424B3 1 d424b3.htm SUPPLEMENT DATED JULY 31, 2011 TO PROSPECTUS DATED JANUARY 3, 2011 SUPPLEMENT DATED JULY 31, 2011 TO PROSPECTUS DATED JANUARY 3, 2011

Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)

Registration Nos. 333-163453

333-163453-09

333-163453-10

333-163453-11

333-163453-12

333-163453-13

333-163453-14

333-163453-15

 

POWERSHARES DB MULTI-SECTOR COMMODITY TRUST

POWERSHARES DB ENERGY FUND

POWERSHARES DB OIL FUND

POWERSHARES DB PRECIOUS METALS FUND

POWERSHARES DB GOLD FUND

POWERSHARES DB SILVER FUND

POWERSHARES DB BASE METALS FUND

POWERSHARES DB AGRICULTURE FUND

 

SUPPLEMENT DATED JULY 31, 2011 TO

PROSPECTUS DATED JANUARY 3, 2011

 

This Supplement updates certain information contained in the Prospectus dated January 3, 2011, as supplemented from time-to-time (the “Prospectus”) of PowerShares DB Multi-Sector Commodity Trust (the “Trust”), PowerShares DB Energy Fund, PowerShares DB Oil Fund, PowerShares DB Precious Metals Fund, PowerShares DB Gold Fund, PowerShares DB Silver Fund, PowerShares DB Base Metals Fund and PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund (collectively, the “Funds”). All capitalized terms used in this Supplement have the same meaning as in the Prospectus.

 

Prospective investors in the Funds should review carefully the contents of both this Supplement and the Prospectus.

 

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All information in the Prospectus is restated pursuant to this Supplement, except as updated hereby.

 

 

 

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission

has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this Supplement is

truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

 

 

THE COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION HAS NOT PASSED UPON THE MERITS OF PARTICIPATING IN THIS POOL NOR HAS THE COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT.

 

 

 

DB COMMODITY SERVICES LLC

Managing Owner


I. Risk Factor (3) on pages 23-25 of the Prospectus is hereby deleted and replaced, in its entirety, with the following:

 

  “(3) Regulatory and Exchange Position Limits and Other Rules May Restrict the Creation of Baskets and the Operation of One or More of the Funds.

 

CFTC and commodity exchange rules impose speculative position limits on market participants, including certain of the Funds, trading in certain commodities. These position limits prohibit any person from holding a position of more than a specific number of such futures contracts.

 

In the aggregate, the Indexes for the Funds are composed of 21 Index Commodities, of which 16 Index Commodities are currently subject to speculative position limits imposed by either the CFTC or the rules of the futures exchanges on which the futures contracts for the applicable Index Commodities are traded. The purposes of speculative position limits are to diminish, eliminate or prevent sudden or unreasonable fluctuations or unwarranted changes in the prices of futures contracts. Currently, speculative position limits (i) for corn, oats, wheat, soybean, soybean oil and cotton are determined by the CFTC and (ii) for all other commodities are determined by the futures exchanges. Pursuant to the statutory mandate of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, or the Dodd-Frank Act, which was signed into law on July 21, 2010, the CFTC proposed regulations in January 2011, or the Proposed Regulations, that would, in pertinent part, impose new federal position limits on futures and options on a subset of energy, metal, and agricultural commodities, or the Referenced Contracts, and economically equivalent swaps. Futures on Light, Sweet Crude Oil, Heating Oil, RBOB Gasoline, Natural Gas, Gold, Silver, Corn, Soybeans, Wheat, Kansas City Wheat, Sugar, Cocoa, Coffee, Cotton, Live Cattle, Feeder Cattle and Lean Hogs are Referenced Contracts subject to the Proposed Regulations.

 

Generally, speculative position limits in the physical delivery markets are set at a stricter level during the spot month, the month when the futures contract matures and becomes deliverable, versus the limits set for all other months. If the Managing Owner determines that a Fund’s trading may be approaching any of these speculative position limits, such Fund may reduce its trading in that commodity or trade in other commodities or instruments that the Index Sponsor determines comply with the rules and goals of the applicable Index. Below is a chart that sets forth certain relevant information, including current speculative position limits for each Affected Index Commodity that any person may hold, separately or in combination, net long or net short, for the purchase or sale of any commodity futures contract or, on a futures-equivalent basis, options thereon. Speculative position limit levels remain subject to change by the CFTC or the relevant exchanges.

 

Under current regulations, subject to any relevant exemptions, traders, such as each Fund, may not exceed speculative position limits, either individually, or in the aggregate with other persons with whom they are under common control or ownership. Under the Proposed Regulations, the CFTC would require certain persons to aggregate exchange listed futures and economically equivalent swap positions owned or controlled by such persons.

 

Affected Index

Commodity

  

Exchange

(Symbol)1

  

Exchange Position Limits2

Corn    CBOT (C)   

600 – Spot Month

13,500 – Single Month

22,000 – All Months Combined

Cotton #2    ICE-US (CT)   

300 – Spot Month

3,500 – Single Month

5,000 – All Months Combined

Sugar #11    ICE-US (SB)    5,000 – Spot Month
Soybeans    CBOT (S)   

600 – Spot Month

6,500 – Single Month

10,000 – All Months Combined

Wheat    CBOT (W)   

600 – Spot Month

5,000 – Single Month

6,500 - All Months Combined

Kansas City Wheat    KCB (KW)   

600 - Spot Month (Spot month limits go into effect on a contract at the close of trade the day before its first delivery notice day.)

5,000 – Single Month

6,500 - All Months Combined

Cocoa    ICE-US (CC)    1,000 – Notice Period
Coffee    ICE-US (KC)    500 – Notice Period
Live Cattle    CME (LC)   

450 – Spot Month (as of the close of business on the first business day following the first Friday of the contract month)

300 – Spot Month (as of the close of business on the business day immediately preceding the last five business days of the contract month)

 

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Affected Index

Commodity

  

Exchange

(Symbol)1

  

Exchange Position Limits2

          6,300 – Single Month
Feeder Cattle    CME (FC)   

300 – Spot Month (during the last ten days of trading)

1,950- Single Month

Lean Hogs    CME (LH)   

950 – Spot Month (as of the close of business on the fifth business day of the contract month)

4,150 – Single Month

Gold    COMEX (GC)   

3,000 – Spot Month

6,000 – Single Month

6,000 – All Months Combined

Silver    COMEX (SI)   

1,500 – Spot Month

6,000 – Single Month

6,000 – All Months Combined

Light, Sweet Crude Oil    NYMEX (CL)   

3,000 – Spot Month

10,000 – Single Month

20,000 – All Months Combined

Heating Oil    NYMEX (HO)   

1,000 – Spot Month

5,000 – Single Month

7,000 – All Months Combined

Natural Gas    NYMEX (NG)   

1,000 – Spot Month

6,000 – Single Month

12,000 – All Months Combined

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Legend:

“CBOT” means the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago Inc., or its successor.

“ICE-US” means ICE Futures U.S., Inc., or its successor.

“KCB” means the Board of Trade of Kansas City, Missouri, Inc., or its successor.

“CME” means the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc., or its successor.

“COMEX” means the Commodity Exchange Inc., New York, or its successor.

“NYMEX” means the New York Mercantile Exchange, or its successor.

 

2 Subject to the Position Limit, Position Accountability and Reportable Level table in the Interpretations & Special Notices section at the end of Chapter 5 of the exchange’s rulebook.

 

Because a Fund may be subject to position limits and, consequently, the corresponding Fund’s ability to issue new Baskets, or the Fund’s ability to reinvest income in additional futures contracts corresponding to the Affected Index Commodities may be limited to the extent these activities would cause such Fund to exceed its applicable position limits. Limiting the size of a Fund may affect the correlation between the price of the Shares, as traded on the NYSE Arca, and the net asset value of a Fund. That is, the inability to create additional Baskets could result in Shares trading at a premium or discount to net asset value of a Fund.

 

Under the Dodd-Frank Act, the CFTC is required, among other things, to establish speculative position limits on exchange listed futures and options on physical commodities (including certain energy, metals and agricultural products) and economically equivalent over-the-counter derivatives. The Dodd-Frank Act will also require the CFTC to establish aggregate position limits for contracts based on the same underlying commodity, including certain contracts traded on non-U.S. exchanges. Depending on the outcome of the Proposed Regulations and any future CFTC or futures exchange rulemaking, as applicable, the rules concerning position limits may be amended in a manner that is detrimental to the Funds. For example, if the amended rules are detrimental to a particular Fund, its ability to issue new Baskets, or reinvest income in additional futures contracts corresponding to the Affected Index Commodities, may be limited to the extent these activities would cause such Fund to exceed the applicable position limits. Limiting the size of a Fund may affect the correlation between the price of the Shares of a Fund, as traded on the NYSE Arca, and the net asset value of such Fund. That is, the inability to create additional Baskets could result in Shares in a Fund trading at a premium or discount to net asset value of such Fund.”

 

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II. Risk Factor (27) on pages 29-30 of the Prospectus is hereby deleted and replaced, in its entirety, with the following, and the numbers of the succeeding risk factors are hereby increased by 1:

 

  “(27) The Effects Of Market Disruptions and Government Intervention Are Unpredictable And May Have An Adverse Effect On The Value Of Your Shares.

 

The global financial markets have in the past few years gone through pervasive and fundamental disruptions that have led to extensive and unprecedented governmental intervention. Such intervention has in certain cases been implemented on an “emergency” basis, suddenly and substantially eliminating market participants’ ability to continue to implement certain strategies or manage the risk of their outstanding positions. In addition — as one would expect given the complexities of the financial markets and the limited time frame within which governments have felt compelled to take action — these interventions have typically been unclear in scope and application, resulting in confusion and uncertainty which in itself has been materially detrimental to the efficient functioning of the markets as well as previously successful investment strategies.

 

A Fund may incur major losses in the event of disrupted markets and other extraordinary events in which historical pricing relationships become materially distorted. The risk of loss from pricing distortions is compounded by the fact that in disrupted markets many positions become illiquid, making it difficult or impossible to close out positions against which the markets are moving. The financing available to market participants from their banks, dealers and other counterparties is typically reduced in disrupted markets. Such a reduction may result in substantial losses to the affected market participants. Market disruptions may from time to time cause dramatic losses, and such events can result in otherwise historically low-risk strategies performing with unprecedented volatility and risk.

 

  (28) Regulatory Changes or Actions, Including the Implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act, May Alter the Operations and Profitability of the Funds.

 

The regulation of commodity interest transactions in the United States is a rapidly changing area of law and is subject to ongoing modification by governmental and judicial action. Considerable regulatory attention has been focused on non-traditional investment pools that are publicly distributed in the United States. The Dodd-Frank Act seeks to regulate markets, market participants and financial instruments that previously have been unregulated and substantially alters the regulation of many other markets, market participants and financial instruments. Because many provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act require rulemaking by the applicable regulators before becoming fully effective and the Dodd-Frank Act mandates multiple agency reports and studies (which could result in additional legislative or regulatory action), it is difficult to predict the impact of the Dodd-Frank Act on each Fund, the Managing Owner, and the markets in which the Funds may invest, the Net Asset Value of each Fund or the market price of the Shares. The Dodd-Frank Act could result in the Fund’s investment strategy becoming non-viable or non-economic to implement. Therefore, the Dodd-Frank Act and regulations adopted pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act could have a material adverse impact on the profit potential of the Fund and in turn the value of your Shares.”

 

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III. Pages 36 through 39 of the Prospectus are hereby deleted and replaced, in their entirety, with the following:

 

“PERFORMANCE OF POWERSHARES DB ENERGY FUND (TICKER: DBE), A SERIES OF

POWERSHARES DB MULTI-SECTOR COMMODITY TRUST

 

Name of Pool: PowerShares DB Energy Fund

Type of Pool: Public, Exchange-Listed Commodity Pool

Inception of Trading: January 2007

Aggregate Gross Capital Subscriptions as of April 30, 2011: $689,327,712

Net Asset Value as of April 30, 2011: $248,086,627

Net Asset Value per Share as of April 30, 2011: $33.53

Worst Monthly Drawdown: (28.36)% October 2008

Worst Peak-to-Valley Drawdown: (66.18)% June 2008 – February 2009*

 

Monthly Rate of Return

   2011(%)       2010(%)       2009(%)       2008(%)       2007(%)    

January

   5.35       (8.46)       (6.19)       (1.17)       0.08    

February

   5.65       5.54       (5.93)       10.62       5.80    

March

   5.38       2.88       5.71       1.35       5.33    

April

   6.28       5.48       (1.34)       10.21       0.86    

May

       (14.15)       22.99       14.95       (0.92)    

June

       (0.73)       3.14       10.15       3.41    

July

       4.09       2.26       (12.21)       2.26    

August

       (7.48)       (3.50)       (6.72)       (4.07)    

September

       7.97       (0.96)       (11.32)       7.78    

October

       0.02       7.99       (28.36)       12.90    

November

       2.15       1.68       (14.60)       (2.56)    

December

       8.95       (0.39)       (13.74)**       4.95***    

Compound Rate of Return

   24.65%    

(4 months)    

  3.42%       24.81%       (40.74)%       40.68%    
* The Worst Peak-to-Valley Drawdown from June 2008 – February 2009 includes the effect of the $0.44 per Share distribution made to Shareholders of record as of December 17, 2008. Please see Footnote **.
** The December 2008 return of (13.74)% includes the $0.44 per Share distribution made to Shareholders of record as of December 17, 2008. Prior to the December 30, 2008 distribution, the pool’s return for December 2008 was (11.92)%.
*** The December 2007 return of 4.95% includes the $0.90 per Share distribution made to Shareholders of record as of December 19, 2007. Prior to the December 28, 2007 distribution, the pool’s return for December 2007 was 7.64%.

 

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.

 

PERFORMANCE OF POWERSHARES DB OIL FUND (TICKER: DBO), A SERIES OF POWERSHARES

DB MULTI-SECTOR COMMODITY TRUST

 

Name of Pool: PowerShares DB Oil Fund

Type of Pool: Public, Exchange-Listed Commodity Pool

Inception of Trading: January 2007

Aggregate Gross Capital Subscriptions as of April 30, 2011: $1,124,542,518

Net Asset Value as of April 30, 2011: $700,112,099

Net Asset Value per Share as of April 30, 2011: $34.32

Worst Monthly Drawdown: (29.20)% October 2008

Worst Peak-to-Valley Drawdown: (65.43)% June 2008 – February 2009*

 

Monthly Rate of Return

   2011(%)       2010(%)       2009(%)       2008(%)       2007(%)    

January

   3.69       (8.65)       (5.87)       (3.00)       (2.08)    

February

   2.60       7.48       (4.30)       10.99       6.13    

March

   7.67       4.76       7.88       0.30       4.77    

April

   6.25       4.46       (1.12)       12.33       (2.20)    

May

       (16.47)       26.94       12.65       (2.48)    

June

       (3.20)       1.94       11.73       4.58    

July

       4.98       3.09       (11.24)       2.65    

August

       (6.85)       (3.12)       (5.82)       (4.20)    

September

       8.66       (1.07)       (12.79)       9.59    

October

       (0.14)       8.27       (29.20)       15.62    

November

       1.66       2.94       (15.73)       (2.39)    

December

       9.39       (0.95)       (11.79)**       4.85***    

Compound Rate of Return

   21.70%    

(4 months)    

  2.51%       35.65%       (41.42)%       38.48%    
* The Worst Peak-to-Valley Drawdown from June 2008 – February 2009 includes the effect of the $0.12 per Share distribution made to Shareholders of record as of December 17, 2008. Please see Footnote **.
** The December 2008 return of (11.79)% includes the $0.12 per Share distribution made to Shareholders of record as of December 17, 2008. Prior to the December 30, 2008 distribution, the pool’s return for December 2008 was (11.27)%.
*** The December 2007 return of 4.85% includes the $1.28 per Share distribution made to Shareholders of record as of December 19, 2007. Prior to the December 28, 2007 distribution, the pool’s return for December 2007 was 7.93%.

 

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.

See accompanying Footnotes to Performance Information.

 

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PERFORMANCE OF POWERSHARES DB PRECIOUS METALS FUND (TICKER: DBP), A SERIES OF

POWERSHARES DB MULTI-SECTOR COMMODITY TRUST

 

Name of Pool: PowerShares DB Precious Metals Fund

Type of Pool: Public, Exchange-Listed Commodity Pool

Inception of Trading: January 2007

Aggregate Gross Capital Subscriptions as of April 30, 2011: $691,676,740

Net Asset Value as of April 30, 2011: $592,591,490

Net Asset Value per Share as of April 30, 2011: $61.73

Worst Monthly Drawdown: (18.43)% October 2008

Worst Peak-to-Valley Drawdown: (31.88)% February 2008 – October 2008

 

Monthly Rate of Return

   2011(%)       2010(%)       2009(%)       2008(%)       2007(%)    

January

   (7.08)       (1.83)       6.02       10.18       4.04    

February

   8.60       2.92       1.97       7.34       2.77    

March

   4.38       0.68       (1.84)       (7.24)       (1.87)    

April

   13.10       5.93       (3.99)       (5.36)       2.10    

May

       2.01       12.91       2.30       (2.43)    

June

       2.27       (7.08)       3.99       (3.14)    

July

       (5.01)       2.61       (0.88)       2.96    

August

       5.95       1.17       (12.05)       (0.77)    

September

       6.14       7.00       2.59       16.86    

October

       5.46       1.73       (18.43)       (5.36)    

November

       4.66       13.44       11.56       3.95    

December

       3.91       (7.62)       6.94*       4.04**    

Compound Rate of Return

   19.12%    

(4 months)    

  37.71%       26.57%       (3.88)%       23.72%    
* The December 2008 return of 6.94% includes the $0.27 per Share distribution made to Shareholders of record as of December 17, 2008. Prior to the December 30, 2008 distribution, the pool’s return for December 2008 was 7.91%.
** The December 2007 return of 4.04% includes the $0.60 per Share distribution made to Shareholders of record as of December 19, 2007. Prior to the December 28, 2007 distribution, the pool’s return for December 2007 was 5.58%.

 

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.

 

PERFORMANCE OF POWERSHARES DB GOLD FUND (TICKER: DGL), A SERIES OF POWERSHARES

DB MULTI-SECTOR COMMODITY TRUST

 

Name of Pool: PowerShares DB Gold Fund

Type of Pool: Public, Exchange-Listed Commodity Pool

Inception of Trading: January 2007

Aggregate Gross Capital Subscriptions as of April 30, 2011: $457,889,260

Net Asset Value as of April 30, 2011: $284,247,286

Net Asset Value per Share as of April 30, 2011: $54.66

Worst Monthly Drawdown: (18.06)% October 2008

Worst Peak-to-Valley Drawdown: (26.80)% February 2008 – October 2008

 

Monthly Rate of Return

   2011(%)       2010(%)       2009(%)       2008(%)       2007(%)    

January

   (6.39)       (1.30)       4.85       9.67       3.44    

February

   5.58       3.15       1.48       5.14       2.44    

March

   1.98       (0.56)       (2.07)       (5.77)       (1.02)    

April

   8.05       5.89       (3.64)       (5.92)       2.86    

May

       2.79       9.53       2.54       (2.93)    

June

       2.45       (5.40)       4.17       (1.99)    

July

       (5.28)       2.69       (1.48)       2.61    

August

       5.56       (0.26)       (9.22)       0.68    

September

       4.63       5.75       5.49       9.81    

October

       3.60       3.01       (18.06)       6.01    

November

       1.98       13.39       13.29       (1.26)    

December

       2.45       (7.27)       6.66*       3.54**    

Compound Rate of Return

   8.88%    

(4 months)    

  27.83%       22.03%       2.00%       26.20%    
* The December 2008 return of 6.66% includes the $0.26 per Share distribution made to Shareholders of record as of December 17, 2008. Prior to the December 30, 2008 distribution, the pool’s return for December 2008 was 7.52%.
** The December 2007 return of 3.54% includes the $0.81 per Share distribution made to Shareholders of record as of December 19, 2007. Prior to the December 28, 2007 distribution, the pool’s return for December 2007 was 5.84%.

 

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.

See accompanying Footnotes to Performance Information.

 

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PERFORMANCE OF POWERSHARES DB SILVER FUND (TICKER: DBS), A SERIES OF

POWERSHARES DB MULTI-SECTOR COMMODITY TRUST

 

Name of Pool: PowerShares DB Silver Fund

Type of Pool: Public, Exchange-Listed Commodity Pool

Inception of Trading: January 2007

Aggregate Gross Capital Subscriptions as of April 30, 2011: $451,544,733

Net Asset Value as of April 30, 2011: $546,112,474

Net Asset Value per Share as of April 30, 2011: $85.33

Worst Monthly Drawdown: (23.42)% August 2008

Worst Peak-to-Valley Drawdown: (51.35)% February 2008 – October 2008

 

Monthly Rate of Return

   2011(%)       2010(%)       2009(%)       2008(%)       2007(%)    

January

   (9.59)       (4.06)       11.40       12.83       6.48    

February

   19.91       1.91       4.16       16.53       4.13    

March

   12.35       6.15       (0.89)       (12.95)       (4.91)    

April

   28.28       6.20       (5.23)       (4.05)       0.49    

May

       (1.11)       26.80       1.67       (0.26)    

June

       1.38       (13.00)       3.41       (7.80)    

July

       (3.92)       2.46       1.68       4.60    

August

       7.65       6.73       (23.42)       (6.71)    

September

       12.36       11.63       (10.23)       13.76    

October

       12.61       (2.45)       (20.75)       3.92    

November

       14.77       13.71       4.72       (2.92)    

December

       9.63       (9.03)       8.74*       2.02**    

Compound Rate of Return

   56.22%    

(4 months)    

  81.95%       48.10%       (27.16)%       11.32%    
* The December 2008 return of 8.74% includes the $0.22 per Share distribution made to Shareholders of record as of December 17, 2008. Prior to the December 30, 2008 distribution, the pool’s return for December 2008 was 9.92%.
** The December 2007 return of 2.02% includes the $0.87 per Share distribution made to Shareholders of record as of December 19, 2007. Prior to the December 28, 2007 distribution, the pool’s return for December 2007 was 5.24%.

 

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.

