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| On September 18, 2008, Invesco PowerShares listed the PowerShares Global Progressive Transportation Portfolio, which offers investors exposure to multiple sustainable transportation-related companies with the purchase of a single ETF share. These companies create and develop technologies for the utilization of progressive transportation and focus on: |
- Improving energy efficiency
- Reducing fuel costs
- Harnessing renewable energy
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- Enriching energy conservation
- Shortening transit times
- Upgrading energy information systems
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| Important PowerShares Global Progressive Transportation Portfolio information: |
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| Global Transportation Figures |
| The chart below illustrates various transportation statistics among the top countries allocated within the Wilder NASDAQ OMX Global Energy Efficient Transport Index. Scroll over each icon to view statistics. |
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| Source: The 2008 CIA World Fact Book. |
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| Why PowerShares Global Progressive Transportation Portfolio? |
| Energy security is a huge issue in the U.S. – a country that pays $625 million a day for oil imports.¹ Intercity rail, specifically Amtrak, is 21% and 17% more energy-efficient than automobile and airline travel, respectively.¹ |
| Interest in green technology is growing worldwide, and the transportation sector may be a prime target for innovation. In addition, transportation is the fastest growing sector for greenhouse gas production in the U.S.² |
| Energy efficient transportation is a goal for both developed and emerging economies worldwide. In 2007, the Canadian government announced a $10 million program to promote sustainable transportation choices.³ In China, the U.S.'s National Resources Defense Council is working with Chinese partners to promote fuel cell and hybrid vehicles and smart growth.4 |
| 1 Source: Testimony of Deron Lovaas, Natural Resources Defense Council, to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, June 25, 2008. |
| 2 Source: "The Broader Connection Between Public Transportation, Energy Conservation and Greenhouse Gas Reduction," American Public Transportation Association, February 2008. |
| 3 Source: Environmental Protection, "Canada Urges Use of Sustainable Transportation," Feb. 22, 2008. |
| 4 Source: Natural Resources Defense Council |
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| Investments focused in a particular industry are subject to greater risk, and are more greatly impacted by market volatility than more diversified investments. |
| 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. |
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