| Investment Objective: |
State Street Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF seeking to track the performance of the Financial Select Sector Index. Under normal market conditions, the Fund generally invests substantially all, but at least 95%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the Index. In addition, the Fund may invest in cash and cash equivalents or money market instruments, such as repurchase agreements and money market funds. The Index includes companies that have been identified as Financial companies by the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS), including securities of companies from the following industries: financial services; insurance; banks; capital markets; mortgage real estate investment trusts ("REITs"); and consumer finance. The Index is one of eleven Select Sector Indexes developed and maintained in accordance with the following criteria: (1) each of the component securities in the Index is a constituent of the S&P 500 Index; and (2) the Index is calculated by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC ("S&P DJI") based on a proprietary "modified market capitalization" methodology which means that modifications may be made to the market capitalization weights of single stock concentrations. |