 

PERFORMANCE OF POWERSHARES DB BASE METALS FUND (TICKER: DBB), A SERIES OF

POWERSHARES DB MULTI-SECTOR COMMODITY TRUST

 

Name of Pool: PowerShares DB Base Metals Fund

Type of Pool: Public, Exchange-Listed Commodity Pool

Inception of Trading: January 2007

Aggregate Gross Capital Subscriptions as of April 30, 2011: $1,060,880,840

Net Asset Value as of April 30, 2011: $629,090,069

Net Asset Value per Share as of April 30, 2011: $24.38

Worst Monthly Drawdown: (27.29)% October 2008

Worst Peak-to-Valley Drawdown: (60.29)% July 2007 – January 2009*

 

Monthly Rate of Return

   2011(%)       2010(%)       2009(%)       2008(%)       2007(%)    

January

   0.62       (11.50)       (7.37)       8.82       (5.84)    

February

   3.18       4.12       3.71       12.16       3.70    

March

   (3.08)       8.17       12.99       (5.59)       1.88    

April

   (0.57)       (4.12)       6.48       (0.87)       10.74    

May

       (10.43)       6.30       (4.54)       (2.40)    

June

       (5.71)       3.07       3.92       (1.19)    

July

       11.17       13.82       (4.21)       4.86    

August

       (0.86)       7.55       (6.74)       (7.61)    

September

       9.18       (0.43)       (11.14)       2.37    

October

       3.32       5.97       (27.29)       (2.43)    

November

       (4.69)       6.81       (6.46)       (5.95)    

December

       13.14       7.98       (11.29)**       (8.98)***    

Compound Rate of Return

   0.04%    

(4 months)    

  8.20%       88.64%       (45.73)%       (12.00)%    
* The Worst Peak-to-Valley Drawdown from July 2007 – January 2009 includes the effect of the $0.96 per Share distribution made to Shareholders of record as of December 19, 2007, and the effect of the $0.28 per Share distribution made to Shareholders of record as of December 17, 2008. Please see Footnotes ** and ***.
** The December 2008 return of (11.29)% includes the $0.28 per Share distribution made to Shareholders of record as of December 17, 2008. Prior to the December 30, 2008 distribution, the pool’s return for December 2008 was (9.21)%.
*** The December 2007 return of (8.98)% includes the $0.96 per Share distribution made to Shareholders of record as of December 19, 2007. Prior to the December 28, 2007 distribution, the pool’s return for December 2007 was (5.01)%.

 

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.

See accompanying Footnotes to Performance Information.

 

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PERFORMANCE OF POWERSHARES DB AGRICULTURE FUND (TICKER: DBA), A SERIES OF POWERSHARES

DB MULTI-SECTOR COMMODITY TRUST

 

Name of Pool: PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund

Type of Pool: Public, Exchange-Listed Commodity Pool

Inception of Trading: January 2007

Aggregate Gross Capital Subscriptions as of April 30, 2011: $7,836,899,960

Net Asset Value as of April 30, 2011: $3,807,117,192

Net Asset Value per Share as of April 30, 2011: $34.18

Worst Monthly Drawdown: (14.74)% September 2008

Worst Peak-to-Valley Drawdown: (43.49)% February 2008 – May 2010*

 

Monthly Rate of Return

   2011(%)       2010(%)       2009(%)       2008(%)       2007(%)    

January

   5.93       (3.81)       (3.62)       12.47       3.44    

February

   1.69       (0.13)       (5.88)       12.90       3.91    

March

   (1.86)       (4.56)       3.74       (12.43)       (5.81)    

April

   (0.12)       2.62       2.58       0.27       (1.94)    

May

       (5.34)       11.50       (1.56)       5.84    

June

       1.94       (9.17)       13.41       (0.04)    

July

       8.30       (0.55)       (10.36)       (0.50)    

August

       (0.12)       3.69       (3.28)       2.07    

September

       5.81       (2.03)       (14.74)       10.20    

October

       8.06       0.43       (14.44)       (0.17)    

November

       (1.95)       3.07       (4.41)       4.94    

December

       11.28       (0.38)       5.10**       6.56***    

Compound Rate of Return

   5.59%    

(4 months)    

  22.47%       1.85%       (20.91)%       31.24%    
* The Worst Peak-to-Valley Drawdown from February 2008 – May 2010 includes the effect of the $0.45 per Share distribution made to Shareholders of record as of December 17, 2008. Please see Footnote **.
** The December 2008 return of 5.10% includes the $0.45 per Share distribution made to Shareholders of record as of December 17, 2008. Prior to the December 30, 2008 distribution, the pool’s return for December 2008 was 6.93%.
*** The December 2007 return of 6.56% includes the $0.45 per Share distribution made to Shareholders of record as of December 19, 2007. Prior to the December 28, 2007 distribution, the pool’s return for December 2007 was 7.89%.
**** As of October 19, 2009, the Fund commenced tracking the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index Diversified Agriculture Excess Return™. Prior to October 19, 2009, the Fund tracked the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index–Optimum Yield Agriculture Excess Return™.

 

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.

See accompanying Footnotes to Performance Information.

 

Footnotes to Performance Information

 

1. “Aggregate Gross Capital Subscriptions” is the aggregate of all amounts ever contributed to the relevant pool, including investors who subsequently redeemed their investments.

 

2. “Net Asset Value” is the net asset value of the relevant pool as of April 30, 2011.

 

3. “Net Asset Value per Share” is the Net Asset Value of the relevant pool divided by the total number of Shares outstanding with respect to such pool as of April 30, 2011.

 

4. “Worst Monthly Drawdown” is the largest single month loss sustained since inception of trading. “Drawdown” as used in this section of the Prospectus means losses experienced by the relevant pool over the specified period and is calculated on a rate of return basis, i.e., dividing net performance by beginning equity. “Drawdown” is measured on the basis of monthly returns only, and does not reflect intra-month figures. “Month” is the month of the Worst Monthly Drawdown.

 

5. “Worst Peak-to-Valley Drawdown” is the largest percentage decline in the Net Asset Value per Share over the history of the relevant pool. This need not be a continuous decline, but can be a series of positive and negative returns where the negative returns are larger than the positive returns. “Worst Peak-to-Valley Drawdown” represents the greatest percentage decline from any month-end Net Asset Value per Share that occurs without such month-end Net Asset Value per Share being equaled or exceeded as of a subsequent month-end. For example, if the Net Asset Value per Share of a particular pool declined by $1 in each of January and February, increased by $1 in March and declined again by $2 in April, a “peak-to-valley drawdown” analysis conducted as of the end of April would consider that “drawdown” to be still continuing and to be $3 in amount, whereas if the Net Asset Value per Share had increased by $2 in March, the January-February drawdown would have ended as of the end of February at the $2 level.

 

6. “Compound Rate of Return” of the relevant pool is calculated by multiplying on a compound basis each of the monthly rates of return set forth in the respective charts above and not by adding or averaging such monthly rates of return. For periods of less than one year, the results are year-to-date.

 

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7. The below table reflects both the name of the original Index that each Fund (except PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund) has tracked up to and including December 31, 2010, or Original Index, and the name of the Index that each Fund will track after December 31, 2010, or Renamed Index:

 

Fund  

Index

 

Original

      

Renamed

     
PowerShares DB Energy Fund   Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index–Optimum Yield Energy Excess Return™       DBIQ Optimum Yield Energy Index Excess Return™
     
PowerShares DB Oil Fund   Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index–Optimum Yield Crude Oil Excess Return™       DBIQ Optimum Yield Crude Oil Index Excess Return™
     
PowerShares DB Precious Metals Fund   Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index–Optimum Yield Precious Metals Excess Return™       DBIQ Optimum Yield Precious Metals Index Excess Return™
     
PowerShares DB Gold Fund   Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index–Optimum Yield Gold Excess Return™       DBIQ Optimum Yield Gold Index Excess Return™
     
PowerShares DB Silver Fund   Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index–Optimum Yield Silver Excess Return™       DBIQ Optimum Yield Silver Index Excess Return™
     
PowerShares DB Base Metals Fund   Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index–Optimum Yield Industrial Metals Excess Return™       DBIQ Optimum Yield Industrial Metals Index Excess Return™

 

Each Fund’s Original Index is identical to the Renamed Index, except with respect to the following non-substantive changes: (i) name of Index, (ii) ticker symbol, and (iii) inception date of Renamed Index for CFTC purposes. Except as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, all prior underlying formulae, data (e.g., closing levels, measure of volatility, all other numerical statistics and measures) and all other characteristics (e.g., Base Date, Index Sponsor, rolling, etc.) with respect to each Original Index is identical to its corresponding Renamed Index.

 

The PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund tracked the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index Diversified Agriculture Excess Return™ up to and including December 31, 2010. The PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund commenced tracking the DBIQ Diversified Agriculture Index Excess Return™ after December 31, 2010. The only difference between the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index Diversified Agriculture Excess Return™ and the DBIQ Diversified Agriculture Index Excess Return™ is a name change.

 

DBLCI™ and Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index™ are trade marks of the Index Sponsor and are the subject of Community Trade Mark Nos. 3055043 and 3054996. Trade Mark applications in the United States are pending with respect to both the Trust and aspects of each Index. The Fund and the Managing Owner have been licensed to use DBLCI™, Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index™ and DBIQ™.”

 

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IV.        Pages 52 through 113 of the Prospectus are hereby deleted and replaced, in their entirety, with the following:

           

Volatility of the Various Indexes

  

The following table1 reflects various measures of volatility2 of the history of each Index as calculated on an excess return basis:

    

Volatility Type    DBIQ-OY
Energy ER™3
   

DBIQ-

OY CL
ER™4

    DBIQ-OY
Precious Metals
ER™4
   

DBIQ-

OY GC
ER™4

   

DBIQ-

OY SI
ER™4

    DBIQ-OY
Industrial Metals
ER™5
   

DBIQ

Diversified
Agriculture

ER™6

 

Daily volatility over full history

     25.20     27.52     16.31     15.13     26.00     21.07     10.59

Average rolling 3 month daily volatility

     23.51     25.76     15.20     13.99     24.21     19.66     9.85

Monthly return volatility

     25.53     26.64     16.30     15.04     26.57     21.54     12.44

Average annual volatility

     24.33     26.38     15.13     14.00     23.90     18.77     10.26

The following table reflects the daily volatility on an annual basis of each Index:

  

Year    DBIQ-OY
Energy ER™3
   

DBIQ-

OY CL
ER™4

    DBIQ-OY
Precious Metals
ER™4
   

DBIQ-

OY GC
ER™4

   

DBIQ-

OY SI
ER™4

    DBIQ-OY
Industrial Metals
ER™5
   

DBIQ

Diversified
Agriculture

ER™6

 

1988

     —          26.56%        11.17%        11.41%        10.73%        —          —     

1989

     —          28.11%        13.57%        13.14%        18.53%        —          8.35%   

1990

     44.82%        40.56%        16.71%        17.67%        19.41%        —          7.92%   

1991

     31.03%        29.57%        13.63%        12.63%        23.40%        —          7.85%   

1992

     14.60%        16.66%        8.90%        8.32%        15.67%        —          6.93%   

1993

     15.25%        17.70%        16.81%        14.44%        28.37%        —          8.24%   

1994

     18.05%        20.13%        12.08%        9.60%        23.28%        —          12.80%   

1995

     13.45%        17.07%        9.89%        6.62%        26.37%        —          6.78%   

1996

     23.86%        31.02%        7.74%        6.17%        17.62%        —          7.80%   

1997

     18.29%        21.51%        13.51%        12.60%        24.68%        11.99%        11.19%   

1998

     23.80%        27.97%        14.60%        12.84%        29.22%        14.38%        8.06%   

1999

     24.43%        27.10%        16.54%        17.35%        21.74%        14.07%        10.74%   

2000

     28.21%        32.19%        14.01%        15.02%        14.41%        11.78%        8.87%   

2001

     27.56%        29.77%        13.79%        14.44%        17.22%        12.57%        8.38%   

2002

     24.63%        25.52%        13.51%        13.44%        17.43%        13.12%        9.51%   

2003

     26.34%        26.59%        16.17%        16.66%        20.32%        13.86%        8.37%   

2004

     28.71%        30.80%        19.48%        16.25%        35.48%        20.85%        11.01%   

2005

     27.49%        26.55%        13.23%        12.38%        21.32%        18.18%        9.40%   

2006

     22.01%        22.01%        25.97%        22.81%        41.21%        32.26%        9.57%   

2007

     19.54%        21.17%        14.96%        13.91%        21.28%        20.35%        9.36%   

2008

     36.57%        41.43%        27.33%        25.53%        43.01%        28.81%        21.09%   

2009

     31.28%        33.56%        20.44%        18.40%        31.13%        29.14%        15.60%   

2010

     18.84%        20.63%        15.22%        13.28%        26.40%        23.76%        13.55%   

20111

     16.61%        19.00%        13.98%        11.20%        25.29%        16.37%        14.49%   

1As of April 30, 2011. Past Index levels are not necessarily indicative of future Index levels.

2Volatility, for these purposes, means the following:

Daily Volatility: The relative rate at which the price of the Index moves up and down, found by calculating the annualized standard deviation of the daily change in price.

Monthly Return Volatility: The relative rate at which the price of the Index moves up and down, found by calculating the annualized standard deviation of the monthly change in price.

Average Annual Volatility: The average of yearly volatilities for a given sample period. The yearly volatility is the relative rate at which the price of the Index moves up and down, found by calculating the annualized standard deviation of the daily change in price for each business day in the given year.

3As of June 4, 1990. Past Index levels are not necessarily indicative of future Index levels.

4As of December 2, 1988. Past Index levels are not necessarily indicative of future Index levels.

5As of September 3, 1997. Past Index levels are not necessarily indicative of future Index levels.

6As of January 18, 1989. Past Index levels are not necessarily indicative of future Index levels.

  

  

   

   

   

  

  

  

  

 

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ENERGY SECTOR DATA

RELATING TO

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD ENERGY INDEX EXCESS RETURN™

(DBIQ-OY ENERGY ER™)

 

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CLOSING LEVELS TABLES

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD ENERGY INDEX EXCESS RETURN™

 

      CLOSING LEVEL    CHANGES
   High1    Low2   

Annual Index

Changes3

   Index Changes Since
Inception4

19905

     179.19      96.66     45.52%      45.52%

1991

     147.42    107.20     -20.99%      14.98%

1992

     137.39    110.88        9.57%      25.99%

1993

     138.78    100.51      -20.19%        0.56%

1994

     122.19      95.20        6.96%        7.56%

1995

     119.82    102.02      11.00%      19.39%

1996

     197.83    111.99      63.92%      95.71%

1997

     204.30    159.71      -18.40%      59.71%

1998

     160.51      97.65      -36.95%        0.70%

1999

     178.20      92.77      72.80%      74.00%

2000

     298.97    167.50      41.06%    145.44%

2001

     278.42    192.42     -16.74%    104.36%

2002

     298.19    194.55      41.97%    190.12%

2003

     391.72    284.31     32.29%    283.81%

2004

     715.99    383.42     54.72%    493.84%

2005

   1037.13    582.46     55.14%    821.29%

2006

   1074.96    812.65     -10.74%    722.36%

2007

   1112.80    709.23      34.88%    1009.21%  

2008

   1772.65    559.38     -40.45%    560.50%

2009

     862.18    518.29      25.76%    730.64%

2010

     884.28    704.89        4.00%    763.88%

20116

   1075.48    850.77      24.49%    975.48%

THE FUND WILL TRADE WITH A VIEW TO TRACKING THE DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD ENERGY INDEX EXCESS RETURN™ OVER TIME.

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD ENERGY INDEX TOTAL RETURN™

 

      CLOSING LEVEL    CHANGES
   High1    Low2   

Annual Index

Changes3

   Index Changes Since
Inception4

19905

   183.60    97.33      51.88%      51.88%

1991

   154.30    112.85     -16.53%      26.77%

1992

   155.82    122.35      13.48%      43.86%

1993

   160.01    118.31     -17.71%      18.38%

1994

   147.06    112.95      11.67%      32.19%

1995

   155.68    127.46      17.38%      55.17%

1996

   270.11    146.19      72.56%    167.77%

1997

   279.83    227.35     -14.08%    130.07%

1998

   232.17    147.51     -33.81%      52.29%

1999

   282.30    141.11      81.15%    175.87%

2000

   496.29    265.84      49.64%    312.83%

2001

   476.58    334.41     -13.77%    255.97%

2002

   527.96    339.16      44.32%    413.72%

2003

   700.53    505.36      33.65%    586.61%

2004

   1293.70      686.54      56.88%    977.16%

2005

   1917.92      1056.70        60.14%    1625.00%  

2006

   2070.40      1595.93         -6.33%    1515.87%  

2007

   2285.06      1397.07        41.00%    2178.45%  

2008

   3676.21      1165.04       -39.62%    1275.66%  

2009

   1798.15      1079.73        25.94%    1632.53%  

2010

   1845.15      1471.50          4.14%    1704.26%  

20116

   2247.00      1776.94        24.54%    2147.00%  

 

THE FUND WILL NOT TRADE WITH A VIEW TO TRACKING THE DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD ENERGY INDEX TOTAL RETURN™ OVER TIME.

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

See accompanying Notes and Legends.

 

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INDEX COMMODITIES WEIGHTS TABLES

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD ENERGY INDEX EXCESS RETURN™

 

      CL7    HO7    LCO7    XB7    NG7
   High1    Low2    High    Low    High    Low    High    Low    High    Low

19905

   21.8%    21.9%    21.4%    22.6%    27.2%    22.2%    23.4%    22.4%      6.2%    10.9%

1991

   21.8%    22.5%    22.8%    22.7%    23.8%    20.0%    21.5%    21.8%    10.1%    13.1%

1992

   21.3%    22.3%    23.1%    23.1%    21.6%    21.5%    21.7%    22.2%    12.3%    10.8%

1993

   21.6%    22.1%    21.5%    22.8%    21.1%    22.7%    21.4%    22.0%    14.4%    10.4%

1994

   20.6%    21.7%    22.4%    22.5%    24.7%    21.9%    23.0%    21.8%      9.3%    12.1%

1995

   22.9%    24.3%    21.2%    22.1%    23.1%    23.0%    23.1%    21.9%      9.7%      8.8%

1996

   22.6%    22.6%    21.6%    21.1%    22.0%    22.5%    21.8%    22.9%    12.0%    10.9%

1997

   23.2%    22.5%    21.6%    22.6%    22.2%    21.6%    21.4%    23.1%    11.4%    10.1%

1998

   22.4%    22.7%    22.9%    23.4%    21.3%    21.1%    23.5%    22.5%      9.9%    10.4%

1999

   22.7%    23.1%    21.9%    22.0%    23.0%    22.2%    23.3%    22.3%      9.1%    10.4%

2000

   21.8%    22.9%    22.5%    22.2%    21.2%    22.8%    23.2%    23.2%    11.4%      8.9%

2001

   23.5%    22.9%    22.0%    22.2%    21.4%    21.8%    22.5%    22.7%    10.5%    10.4%

2002

   21.4%    23.2%    22.4%    22.5%    24.2%    22.6%    21.8%    23.2%    10.3%      8.5%

2003

   22.7%    21.2%    22.6%    21.5%    22.3%    23.2%    22.3%    21.8%    10.2%    12.3%

2004

   23.9%    22.6%    23.0%    22.2%    23.2%    21.8%    21.0%    22.9%      8.8%    10.5%

2005

   20.6%    22.3%    23.5%    22.7%    21.8%    22.3%    24.9%    23.0%      9.1%      9.7%

2006

   23.3%    22.8%    22.7%    22.7%    23.2%    22.9%    25.3%    22.8%      5.5%      8.7%

2007

   22.6%    22.1%    22.8%    23.0%    22.5%    22.1%    23.0%    22.6%      9.1%    10.2%

2008

   22.2%    21.8%    24.2%    21.3%    22.3%    22.8%    21.3%    21.7%    10.1%    12.4%

2009

   24.5%    22.7%    19.4%    20.7%    23.9%    22.8%    27.5%    24.3%      4.7%      9.6%

2010

   22.8%    22.3%    23.0%    23.0%    23.4%    23.0%    23.5%    23.1%      7.3%      8.6%

20116

   21.9%    22.3%    23.3%    22.4%    23.3%    22.9%    23.3%    22.5%      8.3%    10.0%

 

THE FUND WILL TRADE WITH A VIEW TO TRACKING THE

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD ENERGY INDEX EXCESS RETURN™ OVER TIME.

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE,

SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD ENERGY INDEX TOTAL RETURN™

 

      CL7    HO7    LCO7    XB7    NG7
   High1    Low2    High    Low    High    Low    High    Low    High    Low

19905

   21.8%    21.9%    21.4%    22.6%    27.2%    22.2%    23.4%    22.4%      6.2%    10.9%

1991

   21.8%    22.5%    22.8%    22.7%    23.8%    20.0%    21.5%    21.8%    10.1%    13.1%

1992

   21.3%    22.3%    23.2%    23.1%    21.6%    21.5%    21.5%    22.2%    12.5%    10.8%

1993

   21.6%    22.1%    21.5%    22.8%    21.1%    22.7%    21.4%    22.0%    14.4%    10.4%

1994

   20.6%    21.7%    22.4%    22.5%    24.7%    21.9%    23.0%    21.8%      9.3%    12.1%

1995

   22.9%    22.9%    21.2%    22.4%    23.1%    23.1%    23.1%    23.3%      9.7%      8.4%

1996

   22.6%    22.6%    21.6%    21.1%    22.0%    22.5%    21.8%    22.9%    12.0%    10.9%

1997

   23.2%    22.0%    21.6%    22.8%    22.2%    21.1%    21.4%    23.7%    11.4%    10.3%

1998

   22.4%    22.7%    22.9%    23.4%    21.3%    21.1%    23.5%    22.5%      9.9%    10.4%

1999

   22.9%    23.1%    22.3%    22.0%    22.8%    22.2%    23.3%    22.3%      8.6%    10.4%

2000

   21.8%    22.9%    22.5%    22.2%    21.2%    22.8%    23.2%    23.2%    11.4%      8.9%

2001

   23.5%    22.9%    22.0%    22.2%    21.4%    21.8%    22.5%    22.7%    10.5%    10.4%

2002

   21.4%    23.2%    22.4%    22.5%    24.2%    22.6%    21.8%    23.2%    10.3%      8.5%

2003

   22.7%    21.2%    22.6%    21.5%    22.3%    23.2%    22.3%    21.8%    10.2%    12.3%

2004

   23.9%    22.6%    23.0%    22.2%    23.2%    21.8%    21.0%    22.9%      8.8%    10.5%

2005

   20.6%    22.3%    23.5%    22.7%    21.8%    22.3%    24.9%    23.0%      9.1%      9.7%

2006

   23.3%    22.8%    22.7%    22.7%    23.2%    22.9%    25.3%    22.8%      5.5%      8.7%

2007

   22.6%    22.1%    22.8%    23.0%    22.5%    22.1%    23.0%    22.6%      9.1%    10.2%

2008

   22.2%    21.8%    24.2%    21.3%    22.4%    22.8%    21.3%    21.7%    10.0%    12.4%

2009

   24.5%    22.7%    19.4%    20.7%    23.9%    22.8%    27.5%    24.3%      4.7%      9.6%

20106

   22.8%    22.3%    23.0%    23.0%    23.4%    23.0%    23.5%    23.1%      7.3%      8.6%

20116

   21.9%    22.3%    23.3%    22.4%    23.3%    22.9%    23.3%    22.5%      8.3%    10.0%

THE FUND WILL NOT TRADE WITH A VIEW TO TRACKING THE DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD ENERGY INDEX TOTAL RETURN™ OVER TIME.

