WisdomTree Investments
WisdomTree Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund (DEM)
Monday 18 October 2010
Beating 99% of Emerging Market Funds as of 9/30/10 1
Fund Focuses on Dividend-Paying Stocks of the Emerging World
New York, NY – (BUSINESS WIRE) – October 18, 2010 – WisdomTree (Pink Sheets: WSDT - News), an exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) sponsor and asset manager, announced today that the WisdomTree Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund (DEM) recently received a 5-Star overall rating from Morningstar, Inc for three-year performance2 and outperformed the MSCI Emerging Markets Index by 6.77% based on Net Asset Value (NAV) since its inception as of September 30, 2010. DEM is a dividend-weighted ETF tracking the WisdomTree Emerging Markets Equity Income Index. (DEM ranked third out of 308 funds in the Morningstar U.S. Open End Diversified Emerging Markets Universe as of September 30, 2010, since inception.) Bruce Lavine, WisdomTree President & COO, commented, “DEM taps into two important investment trends, the economic growth potential of the emerging markets and the income potential of high dividend-paying stocks. Our research establishes that the emerging markets can be an attractive source of dividend income with aggregated dividend streams growing faster compared to the developed world.” Mr. Lavine added, “Currently more than $80 billion is invested between two popular ETFs tracking the very same MSCI Emerging Markets Index. We believe we have created a strong alternative to these existing capitalization-weighted emerging markets ETFs.”
DEM Average Annual Returns VS. Peer Group (Morningstar Diversified Emerging Market Funds)
Past performance does not guarantee future results.
Fund Market Price Total Return Data as of 9/30/2010, returns do not include front end loads. The Peer Group for WisdomTree Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund, and the MSCI Emerging Markets Index is the Morningstar US OE Diversified Emerging Markets Universe. The Morningstar rankings are subject to change each month. ©2010 Morningstar, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The information contained herein: (1) is proprietary to Morningstar and/or its content providers; (2) may not be copied or distributed; and (3) is not warranted to be accurate, complete or timely. Neither Morningstar nor its content providers are responsible for any damages or losses arising from any use of this information. 1The Peer Group for WisdomTree Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund and the MSCI Emerging Markets Index is the Morningstar U.S. OE Diversified Emerging Markets Universe. 2The Peer Group for WisdomTree Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund is the Morningstar U.S. OE Diversified Emerging Markets Universe. The Morningstar Rating brings load-adjustments, performance (returns) and risk together into one evaluation.
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WisdomTree® is an exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) sponsor and asset manager using its own fundamentally weighted index methodology. WisdomTree also licenses its indexes to third parties for proprietary products and offers a platform to promote the use of WisdomTree ETFs in 401(k) plans. Approximately $9.4 billion in assets currently are managed by WisdomTree or are managed against WisdomTree Indexes. For more information, please visit www.wisdomtree.com. WisdomTree is the marketing name for WisdomTree Investments, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc. and WisdomTree Retirement Services, Inc. WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc. is a registered investment advisor and is the investment advisor to the WisdomTree Trust and the WisdomTree ETFs. The WisdomTree Trust is a registered open-end investment company. Each WisdomTree ETF is a series of the WisdomTree Trust. WisdomTree Retirement Services, Inc. supports the use of the WisdomTree ETFs in retirement plans by financial professionals. WisdomTree Funds are distributed by
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