SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust (DIA)

FINANCE: GENERAL FINANCE
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Dow DIAMONDS units represent ownership in the DIAMONDS, Trust Series 1, a unit investment trust established to accumulate and hold a portfolio of the equity securities that comprise the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA). INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE: DIAMONDS seek investment results that, before expenses, generally correspond to the price and yield performance of the DJIA. INDEX DESCRIPTION: The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is a price-weighted index maintained by editors of The Wall Street Journal. The Index includes 30 largecap, blue-chip U.S. stocks, excluding utility and transportation companies. Components are selected through a discretionary process with no pre-determined criteria except that components should be established U.S. companies that are leaders in their industries, have an excellent reputation, demonstrate sustained growth, are of interest to a large number of investors and accurately represent the sectors covered by the average. The DJIA is not limited to traditionally defined industrial stocks, instead, the index serves as a measure of the entire U.S. market, covering such diverse industries as financial services, technology, retail, entertainment and consumer goods. Composition changes are rare, and generally occur only after corporate acquisitions or other dramatic shifts in a component's core business. When such an event necessitates that one component be replaced, the entire index is reviewed. FUND MANAGEMENT: State Street Bank and Trust Co. (the Trustee) maintains the trust's accounting records, acts as custodian and transfer agent to the trust, and provides administrative services, including filing of all required regulatory reports.