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND

NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

See accompanying Notes and Legends.

 

13


All statistics based on data from June 4, 1990 to April 30, 2011.

 

VARIOUS STATISTICAL MEASURES

       DBIQ Optimum Yield    
Energy ER8
         DBIQ Optimum Yield    
Energy TR9
     Goldman Sachs
    US Energy Total Return10    
 

Annualized Changes to Index Level11

     12.0%         16.0%         7.3%   

Average rolling 3 month daily volatility12

     23.5%         23.5%         28.8%   

Sharpe Ratio13

     0.37         0.54         0.14   

% of months with positive change14

     57%         58%         55%   

Average monthly positive change15

     6.0%         6.2%         7.5%   

Average monthly negative change16

     -5.1%         -4.9%         -6.7%   

ANNUALIZED INDEX  LEVELS17

   DBIQ Optimum Yield
Energy ER8
     DBIQ Optimum Yield
Energy TR9
     Goldman Sachs
US Energy Total Return10
 

1 year

     23.3%         23.5%         15.3%   

3 year

     -7.3%         -6.9%         -18.7%   

5 year

     1.4%         3.3%         -7.6%   

7 year

     12.7%         15.2%         -0.2%   

10 year

     14.7%         17.0%         3.0%   

15 year

     14.5%         18.0%         6.3%   

 

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

WHILE THE FUND’S OBJECTIVE IS NOT TO GENERATE PROFIT THROUGH ACTIVE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, BUT IS TO TRACK THE INDEX, BECAUSE THE INDEX WAS ESTABLISHED IN OCTOBER 2010, CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO INDEX CLOSING LEVELS MAY BE CONSIDERED TO BE “HYPOTHETICAL.” HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION MAY HAVE CERTAIN INHERENT LIMITATIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE DESCRIBED BELOW.

 

NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE INDEX WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CLOSING LEVELS CONSISTENT WITH OR SIMILAR TO THOSE SET FORTH HEREIN. SIMILARLY, NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE FUND WILL GENERATE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THE FUND’S PAST PERFORMANCE, WHEN AVAILABLE, OR THE HISTORICAL ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CHANGES IN THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS. IN FACT, THERE ARE FREQUENTLY SHARP DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HYPOTHETICAL RESULTS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS SUBSEQUENTLY ACHIEVED BY INVESTMENT METHODOLOGIES, WHETHER ACTIVE OR PASSIVE.

 

ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION IS THAT IT IS GENERALLY PREPARED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. TO THE EXTENT THAT INFORMATION PRESENTED HEREIN RELATES TO THE PERIOD JUNE 1990 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2010, THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS REFLECT THE APPLICATION OF THE INDEX’S METHODOLOGY, AND SELECTION OF INDEX COMMODITIES, IN HINDSIGHT.

 

NO HYPOTHETICAL RECORD CAN COMPLETELY ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL RISK IN ACTUAL TRADING. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE NUMEROUS FACTORS, INCLUDING THOSE DESCRIBED UNDER “THE RISKS YOU FACE” HEREIN, RELATED TO THE COMMODITIES MARKETS IN GENERAL OR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FUND’S EFFORTS TO TRACK ITS INDEX OVER TIME WHICH CANNOT BE, AND HAVE NOT BEEN, ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PREPARATION OF SUCH INDEX INFORMATION SET FORTH ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES, ALL OF WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS FOR THE FUND. FURTHERMORE, THE INDEX INFORMATION DOES NOT INVOLVE FINANCIAL RISK OR ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FEES AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUND.

 

THE MANAGING OWNER COMMENCED OPERATIONS IN JANUARY 2006. AS MANAGING OWNER, THE MANAGING OWNER AND ITS TRADING PRINCIPALS HAVE BEEN MANAGING THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS FOR THE FUNDS AND RELATED PRODUCTS AND MANAGING FUTURES TRADING ACCOUNTS. BECAUSE THERE ARE LIMITED ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS TO COMPARE TO THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS SET FORTH HEREIN, PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY WARY OF PLACING UNDUE RELIANCE ON THE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE INDEX RESULTS.

 

See accompanying Notes and Legends.

 

14


COMPARISON OF DBIQ-OY ENERGY ER, DBIQ-OY ENERGY TR AND GOLDMAN SACHS US ENERGY TOTAL RETURN

 

LOGO

 

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

Each of DBIQ-OY Energy ER, DBIQ-OY Energy TR and Goldman Sachs US Energy Total Return are indices and do not reflect actual trading.

 

DBIQ-OY Energy TR and Goldman Sachs US Energy Total Return are calculated on a total return basis and do not reflect any fees or expenses.

 

WHILE THE FUND’S OBJECTIVE IS NOT TO GENERATE PROFIT THROUGH ACTIVE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, BUT IS TO TRACK THE INDEX, BECAUSE THE INDEX WAS ESTABLISHED IN OCTOBER 2010, CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO INDEX CLOSING LEVELS MAY BE CONSIDERED TO BE “HYPOTHETICAL.” HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION MAY HAVE CERTAIN INHERENT LIMITATIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE DESCRIBED BELOW.

 

NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE INDEX WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CLOSING LEVELS CONSISTENT WITH OR SIMILAR TO THOSE SET FORTH HEREIN. SIMILARLY, NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE FUND WILL GENERATE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THE FUND’S PAST PERFORMANCE, WHEN AVAILABLE, OR THE HISTORICAL ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CHANGES IN THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS. IN FACT, THERE ARE FREQUENTLY SHARP DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HYPOTHETICAL RESULTS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS SUBSEQUENTLY ACHIEVED BY INVESTMENT METHODOLOGIES, WHETHER ACTIVE OR PASSIVE.

 

ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION IS THAT IT IS GENERALLY PREPARED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. TO THE EXTENT THAT INFORMATION PRESENTED HEREIN RELATES TO THE PERIOD JUNE 1990 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2010, THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS REFLECT THE APPLICATION OF THE INDEX’S METHODOLOGY, AND SELECTION OF INDEX COMMODITIES, IN HINDSIGHT.

 

NO HYPOTHETICAL RECORD CAN COMPLETELY ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL RISK IN ACTUAL TRADING. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE NUMEROUS FACTORS, INCLUDING THOSE DESCRIBED UNDER “THE RISKS YOU FACE” HEREIN, RELATED TO THE COMMODITIES MARKETS IN GENERAL OR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FUND’S EFFORTS TO TRACK ITS INDEX OVER TIME WHICH CANNOT BE, AND HAVE NOT BEEN, ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PREPARATION OF SUCH INDEX INFORMATION SET FORTH ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES, ALL OF WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS FOR THE FUND. FURTHERMORE, THE INDEX INFORMATION DOES NOT INVOLVE FINANCIAL RISK OR ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FEES AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUND.

 

THE MANAGING OWNER COMMENCED OPERATIONS IN JANUARY 2006. AS MANAGING OWNER, THE MANAGING OWNER AND ITS TRADING PRINCIPALS HAVE BEEN MANAGING THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS FOR THE FUNDS AND RELATED PRODUCTS AND MANAGING FUTURES TRADING ACCOUNTS. BECAUSE THERE ARE LIMITED ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS TO COMPARE TO THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS SET FORTH HEREIN, PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY WARY OF PLACING UNDUE RELIANCE ON THE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE INDEX RESULTS.

 

See accompanying Notes and Legends.

 

15


COMPARISON OF DBIQ-OY ENERGY TR AND GOLDMAN SACHS US ENERGY TOTAL RETURN

 

LOGO

 

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

Each of DBIQ-OY Energy TR and Goldman Sachs US Energy Total Return are indices and do not reflect actual trading.

 

DBIQ-OY Energy TR and Goldman Sachs US Energy Total Return are calculated on a total return basis and do not reflect any fees or expenses.

 

WHILE THE FUND’S OBJECTIVE IS NOT TO GENERATE PROFIT THROUGH ACTIVE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, BUT IS TO TRACK THE INDEX, BECAUSE THE INDEX WAS ESTABLISHED IN OCTOBER 2010, CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO INDEX CLOSING LEVELS MAY BE CONSIDERED TO BE “HYPOTHETICAL.” HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION MAY HAVE CERTAIN INHERENT LIMITATIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE DESCRIBED BELOW.

 

NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE INDEX WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CLOSING LEVELS CONSISTENT WITH OR SIMILAR TO THOSE SET FORTH HEREIN. SIMILARLY, NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE FUND WILL GENERATE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THE FUND’S PAST PERFORMANCE, WHEN AVAILABLE, OR THE HISTORICAL ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CHANGES IN THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS. IN FACT, THERE ARE FREQUENTLY SHARP DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HYPOTHETICAL RESULTS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS SUBSEQUENTLY ACHIEVED BY INVESTMENT METHODOLOGIES, WHETHER ACTIVE OR PASSIVE.

 

ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION IS THAT IT IS GENERALLY PREPARED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. TO THE EXTENT THAT INFORMATION PRESENTED HEREIN RELATES TO THE PERIOD JUNE 1990 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2010, THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS REFLECT THE APPLICATION OF THE INDEX’S METHODOLOGY, AND SELECTION OF INDEX COMMODITIES, IN HINDSIGHT.

 

NO HYPOTHETICAL RECORD CAN COMPLETELY ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL RISK IN ACTUAL TRADING. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE NUMEROUS FACTORS, INCLUDING THOSE DESCRIBED UNDER “THE RISKS YOU FACE” HEREIN, RELATED TO THE COMMODITIES MARKETS IN GENERAL OR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FUND’S EFFORTS TO TRACK ITS INDEX OVER TIME WHICH CANNOT BE, AND HAVE NOT BEEN, ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PREPARATION OF SUCH INDEX INFORMATION SET FORTH ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES, ALL OF WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS FOR THE FUND. FURTHERMORE, THE INDEX INFORMATION DOES NOT INVOLVE FINANCIAL RISK OR ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FEES AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUND.

 

THE MANAGING OWNER COMMENCED OPERATIONS IN JANUARY 2006. AS MANAGING OWNER, THE MANAGING OWNER AND ITS TRADING PRINCIPALS HAVE BEEN MANAGING THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS FOR THE FUNDS AND RELATED PRODUCTS AND MANAGING FUTURES TRADING ACCOUNTS. BECAUSE THERE ARE LIMITED ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS TO COMPARE TO THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS SET FORTH HEREIN, PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY WARY OF PLACING UNDUE RELIANCE ON THE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE INDEX RESULTS.

 

See accompanying Notes and Legends.

 

16


NOTES AND LEGENDS:

 

1.      “High” reflects the highest closing level of the Index during the applicable year.

2.      “Low” reflects the lowest closing level of the Index during the applicable year.

3.      “Annual Index Changes” reflect the change to the Index level on an annual basis as of December 31 of each applicable year.

4.      “Index Changes Since Inception” reflects the change of the Index level since inception on a compounded annual basis as of December 31 of each applicable year.

5.      Closing levels as of inception on June 4, 1990.

6.      Closing levels as of April 30, 2011.

7.      The DBIQ Optimum Yield Energy Index Excess Return™ and DBIQ Optimum Yield Energy Index Total Return™ reflect the change in market value of the following underlying index commodities: CL (Light, Sweet Crude Oil), HO (Heating Oil), LCO (Brent Crude Oil), XB (RBOB Gasoline) and NG (Natural Gas) on an optimum yield basis.

8.      “DBIQ Optimum Yield Energy ER™” is DBIQ Optimum Yield Energy Index Excess Return™.

9.      “DBIQ Optimum Yield Energy TR™” is DBIQ Optimum Yield Energy Index Total Return™.

10.    “Goldman Sachs US Energy Total Return” is Goldman Sachs US Energy Total Return.

11.    “Annualized Changes to Index Level” reflect the change to the applicable index level on an annual basis as of December 31 of each applicable year.

12.    “Average rolling 3 month daily volatility.” The daily volatility reflects the relative rate at which the price of the applicable index moves up and down, which is found by calculating the annualized standard deviation of the daily change in price. In turn, an average of this value is calculated on a 3 month rolling basis.

13.    “Sharpe Ratio” compares the annualized rate of return minus the annualized risk-free rate of return to the annualized variability — often referred to as the “standard deviation” — of the monthly rates of return. A Sharpe Ratio of 1:1 or higher indicates that, according to the measures used in calculating the ratio, the rate of return achieved by a particular strategy has equaled or exceeded the risks assumed by such strategy. The risk-free rate of return that was used in these calculations was assumed to be 3.29%.

14.    “% of months with positive change” during the period from inception to April 30, 2011.

15.    “Average monthly positive change” during the period from inception to April 30, 2011.

16.    “Average monthly negative change” during the period from inception to April 30, 2011.

17.    “Annualized Index Levels” reflect the change to the level of the applicable index on an annual basis as of December 31 of each applicable time period (e.g., 1 year, 3, 5 or 7, 10 or 15 years, as applicable).

 

WHILE THE FUND’S OBJECTIVE IS NOT TO GENERATE PROFIT THROUGH ACTIVE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, BUT IS TO TRACK THE INDEX, BECAUSE THE INDEX WAS ESTABLISHED IN OCTOBER 2010, CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO INDEX CLOSING LEVELS MAY BE CONSIDERED TO BE “HYPOTHETICAL.” HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION MAY HAVE CERTAIN INHERENT LIMITATIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE DESCRIBED BELOW.

 

NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE INDEX WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CLOSING LEVELS CONSISTENT WITH OR SIMILAR TO THOSE SET FORTH HEREIN. SIMILARLY, NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE FUND WILL GENERATE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THE FUND’S PAST PERFORMANCE, WHEN AVAILABLE, OR THE HISTORICAL ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CHANGES IN THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS. IN FACT, THERE ARE FREQUENTLY SHARP DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HYPOTHETICAL RESULTS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS SUBSEQUENTLY ACHIEVED BY INVESTMENT METHODOLOGIES, WHETHER ACTIVE OR PASSIVE.

 

ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION IS THAT IT IS GENERALLY PREPARED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. TO THE EXTENT THAT INFORMATION PRESENTED HEREIN RELATES TO THE PERIOD JUNE 1990 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2010, THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS REFLECT THE APPLICATION OF THE INDEX’S METHODOLOGY, AND SELECTION OF INDEX COMMODITIES, IN HINDSIGHT.

 

NO HYPOTHETICAL RECORD CAN COMPLETELY ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL RISK IN ACTUAL TRADING. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE NUMEROUS FACTORS, INCLUDING THOSE DESCRIBED UNDER “THE RISKS YOU FACE” HEREIN, RELATED TO THE COMMODITIES MARKETS IN GENERAL OR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FUND’S EFFORTS TO TRACK ITS INDEX OVER TIME WHICH CANNOT BE, AND HAVE NOT BEEN, ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PREPARATION OF SUCH INDEX INFORMATION SET FORTH ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES, ALL OF WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL

 

17


PERFORMANCE RESULTS FOR THE FUND. FURTHERMORE, THE INDEX INFORMATION DOES NOT INVOLVE FINANCIAL RISK OR ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FEES AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUND.

 

THE MANAGING OWNER COMMENCED OPERATIONS IN JANUARY 2006. AS MANAGING OWNER, THE MANAGING OWNER AND ITS TRADING PRINCIPALS HAVE BEEN MANAGING THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS FOR THE FUNDS AND RELATED PRODUCTS AND MANAGING FUTURES TRADING ACCOUNTS. BECAUSE THERE ARE LIMITED ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS TO COMPARE TO THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS SET FORTH HEREIN, PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY WARY OF PLACING UNDUE RELIANCE ON THE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE INDEX RESULTS.

 

ALTHOUGH THE INDEX SPONSOR WILL OBTAIN INFORMATION FOR INCLUSION IN OR FOR USE IN THE CALCULATION OF THE INDEX FROM SOURCE(S) WHICH THE INDEX SPONSOR CONSIDERS RELIABLE, THE INDEX SPONSOR WILL NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY SUCH INFORMATION AND DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY AND/OR THE COMPLETENESS OF THE INDEX OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. THE INDEX SPONSOR SHALL NOT BE LIABLE (WHETHER IN NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) TO ANY PERSON FOR ANY ERROR IN THE INDEX AND THE INDEX SPONSOR IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO ADVISE ANY PERSON OF ANY ERROR THEREIN.

 

UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED, NO TRANSACTION RELATING TO THE INDEX IS SPONSORED, ENDORSED, SOLD OR PROMOTED BY THE INDEX SPONSOR AND THE INDEX SPONSOR MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AS TO (A) THE ADVISABILITY OF PURCHASING OR ASSUMING ANY RISK IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SUCH TRANSACTION (B) THE LEVELS AT WHICH THE INDEX STANDS AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME ON ANY PARTICULAR DATE (C) THE RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED BY THE ISSUER OF ANY SECURITY OR ANY COUNTERPARTY OR ANY SUCH ISSUER’S SECURITY HOLDERS OR CUSTOMERS OR ANY SUCH COUNTERPARTY’S CUSTOMERS OR COUNTERPARTIES OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FROM THE USE OF THE INDEX OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN IN CONNECTION WITH ANY LICENSED RIGHTS OR FOR ANY OTHER USE OR (D) ANY OTHER MATTER. THE INDEX SPONSOR MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE WITH RESPECT TO THE INDEX OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN.

 

WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE INDEX SPONSOR HAVE ANY LIABILITY (WHETHER IN NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) TO ANY PERSON FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST PROFITS) EVEN IF NOTIFIED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

 

18


CRUDE OIL SECTOR DATA

RELATING TO

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD CRUDE OIL INDEX EXCESS RETURN™

(DBIQ-OY CL ER™)

 

19


CLOSING LEVELS TABLES

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD CRUDE OIL INDEX EXCESS RETURN™

 

      CLOSING LEVEL    CHANGES
   High1    Low2   

Annual Index

Changes3

   Index Changes Since
Inception4

19885

     112.02        97.53      12.02%        12.02%

1989

     192.01      110.98      71.41%        92.01%

1990

     294.82      160.13      24.79%      139.61%

1991

     238.71      175.06     -15.63%      102.15%

1992

     224.82      189.93        0.68%      103.52%

1993

     217.01      152.46     -24.79%        53.08%

1994

     173.31      142.13        5.59%        61.64%

1995

     202.32      157.90      25.16%      102.32%

1996

     414.35      185.87    104.80%      314.35%

1997

     425.66      303.27     -26.65%      203.93%

1998

     302.95      171.33     -40.94%        79.51%

1999

     346.30      165.23      85.26%      232.56%

2000

     551.67      325.69      31.04%      335.79%

2001

     532.29      390.80       -3.95%      318.57%

2002

     608.00      399.11      41.61%      492.76%

2003

     847.48      574.29      39.55%      727.21%

2004

   1632.10      824.87      63.83%    1255.23%

2005

   2171.79    1319.88      42.95%    1837.28%

2006

   2389.01    1856.67       -2.48%    1789.17%

2007

   2523.38    1571.31      33.12%    2414.88%

2008

   3955.92    1188.78     -41.61%    1368.33%

2009

   2057.94    1147.41      36.08%    1898.07%

2010

   2169.64    1673.17        3.20%    1962.00%

20116

   2508.55    2003.69      21.66%    2408.55%

 

THE FUND WILL TRADE WITH A VIEW TO TRACKING THE

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD CRUDE OIL INDEX EXCESS RETURN™ OVER TIME.

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE,

SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD CRUDE OIL INDEX TOTAL RETURN™

 

      CLOSING LEVEL    CHANGES
   High1    Low2   

Annual Index

Changes3

   Index Changes Since
Inception4

19885

     112.73        97.60      12.73%        12.73%

1989

     209.87      111.81      86.17%      109.87%

1990

     341.64      182.36      34.76%      182.82%

1991

     295.24      208.42     -10.88%      152.05%

1992

     288.22      237.02        4.27%      162.81%

1993

     281.69      202.92     -22.45%      103.80%

1994

     235.88      190.71      10.24%      124.67%

1995

     297.36      219.85      32.36%      197.36%

1996

     641.10      274.37    115.60%      541.10%

1997

     659.34      493.93     -22.77%      395.14%

1998

     495.55      292.68     -37.99%      207.03%

1999

     620.64      284.23      94.21%      496.27%

2000

   1035.63      584.55      39.02%      728.92%

2001

   1030.69      768.08      -0.53%      724.54%

2002

   1217.32      786.82     43.96%    1087.00%

2003

   1713.97    1154.40     40.99%    1573.50%

2004

   3334.95    1670.29     66.12%    2679.95%

2005

   4541.88    2707.94     47.56%    4002.06%

2006

   5203.49    3969.14       2.34%    4097.88%

2007

   5859.72    3499.36     39.16%    5741.98%

2008

   9281.23    2799.96    -40.80%    3358.41%

2009

   4853.73    2703.20     36.28%    4612.97%

2010

   5119.70    3948.54       3.34%    4770.26%

20116

   5927.08    4733.01     21.70%    5827.08%

 

THE FUND WILL NOT TRADE WITH A VIEW TO TRACKING THE

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD CRUDE OIL INDEX TOTAL RETURN™ OVER TIME.

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE,

SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

See accompanying Notes and Legends.

