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25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 Wisdomtree Trust WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund 49.97 -0.14 -0.28% 11:11:58 AM VWAP:49.98 DXJ-USA Wisdomtree Trust WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund - Price Wisdomtree Trust WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund - MA-200D 1/12 4/12 7/12 10/12 1/13 4/13 7/13 10/13 80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 120 125 130 Cvol: 2,722,952 Avg: 2,657,733 Wisdomtree Trust WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund - Price Relative to iShares MSCI ACWI ETF Vermilion Technical Research Vermilion ETF Pathfinder Week of November 25, 2013 ETF themes and actionable commentary. ETFs highlighted: BKF, DXJ, EWG, EWI, EWP, EZU, FCG, GXC, HAO, IAI, IEO, IEV, IWM, KIE, KRE, MDY, PSCE, SLX, SPY, VWO, XLB, XLE, XLF, XLI, XLK, XLP, XLU, XLV, XLY, XPH. David P. Nicoski, CMT 952-922-7502 [email protected] Shelley D. Moen, CMT 952-922-7504 [email protected] Joe W. Jasper, CFA 952-922-7501 [email protected] John M. Betz, CMT 952-922-7506 [email protected] 6800 France Avenue S. • Edina, MN 55345 • 952-922-7500 • 866-922-7500 • www.vermilioncap.com 11/25/13 Small Caps: Despite short-term weakness, small caps remain long-term leaders relative to large caps (IWM/SPY). More recently, small caps are emerging as leadership relative to mid caps (IWM/MDY), having resolved a multi-year dispute. See page 3. Financials: The Financial sector remains cyclical leadership. Internally, regional banks (KRE) continue to outperform. The re- gional bank / large bank ratio (KRE/KBE) continue to round higher. The Broker-Dealer ETF, IAI, is another leader, benefitting from large weightings in the electronic market/exchange stocks (ICE, CME, NDAQ, CBOE). See page 4. Europe: European funds continue to exhibit relative improvements. For broad exposure purposes, we favor the EMU-focused fund, EZU. The fund boasts a 70% weighting in France, Germany, and Spain - three leading countries, albeit of varying durations. EZU also has no exposure to the lagging U.K. market. PIGS-related ETFs, such as the Spain (EWP) and Italy (EWI) iShares, are exhibiting pullback opportunities above base support. See pages 5-6. Emerging Markets: Emerging markets are exhibiting tepid improvements but still lack leadership qualities. From a relative per- spective, we favor BRIC-related funds, such as the BKF, over broad EM funds (EEM, VWO). Many Chinese-focused ETFs are breaking out of cyclical price bases. See page 7. Japan: Accumulate. Japan’s equity market is beginning to break free from a 6-month consolidation. This follows a decisive break- out above the secular downtrend dating back to ‘89.

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Vermilion Technical Research

Vermilion ETF Pathfinder

Week of November 25, 2013ETF themes and actionable commentary.ETFs highlighted: BKF, DXJ, EWG, EWI, EWP, EZU, FCG, GXC, HAO, IAI, IEO, IEV, IWM, KIE, KRE, MDY, PSCE, SLX, SPY, VWO, XLB, XLE, XLF, XLI, XLK, XLP, XLU, XLV, XLY, XPH.

David P. Nicoski, CMT952-922-7502

[email protected]

Shelley D. Moen, CMT952-922-7504

[email protected]

Joe W. Jasper, CFA952-922-7501

[email protected]

John M. Betz, CMT952-922-7506

[email protected]

6800 France Avenue S. • Edina, MN 55345 • 952-922-7500 • 866-922-7500 • www.vermilioncap.com

11/25/13

Small Caps: • Despite short-term weakness, small caps remain long-term leaders relative to large caps (IWM/SPY). More recently, small caps are emerging as leadership relative to mid caps (IWM/MDY), having resolved a multi-year dispute. See page 3.

Financials: • The Financial sector remains cyclical leadership. Internally, regional banks (KRE) continue to outperform. The re-gional bank / large bank ratio (KRE/KBE) continue to round higher. The Broker-Dealer ETF, IAI, is another leader, benefitting from large weightings in the electronic market/exchange stocks (ICE, CME, NDAQ, CBOE). See page 4.

Europe: • European funds continue to exhibit relative improvements. For broad exposure purposes, we favor the EMU-focused fund, EZU. The fund boasts a 70% weighting in France, Germany, and Spain - three leading countries, albeit of varying durations. EZU also has no exposure to the lagging U.K. market. PIGS-related ETFs, such as the Spain (EWP) and Italy (EWI) iShares, are exhibiting pullback opportunities above base support. See pages 5-6.

Emerging Markets: • Emerging markets are exhibiting tepid improvements but still lack leadership qualities. From a relative per-spective, we favor BRIC-related funds, such as the BKF, over broad EM funds (EEM, VWO). Many Chinese-focused ETFs are breaking out of cyclical price bases. See page 7.

Japan: • Accumulate. Japan’s equity market is beginning to break free from a 6-month consolidation. This follows a decisive break-out above the secular downtrend dating back to ‘89.

