iShares MSCI Global Agriculture Producers Fund (VEGI)

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Fund Description

The investment seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI ACWI Select Agriculture Producers Investable Market Index (the "underlying index"). The fund generally invests at least 80% of its assets in securities of the underlying index or in depositary receipts representing securities in the underlying index. The underlying index has been developed by MSCI Inc. ("MSCI") to measure the combined performance of equity securities of companies primarily engaged in the business of agriculture in both developed and emerging markets. The fund is non-diversified.

Fund Snapshot Updated 05.21.2013

Previous Close $28.04 Expense Ratio 0.39%
YTD Return 4.7% Avg. 30-Day Volume 9,745
1-Year Return 20.1% Market Cap Loading...
Bid $28.23 Shares Outstanding 1,100,000
Ask $28.25 Dividends $0.33
Top 10 Holdings
Monsanto Co New (MON) 14.30%
Syngenta (E:SYNN) 9.20%
Potash Corp Sask Inc (E:POT) 9.16%
Deere & Co (DE) 8.05%
Archer Daniels Midland Co (ADM) 5.70%
Mosaic Co New (MOS) 4.47%
Kubota Corp (E:6326) 3.72%
Agrium Inc (E:AGU) 3.38%
Fiat Industrial Sp (E:FI) 2.59%
Uralkali (E:URKAS) 2.42%
% of Total Holdings 63.00%

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