 

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INDEX COMMODITIES WEIGHTS TABLES

 

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD CRUDE OIL INDEX EXCESS RETURN™

 

      CL7
   High1    Low2

19885

   100%    100%

1989

   100%    100%

1990

   100%    100%

1991

   100%    100%

1992

   100%    100%

1993

   100%    100%

1994

   100%    100%

1995

   100%    100%

1996

   100%    100%

1997

   100%    100%

1998

   100%    100%

1999

   100%    100%

2000

   100%    100%

2001

   100%    100%

2002

   100%    100%

2003

   100%    100%

2004

   100%    100%

2005

   100%    100%

2006

   100%    100%

2007

   100%    100%

2008

   100%    100%

2009

   100%    100%

2010

   100%    100%

20116

   100%    100%

 

THE FUND WILL TRADE WITH A VIEW TO TRACKING THE

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD CRUDE OIL INDEX EXCESS RETURN™ OVER TIME.

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD CRUDE OIL INDEX TOTAL RETURN™

 

      CL7
   High1    Low2

19885

   100%    100%

1989

   100%    100%

1990

   100%    100%

1991

   100%    100%

1992

   100%    100%

1993

   100%    100%

1994

   100%    100%

1995

   100%    100%

1996

   100%    100%

1997

   100%    100%

1998

   100%    100%

1999

   100%    100%

2000

   100%    100%

2001

   100%    100%

2002

   100%    100%

2003

   100%    100%

2004

   100%    100%

2005

   100%    100%

2006

   100%    100%

2007

   100%    100%

2008

   100%    100%

2009

   100%    100%

2010

   100%    100%

20116

   100%    100%

 

THE FUND WILL NOT TRADE WITH A VIEW TO TRACKING THE

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD CRUDE OIL INDEX TOTAL RETURN™ OVER TIME.

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

See accompanying Notes and Legends.

 

21


All statistics based on data from December 2, 1988 to April 30, 2011.

 

VARIOUS STATISTICAL MEASURES

      DBIQ Optimum Yield
Crude Oil ER8
    DBIQ Optimum Yield
Crude Oil TR9
    Goldman Sachs
Crude Oil  Total Return
Index10
 

Annualized Changes to Index Level11

      15.5%        20.0%        12.9%   

Average rolling 3 month daily volatility12

      25.7%        25.7%        31.4%   

Sharpe Ratio13

      0.46        0.64        0.30   

% of months with positive change14

      58%        58%        57%   

Average monthly positive change15

      6.5%        6.8%        8.0%   

Average monthly negative change16

      -5.3%        -5.1%        -7.2%   

ANNUALIZED INDEX LEVELS17

      DBIQ Optimum Yield
Crude Oil ER8
    DBIQ Optimum Yield
Crude Oil TR9
    Goldman Sachs
Crude Oil Total Return
Index10
 

1 year

      16.7%        16.8%        10.1%   

3 year

      -6.1%        -5.8%        -22.9%   

5 year

      2.4%        4.4%        -9.3%   

7 year

      13.8%        16.3%        -0.5%   

10 year

      17.3%        19.7%        4.9%   

15 year

      16.2%        19.8%        8.5%   

 

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

WHILE THE FUND’S OBJECTIVE IS NOT TO GENERATE PROFIT THROUGH ACTIVE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, BUT IS TO TRACK THE INDEX, BECAUSE THE INDEX WAS ESTABLISHED IN OCTOBER 2010, CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO INDEX CLOSING LEVELS MAY BE CONSIDERED TO BE “HYPOTHETICAL.” HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION MAY HAVE CERTAIN INHERENT LIMITATIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE DESCRIBED BELOW.

 

NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE INDEX WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CLOSING LEVELS CONSISTENT WITH OR SIMILAR TO THOSE SET FORTH HEREIN. SIMILARLY, NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE FUND WILL GENERATE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THE FUND’S PAST PERFORMANCE, WHEN AVAILABLE, OR THE HISTORICAL ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CHANGES IN THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS. IN FACT, THERE ARE FREQUENTLY SHARP DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HYPOTHETICAL RESULTS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS SUBSEQUENTLY ACHIEVED BY INVESTMENT METHODOLOGIES, WHETHER ACTIVE OR PASSIVE.

 

ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION IS THAT IT IS GENERALLY PREPARED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. TO THE EXTENT THAT INFORMATION PRESENTED HEREIN RELATES TO THE PERIOD DECEMBER 1988 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2010, THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS REFLECT THE APPLICATION OF THE INDEX’S METHODOLOGY, AND SELECTION OF INDEX COMMODITIES, IN HINDSIGHT.

 

NO HYPOTHETICAL RECORD CAN COMPLETELY ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL RISK IN ACTUAL TRADING. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE NUMEROUS FACTORS, INCLUDING THOSE DESCRIBED UNDER “THE RISKS YOU FACE” HEREIN, RELATED TO THE COMMODITIES MARKETS IN GENERAL OR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FUND’S EFFORTS TO TRACK ITS INDEX OVER TIME WHICH CANNOT BE, AND HAVE NOT BEEN, ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PREPARATION OF SUCH INDEX INFORMATION SET FORTH ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES, ALL OF WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS FOR THE FUND. FURTHERMORE, THE INDEX INFORMATION DOES NOT INVOLVE FINANCIAL RISK OR ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FEES AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUND.

 

THE MANAGING OWNER COMMENCED OPERATIONS IN JANUARY 2006. AS MANAGING OWNER, THE MANAGING OWNER AND ITS TRADING PRINCIPALS HAVE BEEN MANAGING THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS FOR THE FUNDS AND RELATED PRODUCTS AND MANAGING FUTURES TRADING ACCOUNTS. BECAUSE THERE ARE LIMITED ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS TO COMPARE TO THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS SET FORTH HEREIN, PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY WARY OF PLACING UNDUE RELIANCE ON THE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE INDEX RESULTS.

 

See accompanying Notes and Legends.

 

22


COMPARISON OF DBIQ-OY CL ER, DBIQ-OY CL TR AND GOLDMAN SACHS CRUDE OIL TOTAL RETURN INDEX

 

LOGO

 

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

Each of DBIQ-OY CL ER, DBIQ-OY CL TR and Goldman Sachs Crude Oil Total Return Index are indices and do not reflect actual trading. DBIQ-OY CL TR and Goldman Sachs Crude Oil Total Return Index are calculated on a total return basis and do not reflect any fees or expenses.

 

WHILE THE FUND’S OBJECTIVE IS NOT TO GENERATE PROFIT THROUGH ACTIVE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, BUT IS TO TRACK THE INDEX, BECAUSE THE INDEX WAS ESTABLISHED IN OCTOBER 2010, CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO INDEX CLOSING LEVELS MAY BE CONSIDERED TO BE “HYPOTHETICAL.” HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION MAY HAVE CERTAIN INHERENT LIMITATIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE DESCRIBED BELOW.

 

NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE INDEX WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CLOSING LEVELS CONSISTENT WITH OR SIMILAR TO THOSE SET FORTH HEREIN. SIMILARLY, NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE FUND WILL GENERATE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THE FUND’S PAST PERFORMANCE, WHEN AVAILABLE, OR THE HISTORICAL ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CHANGES IN THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS. IN FACT, THERE ARE FREQUENTLY SHARP DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HYPOTHETICAL RESULTS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS SUBSEQUENTLY ACHIEVED BY INVESTMENT METHODOLOGIES, WHETHER ACTIVE OR PASSIVE.

 

ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION IS THAT IT IS GENERALLY PREPARED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. TO THE EXTENT THAT INFORMATION PRESENTED HEREIN RELATES TO THE PERIOD DECEMBER 1988 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2010, THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS REFLECT THE APPLICATION OF THE INDEX’S METHODOLOGY, AND SELECTION OF INDEX COMMODITIES, IN HINDSIGHT.

 

NO HYPOTHETICAL RECORD CAN COMPLETELY ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL RISK IN ACTUAL TRADING. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE NUMEROUS FACTORS, INCLUDING THOSE DESCRIBED UNDER “THE RISKS YOU FACE” HEREIN, RELATED TO THE COMMODITIES MARKETS IN GENERAL OR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FUND’S EFFORTS TO TRACK ITS INDEX OVER TIME WHICH CANNOT BE, AND HAVE NOT BEEN, ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PREPARATION OF SUCH INDEX INFORMATION SET FORTH ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES, ALL OF WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS FOR THE FUND. FURTHERMORE, THE INDEX INFORMATION DOES NOT INVOLVE FINANCIAL RISK OR ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FEES AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUND.

 

THE MANAGING OWNER COMMENCED OPERATIONS IN JANUARY 2006. AS MANAGING OWNER, THE MANAGING OWNER AND ITS TRADING PRINCIPALS HAVE BEEN MANAGING THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS FOR THE FUNDS AND RELATED PRODUCTS AND MANAGING FUTURES TRADING ACCOUNTS. BECAUSE THERE ARE LIMITED ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS TO COMPARE TO THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS SET FORTH HEREIN, PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY WARY OF PLACING UNDUE RELIANCE ON THE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE INDEX RESULTS.

 

See accompanying Notes and Legends.

 

23


COMPARISON OF DBIQ-OY CL TR AND GOLDMAN SACHS CRUDE OIL TOTAL RETURN INDEX

 

LOGO

 

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

Each of DBIQ-OY CL TR and Goldman Sachs Crude Oil Total Return Index are indices and do not reflect actual trading. DBIQ-OY CL TR and Goldman Sachs Crude Oil Total Return Index are calculated on a total return basis and do not reflect any fees or expenses.

 

WHILE THE FUND’S OBJECTIVE IS NOT TO GENERATE PROFIT THROUGH ACTIVE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, BUT IS TO TRACK THE INDEX, BECAUSE THE INDEX WAS ESTABLISHED IN OCTOBER 2010, CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO INDEX CLOSING LEVELS MAY BE CONSIDERED TO BE “HYPOTHETICAL.” HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION MAY HAVE CERTAIN INHERENT LIMITATIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE DESCRIBED BELOW.

 

NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE INDEX WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CLOSING LEVELS CONSISTENT WITH OR SIMILAR TO THOSE SET FORTH HEREIN. SIMILARLY, NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE FUND WILL GENERATE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THE FUND’S PAST PERFORMANCE, WHEN AVAILABLE, OR THE HISTORICAL ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CHANGES IN THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS. IN FACT, THERE ARE FREQUENTLY SHARP DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HYPOTHETICAL RESULTS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS SUBSEQUENTLY ACHIEVED BY INVESTMENT METHODOLOGIES, WHETHER ACTIVE OR PASSIVE.

 

ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION IS THAT IT IS GENERALLY PREPARED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. TO THE EXTENT THAT INFORMATION PRESENTED HEREIN RELATES TO THE PERIOD DECEMBER 1988 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2010, THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS REFLECT THE APPLICATION OF THE INDEX’S METHODOLOGY, AND SELECTION OF INDEX COMMODITIES, IN HINDSIGHT.

 

NO HYPOTHETICAL RECORD CAN COMPLETELY ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL RISK IN ACTUAL TRADING. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE NUMEROUS FACTORS, INCLUDING THOSE DESCRIBED UNDER “THE RISKS YOU FACE” HEREIN, RELATED TO THE COMMODITIES MARKETS IN GENERAL OR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FUND’S EFFORTS TO TRACK ITS INDEX OVER TIME WHICH CANNOT BE, AND HAVE NOT BEEN, ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PREPARATION OF SUCH INDEX INFORMATION SET FORTH ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES, ALL OF WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS FOR THE FUND. FURTHERMORE, THE INDEX INFORMATION DOES NOT INVOLVE FINANCIAL RISK OR ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FEES AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUND.

 

THE MANAGING OWNER COMMENCED OPERATIONS IN JANUARY 2006. AS MANAGING OWNER, THE MANAGING OWNER AND ITS TRADING PRINCIPALS HAVE BEEN MANAGING THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS FOR THE FUNDS AND RELATED PRODUCTS AND MANAGING FUTURES TRADING ACCOUNTS. BECAUSE THERE ARE LIMITED ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS TO COMPARE TO THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS SET FORTH HEREIN, PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY WARY OF PLACING UNDUE RELIANCE ON THE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE INDEX RESULTS.

 

See accompanying Notes and Legends.

 

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NOTES AND LEGENDS:

 

1. “High” reflects the highest closing level of the Index during the applicable year.
2. “Low” reflects the lowest closing level of the Index during the applicable year.
3. “Annual Index Changes” reflect the change to the Index level on an annual basis as of December 31 of each applicable year.
4. “Index Changes Since Inception” reflects the change of the Index level since inception on a compounded annual basis as of December 31 of each applicable year.
5. Closing levels as of inception on December 2, 1988.
6. Closing levels as of April 30, 2011.
7. The DBIQ Optimum Yield Crude Oil Index Excess Return™ and DBIQ Optimum Yield Crude Oil Index Total Return™ reflect the change in market value of CL (Light, Sweet Crude Oil) on an optimum yield basis.
8. “DBIQ-OY CL ER™” is DBIQ Optimum Yield Crude Oil Index Excess Return™.
9. “DBIQ-OY CL TR™” is DBIQ Optimum Yield Crude Oil Index Total Return™.
10. “Goldman Sachs Crude Oil Total Return Index” is Goldman Sachs Crude Oil Total Return Index.
11. “Annualized Changes to Index Level” reflect the change to the applicable index level on an annual basis as of December 31 of each applicable year.
12. “Average rolling 3 month daily volatility.” The daily volatility reflects the relative rate at which the price of the applicable index moves up and down, which is found by calculating the annualized standard deviation of the daily change in price. In turn, an average of this value is calculated on a 3 month rolling basis.
13. “Sharpe Ratio” compares the annualized rate of return minus the annualized risk-free rate of return to the annualized variability — often referred to as the “standard deviation” — of the monthly rates of return. A Sharpe Ratio of 1:1 or higher indicates that, according to the measures used in calculating the ratio, the rate of return achieved by a particular strategy has equaled or exceeded the risks assumed by such strategy. The risk-free rate of return that was used in these calculations was assumed to be 3.58%.
14. “% of months with positive change” during the period from inception to April 30, 2011.
15. “Average monthly positive change” during the period from inception to April 30, 2011.
16. “Average monthly negative change” during the period from inception to April 30, 2011.
17. “Annualized Index Levels” reflect the change to the level of the applicable index on an annual basis as of December 31 of each applicable time period (e.g., 1 year, 3, 5 or 7, 10 or 15 years, as applicable).

 

WHILE THE FUND’S OBJECTIVE IS NOT TO GENERATE PROFIT THROUGH ACTIVE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, BUT IS TO TRACK THE INDEX, BECAUSE THE INDEX WAS ESTABLISHED IN OCTOBER 2010, CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO INDEX CLOSING LEVELS MAY BE CONSIDERED TO BE “HYPOTHETICAL.” HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION MAY HAVE CERTAIN INHERENT LIMITATIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE DESCRIBED BELOW.

 

NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE INDEX WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CLOSING LEVELS CONSISTENT WITH OR SIMILAR TO THOSE SET FORTH HEREIN. SIMILARLY, NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE FUND WILL GENERATE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THE FUND’S PAST PERFORMANCE, WHEN AVAILABLE, OR THE HISTORICAL ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CHANGES IN THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS. IN FACT, THERE ARE FREQUENTLY SHARP DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HYPOTHETICAL RESULTS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS SUBSEQUENTLY ACHIEVED BY INVESTMENT METHODOLOGIES, WHETHER ACTIVE OR PASSIVE.

 

ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION IS THAT IT IS GENERALLY PREPARED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. TO THE EXTENT THAT INFORMATION PRESENTED HEREIN RELATES TO THE PERIOD DECEMBER 1988 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2010, THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS REFLECT THE APPLICATION OF THE INDEX’S METHODOLOGY, AND SELECTION OF INDEX COMMODITIES, IN HINDSIGHT.

 

25


NO HYPOTHETICAL RECORD CAN COMPLETELY ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL RISK IN ACTUAL TRADING. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE NUMEROUS FACTORS, INCLUDING THOSE DESCRIBED UNDER “THE RISKS YOU FACE” HEREIN, RELATED TO THE COMMODITIES MARKETS IN GENERAL OR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FUND’S EFFORTS TO TRACK ITS INDEX OVER TIME WHICH CANNOT BE, AND HAVE NOT BEEN, ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PREPARATION OF SUCH INDEX INFORMATION SET FORTH ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES, ALL OF WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS FOR THE FUND. FURTHERMORE, THE INDEX INFORMATION DOES NOT INVOLVE FINANCIAL RISK OR ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FEES AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUND.

 

THE MANAGING OWNER COMMENCED OPERATIONS IN JANUARY 2006. AS MANAGING OWNER, THE MANAGING OWNER AND ITS TRADING PRINCIPALS HAVE BEEN MANAGING THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS FOR THE FUNDS AND RELATED PRODUCTS AND MANAGING FUTURES TRADING ACCOUNTS. BECAUSE THERE ARE LIMITED ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS TO COMPARE TO THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS SET FORTH HEREIN, PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY WARY OF PLACING UNDUE RELIANCE ON THE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE INDEX RESULTS.

 

ALTHOUGH THE INDEX SPONSOR WILL OBTAIN INFORMATION FOR INCLUSION IN OR FOR USE IN THE CALCULATION OF THE INDEX FROM SOURCE(S) WHICH THE INDEX SPONSOR CONSIDERS RELIABLE, THE INDEX SPONSOR WILL NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY SUCH INFORMATION AND DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY AND/OR THE COMPLETENESS OF THE INDEX OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. THE INDEX SPONSOR SHALL NOT BE LIABLE (WHETHER IN NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) TO ANY PERSON FOR ANY ERROR IN THE INDEX AND THE INDEX SPONSOR IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO ADVISE ANY PERSON OF ANY ERROR THEREIN.

 

UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED, NO TRANSACTION RELATING TO THE INDEX IS SPONSORED, ENDORSED, SOLD OR PROMOTED BY THE INDEX SPONSOR AND THE INDEX SPONSOR MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AS TO (A) THE ADVISABILITY OF PURCHASING OR ASSUMING ANY RISK IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SUCH TRANSACTION (B) THE LEVELS AT WHICH THE INDEX STANDS AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME ON ANY PARTICULAR DATE (C) THE RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED BY THE ISSUER OF ANY SECURITY OR ANY COUNTERPARTY OR ANY SUCH ISSUER’S SECURITY HOLDERS OR CUSTOMERS OR ANY SUCH COUNTERPARTY’S CUSTOMERS OR COUNTERPARTIES OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FROM THE USE OF THE INDEX OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN IN CONNECTION WITH ANY LICENSED RIGHTS OR FOR ANY OTHER USE OR (D) ANY OTHER MATTER. THE INDEX SPONSOR MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE WITH RESPECT TO THE INDEX OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN.

 

WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE INDEX SPONSOR HAVE ANY LIABILITY (WHETHER IN NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) TO ANY PERSON FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST PROFITS) EVEN IF NOTIFIED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

 

26


PRECIOUS METALS SECTOR DATA

RELATING TO

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD PRECIOUS METALS INDEX EXCESS RETURN™

(DBIQ-OY PRECIOUS METALS ER™)

 

27


CLOSING LEVELS TABLES

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD PRECIOUS METALS INDEX EXCESS RETURN™

 

      CLOSING LEVEL    CHANGES
   High1    Low2   

Annual Index

Changes3

   Index Changes Since
Inception4

19885

     99.45      94.47      -5.10%      -5.10%

1989

     95.07      78.33    -10.54%    -15.10%

1990

     88.33      70.07    -12.51%    -25.72%

1991

     75.34      62.42    -15.60%    -37.30%

1992

     64.28      56.55      -9.44%    -43.22%

1993

     71.31      55.38      18.49%    -32.72%

1994

     68.95      61.70      -6.24%    -36.92%

1995

     65.86      60.00      -4.13%    -39.53%

1996

     65.24      54.89      -9.22%    -45.11%

1997

     55.35      43.82    -17.28%    -54.59%

1998

     48.63      40.62      -7.08%    -57.81%

1999

     45.88      37.10      -1.70%    -58.53%

2000

     44.35      36.32    -11.36%    -63.24%

2001

     37.53      33.78      -2.66%    -64.22%

2002

     42.57      35.33      18.95%    -57.43%

2003

     50.84      39.24      19.06%    -49.32%

2004

     57.55      46.00        6.35%    -46.10%

2005

     64.36      50.94      16.97%    -36.95%

2006

     89.86      63.88      21.19%    -23.60%

2007

     93.76      72.62      20.64%      -7.82%

2008

   111.75      70.48      -4.17%    -11.67%

2009

   125.88      80.96      27.73%      12.83%

2010

   156.43    106.48      38.64%      56.43%

20116

   186.64    142.98      19.31%      86.64%

THE FUND WILL TRADE WITH A VIEW TO TRACKING THE DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD PRECIOUS METALS INDEX EXCESS RETURN™ OVER TIME.

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD PRECIOUS METALS INDEX TOTAL RETURN™

 

      CLOSING LEVEL    CHANGES
   High1    Low2   

Annual Index

Changes3

   Index Changes Since
Inception4

19885

     99.52      95.05      -4.49%      -4.49%

1989

     98.10      83.59      -2.82%      -7.18%

1990

     97.35      81.17      -5.51%    -12.30%

1991

     89.20      77.58    -10.84%    -21.81%

1992

     80.34      72.71      -6.21%    -26.66%

1993

     93.75      71.94      22.16%    -10.41%

1994

     93.57      85.44       -2.11%    -12.31%

1995

      93.31      84.23       1.38%    -11.10%

1996

     96.38      84.72      -4.43%    -15.04%

1997

     86.39      71.19    -12.91%    -26.00%

1998

     80.52      68.46      -2.45%    -27.81%

1999

     81.29      65.38       3.05%    -25.61%

2000

     80.04      68.62      -5.96%    -30.05%

2001

     73.58      65.10       0.81%    -29.48%

2002

     85.28      69.70     20.93%    -14.72%

2003

   102.89      78.85     20.29%        2.58%

2004

   117.90      93.42       7.84%      10.62%

2005

   136.03    104.80    20.74%      33.56%

2006

   193.51    135.42    27.17%      69.85%

2007

   216.92    161.55    26.12%    114.21%

2008

   260.94    166.06    -2.83%    108.15%

2009

   297.04    190.78    27.92%    166.26%

2010

   369.64    251.28    38.83%    269.64%

20116

   441.18    337.88    19.35%    341.18%

THE FUND WILL NOT TRADE WITH A VIEW TO TRACKING THE DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD PRECIOUS METALS INDEX TOTAL RETURN™ OVER TIME. NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

See accompanying Notes and Legends.

