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| Category | Fund name Launch date |
Ticker price * |
Assets (millions) |
Performance since inception vs. benchmark ETF | What’s in the fund | |||
| COMBINATION Stocks are drawn from the FTSE-RAFI U.S. all-cap index, which ranks companies on a combination of book value, cash flow, dividends, and sales. |
PowerShares FTSE-RAFI U.S. 1000 Dec. 19, 2005 |
PRF $57 |
$844 | 16.6% vs. 11.8% for the iShares Russell 1000 | The highest-ranking 1,000 companies in the FTSE-RAFI U.S. all-cap index | |||
| PowerShares FTSE-RAFI U.S. 1500 Sept. 20, 2006 |
PRFZ $55 |
$66 | 8.9% vs. 6.7% for the iShares Russell 2000 | The next 1,500 companies in the FTSE-RAFI U.S. all-cap index | ||||
| DIVIDENDS Stocks are drawn from the WisdomTree dividend index, which includes most dividend- paying companies that trade on the major U.S. exchanges. |
WisdomTree Total Dividend June 16, 2006 |
DTD $56 |
$89 | 13.6% vs. 12.6% for the iShares Russell 3000 | All 1,487 dividend-paying companies in the WisdomTree Dividend index | |||
| WisdomTree Large-Cap Dividend June 16, 2006 |
DLN $56 |
$324 | 13.6% vs. 12.5% for the S&P Depositary Receipts fund | The largest 296 companies (by market cap) in the WisdomTree Dividend index | ||||
| WisdomTree Mid-Cap Dividend June 16, 2006 |
DON $56 |
$72 | 14.8% vs. 14.8% for the iShares Russell mid-cap index | The next 437 companies in the index | ||||
| WisdomTree Small-Cap Dividend June 16, 2006 |
DES $55 |
$105 | 13.3% vs. 13.6% for the iShares Russell 2000 | The smallest 754 companies in the index | ||||
| EARNINGS Stocks are drawn from the WisdomTree earnings index, which includes companies on major U.S. exchanges that have had positive earnings for their most recent four quarters. |
WisdomTree Total Earnings Feb. 23, 2007 |
EXT $47 |
$24 | –3.5% vs.–3.5% for the iShares Russell 3000 | The 2,412 companies in the WisdomTree Earnings index | |||
| WisdomTree Earnings 500 Feb. 23, 2007 |
EPS $47 |
$19 | –4.3% vs. –3.1% for the S&P Depositary Receipts fund | The 494 largest companies (by market cap) in the earnings index | ||||
| WisdomTree Mid-Cap Earnings Feb. 23, 2007 |
EZM $47 |
$5 | –4.3% vs. –3.5% for the iShares Russell mid-cap fund | The next 794 companies in the index | ||||
| WisdomTree Small-Cap Earnings Feb. 23, 2007 |
EES $47 |
$10 | –5.5% vs. 4.5% for the iShares Russell 2000 fund | The smallest 1,124 companies in the index | ||||