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Accumulate. Japan is beginning to break out from the 6-month consolidation, resuming its prior advance. Prior to this consolidation, the Nikkei 225 broke out above the secular downtrend dating back to '89.
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Top-Down ETF Themes

Sector SPDR Analysis

ETF Charts of Interest

Energy

Financials

Health Care

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Small vs Large• : Small caps remain long-term leadership relative to large caps. However, this outperformance dating back to early-’99 has taken a short-term step back in recent weeks as seen below. While we do not believe it marks a decisive shift away from small caps, our estimate is that rotation is benefitting large cap names with exposure to improving overseas markets.

Small vs Mid• : Through last summer, small and mid caps have bandied about, struggling to establish a clear winner for the past year and a half. As the Russell 2000/S&P 400 Mid Cap ratio shows below, small caps are beginning to settle in as es-tablished leadership. The ratio’s breakout above resistance in July was the deciding vote.

ETF Themes: Small caps remain long-term leadership despite short-term weakness.

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The financial sector’s steady advance continues to receive a fair share of scoffs, even from other technicians. While the mid-sum-• mer bout of relative underperformance raised red flags, long-term uptrends were never reversed. Accordingly, we are maintaining our “overweight’ recommendation (our longest-standing sector overweight, in fact).

In particular, • regional banks remain a space of leadership. The KBW Regional Banking Index ETF, KRE (see below), continues to advance within the confines of a cyclical price advance. From a relative perspective, KRE continues to outperform the broad market (KRE/SPY), the financial sector (KRE/XLF), and even larger banks, as seen in the KRE/KBE ratio below.

Financial Exchange stocks are another space of internal leadership. Names like • CME, CBOE, ICE, and NDAQ are breaking out from bullish bases. While no pure-play exists for this group from an ETF perspective, the iShares DJ US Broker-Dealers ETF, IAI, is heavily weighted towards these stocks, including: ICE (9.6%), CME (6.6%), NDAQ (4.8%), and CBOE (4.6%).

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SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF39.08 0.77 2.01% 1:44:12 PM VWAP:38.86KRE-USA

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Overweight...still• : Our three global “overweight” recommendations are: U.S., Japan, and Europe. The latter, while frag-mented at the country-specific level during the first half of the year, is beginning broaden from a breadth perspective. Germany (EWG), a secular leader, has performed steadily. Ireland (EIRL) and Switzerland (EWL) have acted as cyclical leaders. France is beginning to play a part. And, since July, the PIGS have climbed out of the muck, emerging from cyclical bottoming patterns in September.

PIGS• : While not nearly as unexploited any longer, the PIGS markets still present attractive technical opportunities. The Spain (EWP) and Italy (EWI) iShares are the two focal points. Both ETFs are currently retracing back towards the necklines of 2-year, head-and-shoulders bottoms. Previously resistance and now support, these levels represent ideal entry points (see charts on the next page). Accumulate.

EZU• : For broad exposure to Europe, we favor the iShares EMU Index ETF, EZU. Exposure is limited exclusively to EMU countries (European Monetary Union), leaving out the U.K., Switzerland, Denmark, and Sweden. It is this lack of exposure to the lagging U.K. market, in particular, that is the selling point in addition to the heavy weightings in Germany, France, and Spain. And this exposure to these relative leaders has led to decisive outperformance relative to other broad-based European funds such as the iShares Europe 350 ETF, IEV. As seen in the plotted ratio of the EZU vs. IEV below, the chart depicts a bullish head-and-shoulders breakout in favor of the U.K.-free EZU. See the weightings breakdown below for a comparison of EZU versus IEV (iShares Europe 350 ETF).

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Sector SPDR ETF Overview

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Top 10 HoldingsTicker %JPM 8.2WFC 8.2BRK.B 8.1BAC 6.3C 6.0AXP 3.0AIG 2.8USB 2.8GS 2.7MET 2.3

XLY: Consumer Discretionary SPDR

Top 10 HoldingsTicker %AMZN 6.8CMCSA 6.2HD 5.8DIS 5.8MCD 4.9F 3.3FOXA 3.3TWX 3.1SBUX 3.0NKE 2.9

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XLF: Financial Sector SPDR

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Accumulate pullbacks above the 200-day MA. XLY's relative strength advance remain intact.
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XLI: Industrials Sector SPDR

Top 10 HoldingsTicker %GE 11.4BA 5.5UTX 5.3MMM 4.8UNP 4.5UPS 4.1HON 4.1CAT 3.2EMR 2.8DHR 2.8

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XLK: Technology Sector SPDR

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Top 10 HoldingsTicker %XOM 16.3CVX 13.8SLB 7.2OXY 3.9COP 3.8PXD 3.3EOG 3.2HAL 3.1APC 3.1NOV 2.6

XLB: Materials Sector SPDR

Top 10 HoldingsTicker %MON 10.6DD 10.2DOW 8.6FCX 6.8PX 6.7LYB 6.3ECL 4.9PPG 4.8APD 4.2IP 3.6