 

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INDEX COMMODITIES WEIGHTS TABLES

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD PRECIOUS METALS INDEX EXCESS RETURN™

 

      GC7    SI7
   High1    Low2    High    Low

19885

   80.0%    79.6%    20.0%    20.4%

1989

   79.7%    80.9%    20.3%    19.1%

1990

   81.2%    80.0%    18.8%    20.0%

1991

   80.9%    80.5%    19.1%    19.5%

1992

   78.8%    80.1%    21.2%    19.9%

1993

   77.3%    80.3%    22.7%    19.7%

1994

   76.6%    81.7%    23.4%    18.3%

1995

   78.7%    82.3%    21.3%    17.7%

1996

   79.9%    79.8%    20.1%    20.2%

1997

   77.8%    77.0%    22.2%    23.0%

1998

   75.9%    78.5%    24.1%    21.5%

1999

   80.0%    77.2%    20.0%    22.8%

2000

   80.1%    80.4%    19.9%    19.6%

2001

   82.1%    81.0%    17.9%    19.0%

2002

   80.7%    79.5%    19.3%    20.5%

2003

   78.6%    80.4%    21.4%    19.6%

2004

   79.7%    77.9%    20.3%    22.1%

2005

   79.3%    81.2%    20.7%    18.8%

2006

   76.1%    79.6%    23.9%    20.4%

2007

   81.1%    80.1%    18.9%    19.9%

2008

   78.4%    81.4%    21.6%    18.6%

2009

   80.2%    80.9%    19.8%    19.1%

2010

   78.2%    81.8%    21.8%    18.2%

20116

   71.6%    79.3%    28.4%    20.7%

 

THE FUND WILL TRADE WITH A VIEW TO TRACKING THE DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD PRECIOUS METALS INDEX EXCESS RETURN™ OVER TIME.

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD PRECIOUS METALS INDEX TOTAL RETURN™

 

      GC7    SI7
   High1    Low2    High    Low

19885

   80.0%    79.6%    20.0%    20.4%

1989

   79.5%    80.2%    20.5%    19.8%

1990

   81.2%    79.8%    18.8%    20.2%

1991

   80.9%    79.6%    19.1%    20.4%

1992

   79.1%    80.1%    20.9%    19.9%

1993

   77.1%    80.3%    22.9%    19.7%

1994

   77.0%    81.7%    23.0%    18.3%

1995

   77.8%    82.3%    22.2%    17.7%

1996

   79.9%    80.1%    20.1%    19.9%

1997

   77.8%    77.0%    22.2%    23.0%

1998

   75.9%    78.5%    24.1%    21.5%

1999

   80.0%    77.2%    20.0%    22.8%

2000

   80.1%    80.2%    19.9%    19.8%

2001

   82.1%    81.0%    17.9%    19.0%

2002

   80.4%    79.5%    19.6%    20.5%

2003

   78.6%    80.4%    21.4%    19.6%

2004

   79.7%    77.9%    20.3%    22.1%

2005

   79.3%    81.2%    20.7%    18.8%

2006

   76.1%    79.6%    23.9%    20.4%

2007

   81.1%    80.1%    18.9%    19.9%

2008

   78.4%    81.4%    21.6%    18.6%

2009

   80.2%    80.9%    19.8%    19.1%

2010

   78.2%    81.8%    21.8%    18.2%

20116

   71.6%    79.3%    28.4%    20.7%

 

THE FUND WILL NOT TRADE WITH A VIEW TO TRACKING THE DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD PRECIOUS METALS INDEX TOTAL RETURN™ OVER TIME.

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

See accompanying Notes and Legends.

 

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All statistics based on data from December 2, 1988 to April 30, 2011.  

VARIOUS STATISTICAL MEASURES

      DBIQ Optimum Yield
     Precious Metals ER8    
     DBIQ Optimum Yield
    Precious Metals TR9    
     Goldman Sachs
    US Precious Metals Total    
Return10
 

Annualized Changes to Index Level11

        2.8%         6.8%         6.8%   

Average rolling 3 month daily volatility12

        15.2%         15.2%         14.6%   

Sharpe Ratio13

        -5.0%         21.5%         22.2%   

% of months with positive change14

        48.0%         52.4%         53.2%   

Average monthly positive change15

        4.1%         4.0%         3.8%   

Average monthly negative change16

        -3.1%         -3.0%         -2.9%   

ANNUALIZED INDEX LEVELS17

      DBIQ Optimum Yield
     Precious Metals ER8    
     DBIQ Optimum Yield
    Precious Metals TR9    
     Goldman Sachs
     US Precious Metals Total    
Return10
 

1 year

        53.1%         53.3%         45.4%   

3 year

        25.3%         25.7%         23.9%   

5 year

        18.0%         20.2%         19.4%   

7 year

        21.4%         24.1%         23.1%   

10 year

        18.4%         20.8%         19.6%   

15 year

        7.8%         11.1%         11.0%   

 

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

WHILE THE FUND’S OBJECTIVE IS NOT TO GENERATE PROFIT THROUGH ACTIVE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, BUT IS TO TRACK THE INDEX, BECAUSE THE INDEX WAS ESTABLISHED IN OCTOBER 2010, CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO INDEX CLOSING LEVELS MAY BE CONSIDERED TO BE “HYPOTHETICAL.” HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION MAY HAVE CERTAIN INHERENT LIMITATIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE DESCRIBED BELOW.

 

NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE INDEX WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CLOSING LEVELS CONSISTENT WITH OR SIMILAR TO THOSE SET FORTH HEREIN. SIMILARLY, NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE FUND WILL GENERATE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THE FUND’S PAST PERFORMANCE, WHEN AVAILABLE, OR THE HISTORICAL ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CHANGES IN THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS. IN FACT, THERE ARE FREQUENTLY SHARP DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HYPOTHETICAL RESULTS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS SUBSEQUENTLY ACHIEVED BY INVESTMENT METHODOLOGIES, WHETHER ACTIVE OR PASSIVE.

 

ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION IS THAT IT IS GENERALLY PREPARED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. TO THE EXTENT THAT INFORMATION PRESENTED HEREIN RELATES TO THE PERIOD DECEMBER 1988 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2010, THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS REFLECT THE APPLICATION OF THE INDEX’S METHODOLOGY, AND SELECTION OF INDEX COMMODITIES, IN HINDSIGHT.

 

NO HYPOTHETICAL RECORD CAN COMPLETELY ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL RISK IN ACTUAL TRADING. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE NUMEROUS FACTORS, INCLUDING THOSE DESCRIBED UNDER “THE RISKS YOU FACE” HEREIN, RELATED TO THE COMMODITIES MARKETS IN GENERAL OR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FUND’S EFFORTS TO TRACK ITS INDEX OVER TIME WHICH CANNOT BE, AND HAVE NOT BEEN, ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PREPARATION OF SUCH INDEX INFORMATION SET FORTH ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES, ALL OF WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS FOR THE FUND. FURTHERMORE, THE INDEX INFORMATION DOES NOT INVOLVE FINANCIAL RISK OR ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FEES AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUND.

 

THE MANAGING OWNER COMMENCED OPERATIONS IN JANUARY 2006. AS MANAGING OWNER, THE MANAGING OWNER AND ITS TRADING PRINCIPALS HAVE BEEN MANAGING THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS FOR THE FUNDS AND RELATED PRODUCTS AND MANAGING FUTURES TRADING ACCOUNTS. BECAUSE THERE ARE LIMITED ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS TO COMPARE TO THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS SET FORTH HEREIN, PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY WARY OF PLACING UNDUE RELIANCE ON THE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE INDEX RESULTS.

 

See accompanying Notes and Legends.

 

30


COMPARISON OF DBIQ-OY PRECIOUS METALS ER, DBIQ-OY PRECIOUS METALS TR AND GOLDMAN SACHS US PRECIOUS METALS TOTAL RETURN INDEX

 

LOGO

 

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

Each of DBIQ-OY Precious Metals ER, DBIQ-OY Precious Metals TR and Goldman Sachs US Precious Metals Total Return Index are indices and do not reflect actual trading. DBIQ-OY Precious Metals TR and Goldman Sachs US Precious Metals Total Return Index are calculated on a total return basis and do not reflect any fees or expenses.

 

WHILE THE FUND’S OBJECTIVE IS NOT TO GENERATE PROFIT THROUGH ACTIVE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, BUT IS TO TRACK THE INDEX, BECAUSE THE INDEX WAS ESTABLISHED IN OCTOBER 2010, CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO INDEX CLOSING LEVELS MAY BE CONSIDERED TO BE “HYPOTHETICAL.” HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION MAY HAVE CERTAIN INHERENT LIMITATIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE DESCRIBED BELOW.

 

NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE INDEX WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CLOSING LEVELS CONSISTENT WITH OR SIMILAR TO THOSE SET FORTH HEREIN. SIMILARLY, NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE FUND WILL GENERATE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THE FUND’S PAST PERFORMANCE, WHEN AVAILABLE, OR THE HISTORICAL ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CHANGES IN THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS. IN FACT, THERE ARE FREQUENTLY SHARP DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HYPOTHETICAL RESULTS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS SUBSEQUENTLY ACHIEVED BY INVESTMENT METHODOLOGIES, WHETHER ACTIVE OR PASSIVE.

 

ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION IS THAT IT IS GENERALLY PREPARED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. TO THE EXTENT THAT INFORMATION PRESENTED HEREIN RELATES TO THE PERIOD DECEMBER 1988 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2010, THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS REFLECT THE APPLICATION OF THE INDEX’S METHODOLOGY, AND SELECTION OF INDEX COMMODITIES, IN HINDSIGHT.

 

NO HYPOTHETICAL RECORD CAN COMPLETELY ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL RISK IN ACTUAL TRADING. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE NUMEROUS FACTORS, INCLUDING THOSE DESCRIBED UNDER “THE RISKS YOU FACE” HEREIN, RELATED TO THE COMMODITIES MARKETS IN GENERAL OR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FUND’S EFFORTS TO TRACK ITS INDEX OVER TIME WHICH CANNOT BE, AND HAVE NOT BEEN, ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PREPARATION OF SUCH INDEX INFORMATION SET FORTH ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES, ALL OF WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS FOR THE FUND. FURTHERMORE, THE INDEX INFORMATION DOES NOT INVOLVE FINANCIAL RISK OR ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FEES AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUND.

 

THE MANAGING OWNER COMMENCED OPERATIONS IN JANUARY 2006. AS MANAGING OWNER, THE MANAGING OWNER AND ITS TRADING PRINCIPALS HAVE BEEN MANAGING THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS FOR THE FUNDS AND RELATED PRODUCTS AND MANAGING FUTURES TRADING ACCOUNTS. BECAUSE THERE ARE LIMITED ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS TO COMPARE TO THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS SET FORTH HEREIN, PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY WARY OF PLACING UNDUE RELIANCE ON THE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE INDEX RESULTS.

 

See accompanying Notes and Legends.

 

31


COMPARISON OF DBIQ-OY PRECIOUS METALS TR AND GOLDMAN SACHS US PRECIOUS METALS TOTAL RETURN INDEX

 

LOGO

 

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

Each of DBIQ-OY Precious Metals TR and Goldman Sachs US Precious Metals Total Return Index are indices and do not reflect actual trading. DBIQ-OY Precious Metals TR and Goldman Sachs US Precious Metals Total Return Index are calculated on a total return basis and do not reflect any fees or expenses.

 

WHILE THE FUND’S OBJECTIVE IS NOT TO GENERATE PROFIT THROUGH ACTIVE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, BUT IS TO TRACK THE INDEX, BECAUSE THE INDEX WAS ESTABLISHED IN OCTOBER 2010, CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO INDEX CLOSING LEVELS MAY BE CONSIDERED TO BE “HYPOTHETICAL.” HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION MAY HAVE CERTAIN INHERENT LIMITATIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE DESCRIBED BELOW.

 

NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE INDEX WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CLOSING LEVELS CONSISTENT WITH OR SIMILAR TO THOSE SET FORTH HEREIN. SIMILARLY, NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE FUND WILL GENERATE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THE FUND’S PAST PERFORMANCE, WHEN AVAILABLE, OR THE HISTORICAL ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CHANGES IN THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS. IN FACT, THERE ARE FREQUENTLY SHARP DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HYPOTHETICAL RESULTS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS SUBSEQUENTLY ACHIEVED BY INVESTMENT METHODOLOGIES, WHETHER ACTIVE OR PASSIVE.

 

ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION IS THAT IT IS GENERALLY PREPARED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. TO THE EXTENT THAT INFORMATION PRESENTED HEREIN RELATES TO THE PERIOD DECEMBER 1988 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2010, THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS REFLECT THE APPLICATION OF THE INDEX’S METHODOLOGY, AND SELECTION OF INDEX COMMODITIES, IN HINDSIGHT.

 

NO HYPOTHETICAL RECORD CAN COMPLETELY ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL RISK IN ACTUAL TRADING. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE NUMEROUS FACTORS, INCLUDING THOSE DESCRIBED UNDER “THE RISKS YOU FACE” HEREIN, RELATED TO THE COMMODITIES MARKETS IN GENERAL OR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FUND’S EFFORTS TO TRACK ITS INDEX OVER TIME WHICH CANNOT BE, AND HAVE NOT BEEN, ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PREPARATION OF SUCH INDEX INFORMATION SET FORTH ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES, ALL OF WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS FOR THE FUND. FURTHERMORE, THE INDEX INFORMATION DOES NOT INVOLVE FINANCIAL RISK OR ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FEES AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUND.

 

THE MANAGING OWNER COMMENCED OPERATIONS IN JANUARY 2006. AS MANAGING OWNER, THE MANAGING OWNER AND ITS TRADING PRINCIPALS HAVE BEEN MANAGING THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS FOR THE FUNDS AND RELATED PRODUCTS AND MANAGING FUTURES TRADING ACCOUNTS. BECAUSE THERE ARE LIMITED ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS TO COMPARE TO THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS SET FORTH HEREIN, PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY WARY OF PLACING UNDUE RELIANCE ON THE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE INDEX RESULTS.

 

See accompanying Notes and Legends.

 

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NOTES AND LEGENDS:

 

1. “High” reflects the highest closing level of the Index during the applicable year.
2. “Low” reflects the lowest closing level of the Index during the applicable year.
3. “Annual Index Changes” reflect the change to the Index level on an annual basis as of December 31 of each applicable year.
4. “Index Changes Since Inception” reflects the change of the Index level since inception on a compounded annual basis as of December 31 of each applicable year.
5. Closing levels as of inception on December 2, 1988.
6. Closing levels as of April 30, 2011.
7. The DBIQ Optimum Yield Precious Metals Index Excess Return™ and DBIQ Optimum Yield Precious Metals Index Total Return™ reflect the change in market value of the following underlying index commodities: GC (Gold) and SI (Silver) on an optimum yield basis.
8. “DBIQ-OY Precious Metals ER™” is DBIQ Optimum Yield Precious Metals Index Excess Return™.
9. “DBIQ-OY Precious Metals TR™” is DBIQ Optimum Yield Precious Metals Index Total Return™.
10. “Goldman Sachs US Precious Metals Total Return” is Goldman Sachs US Precious Metals Total Return.
11. “Annualized Changes to Index Level” reflect the change to the applicable index level on an annual basis as of December 31 of each applicable year.
12. “Average rolling 3 month daily volatility.” The daily volatility reflects the relative rate at which the price of the applicable index moves up and down, which is found by calculating the annualized standard deviation of the daily change in price. In turn, an average of this value is calculated on a 3 month rolling basis.
13. “Sharpe Ratio” compares the annualized rate of return minus the annualized risk-free rate of return to the annualized variability — often referred to as the “standard deviation” —of the monthly rates of return. A Sharpe Ratio of 1:1 or higher indicates that, according to the measures used in calculating the ratio, the rate of return achieved by a particular strategy has equaled or exceeded the risks assumed by such strategy. The risk-free rate of return that was used in these calculations was assumed to be 3.58%.
14. “% of months with positive change” during the period from inception to April 30, 2011.
15. “Average monthly positive change” during the period from inception to April 30, 2011.
16. “Average monthly negative change” during the period from inception to April 30, 2011.
17. “Annualized Index Levels” reflect the change to the level of the applicable index on an annual basis as of December 31 of each applicable time period (e.g., 1 year, 3, 5 or 7, 10 or 15 years, as applicable).

 

WHILE THE FUND’S OBJECTIVE IS NOT TO GENERATE PROFIT THROUGH ACTIVE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, BUT IS TO TRACK THE INDEX, BECAUSE THE INDEX WAS ESTABLISHED IN OCTOBER 2010, CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO INDEX CLOSING LEVELS MAY BE CONSIDERED TO BE “HYPOTHETICAL.” HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION MAY HAVE CERTAIN INHERENT LIMITATIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE DESCRIBED BELOW.

 

NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE INDEX WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CLOSING LEVELS CONSISTENT WITH OR SIMILAR TO THOSE SET FORTH HEREIN. SIMILARLY, NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE FUND WILL GENERATE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THE FUND’S PAST PERFORMANCE, WHEN AVAILABLE, OR THE HISTORICAL ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CHANGES IN THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS. IN FACT, THERE ARE FREQUENTLY SHARP DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HYPOTHETICAL RESULTS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS SUBSEQUENTLY ACHIEVED BY INVESTMENT METHODOLOGIES, WHETHER ACTIVE OR PASSIVE.

 

ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION IS THAT IT IS GENERALLY PREPARED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. TO THE EXTENT THAT INFORMATION PRESENTED HEREIN RELATES TO THE PERIOD DECEMBER 1988 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2010, THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS REFLECT THE APPLICATION OF THE INDEX’S METHODOLOGY, AND SELECTION OF INDEX COMMODITIES, IN HINDSIGHT.

 

NO HYPOTHETICAL RECORD CAN COMPLETELY ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL RISK IN ACTUAL TRADING. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE NUMEROUS FACTORS, INCLUDING THOSE DESCRIBED UNDER “THE RISKS YOU FACE” HEREIN, RELATED TO THE COMMODITIES MARKETS IN GENERAL OR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FUND’S EFFORTS TO TRACK ITS INDEX OVER TIME WHICH CANNOT BE, AND HAVE NOT BEEN, ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PREPARATION OF SUCH INDEX INFORMATION SET FORTH ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES, ALL OF WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL

 

33


PERFORMANCE RESULTS FOR THE FUND. FURTHERMORE, THE INDEX INFORMATION DOES NOT INVOLVE FINANCIAL RISK OR ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FEES AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUND.

 

THE MANAGING OWNER COMMENCED OPERATIONS IN JANUARY 2006. AS MANAGING OWNER, THE MANAGING OWNER AND ITS TRADING PRINCIPALS HAVE BEEN MANAGING THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS FOR THE FUNDS AND RELATED PRODUCTS AND MANAGING FUTURES TRADING ACCOUNTS. BECAUSE THERE ARE LIMITED ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS TO COMPARE TO THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS SET FORTH HEREIN, PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY WARY OF PLACING UNDUE RELIANCE ON THE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE INDEX RESULTS.

 

ALTHOUGH THE INDEX SPONSOR WILL OBTAIN INFORMATION FOR INCLUSION IN OR FOR USE IN THE CALCULATION OF THE INDEX FROM SOURCE(S) WHICH THE INDEX SPONSOR CONSIDERS RELIABLE, THE INDEX SPONSOR WILL NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY SUCH INFORMATION AND DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY AND/OR THE COMPLETENESS OF THE INDEX OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. THE INDEX SPONSOR SHALL NOT BE LIABLE (WHETHER IN NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) TO ANY PERSON FOR ANY ERROR IN THE INDEX AND THE INDEX SPONSOR IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO ADVISE ANY PERSON OF ANY ERROR THEREIN.

 

UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED, NO TRANSACTION RELATING TO THE INDEX IS SPONSORED, ENDORSED, SOLD OR PROMOTED BY THE INDEX SPONSOR AND THE INDEX SPONSOR MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AS TO (A) THE ADVISABILITY OF PURCHASING OR ASSUMING ANY RISK IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SUCH TRANSACTION (B) THE LEVELS AT WHICH THE INDEX STANDS AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME ON ANY PARTICULAR DATE (C) THE RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED BY THE ISSUER OF ANY SECURITY OR ANY COUNTERPARTY OR ANY SUCH ISSUER’S SECURITY HOLDERS OR CUSTOMERS OR ANY SUCH COUNTERPARTY’S CUSTOMERS OR COUNTERPARTIES OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FROM THE USE OF THE INDEX OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN IN CONNECTION WITH ANY LICENSED RIGHTS OR FOR ANY OTHER USE OR (D) ANY OTHER MATTER. THE INDEX SPONSOR MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE WITH RESPECT TO THE INDEX OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN.

 

WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE INDEX SPONSOR HAVE ANY LIABILITY (WHETHER IN NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) TO ANY PERSON FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST PROFITS) EVEN IF NOTIFIED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

 

34


GOLD SECTOR DATA

RELATING TO

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD GOLD INDEX EXCESS RETURN™

(DBIQ-OY GC ER™)

 

35


CLOSING LEVELS TABLES

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD GOLD INDEX EXCESS RETURN™

 

      CLOSING LEVEL   CHANGES
   High1    Low2   Annual Index Changes3    Index Changes Since
Inception4

19885

     99.43      94.00     -5.59%       -5.59%

1989

     94.66      79.15     -7.60%    -12.77%

1990

     91.16      72.70     -9.12%    -20.72%

1991

     80.68      66.43   -15.91%    -33.34%

1992

     67.23      60.20     -9.29%    -39.53%

1993

     73.24      59.14     14.87%    -30.54%

1994

     70.04      64.50     -5.82%    -34.58%

1995

     66.28      61.54     -4.98%    -37.84%

1996

     66.44      57.01     -8.28%    -42.99%

1997

     56.60      42.01   -25.00%    -57.24%

1998

     46.03      39.77     -3.80%    -58.87%

1999

     44.76      34.92     -3.54%    -60.32%

2000

     43.19      34.95   -10.07%    -64.32%

2001

     36.96      32.79     -2.15%    -65.08%

2002

     43.15      34.85     23.03%    -57.04%

2003

     50.90      39.63     18.18%    -49.24%

2004

     54.99      45.62       3.76%    -47.33%

2005

     61.77      49.36     14.51%    -39.68%

2006

     82.59      61.37     16.20%    -29.91%

2007

     87.24      66.67     23.43%    -13.49%

2008

   102.34      70.49       1.73%    -11.99%

2009

   120.07      80.47     22.77%        8.05%

2010

   139.11    103.64     28.75%      39.11%

20116

   151.78    128.88       9.11%       51.78%

 

THE FUND WILL TRADE WITH A VIEW TO TRACKING THE DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD GOLD INDEX EXCESS RETURN™ OVER TIME.

