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Research Portfolio of Finance and the analysis for 15 to 19 September 2008

In our International (excluding USA) Research Division and later analysts international strategy, the following financial analysis excerpts are from revisions recently completed on the international investment portfolios according to:

RCS Step 1-Analysis: No D5 (International) Portfolio of investment research,

[IShares (WGT: MC)] S & P Global Consumer Staples (KXI) vs. [SPDR (WGT: MC)] S & P World ex U.S. (GWL):

(1) Observation of the relative strength: Results in the analysis of the relative resistance of S & P Global Consumer Staples (KXI) compared to S & P World ex U.S. (GWL) KXI displays indicate that performance GWL higher on a relative basis. This outperformance is a path with prices fairly flat KXI.

(2) Observation of the regression: comparison of linear regression for time series that has a forward displacement of 3-period finds the following formation: The price is higher than the linear regression and linear regression is equal to the duration series. Since the linear regression provides the best fit of the trajectory of prices, which has short-term positive or neutral KXI implications.

(3) Monitoring the performance of the course: S & P Global Consumer Staples (KXI) shows a continuation (that began in July) a fairly neutral price path (low slope), which is currently documented with fairly weak indicators.

[Reference Maps: D5-13 (relative strength); AD5A-9a (regression); AD5B-9b (price)]

RCS & Step 2-Involvement Strategy: No. D5 (International) Comments

(1) possible involvement: The summary of comments said to KXI is neutral, and it has implications in the short term neutral. Our concern is that KXI is not very liquid, but we are also seeing a consolidation of bases and in other world titles in Consumer Staples (DPN). In addition, the relative strength of relationship is the same world (S & P Global 100 with U.S. (IOO)) that the international (S & P World ex-U.S. (GWL)).

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