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| PowerShares Global Agriculture Portfolio (PAGG) |
| PowerShares Global Coal Portfolio (PKOL) |
| PowerShares Global Steel Portfolio (PSTL) |
| PowerShares Global Gold and Precious Metals Portfolio (PSAU) |
| On September 18, 2008, Invesco PowerShares added to its family of Global Resource ETFs with four new funds. The PowerShares Global Agriculture Portfolio, PowerShares Global Coal Portfolio, PowerShares Global Steel Portfolio and PowerShares Global Gold and Precious Metals Portfolio provide investors with exposure to some of the largest and most liquid companies in the commodities industry. The underlying indexes of these funds are designed to track the performance of companies that focus on: |
- Agriculture and farming-related activities (PAGG)
- The coal industry (PKOL)
- Mining and activities related to gold and other precious metals (PSAU)
- The manufacturing and storage of iron and steel products (PSTL)
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| There are risks involved with investing in ETFs, including possible loss of money. The Fund is not actively managed and is subject to risk similar to stocks, including those related to short selling and margin maintenance. Ordinary brokerage commissions apply. |
| Investments focused in a particular industry are subject to greater risk, and are more greatly impacted by market volatility than more diversified investments. There are additional risks associated with investing in companies involved in the agriculture, coal, gold, precious metals and steel industries. |
| Investing in securities of small and medium capitalization companies involves greater risk than is customarily associated with investing in larger, more established companies. |
| Investment in the securities of non-U.S. issuers involves risks beyond those associated with investments in U.S. securities, including, but not limited to: greater market volatility, the availability of less reliable financial information, higher transactional costs, taxation by foreign governments, decreased market liquidity, political instability, changes in currency exchange rates, interest rate fluctuation and monetary policy changes. |
| NASDAQ®, OMX™, NASDAQ OMX Global Agriculture IndexSM, NASDAQ OMX Global Coal IndexSM, NASDAQ OMX Global Steel IndexSM and NASDAQ OMX Global Gold and Precious Metals IndexSM are trade/service marks of The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (which with its affiliates is referred to as the "Corporations") and are licensed for use by PowerShares. The Products have not been passed on by the Corporations as to their legality or suitability. The Products are not issued, endorsed, sold, or promoted by the Corporations. |
| THE CORPORATIONS MAKE NO WARRANTIES AND BEAR NO LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE PRODUCTS. |