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD GOLD INDEX TOTAL RETURN™

 

      CLOSING LEVEL   CHANGES
   High1    Low2   Annual Index Changes3    Index Changes Since
Inception4

19885

     99.49      94.58     -4.99%        -4.99%

1989

     99.14      83.75       0.37%        -4.64%

1990

   100.47      82.41     -1.85%        -6.40%

1991

     95.52      81.79   -11.18%      -16.86%

1992

     84.33      77.40     -6.06%      -21.90%

1993

     96.27      76.75    18.43%        -7.50%

1994

     94.61      88.08     -1.68%        -9.06%

1995

     93.77      88.12      0.48%        -8.62%

1996

     98.16      88.05     -3.43%      -11.76%

1997

     87.63      68.28   -21.03%      -30.32%

1998

     76.21      67.02      0.99%      -29.62%

1999

     79.30      61.54      1.12%      -28.84%

2000

     77.95      65.87     -4.59%      -32.10%

2001

     72.45      63.19      1.34%      -31.19%

2002

     86.44      68.69   25.06%      -13.95%

2003

   103.01      79.65   19.39%         2.74%

2004

   112.66      92.65      5.21%         8.09%

2005

   130.59    101.92   18.20%      27.77%

2006

   177.84    130.09   21.94%      55.81%

2007

   202.21    148.31   29.04%    101.05%

2008

   238.99    166.08      3.15%    107.38%

2009

   283.32    189.63   22.95%    154.97%

2010

   328.71    244.58   28.92%    228.71%

20116

   358.77    304.57     9.14%    258.77%

THE FUND WILL NOT TRADE WITH A VIEW TO TRACKING THE DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD GOLD INDEX TOTAL RETURN™ OVER TIME.

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

See accompanying Notes and Legends.

 

36


INDEX COMMODITIES WEIGHTS TABLES

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD GOLD INDEX EXCESS RETURN™

 

      GC7
   High1    Low2

19885

   100%    100%

1989

   100%    100%

1990

   100%    100%

1991

   100%    100%

1992

   100%    100%

1993

   100%    100%

1994

   100%    100%

1995

   100%    100%

1996

   100%    100%

1997

   100%    100%

1998

   100%    100%

1999

   100%    100%

2000

   100%    100%

2001

   100%    100%

2002

   100%    100%

2003

   100%    100%

2004

   100%    100%

2005

   100%    100%

2006

   100%    100%

2007

   100%    100%

2008

   100%    100%

2009

   100%    100%

2010

   100%    100%

20116

   100%    100%

 

THE FUND WILL TRADE WITH A VIEW TO TRACKING THE

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD GOLD INDEX EXCESS RETURN™ OVER TIME.

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE

AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD GOLD INDEX TOTAL RETURN™

 

      GC7
   High1    Low2

19885

   100%    100%

1989

   100%    100%

1990

   100%    100%

1991

   100%    100%

1992

   100%    100%

1993

   100%    100%

1994

   100%    100%

1995

   100%    100%

1996

   100%    100%

1997

   100%    100%

1998

   100%    100%

1999

   100%    100%

2000

   100%    100%

2001

   100%    100%

2002

   100%    100%

2003

   100%    100%

2004

   100%    100%

2005

   100%    100%

2006

   100%    100%

2007

   100%    100%

2008

   100%    100%

2009

   100%    100%

2010

   100%    100%

20116

   100%    100%

 

THE FUND WILL NOT TRADE WITH A VIEW TO TRACKING THE

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD GOLD INDEX TOTAL RETURN™ OVER TIME.

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE

AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

See accompanying Notes and Legends.

 

37


All statistics based on data from December 2, 1988 to April 30, 2011.

 

VARIOUS STATISTICAL MEASURES

        DBIQ Optimum Yield
Gold ER8
     DBIQ Optimum Yield
Gold TR9
     Gold Spot Fix pm10  

Annualized Changes to Index Level11

       1.9%         5.9%         5.9%   

Average rolling 3 month daily volatility12

       14.0%         14.0%         13.7%   

Sharpe Ratio13

       -0.12         0.16         0.17   

% of months with positive change14

       47%         51%         53%   

Average monthly positive change15

       3.8%         3.8%         3.6%   

Average monthly negative change16

       -2.9%         -2.7%         -2.9%   

ANNUALIZED INDEX  LEVELS17

        DBIQ Optimum Yield
Gold ER8
     DBIQ Optimum Yield
Gold TR9
     Gold Spot Fix pm10  

1 year

       30.7%         30.9%         30.2%   

3 year

       20.0%         20.4%         20.8%   

5 year

       15.2%         17.4%         19.0%   

7 year

       18.2%         20.8%         21.7%   

10 year

       16.3%         18.6%         19.3%   

15 year

       6.1%         9.4%         9.5%   

 

 

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

WHILE THE FUND’S OBJECTIVE IS NOT TO GENERATE PROFIT THROUGH ACTIVE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, BUT IS TO TRACK THE INDEX, BECAUSE THE INDEX WAS ESTABLISHED IN OCTOBER 2010, CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO INDEX CLOSING LEVELS MAY BE CONSIDERED TO BE “HYPOTHETICAL.” HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION MAY HAVE CERTAIN INHERENT LIMITATIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE DESCRIBED BELOW.

 

NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE INDEX WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CLOSING LEVELS CONSISTENT WITH OR SIMILAR TO THOSE SET FORTH HEREIN. SIMILARLY, NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE FUND WILL GENERATE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THE FUND’S PAST PERFORMANCE, WHEN AVAILABLE, OR THE HISTORICAL ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CHANGES IN THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS. IN FACT, THERE ARE FREQUENTLY SHARP DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HYPOTHETICAL RESULTS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS SUBSEQUENTLY ACHIEVED BY INVESTMENT METHODOLOGIES, WHETHER ACTIVE OR PASSIVE.

 

ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION IS THAT IT IS GENERALLY PREPARED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. TO THE EXTENT THAT INFORMATION PRESENTED HEREIN RELATES TO THE PERIOD DECEMBER 1988 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2010, THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS REFLECT THE APPLICATION OF THE INDEX’S METHODOLOGY, AND SELECTION OF INDEX COMMODITIES, IN HINDSIGHT.

 

NO HYPOTHETICAL RECORD CAN COMPLETELY ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL RISK IN ACTUAL TRADING. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE NUMEROUS FACTORS, INCLUDING THOSE DESCRIBED UNDER “THE RISKS YOU FACE” HEREIN, RELATED TO THE COMMODITIES MARKETS IN GENERAL OR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FUND’S EFFORTS TO TRACK ITS INDEX OVER TIME WHICH CANNOT BE, AND HAVE NOT BEEN, ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PREPARATION OF SUCH INDEX INFORMATION SET FORTH ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES, ALL OF WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS FOR THE FUND. FURTHERMORE, THE INDEX INFORMATION DOES NOT INVOLVE FINANCIAL RISK OR ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FEES AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUND.

 

THE MANAGING OWNER COMMENCED OPERATIONS IN JANUARY 2006. AS MANAGING OWNER, THE MANAGING OWNER AND ITS TRADING PRINCIPALS HAVE BEEN MANAGING THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS FOR THE FUNDS AND RELATED PRODUCTS AND MANAGING FUTURES TRADING ACCOUNTS. BECAUSE THERE ARE LIMITED ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS TO COMPARE TO THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS SET FORTH HEREIN, PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY WARY OF PLACING UNDUE RELIANCE ON THE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE INDEX RESULTS.

 

See accompanying Notes and Legends.

 

38


COMPARISON OF DBIQ-OY GC ER, DBIQ-OY GC TR AND GOLD SPOT FIX PM

 

LOGO

 

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

Each of DBIQ-OY GC ER and DBIQ-OY GC TR are indices and do not reflect actual trading. Gold Spot Fix pm reflects a composite of actual trading prices. DBIQ-OY GC TR is calculated on a total return basis and does not reflect any fees or expenses.

 

WHILE THE FUND’S OBJECTIVE IS NOT TO GENERATE PROFIT THROUGH ACTIVE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, BUT IS TO TRACK THE INDEX, BECAUSE THE INDEX WAS ESTABLISHED IN OCTOBER 2010, CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO INDEX CLOSING LEVELS MAY BE CONSIDERED TO BE “HYPOTHETICAL.” HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION MAY HAVE CERTAIN INHERENT LIMITATIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE DESCRIBED BELOW.

 

NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE INDEX WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CLOSING LEVELS CONSISTENT WITH OR SIMILAR TO THOSE SET FORTH HEREIN. SIMILARLY, NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE FUND WILL GENERATE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THE FUND’S PAST PERFORMANCE, WHEN AVAILABLE, OR THE HISTORICAL ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CHANGES IN THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS. IN FACT, THERE ARE FREQUENTLY SHARP DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HYPOTHETICAL RESULTS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS SUBSEQUENTLY ACHIEVED BY INVESTMENT METHODOLOGIES, WHETHER ACTIVE OR PASSIVE.

 

ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION IS THAT IT IS GENERALLY PREPARED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. TO THE EXTENT THAT INFORMATION PRESENTED HEREIN RELATES TO THE PERIOD DECEMBER 1988 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2010, THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS REFLECT THE APPLICATION OF THE INDEX’S METHODOLOGY, AND SELECTION OF INDEX COMMODITIES, IN HINDSIGHT.

 

NO HYPOTHETICAL RECORD CAN COMPLETELY ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL RISK IN ACTUAL TRADING. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE NUMEROUS FACTORS, INCLUDING THOSE DESCRIBED UNDER “THE RISKS YOU FACE” HEREIN, RELATED TO THE COMMODITIES MARKETS IN GENERAL OR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FUND’S EFFORTS TO TRACK ITS INDEX OVER TIME WHICH CANNOT BE, AND HAVE NOT BEEN, ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PREPARATION OF SUCH INDEX INFORMATION SET FORTH ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES, ALL OF WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS FOR THE FUND. FURTHERMORE, THE INDEX INFORMATION DOES NOT INVOLVE FINANCIAL RISK OR ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FEES AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUND.

 

THE MANAGING OWNER COMMENCED OPERATIONS IN JANUARY 2006. AS MANAGING OWNER, THE MANAGING OWNER AND ITS TRADING PRINCIPALS HAVE BEEN MANAGING THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS FOR THE FUNDS AND RELATED PRODUCTS AND MANAGING FUTURES TRADING ACCOUNTS. BECAUSE THERE ARE LIMITED ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS TO COMPARE TO THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS SET FORTH HEREIN, PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY WARY OF PLACING UNDUE RELIANCE ON THE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE INDEX RESULTS.

 

See accompanying Notes and Legends.

 

39


COMPARISON OF DBIQ-OY GC TR AND GOLD SPOT FIX PM

 

LOGO

 

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

DBIQ-OY GC TR is an index and does not reflect actual trading. Gold Spot Fix pm reflects a composite of actual trading prices. DBIQ-OY GC TR is calculated on a total return basis and does not reflect any fees or expenses.

 

WHILE THE FUND’S OBJECTIVE IS NOT TO GENERATE PROFIT THROUGH ACTIVE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, BUT IS TO TRACK THE INDEX, BECAUSE THE INDEX WAS ESTABLISHED IN OCTOBER 2010, CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO INDEX CLOSING LEVELS MAY BE CONSIDERED TO BE “HYPOTHETICAL.” HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION MAY HAVE CERTAIN INHERENT LIMITATIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE DESCRIBED BELOW.

 

NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE INDEX WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CLOSING LEVELS CONSISTENT WITH OR SIMILAR TO THOSE SET FORTH HEREIN. SIMILARLY, NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE FUND WILL GENERATE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THE FUND’S PAST PERFORMANCE, WHEN AVAILABLE, OR THE HISTORICAL ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CHANGES IN THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS. IN FACT, THERE ARE FREQUENTLY SHARP DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HYPOTHETICAL RESULTS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS SUBSEQUENTLY ACHIEVED BY INVESTMENT METHODOLOGIES, WHETHER ACTIVE OR PASSIVE.

 

ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION IS THAT IT IS GENERALLY PREPARED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. TO THE EXTENT THAT INFORMATION PRESENTED HEREIN RELATES TO THE PERIOD DECEMBER 1988 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2010, THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS REFLECT THE APPLICATION OF THE INDEX’S METHODOLOGY, AND SELECTION OF INDEX COMMODITIES, IN HINDSIGHT.

 

NO HYPOTHETICAL RECORD CAN COMPLETELY ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL RISK IN ACTUAL TRADING. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE NUMEROUS FACTORS, INCLUDING THOSE DESCRIBED UNDER “THE RISKS YOU FACE” HEREIN, RELATED TO THE COMMODITIES MARKETS IN GENERAL OR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FUND’S EFFORTS TO TRACK ITS INDEX OVER TIME WHICH CANNOT BE, AND HAVE NOT BEEN, ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PREPARATION OF SUCH INDEX INFORMATION SET FORTH ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES, ALL OF WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS FOR THE FUND. FURTHERMORE, THE INDEX INFORMATION DOES NOT INVOLVE FINANCIAL RISK OR ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FEES AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUND.

 

THE MANAGING OWNER COMMENCED OPERATIONS IN JANUARY 2006. AS MANAGING OWNER, THE MANAGING OWNER AND ITS TRADING PRINCIPALS HAVE BEEN MANAGING THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS FOR THE FUNDS AND RELATED PRODUCTS AND MANAGING FUTURES TRADING ACCOUNTS. BECAUSE THERE ARE LIMITED ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS TO COMPARE TO THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS SET FORTH HEREIN, PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY WARY OF PLACING UNDUE RELIANCE ON THE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE INDEX RESULTS.

 

See accompanying Notes and Legends.

 

40


NOTES AND LEGENDS:

 

1. “High” reflects the highest closing level of the Index during the applicable year.
2. “Low” reflects the lowest closing level of the Index during the applicable year.
3. “Annual Index Changes” reflect the change to the Index level on an annual basis as of December 31 of each applicable year.
4. “Index Changes Since Inception” reflects the change of the Index level since inception on a compounded annual basis as of December 31 of each applicable year.
5. Closing levels as of inception on December 2, 1988.
6. Closing levels as of April 30, 2011.
7. The DBIQ Optimum Yield Gold Index Excess Return™ and DBIQ Optimum Yield Gold Index Total Return™ reflect the change in market value of GC (Gold) on an optimum yield basis.
8. “DBIQ-OY GC ER™” is DBIQ Optimum Yield Gold Index Excess Return™.
9. “DBIQ-OY GC TR™” is DBIQ Optimum Yield Gold Index Total Return™.
10. “Gold Spot Fix pm” is an internationally published benchmark for gold and is available through The London Bullion Market Association’s (the “LBMA”) website at http://www.lbma.org.uk/statistics_historic.htm. The fixings are fully transparent and are therefore used to determine the accepted average price of gold. As a benchmark, many other financial instruments (such as cash-settled swaps and options) are priced off the fixing. The gold fixing started in 1919. The gold fixing is conducted twice a day by telephone, at approximately 10:30 am and 3:00 pm. The five Gold Fixing members are the Bank of Nova Scotia–ScotiaMocatta, Barclays Bank Plc, Deutsche Bank AG, HSBC Bank USA, NA and Société Générale.
11. “Annualized Changes to Index Level” reflect the change to the applicable index level on an annual basis as of December 31 of each applicable year.
12. “Average rolling 3 month daily volatility.” The daily volatility reflects the relative rate at which the price of the applicable index moves up and down, which is found by calculating the annualized standard deviation of the daily change in price. In turn, an average of this value is calculated on a 3 month rolling basis.
13. “Sharpe Ratio” compares the annualized rate of return minus the annualized risk-free rate of return to the annualized variability — often referred to as the “standard deviation” — of the monthly rates of return. A Sharpe Ratio of 1:1 or higher indicates that, according to the measures used in calculating the ratio, the rate of return achieved by a particular strategy has equaled or exceeded the risks assumed by such strategy. The risk-free rate of return that was used in these calculations was assumed to be 3.58%.
14. “% of months with positive change” during the period from inception to April 30, 2011.
15. “Average monthly positive change” during the period from inception to April 30, 2011.
16. “Average monthly negative change” during the period from inception to April 30, 2011.
17. “Annualized Index Levels” reflect the change to the level of the applicable index on an annual basis as of December 31 of each applicable time period (e.g., 1 year, 3, 5 or 7, 10 or 15 years, as applicable).

 

WHILE THE FUND’S OBJECTIVE IS NOT TO GENERATE PROFIT THROUGH ACTIVE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, BUT IS TO TRACK THE INDEX, BECAUSE THE INDEX WAS ESTABLISHED IN OCTOBER 2010, CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO INDEX CLOSING LEVELS MAY BE CONSIDERED TO BE “HYPOTHETICAL.” HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION MAY HAVE CERTAIN INHERENT LIMITATIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE DESCRIBED BELOW.

 

NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE INDEX WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CLOSING LEVELS CONSISTENT WITH OR SIMILAR TO THOSE SET FORTH HEREIN. SIMILARLY, NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE FUND WILL GENERATE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THE FUND’S PAST PERFORMANCE, WHEN AVAILABLE, OR THE HISTORICAL ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CHANGES IN THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS. IN FACT, THERE ARE FREQUENTLY SHARP DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HYPOTHETICAL RESULTS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS SUBSEQUENTLY ACHIEVED BY INVESTMENT METHODOLOGIES, WHETHER ACTIVE OR PASSIVE.

 

41


ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION IS THAT IT IS GENERALLY PREPARED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. TO THE EXTENT THAT INFORMATION PRESENTED HEREIN RELATES TO THE PERIOD DECEMBER 1988 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2010, THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS REFLECT THE APPLICATION OF THE INDEX’S METHODOLOGY, AND SELECTION OF INDEX COMMODITIES, IN HINDSIGHT.

 

NO HYPOTHETICAL RECORD CAN COMPLETELY ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL RISK IN ACTUAL TRADING. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE NUMEROUS FACTORS, INCLUDING THOSE DESCRIBED UNDER “THE RISKS YOU FACE” HEREIN, RELATED TO THE COMMODITIES MARKETS IN GENERAL OR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FUND’S EFFORTS TO TRACK ITS INDEX OVER TIME WHICH CANNOT BE, AND HAVE NOT BEEN, ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PREPARATION OF SUCH INDEX INFORMATION SET FORTH ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES, ALL OF WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS FOR THE FUND. FURTHERMORE, THE INDEX INFORMATION DOES NOT INVOLVE FINANCIAL RISK OR ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FEES AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUND.

 

THE MANAGING OWNER COMMENCED OPERATIONS IN JANUARY 2006. AS MANAGING OWNER, THE MANAGING OWNER AND ITS TRADING PRINCIPALS HAVE BEEN MANAGING THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS FOR THE FUNDS AND RELATED PRODUCTS AND MANAGING FUTURES TRADING ACCOUNTS. BECAUSE THERE ARE LIMITED ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS TO COMPARE TO THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS SET FORTH HEREIN, PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY WARY OF PLACING UNDUE RELIANCE ON THE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE INDEX RESULTS.

 

ALTHOUGH THE INDEX SPONSOR WILL OBTAIN INFORMATION FOR INCLUSION IN OR FOR USE IN THE CALCULATION OF THE INDEX FROM SOURCE(S) WHICH THE INDEX SPONSOR CONSIDERS RELIABLE, THE INDEX SPONSOR WILL NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY SUCH INFORMATION AND DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY AND/OR THE COMPLETENESS OF THE INDEX OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. THE INDEX SPONSOR SHALL NOT BE LIABLE (WHETHER IN NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) TO ANY PERSON FOR ANY ERROR IN THE INDEX AND THE INDEX SPONSOR IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO ADVISE ANY PERSON OF ANY ERROR THEREIN.

 

UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED, NO TRANSACTION RELATING TO THE INDEX IS SPONSORED, ENDORSED, SOLD OR PROMOTED BY THE INDEX SPONSOR AND THE INDEX SPONSOR MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AS TO (A) THE ADVISABILITY OF PURCHASING OR ASSUMING ANY RISK IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SUCH TRANSACTION (B) THE LEVELS AT WHICH THE INDEX STANDS AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME ON ANY PARTICULAR DATE (C) THE RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED BY THE ISSUER OF ANY SECURITY OR ANY COUNTERPARTY OR ANY SUCH ISSUER’S SECURITY HOLDERS OR CUSTOMERS OR ANY SUCH COUNTERPARTY’S CUSTOMERS OR COUNTERPARTIES OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FROM THE USE OF THE INDEX OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN IN CONNECTION WITH ANY LICENSED RIGHTS OR FOR ANY OTHER USE OR (D) ANY OTHER MATTER. THE INDEX SPONSOR MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE WITH RESPECT TO THE INDEX OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN.

