (-1x) of the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. FinancialsSM Index. The fund invests in derivatives that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return characteristics as the inverse (-1x) of the daily return of the index. The index measures the performance of the financial services sector of the U.S. equity market. The fund is non-diversified.