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Commodities and futures generally are volatile and are not suitable for all investors. The Fund will be successful only if significant losses are
avoided. Fund focusing on a single sector generally experience greater volatility. Please review the prospectus for specific break-even figures for the Fund.
The Fund is speculative and involves a high degree of risk. An investor may lose all or substantially all of an investment in the Fund.
The Fund is not a mutual fund or any other type of Investment Company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, and is not subject to regulation thereunder.
Shares in the Fund are not FDIC insured, may lose value and have no bank guarantee.
This material must be accompanied or preceded by a prospectus. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.
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1Index history has certain inherent limitations and does not represent actual trading performance or returns of the Fund. Index history does not represent trades that have actually been executed and therefore may under or over compensate for the impact, if any, of certain market factors, such as illiquidity. No representation is being made that the Fund will or is likely to achieve profits or losses similar to the Index history. For a complete list of risks associated with an investment in the Fund, please see the prospectus. The initial publication date of the Index was May 2006. Unless otherwise indicated historical information of all displayed indices is based on this date.
The Fund seeks to track the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index - Optimum Yield Silver Excess Return™ (Symbol: DBSLIX). Index history for the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index - Optimum Yield Silver Total Return™ (Symbol: DBLCYTSI), which consists of the Index plus 3-month United States Treasury securities returns, is displayed because the Fund collateralizes futures positions with 3-month United States Treasury securities. Please see the prospectus for a full description of how the Fund invests and for a complete list of risks associated with an investment in the Fund.
The S&P 500® Index (S&P 500) is an unmanaged index considered representative of the U.S. stock market. The Barclays Capital U.S. Treasury 20+ Year IndexTM (Barclays Capital U.S. Treasury 20+) is an unmanaged index used as a measurement of change in U.S. Treasury bond market conditions based on the performance of a specified group of U.S. Treasury bonds. The Barclays Capital U.S. Treasury 20+ Year IndexTM is a trademark of Barclays Capital. You cannot invest directly in an index.
2The underlying Index’s initial publication date: May 31, 2006. Unless otherwise noted, historical information of all displayed indexes is based on this date.
3The Fund’s exchange listing date: Jan. 5, 2007.
4NAV is a symbol representing estimated fair value based on the most recent intraday price of underlying assets.
5Market returns are based on the midpoint of the bid/ask spread at 4 p.m. ET and do not represent the returns an investor would receive if shares were traded at other times.
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