 

WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE INDEX SPONSOR HAVE ANY LIABILITY (WHETHER IN NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) TO ANY PERSON FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST PROFITS) EVEN IF NOTIFIED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

 

42


SILVER SECTOR DATA

RELATING TO

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD SILVER INDEX EXCESS RETURN™

(DBIQ-OY SI ER™)

 

43


CLOSING LEVELS TABLES

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD SILVER INDEX EXCESS RETURN™

 

     CLOSING LEVEL   CHANGES
  High1   Low 2  

Annual Index

Changes3

  Index Changes  Since
Inception4

19885

  99.56   96.35   -3.14%         -3.14%

1989

  98.80   74.81   -21.67%         -24.12%  

1990

  77.71   52.83   -26.21%         -44.01%  

1991

  58.55   46.28   -14.31%         -52.02%  

1992

  53.20   42.91   -10.01%         -56.83%  

1993

  62.57   41.28   33.57%         -42.33%  

1994

  64.94   49.92   -8.36%         -47.15%  

1995

  64.61   46.95   -0.55%         -47.45%  

1996

  58.86   45.10   -13.26%         -54.41%  

1997

  56.61   38.79   17.06%         -46.63%  

1998

  61.92   41.66   -17.16%         -55.79%  

1999

  49.84   42.50    5.74%         -53.26%  

2000

  47.98   39.06   -16.40%         -60.93%  

2001

  40.38   32.68   -6.36%         -63.41%  

2002

  41.20   34.04    4.25%         -61.86%  

2003

  46.80   34.43    22.10%         -53.43%  

2004

  63.99   43.08    13.63%         -47.08%  

2005

  68.75   50.02    27.66%         -32.44%  

2006

  110.77     67.36    40.22%         -5.27%

2007

  109.82     82.34    9.77%          3.99%

2008

  142.11     59.28   -27.27%         -24.37%  

2009

  128.69     70.03   48.53%          12.34%  

2010

  204.78     98.82   82.29%         104.78%  

20116

  319.49     176.44     56.02%         219.49%  

 

THE FUND WILL TRADE WITH A VIEW TO TRACKING THE

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD SILVER INDEX EXCESS RETURN™ OVER TIME.

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD SILVER INDEX TOTAL RETURN

 

     CLOSING LEVEL   CHANGES
  High1   Low 2  

Annual Index

Changes3

  Index Changes  Since
Inception4

19885

  99.79   96.94   -2.52%           -2.52%

1989

  100.47   80.40   -14.91%         -17.05%

1990

  85.46   62.18   -20.31%         -33.89%

1991

  70.97   55.14   -9.48%         -40.16%

1992

  66.46   55.38   -6.80%         -44.23%

1993

  82.27   53.55   37.71%         -23.20%

1994

  87.23   69.13   -4.33%         -26.53%

1995

  91.63   65.91   5.16%         -22.73%

1996

  86.97   69.54   -8.67%         -29.44%

1997

  92.17   61.74   23.25%         -13.03%

1998

  101.42     70.42   -13.04%         -24.37%

1999

  88.05   73.64   10.85%         -16.16%

2000

  86.50   74.17   -11.31%         -25.64%

2001

  77.17   64.30   -3.02%         -27.89%

2002

  81.81   67.18   5.98%         -23.58%

2003

  94.72   69.16    23.36%           -5.73%

2004

  129.84     87.49    15.21%            8.61%

2005

  145.33     102.71      31.78%           43.13%

2006

  238.54     142.80      47.15%         110.61%

2007

  254.17     188.78      14.75%         141.68%

2008

  331.73     139.67     -26.26%           78.23%

2009

  303.70     165.04      48.75%         165.11%

2010

  483.90     233.22      82.53%         383.90%

20116

  755.24     416.99      56.07%         655.24%

THE FUND WILL NOT TRADE WITH A VIEW TO TRACKING THE

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD SILVER INDEX TOTAL RETURN™ OVER TIME.

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

See accompanying Notes and Legends.

 

44


INDEX COMMODITIES WEIGHTS TABLES

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD SILVER INDEX EXCESS RETURN™

 

      SI7
   High1    Low2

19885

   100%    100%

1989

   100%    100%

1990

   100%    100%

1991

   100%    100%

1992

   100%    100%

1993

   100%    100%

1994

   100%    100%

1995

   100%    100%

1996

   100%    100%

1997

   100%    100%

1998

   100%    100%

1999

   100%    100%

2000

   100%    100%

2001

   100%    100%

2002

   100%    100%

2003

   100%    100%

2004

   100%    100%

2005

   100%    100%

2006

   100%    100%

2007

   100%    100%

2008

   100%    100%

2009

   100%    100%

2010

   100%    100%

20116

   100%    100%

 

THE FUND WILL TRADE WITH A VIEW TO TRACKING THE

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD SILVER INDEX EXCESS RETURN™ OVER TIME.

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE

AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD SILVER INDEX TOTAL RETURN™

 

      SI7
   High1    Low2

19885

   100%    100%

1989

   100%    100%

1990

   100%    100%

1991

   100%    100%

1992

   100%    100%

1993

   100%    100%

1994

   100%    100%

1995

   100%    100%

1996

   100%    100%

1997

   100%    100%

1998

   100%    100%

1999

   100%    100%

2000

   100%    100%

2001

   100%    100%

2002

   100%    100%

2003

   100%    100%

2004

   100%    100%

2005

   100%    100%

2006

   100%    100%

2007

   100%    100%

2008

   100%    100%

2009

   100%    100%

2010

   100%    100%

20116

   100%    100%

 

THE FUND WILL NOT TRADE WITH A VIEW TO TRACKING THE

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD SILVER INDEX TOTAL RETURN™ OVER TIME.

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE

AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

See accompanying Notes and Legends.

 

45


All statistics based on data from December 2, 1988 to April 30, 2011.

 

VARIOUS STATISTICAL MEASURES

              DBIQ Optimum Yield
Silver ER8
    DBIQ Optimum Yield
Silver TR9
    Silver Spot Fix pm10  

Annualized Changes to Index Level11

            5.3%        9.4%        9.7%   

Average rolling 3 month daily volatility12

            24.2%        24.2%        25.5%   

Sharpe Ratio13

            0.07        0.24        0.24   

% of months with positive change14

            49%        51%        50%   

Average monthly positive change15

            6.6%        6.6%        6.7%   

Average monthly negative change16

            -4.9%        -4.8%        -4.6%   

ANNUALIZED INDEX LEVELS17

              DBIQ Optimum Yield
Silver ER8
    DBIQ Optimum Yield
Silver TR9
    Silver Spot Fix pm10  

1 year

            157.6%        158.0%        161.5%   

3 year

            41.2%        41.7%        43.5%   

5 year

            25.8%        28.2%        31.1%   

7 year

            31.3%        34.2%        35.0%   

10 year

            24.4%        26.9%        27.3%   

15 year

            12.7%        16.2%        16.0%   

 

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

WHILE THE FUND’S OBJECTIVE IS NOT TO GENERATE PROFIT THROUGH ACTIVE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, BUT IS TO TRACK THE INDEX, BECAUSE THE INDEX WAS ESTABLISHED IN OCTOBER 2010, CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO INDEX CLOSING LEVELS MAY BE CONSIDERED TO BE “HYPOTHETICAL.” HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION MAY HAVE CERTAIN INHERENT LIMITATIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE DESCRIBED BELOW.

 

NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE INDEX WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CLOSING LEVELS CONSISTENT WITH OR SIMILAR TO THOSE SET FORTH HEREIN. SIMILARLY, NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE FUND WILL GENERATE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THE FUND’S PAST PERFORMANCE, WHEN AVAILABLE, OR THE HISTORICAL ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CHANGES IN THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS. IN FACT, THERE ARE FREQUENTLY SHARP DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HYPOTHETICAL RESULTS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS SUBSEQUENTLY ACHIEVED BY INVESTMENT METHODOLOGIES, WHETHER ACTIVE OR PASSIVE.

 

ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION IS THAT IT IS GENERALLY PREPARED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. TO THE EXTENT THAT INFORMATION PRESENTED HEREIN RELATES TO THE PERIOD DECEMBER 1988 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2010, THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS REFLECT THE APPLICATION OF THE INDEX’S METHODOLOGY, AND SELECTION OF INDEX COMMODITIES, IN HINDSIGHT.

 

NO HYPOTHETICAL RECORD CAN COMPLETELY ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL RISK IN ACTUAL TRADING. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE NUMEROUS FACTORS, INCLUDING THOSE DESCRIBED UNDER “THE RISKS YOU FACE” HEREIN, RELATED TO THE COMMODITIES MARKETS IN GENERAL OR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FUND’S EFFORTS TO TRACK ITS INDEX OVER TIME WHICH CANNOT BE, AND HAVE NOT BEEN, ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PREPARATION OF SUCH INDEX INFORMATION SET FORTH ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES, ALL OF WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS FOR THE FUND. FURTHERMORE, THE INDEX INFORMATION DOES NOT INVOLVE FINANCIAL RISK OR ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FEES AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUND.

 

THE MANAGING OWNER COMMENCED OPERATIONS IN JANUARY 2006. AS MANAGING OWNER, THE MANAGING OWNER AND ITS TRADING PRINCIPALS HAVE BEEN MANAGING THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS FOR THE FUNDS AND RELATED PRODUCTS AND MANAGING FUTURES TRADING ACCOUNTS. BECAUSE THERE ARE LIMITED ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS TO COMPARE TO THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS SET FORTH HEREIN, PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY WARY OF PLACING UNDUE RELIANCE ON THE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE INDEX RESULTS.

 

See accompanying Notes and Legends.

 

46


COMPARISON OF DBIQ-OY SI ER, DBIQ-OY SI TR AND SILVER SPOT FIX PM

 

LOGO

 

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

Each of DBIQ-OY SI ER and DBIQ-OY SI TR are indices and do not reflect actual trading. Silver Spot Fix pm reflects a composite of actual trading prices. DBIQ-OY SI TR is calculated on a total return basis and does not reflect any fees or expenses.

 

WHILE THE FUND’S OBJECTIVE IS NOT TO GENERATE PROFIT THROUGH ACTIVE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, BUT IS TO TRACK THE INDEX, BECAUSE THE INDEX WAS ESTABLISHED IN OCTOBER 2010, CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO INDEX CLOSING LEVELS MAY BE CONSIDERED TO BE “HYPOTHETICAL.” HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION MAY HAVE CERTAIN INHERENT LIMITATIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE DESCRIBED BELOW.

 

NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE INDEX WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CLOSING LEVELS CONSISTENT WITH OR SIMILAR TO THOSE SET FORTH HEREIN. SIMILARLY, NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE FUND WILL GENERATE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THE FUND’S PAST PERFORMANCE, WHEN AVAILABLE, OR THE HISTORICAL ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CHANGES IN THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS. IN FACT, THERE ARE FREQUENTLY SHARP DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HYPOTHETICAL RESULTS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS SUBSEQUENTLY ACHIEVED BY INVESTMENT METHODOLOGIES, WHETHER ACTIVE OR PASSIVE.

 

ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION IS THAT IT IS GENERALLY PREPARED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. TO THE EXTENT THAT INFORMATION PRESENTED HEREIN RELATES TO THE PERIOD DECEMBER 1988 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2010, THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS REFLECT THE APPLICATION OF THE INDEX’S METHODOLOGY, AND SELECTION OF INDEX COMMODITIES, IN HINDSIGHT.

 

NO HYPOTHETICAL RECORD CAN COMPLETELY ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL RISK IN ACTUAL TRADING. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE NUMEROUS FACTORS, INCLUDING THOSE DESCRIBED UNDER “THE RISKS YOU FACE” HEREIN, RELATED TO THE COMMODITIES MARKETS IN GENERAL OR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FUND’S EFFORTS TO TRACK ITS INDEX OVER TIME WHICH CANNOT BE, AND HAVE NOT BEEN, ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PREPARATION OF SUCH INDEX INFORMATION SET FORTH ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES, ALL OF WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS FOR THE FUND. FURTHERMORE, THE INDEX INFORMATION DOES NOT INVOLVE FINANCIAL RISK OR ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FEES AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUND.

 

THE MANAGING OWNER COMMENCED OPERATIONS IN JANUARY 2006. AS MANAGING OWNER, THE MANAGING OWNER AND ITS TRADING PRINCIPALS HAVE BEEN MANAGING THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS FOR THE FUNDS AND RELATED PRODUCTS AND MANAGING FUTURES TRADING ACCOUNTS. BECAUSE THERE ARE LIMITED ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS TO COMPARE TO THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS SET FORTH HEREIN, PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY WARY OF PLACING UNDUE RELIANCE ON THE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE INDEX RESULTS.

 

See accompanying Notes and Legends.

 

47


COMPARISON OF DBIQ-OY SI TR AND SILVER SPOT FIX PM

 

LOGO

 

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

DBIQ-OY SI TR is an index and does not reflect actual trading. Silver Spot Fix pm reflects a composite of actual trading prices.

 

DBIQ-OY SI TR is calculated on a total return basis and does not reflect any fees or expenses.

 

WHILE THE FUND’S OBJECTIVE IS NOT TO GENERATE PROFIT THROUGH ACTIVE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, BUT IS TO TRACK THE INDEX, BECAUSE THE INDEX WAS ESTABLISHED IN OCTOBER 2010, CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO INDEX CLOSING LEVELS MAY BE CONSIDERED TO BE “HYPOTHETICAL.” HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION MAY HAVE CERTAIN INHERENT LIMITATIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE DESCRIBED BELOW.

 

NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE INDEX WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CLOSING LEVELS CONSISTENT WITH OR SIMILAR TO THOSE SET FORTH HEREIN. SIMILARLY, NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE FUND WILL GENERATE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THE FUND’S PAST PERFORMANCE, WHEN AVAILABLE, OR THE HISTORICAL ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CHANGES IN THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS. IN FACT, THERE ARE FREQUENTLY SHARP DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HYPOTHETICAL RESULTS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS SUBSEQUENTLY ACHIEVED BY INVESTMENT METHODOLOGIES, WHETHER ACTIVE OR PASSIVE.

 

ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION IS THAT IT IS GENERALLY PREPARED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. TO THE EXTENT THAT INFORMATION PRESENTED HEREIN RELATES TO THE PERIOD DECEMBER 1988 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2010, THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS REFLECT THE APPLICATION OF THE INDEX’S METHODOLOGY, AND SELECTION OF INDEX COMMODITIES, IN HINDSIGHT.

 

NO HYPOTHETICAL RECORD CAN COMPLETELY ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL RISK IN ACTUAL TRADING. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE NUMEROUS FACTORS, INCLUDING THOSE DESCRIBED UNDER “THE RISKS YOU FACE” HEREIN, RELATED TO THE COMMODITIES MARKETS IN GENERAL OR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FUND’S EFFORTS TO TRACK ITS INDEX OVER TIME WHICH CANNOT BE, AND HAVE NOT BEEN, ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PREPARATION OF SUCH INDEX INFORMATION SET FORTH ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES, ALL OF WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS FOR THE FUND. FURTHERMORE, THE INDEX INFORMATION DOES NOT INVOLVE FINANCIAL RISK OR ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FEES AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUND.

 

THE MANAGING OWNER COMMENCED OPERATIONS IN JANUARY 2006. AS MANAGING OWNER, THE MANAGING OWNER AND ITS TRADING PRINCIPALS HAVE BEEN MANAGING THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS FOR THE FUNDS AND RELATED PRODUCTS AND MANAGING FUTURES TRADING ACCOUNTS. BECAUSE THERE ARE LIMITED ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS TO COMPARE TO THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS SET FORTH HEREIN, PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY WARY OF PLACING UNDUE RELIANCE ON THE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE INDEX RESULTS.

 

See accompanying Notes and Legends.

 

48


NOTES AND LEGENDS:

 

1. “High” reflects the highest closing level of the Index during the applicable year.
2. “Low” reflects the lowest closing level of the Index during the applicable year.
3. “Annual Index Changes” reflect the change to the Index level on an annual basis as of December 31 of each applicable year.
4. “Index Changes Since Inception” reflects the change of the Index level since inception on a compounded annual basis as of December 31 of each applicable year.
5. Closing levels as of inception on December 2, 1988.
6. Closing levels as of April 30, 2011.
7. The DBIQ Optimum Yield Silver Index Excess Return™ and DBIQ Optimum Yield Silver Index Total Return™ reflect the change in market value of SI (Silver) on an optimum yield basis.
8. “DBIQ-OY SI ER™” is DBIQ Optimum Yield Silver Index Excess Return™.
9. “DBIQ-OY SI TR™” is DBIQ Optimum Yield Silver Index Total Return™.
10. “Silver Spot Fix pm” is an internationally published benchmark for silver and is available through The London Bullion Market Association’s (the “LBMA”) website at http://www.lbma.org.uk/statistics_historic.htm. The fixings are fully transparent and are therefore used to determine the accepted average price of silver. As a benchmark, many other financial instruments (such as cash-settled swaps and options) are priced off the fixing. The silver fixing started in 1897. Three market making members of the LBMA conduct the Silver Fixing meeting under the chairmanship of The Bank of Nova Scotia–ScotiaMocatta by telephone at 12.00 noon each working day. The other two members of the Silver Fixing are Deutsche Bank AG and HSBC Bank USA, NA.
11. “Annualized Changes to Index Level” reflect the change to the applicable index level on an annual basis as of December 31 of each applicable year.
12. “Average rolling 3 month daily volatility.” The daily volatility reflects the relative rate at which the price of the applicable index moves up and down, which is found by calculating the annualized standard deviation of the daily change in price. In turn, an average of this value is calculated on a 3 month rolling basis.
13. “Sharpe Ratio” compares the annualized rate of return minus the annualized risk-free rate of return to the annualized variability — often referred to as the “standard deviation” —of the monthly rates of return. A Sharpe Ratio of 1:1 or higher indicates that, according to the measures used in calculating the ratio, the rate of return achieved by a particular strategy has equaled or exceeded the risks assumed by such strategy. The risk-free rate of return that was used in these calculations was assumed to be 3.58%.
14. “% of months with positive change” during the period from inception to April 30, 2011.
15. “Average monthly positive change” during the period from inception to April 30, 2011.
16. “Average monthly negative change” during the period from inception to April 30, 2011.
17. “Annualized Index Levels” reflect the change to the level of the applicable index on an annual basis as of December 31 of each applicable time period (e.g., 1 year, 3, 5 or 7, 10 or 15 years, as applicable).

 

WHILE THE FUND’S OBJECTIVE IS NOT TO GENERATE PROFIT THROUGH ACTIVE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, BUT IS TO TRACK THE INDEX, BECAUSE THE INDEX WAS ESTABLISHED IN OCTOBER 2010, CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO INDEX CLOSING LEVELS MAY BE CONSIDERED TO BE “HYPOTHETICAL.” HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION MAY HAVE CERTAIN INHERENT LIMITATIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE DESCRIBED BELOW.

 

NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE INDEX WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CLOSING LEVELS CONSISTENT WITH OR SIMILAR TO THOSE SET FORTH HEREIN. SIMILARLY, NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE FUND WILL GENERATE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THE FUND’S PAST PERFORMANCE, WHEN AVAILABLE, OR THE HISTORICAL ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CHANGES IN THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS. IN FACT, THERE ARE FREQUENTLY SHARP DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HYPOTHETICAL RESULTS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS SUBSEQUENTLY ACHIEVED BY INVESTMENT METHODOLOGIES, WHETHER ACTIVE OR PASSIVE.

 

ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION IS THAT IT IS GENERALLY PREPARED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. TO THE EXTENT THAT INFORMATION PRESENTED HEREIN RELATES TO THE PERIOD DECEMBER 1988 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2010, THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS REFLECT THE APPLICATION OF THE INDEX’S METHODOLOGY, AND SELECTION OF INDEX COMMODITIES, IN HINDSIGHT.

 

49


NO HYPOTHETICAL RECORD CAN COMPLETELY ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL RISK IN ACTUAL TRADING. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE NUMEROUS FACTORS, INCLUDING THOSE DESCRIBED UNDER “THE RISKS YOU FACE” HEREIN, RELATED TO THE COMMODITIES MARKETS IN GENERAL OR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FUND’S EFFORTS TO TRACK ITS INDEX OVER TIME WHICH CANNOT BE, AND HAVE NOT BEEN, ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PREPARATION OF SUCH INDEX INFORMATION SET FORTH ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES, ALL OF WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS FOR THE FUND. FURTHERMORE, THE INDEX INFORMATION DOES NOT INVOLVE FINANCIAL RISK OR ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FEES AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUND.

 

THE MANAGING OWNER COMMENCED OPERATIONS IN JANUARY 2006. AS MANAGING OWNER, THE MANAGING OWNER AND ITS TRADING PRINCIPALS HAVE BEEN MANAGING THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS FOR THE FUNDS AND RELATED PRODUCTS AND MANAGING FUTURES TRADING ACCOUNTS. BECAUSE THERE ARE LIMITED ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS TO COMPARE TO THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS SET FORTH HEREIN, PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY WARY OF PLACING UNDUE RELIANCE ON THE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE INDEX RESULTS.

 

ALTHOUGH THE INDEX SPONSOR WILL OBTAIN INFORMATION FOR INCLUSION IN OR FOR USE IN THE CALCULATION OF THE INDEX FROM SOURCE(S) WHICH THE INDEX SPONSOR CONSIDERS RELIABLE, THE INDEX SPONSOR WILL NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY SUCH INFORMATION AND DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY AND/OR THE COMPLETENESS OF THE INDEX OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. THE INDEX SPONSOR SHALL NOT BE LIABLE (WHETHER IN NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) TO ANY PERSON FOR ANY ERROR IN THE INDEX AND THE INDEX SPONSOR IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO ADVISE ANY PERSON OF ANY ERROR THEREIN.

 

UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED, NO TRANSACTION RELATING TO THE INDEX IS SPONSORED, ENDORSED, SOLD OR PROMOTED BY THE INDEX SPONSOR AND THE INDEX SPONSOR MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AS TO (A) THE ADVISABILITY OF PURCHASING OR ASSUMING ANY RISK IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SUCH TRANSACTION (B) THE LEVELS AT WHICH THE INDEX STANDS AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME ON ANY PARTICULAR DATE (C) THE RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED BY THE ISSUER OF ANY SECURITY OR ANY COUNTERPARTY OR ANY SUCH ISSUER’S SECURITY HOLDERS OR CUSTOMERS OR ANY SUCH COUNTERPARTY’S CUSTOMERS OR COUNTERPARTIES OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FROM THE USE OF THE INDEX OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN IN CONNECTION WITH ANY LICENSED RIGHTS OR FOR ANY OTHER USE OR (D) ANY OTHER MATTER. THE INDEX SPONSOR MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE WITH RESPECT TO THE INDEX OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN.

