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| | |Morningstar® ETF Database Update |

|August 2014 | | |

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| | |As of Aug. 31, 2014, there were 1,642 exchange-traded products in the United States market. Within the month, there were 18 |

| | |new exchange-traded funds. |

| | |U.S. ETF market assets were approximately $1.91 trillion in August. IShares, Vanguard, and SPDR State Street Global Advisors |

| | |ETFs experienced the highest inflows of assets, while Goldman Sachs, PowerShares DB, and ProShares were among those with the |

| | |greatest asset outflows. The large blend, large growth, and large value Morningstar Categories had the greatest inflows, |

| | |totaling around $22.39 billion, while the Europe stock, utilities, and commodities precious metals categories had the greatest|

| | |outflows, totaling approximately $4.12 billion. |

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| | |The funds with the greatest August inflows include iShares Core S&P 500 IVV ($3.63 billion), Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF |

| | |VTI ($2.61 billion), and Vanguard S&P 500 ETF VOO ($2.06 billion). The funds with the highest outflows were iShares MSCI EMU |

| | |EZU (down $1.37 billion), Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF VGK (down $0.60 billion), and iShares US Utilities IDU (down $0.59 |

| | |billion). |

| | |The three highest-performing U.S. ETF categories for the month of August were trading-leveraged equity, Latin America stock, |

| | |and energy limited partnership, with returns ranging from 6.84% to 8.72%. The three lowest-performing ETF categories for the |

| | |month trading-inverse equity, volatility, and bear market, with returns ranging from negative 7.59% to negative 5.27%. |

| | |August 2014 returns for the U.S. ETF universe averaged 1.81%, compared with negative 1.33% returns from the previous month. |

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|Top Performers U.S. ETF Universe |

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|Bottom Performers U.S. ETF Universe |

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|Name |

|Ticker |

|1-Month |

|Return (%) |

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|Name |

|Ticker |

|1-Month |

|Return (%) |

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|Direxion Daily Brazil Bull 3X ETF |

|BRZU |

|33.98 |

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|Direxion Daily Brazil Bear 3X ETF |

|BRZS |

|-28.19 |

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|Direxion Daily Latin America Bull 3X ETF |

|LBJ |

|26.93 |

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|ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures |

|UVXY |

|-24.12 |

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|Direxion Daily Retail Bull 3X ETF |

|RETL |

|24.66 |

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|VelocityShares Daily 2x VIX ST ETN |

|TVIX |

|-24.02 |

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|ProShares Ultra MSCI Brazil Capped |

|UBR |

|22.00 |

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|C-Tracks ETN linked to Citi Volatil TR |

|CVOL |

|-21.61 |

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|ProShares Ultra Nasdaq Biotechnology |

|BIB |

|21.29 |

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|ProShares UltraShort MSCI Brazil Capped |

|BZQ |

|-19.47 |

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|Direxion Daily Semicondct Bull 3X ETF |

|SOXL |

|20.25 |

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|ProShares UltraShort Nasdaq Biotech |

|BIS |

|-18.51 |

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|UBS ETRACS 2xM Lvg Lng Alrn MLP Infr ETN |

|MLPL |

|17.29 |

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|Direxion Daily Semicondct Bear 3X ETF |

|SOXS |

|-17.83 |

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|ProShares UltraPro QQQ |

|TQQQ |

|15.67 |

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|VelocityShares 3x Inv Natural Gas ETN |

|DGAZ |

|-17.17 |

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|ProShares UltraPro MidCap400 |

|UMDD |

|15.66 |

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|Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3X ETF |

|TZA |

|-14.30 |

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|Direxion Daily Mid Cap Bull 3X ETF |

|MIDU |

|15.64 |

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|VelocityShares 3x Long Silver ETN |

|USLV |

|-14.26 |

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