| Investment Objective: |
State Street SPDR S&P Global Natural Resources ETF seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, correspond generally to the total return performance of an index that tracks publicly- traded companies in natural resources and/or commodities businesses. In seeking to track the performance of the S&P Global Natural Resources Index, the Fund employs a sampling strategy, which means that the Fund is not required to purchase all of the securities represented in the Index. Under normal market conditions, the Fund generally invests substantially all, but at least 80%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the Index and in depositary receipts based on securities comprising the Index. The Index is comprised of 90 of the largest U.S. and foreign publicly-traded companies, based on market capitalization, in the natural resources and commodities businesses (as defined below) that meet certain investability requirements. The Index component securities represent a combination of the component securities included in each of the following three sub-indices: the S&P Global Natural Resources Agriculture Index, the S&P Global Natural Resources Energy Index and the S&P Global Natural Resources Metals and Mining Index. |