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XLE: Energy Sector SPDR

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Top 10 HoldingsTicker %JNJ 12.8PFE 10.0MRK 6.7GILD 5.1AMGN 4.2BMY 4.1ABBV 3.7UNH 3.5CELG 3.0BIIB 2.9

XLP: Consumer Staples Sector SPDR

Top 10 HoldingsTicker %PG 14.2KO 9.4PM 9.1WMT 7.9CVS 5.1PEP 4.6MO 4.2CL 3.7MDLZ 3.5COST 3.5

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XLV: Health Care Sector SPDR

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Sector SPDR ETF Overview

XLU: Utilities Sector SPDR

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Accumulate a breakout above $40. Utilities continue to lag - a sign of a healthy market advance.
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First Trust ISE-Revere Natural Gas Index Fund19.51 0.33 1.72% 9:39:24 AM VWAP:19.47FCG-USA

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iShares US Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF81.86 0.54 0.66% 9:38:42 AM VWAP:82.00IEO-USA

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Top 10 HoldingsTicker %COP 13.9EOG 7.2APC 7.2PSX 6.5APA 5.9NBL 4.1MRO 4.1PXD 4.0MPC 3.9DVN 3.8

FCG: First Trust ISE-Revere Natural Gas Index Fund Group: EF-02 Energy

Top 10 HoldingsTicker %PVA 6.2KWK 5.0MHR 4.5QEP 4.3NFX 4.2BBG 4.2NBL 4.1TLM 4.1DVN 4.0APA 4.0

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IEO: iShares US Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF Group: EF-02 Energy

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SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF38.34 0.05 0.13% 9:44:04 AM VWAP:38.27KRE-USA

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PowerShares S&P SmallCap Energy Portfolio46.54 0.13 0.28% 9:07:16 AM VWAP:46.54PSCE-USA

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KIE: SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF Group: EF-03 Financials

Top 10 HoldingsTicker %PVTB 1.8PACW 1.7CSE 1.7SIVB 1.7GBCI 1.7SBNY 1.7BXS 1.7TCBI 1.7EWBC 1.6IBKC 1.6

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PSCE: PowerShares S&P SmallCap Energy Portfolio Group: EF-02 Energy

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SPDR S&P Pharmaceuticals ETF86.49 0.26 0.30% 9:48:04 AM VWAP:86.19XPH-USA

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iShares U.S. Broker-Dealers ETF36.40 0.17 0.47% 9:43:38 AM VWAP:36.43IAI-USA

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Top 10 HoldingsTicker %ICE 9.3GS 7.5MS 7.2SCHW 6.7CME 6.6AMP 6.5NDAQ 4.8AMTD 4.7RJF 4.6CBOE 4.5

XPH: SPDR S&P Pharmaceuticals ETF Group: EF-04 Health Care

Top 10 HoldingsTicker %ENDP 4.8SNTS 4.8SLXP 4.3VPHM 4.2JAZZ 4.1PRGO 4.0BMY 3.9ACT 3.9FRX 3.8MNK 3.8

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IAI: iShares U.S. Broker Dealers ETF Group: EF-03 Financials

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Accumulate pullbacks. The US Broker-Dealers ETF, IAI, has broad exposure to the leading electronic exchange/market stocks, such as ICE (9.3%), CME (6.6%), NDAQ (4.8%), and CBOE (4.5%).
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EZU: iShares MSCI EMU ETF Group: EF-17 Europe

Top 10 HoldingsTicker %FP 3.3SAN 3.3BAYN 2.7SIE 2.7SAN 2.5BAS 2.5ABI 2.2ALV 2.1DAI 2.0SAP 1.9

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SLX: Market Vectors Steel Index Fund Group: EF-07 Materials

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Wisdomtree Trust WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund49.40 0.00 0.00% 10:16:16 AM VWAP:49.36DXJ-USA

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Top 10 HoldingsTicker %BAYN 8.9SIE 8.7BAS 8.2ALV 6.7DAI 6.6SAP 6.4DBK 4.0DTE 3.6VOW3 3.2MUV2 3.2

DXJ: WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund Group: EF-18 Japan

Top 10 HoldingsTicker %8306 2.17203 4.97751 4.67267 4.34502 4.32914 3.97201 2.88058 2.88031 2.44503 2.1

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EWG: iShares MSCI Germany ETF Group: EF-17 Europe

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Claymore Exchange-Traded Fund Trust 2 Guggenheim China Small Cap ETF26.73 0.08 0.30% 10:17:21 AM VWAP:26.71HAO-USA

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Top 10 HoldingsTicker %B0LMTQ 6.9B1G1QD 5.8B01CT3 5.8607355 5.8BIDU 4.6B15456 3.5B00G0S 3.4622657 2.7671897 2.5629181 2.3

HAO: Guggenheim China Small Cap ETF Group: EF-22 China

Top 10 HoldingsTicker %YOKU 2.03800 1.4168 1.41211 1.41169 1.4257 1.3868 1.31193 1.2WX 1.21177 1.1

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GXC: SPDR S&P China ETF Group: EF-22 China

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