 

WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE INDEX SPONSOR HAVE ANY LIABILITY (WHETHER IN NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) TO ANY PERSON FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST PROFITS) EVEN IF NOTIFIED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

 

50


INDUSTRIAL METALS SECTOR DATA

RELATING TO

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD INDUSTRIAL METALS INDEX

EXCESS RETURN™

(DBIQ-OY INDUSTRIAL METALS ER™)

 

51


CLOSING LEVELS TABLES

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD INDUSTRIAL METALS INDEX EXCESS RETURN

 

      CLOSING LEVEL    CHANGES
   High1    Low 2   

Annual Index

Changes3

   Index Changes Since
Inception4

19975

   100.17      82.95     -16.46%    -16.46%

1998

   83.89    66.04     -20.69%    -33.75%

1999

   80.73    63.87      21.85%    -19.27%

2000

   82.74    73.17      -7.70%    -25.49%

2001

   75.56    56.04    -19.70%    -40.17%

2002

   64.83    55.75      -4.02%    -42.57%

2003

   74.28    56.70      29.34%    -25.72%

2004

   98.27    74.78      31.88%      -2.04%

2005

   143.70      91.01      46.59%      43.60%

2006

   275.22      144.73        80.98%    159.88%

2007

   288.44      215.81       -14.86%    121.26%

2008

   277.42      113.65       -45.29%      21.06%

2009

   228.32      111.76        88.53%    128.23%

2010

   248.13      173.48          8.72%    148.13%

20116

   261.54      233.51          0.27%    148.80%

 

THE FUND WILL TRADE WITH A VIEW TO TRACKING THE

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD INDUSTRIAL METALS INDEX EXCESS RETURN™ OVER TIME.

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE

AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD INDUSTRIAL METALS INDEX TOTAL RETURN

 

      CLOSING LEVEL    CHANGES
   High1    Low2   

Annual Index

Changes3

   Index Changes Since
Inception4

19975

   100.19      84.33     -15.05%    -15.05%

1998

   85.63    70.50     -16.74%    -29.27%

1999

   90.35    68.63      27.73%      -9.65%

2000

   96.13    84.03       -2.07%    -11.53%

2001

   90.14    68.73     -16.84%    -26.43%

2002

   80.03    69.47        -2.42%    -28.21%

2003

   93.81    71.10      30.67%      -6.19%

2004

   125.83      94.46      33.72%      25.44%

2005

   189.91      116.58        51.32%      89.82%

2006

   380.41      191.40        89.91%    260.47%

2007

   407.16      309.75       -10.99%    220.85%

2008

   404.06      167.11       -44.52%      78.00%

2009

   336.19      164.37        88.80%    236.06%

2010

   365.85      255.58          8.87%    265.85%

20116

   385.74      344.32          0.30%    266.97%

 

THE FUND WILL NOT TRADE WITH A VIEW TO TRACKING THE

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD INDUSTRIAL METALS INDEX TOTAL RETURN™ OVER TIME.

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE

AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

See accompanying Notes and Legends.

 

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INDEX COMMODITIES WEIGHTS TABLES

 

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD INDUSTRIAL METALS INDEX EXCESS RETURN™

 

      MAL7    MZN7    MCU7
   High1    Low2    High    Low    High    Low

19975

   33.3%    34.4%    33.1%    34.4%    33.6%    31.2%

1998

   34.0%    34.0%    34.8%    34.2%    31.1%    31.8%

1999

   33.8%    32.7%    33.1%    37.0%    33.1%    30.3%

2000

   33.9%    33.5%    33.1%    32.9%    32.9%    33.7%

2001

   36.3%    38.1%    31.0%    29.3%    32.7%    32.6%

2002

   32.8%    33.3%    32.2%    31.9%    34.9%    34.8%

2003

   32.4%    32.7%    33.4%    33.4%    34.2%    33.8%

2004

   32.7%    32.2%    34.6%    33.3%    32.7%    34.5%

2005

   32.1%    32.5%    34.5%    34.7%    33.4%    32.8%

2006

   33.9%    32.2%    33.4%    34.9%    32.7%    32.9%

2007

   34.5%    34.9%    30.0%    31.5%    35.5%    33.5%

2008

   35.1%    30.2%    30.0%    39.9%    34.9%    29.9%

2009

   33.5%    26.6%    34.2%    40.1%    32.3%    33.3%

2010

   32.6%    35.6%    31.6%    28.7%    35.7%    35.8%

20116

   33.9%    33.1%    30.7%    30.3%    35.4%    36.5%

 

THE FUND WILL TRADE WITH A VIEW TO TRACKING THE

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD INDUSTRIAL METALS INDEX EXCESS RETURN™ OVER TIME.

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE

AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD INDUSTRIAL METALS INDEX TOTAL RETURN™

 

      MAL7    MZN7    MCU7
   High1    Low2    High    Low    High    Low

19975

   33.3%    34.4%    33.1%    34.4%    33.6%    31.2%

1998

   34.0%    34.0%    34.8%    34.2%    31.1%    31.8%

1999

   33.8%    32.7%    33.1%    37.0%    33.1%    30.3%

2000

   33.5%    33.3%    32.8%    34.2%    33.7%    32.4%

2001

   36.3%    38.1%    31.0%    29.3%    32.7%    32.6%

2002

   32.8%    33.3%    32.2%    31.9%    34.9%    34.8%

2003

   32.4%    32.7%    33.4%    33.4%    34.2%    33.8%

2004

   32.7%    32.2%    34.6%    33.3%    32.7%    34.5%

2005

   32.1%    32.5%    34.5%    34.7%    33.4%    32.8%

2006

   33.9%    32.2%    33.4%    34.9%    32.7%    32.9%

2007

   34.5%    40.9%    30.0%    29.0%    35.5%    30.1%

2008

   35.1%    30.2%    30.0%    39.9%    34.9%    29.9%

2009

   33.5%    26.6%    34.2%    40.1%    32.3%    33.3%

20106

   32.6%    35.6%    31.6%    28.7%    35.7%    35.8%

20116

   33.9%    33.1%    30.7%    30.3%    35.4%    36.5%

 

THE FUND WILL NOT TRADE WITH A VIEW TO TRACKING THE

DBIQ OPTIMUM YIELD INDUSTRIAL METALS INDEX TOTAL RETURN™ OVER TIME.

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE

AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

See accompanying Notes and Legends.

 

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All statistics based on data from September 3, 1997 to April 30, 2011.

 

VARIOUS STATISTICAL MEASURES

       DBIQ Optimum Yield
Industrial Metals ER8
         DBIQ Optimum Yield
Industrial Metals TR9
         Goldman Sachs
US Industrial Metal Total
Return10
 

Annualized Changes to Index Level11

       6.9        10.0        8.4

Average rolling 3 month daily volatility12

       19.7        19.7        20.7

Sharpe Ratio13

       0.22           0.37           0.28   

% of months with positive change14

       52        55        56

Average monthly positive change15

       5.5        5.4        5.2

Average monthly negative change16

       -4.2        -4.3        -4.5

ANNUALIZED INDEX LEVELS17

       DBIQ Optimum Yield
Industrial Metals ER8
         DBIQ Optimum Yield
Industrial Metals TR9
         Goldman Sachs
US Industrial Metal Total
Return10
 

1 year

       13.7%           13.9%           16.7%   

3 year

       -0.3%           0.0%           -2.7%   

5 year

       2.9%           4.9%           3.3%   

7 year

       17.8%           20.4%           16.1%   

 

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

WHILE THE FUND’S OBJECTIVE IS NOT TO GENERATE PROFIT THROUGH ACTIVE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, BUT IS TO TRACK THE INDEX, BECAUSE THE INDEX WAS ESTABLISHED IN OCTOBER 2010, CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO INDEX CLOSING LEVELS MAY BE CONSIDERED TO BE “HYPOTHETICAL.” HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION MAY HAVE CERTAIN INHERENT LIMITATIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE DESCRIBED BELOW.

NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE INDEX WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CLOSING LEVELS CONSISTENT WITH OR SIMILAR TO THOSE SET FORTH HEREIN. SIMILARLY, NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE FUND WILL GENERATE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THE FUND’S PAST PERFORMANCE, WHEN AVAILABLE, OR THE HISTORICAL ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CHANGES IN THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS. IN FACT, THERE ARE FREQUENTLY SHARP DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HYPOTHETICAL RESULTS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS SUBSEQUENTLY ACHIEVED BY INVESTMENT METHODOLOGIES, WHETHER ACTIVE OR PASSIVE.

ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION IS THAT IT IS GENERALLY PREPARED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. TO THE EXTENT THAT INFORMATION PRESENTED HEREIN RELATES TO THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER 1997 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2010, THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS REFLECT THE APPLICATION OF THE INDEX’S METHODOLOGY, AND SELECTION OF INDEX COMMODITIES, IN HINDSIGHT.

NO HYPOTHETICAL RECORD CAN COMPLETELY ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL RISK IN ACTUAL TRADING. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE NUMEROUS FACTORS, INCLUDING THOSE DESCRIBED UNDER “THE RISKS YOU FACE” HEREIN, RELATED TO THE COMMODITIES MARKETS IN GENERAL OR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FUND’S EFFORTS TO TRACK ITS INDEX OVER TIME WHICH CANNOT BE, AND HAVE NOT BEEN, ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PREPARATION OF SUCH INDEX INFORMATION SET FORTH ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES, ALL OF WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS FOR THE FUND. FURTHERMORE, THE INDEX INFORMATION DOES NOT INVOLVE FINANCIAL RISK OR ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FEES AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUND.

THE MANAGING OWNER COMMENCED OPERATIONS IN JANUARY 2006. AS MANAGING OWNER, THE MANAGING OWNER AND ITS TRADING PRINCIPALS HAVE BEEN MANAGING THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS FOR THE FUNDS AND RELATED PRODUCTS AND MANAGING FUTURES TRADING ACCOUNTS. BECAUSE THERE ARE LIMITED ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS TO COMPARE TO THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS SET FORTH HEREIN, PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY WARY OF PLACING UNDUE RELIANCE ON THE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE INDEX RESULTS.

 

See accompanying Notes and Legends.

 

54


COMPARISON OF DBIQ-OY INDUSTRIAL METALS-ER, DBIQ-OY INDUSTRIAL METALS-TR AND GOLDMAN SACHS US INDUSTRIAL METALS TOTAL RETURN

 

LOGO

 

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

Each of DBIQ-OY Industrial Metals ER, DBIQ-OY Industrial Metals TR and Goldman Sachs US Industrial Metals Total Return Index are indices and do not reflect actual trading.

 

DBIQ-OY Industrial Metals TR and Goldman Sachs US Industrial Metals Total Return Index are calculated on a total return basis and do not reflect any fees or expenses.

 

WHILE THE FUND’S OBJECTIVE IS NOT TO GENERATE PROFIT THROUGH ACTIVE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, BUT IS TO TRACK THE INDEX, BECAUSE THE INDEX WAS ESTABLISHED IN OCTOBER 2010, CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO INDEX CLOSING LEVELS MAY BE CONSIDERED TO BE “HYPOTHETICAL.” HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION MAY HAVE CERTAIN INHERENT LIMITATIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE DESCRIBED BELOW.

 

NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE INDEX WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CLOSING LEVELS CONSISTENT WITH OR SIMILAR TO THOSE SET FORTH HEREIN. SIMILARLY, NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE FUND WILL GENERATE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THE FUND’S PAST PERFORMANCE, WHEN AVAILABLE, OR THE HISTORICAL ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CHANGES IN THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS. IN FACT, THERE ARE FREQUENTLY SHARP DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HYPOTHETICAL RESULTS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS SUBSEQUENTLY ACHIEVED BY INVESTMENT METHODOLOGIES, WHETHER ACTIVE OR PASSIVE.

 

ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION IS THAT IT IS GENERALLY PREPARED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. TO THE EXTENT THAT INFORMATION PRESENTED HEREIN RELATES TO THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER 1997 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2010, THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS REFLECT THE APPLICATION OF THE INDEX’S METHODOLOGY, AND SELECTION OF INDEX COMMODITIES, IN HINDSIGHT.

 

NO HYPOTHETICAL RECORD CAN COMPLETELY ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL RISK IN ACTUAL TRADING. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE NUMEROUS FACTORS, INCLUDING THOSE DESCRIBED UNDER “THE RISKS YOU FACE” HEREIN, RELATED TO THE COMMODITIES MARKETS IN GENERAL OR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FUND’S EFFORTS TO TRACK ITS INDEX OVER TIME WHICH CANNOT BE, AND HAVE NOT BEEN, ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PREPARATION OF SUCH INDEX INFORMATION SET FORTH ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES, ALL OF WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS FOR THE FUND. FURTHERMORE, THE INDEX INFORMATION DOES NOT INVOLVE FINANCIAL RISK OR ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FEES AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUND.

 

THE MANAGING OWNER COMMENCED OPERATIONS IN JANUARY 2006. AS MANAGING OWNER, THE MANAGING OWNER AND ITS TRADING PRINCIPALS HAVE BEEN MANAGING THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS FOR THE FUNDS AND RELATED PRODUCTS AND MANAGING FUTURES TRADING ACCOUNTS. BECAUSE THERE ARE LIMITED ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS TO COMPARE TO THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS SET FORTH HEREIN, PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY WARY OF PLACING UNDUE RELIANCE ON THE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE INDEX RESULTS.

 

See accompanying Notes and Legends.

 

55


COMPARISON OF DBIQ-OY INDUSTRIAL METALS TR AND GOLDMAN SACHS US INDUSTRIAL METALS TOTAL RETURN INDEX

 

LOGO

 

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

Each of DBIQ-OY Industrial Metals TR and Goldman Sachs US Industrial Metals Total Return Index are indices and do not reflect actual trading. DBIQ-OY Industrial Metals TR and Goldman Sachs US Industrial Metals Total Return Index are calculated on a total return basis and do not reflect any fees or expenses.

 

WHILE THE FUND’S OBJECTIVE IS NOT TO GENERATE PROFIT THROUGH ACTIVE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, BUT IS TO TRACK THE INDEX, BECAUSE THE INDEX WAS ESTABLISHED IN OCTOBER 2010, CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO INDEX CLOSING LEVELS MAY BE CONSIDERED TO BE “HYPOTHETICAL.” HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION MAY HAVE CERTAIN INHERENT LIMITATIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE DESCRIBED BELOW.

 

NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE INDEX WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CLOSING LEVELS CONSISTENT WITH OR SIMILAR TO THOSE SET FORTH HEREIN. SIMILARLY, NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE FUND WILL GENERATE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THE FUND’S PAST PERFORMANCE, WHEN AVAILABLE, OR THE HISTORICAL ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CHANGES IN THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS. IN FACT, THERE ARE FREQUENTLY SHARP DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HYPOTHETICAL RESULTS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS SUBSEQUENTLY ACHIEVED BY INVESTMENT METHODOLOGIES, WHETHER ACTIVE OR PASSIVE.

 

ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION IS THAT IT IS GENERALLY PREPARED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. TO THE EXTENT THAT INFORMATION PRESENTED HEREIN RELATES TO THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER 1997 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2010, THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS REFLECT THE APPLICATION OF THE INDEX’S METHODOLOGY, AND SELECTION OF INDEX COMMODITIES, IN HINDSIGHT.

 

NO HYPOTHETICAL RECORD CAN COMPLETELY ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL RISK IN ACTUAL TRADING. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE NUMEROUS FACTORS, INCLUDING THOSE DESCRIBED UNDER “THE RISKS YOU FACE” HEREIN, RELATED TO THE COMMODITIES MARKETS IN GENERAL OR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FUND’S EFFORTS TO TRACK ITS INDEX OVER TIME WHICH CANNOT BE, AND HAVE NOT BEEN, ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PREPARATION OF SUCH INDEX INFORMATION SET FORTH ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES, ALL OF WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS FOR THE FUND. FURTHERMORE, THE INDEX INFORMATION DOES NOT INVOLVE FINANCIAL RISK OR ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FEES AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUND.

 

THE MANAGING OWNER COMMENCED OPERATIONS IN JANUARY 2006. AS MANAGING OWNER, THE MANAGING OWNER AND ITS TRADING PRINCIPALS HAVE BEEN MANAGING THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS FOR THE FUNDS AND RELATED PRODUCTS AND MANAGING FUTURES TRADING ACCOUNTS. BECAUSE THERE ARE LIMITED ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS TO COMPARE TO THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS SET FORTH HEREIN, PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY WARY OF PLACING UNDUE RELIANCE ON THE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE INDEX RESULTS.

 

See accompanying Notes and Legends.

 

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NOTES AND LEGENDS:

 

1.        “High” reflects the highest closing level of the Index during the applicable year.

2.        “Low” reflects the lowest closing level of the Index during the applicable year.

3.        “Annual Index Changes” reflect the change to the Index level on an annual basis as of December 31 of each applicable year.

4.        “Index Changes Since Inception” reflects the change of the Index level since inception on a compounded annual basis as of December 31 of each applicable year.

5.        Closing levels as of inception on September 3, 1997.

6.        Closing levels as of April 30, 2011.

7.        The DBIQ Optimum Yield Industrial Metals Index Excess Return™ and DBIQ Optimum Yield Industrial Metals Index Total Return™ reflect the change in market value of the following underlying index commodities: MAL (Aluminum), MZN (Zinc) and MCU (Copper – Grade A) on an optimum yield basis.

8.        “DBIQ-OY Industrial Metals ER™” is DBIQ Optimum Yield Industrial Metals Index Excess Return™.

9.        “DBIQ-OY Industrial Metals TR™” is DBIQ Optimum Yield Industrial Metals Index Total Return™.

10.      “Goldman Sachs US Industrial Metal Total Return” is Goldman Sachs US Industrial Metal Total Return.

11.      “Annualized Changes to Index Level” reflect the change to the applicable index level on an annual basis as of December 31 of each applicable year.

12.      “Average rolling 3 month daily volatility.” The daily volatility reflects the relative rate at which the price of the applicable index moves up and down, which is found by calculating the annualized standard deviation of the daily change in price. In turn, an average of this value is calculated on a 3 month rolling basis.

13.      “Sharpe Ratio” compares the annualized rate of return minus the annualized risk-free rate of return to the annualized variability — often referred to as the “standard deviation” — of the monthly rates of return. A Sharpe Ratio of 1:1 or higher indicates that, according to the measures used in calculating the ratio, the rate of return achieved by a particular strategy has equaled or exceeded the risks assumed by such strategy. The risk-free rate of return that was used in these calculations was assumed to be 2.63%.

14.      “% of months with positive change” during the period from inception to April 30, 2011.

15.      “Average monthly positive change” during the period from inception to April 30, 2011.

16.      “Average monthly negative change” during the period from inception to April 30, 2011.

17.      “Annualized Index Levels” reflect the change to the level of the applicable index on an annual basis as of December 31 of each applicable time period (e.g., 1 year, 3, 5 or 7 years, as applicable).

 

WHILE THE FUND’S OBJECTIVE IS NOT TO GENERATE PROFIT THROUGH ACTIVE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, BUT IS TO TRACK THE INDEX, BECAUSE THE INDEX WAS ESTABLISHED IN OCTOBER 2010, CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO INDEX CLOSING LEVELS MAY BE CONSIDERED TO BE “HYPOTHETICAL.” HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION MAY HAVE CERTAIN INHERENT LIMITATIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE DESCRIBED BELOW.

 

NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE INDEX WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CLOSING LEVELS CONSISTENT WITH OR SIMILAR TO THOSE SET FORTH HEREIN. SIMILARLY, NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE FUND WILL GENERATE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THE FUND’S PAST PERFORMANCE, WHEN AVAILABLE, OR THE HISTORICAL ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CHANGES IN THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS. IN FACT, THERE ARE FREQUENTLY SHARP DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HYPOTHETICAL RESULTS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS SUBSEQUENTLY ACHIEVED BY INVESTMENT METHODOLOGIES, WHETHER ACTIVE OR PASSIVE.

 

ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION IS THAT IT IS GENERALLY PREPARED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. TO THE EXTENT THAT INFORMATION PRESENTED HEREIN RELATES TO THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER 1997 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2010, THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS REFLECT THE APPLICATION OF THE INDEX’S METHODOLOGY, AND SELECTION OF INDEX COMMODITIES, IN HINDSIGHT.

 

NO HYPOTHETICAL RECORD CAN COMPLETELY ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL RISK IN ACTUAL TRADING. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE NUMEROUS FACTORS, INCLUDING THOSE DESCRIBED UNDER “THE RISKS YOU FACE” HEREIN, RELATED TO THE COMMODITIES MARKETS IN GENERAL OR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FUND’S EFFORTS TO TRACK ITS INDEX OVER TIME WHICH CANNOT BE, AND HAVE NOT BEEN, ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PREPARATION OF SUCH INDEX INFORMATION SET FORTH ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES, ALL OF WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS FOR THE FUND. FURTHERMORE, THE INDEX INFORMATION DOES NOT INVOLVE FINANCIAL RISK OR ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FEES AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUND.

 

57


THE MANAGING OWNER COMMENCED OPERATIONS IN JANUARY 2006. AS MANAGING OWNER, THE MANAGING OWNER AND ITS TRADING PRINCIPALS HAVE BEEN MANAGING THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS FOR THE FUNDS AND RELATED PRODUCTS AND MANAGING FUTURES TRADING ACCOUNTS. BECAUSE THERE ARE LIMITED ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS TO COMPARE TO THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS SET FORTH HEREIN, PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY WARY OF PLACING UNDUE RELIANCE ON THE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE INDEX RESULTS.

 

ALTHOUGH THE INDEX SPONSOR WILL OBTAIN INFORMATION FOR INCLUSION IN OR FOR USE IN THE CALCULATION OF THE INDEX FROM SOURCE(S) WHICH THE INDEX SPONSOR CONSIDERS RELIABLE, THE INDEX SPONSOR WILL NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY SUCH INFORMATION AND DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY AND/OR THE COMPLETENESS OF THE INDEX OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. THE INDEX SPONSOR SHALL NOT BE LIABLE (WHETHER IN NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) TO ANY PERSON FOR ANY ERROR IN THE INDEX AND THE INDEX SPONSOR IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO ADVISE ANY PERSON OF ANY ERROR THEREIN.

 

UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED, NO TRANSACTION RELATING TO THE INDEX IS SPONSORED, ENDORSED, SOLD OR PROMOTED BY THE INDEX SPONSOR AND THE INDEX SPONSOR MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AS TO (A) THE ADVISABILITY OF PURCHASING OR ASSUMING ANY RISK IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SUCH TRANSACTION (B) THE LEVELS AT WHICH THE INDEX STANDS AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME ON ANY PARTICULAR DATE (C) THE RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED BY THE ISSUER OF ANY SECURITY OR ANY COUNTERPARTY OR ANY SUCH ISSUER’S SECURITY HOLDERS OR CUSTOMERS OR ANY SUCH COUNTERPARTY’S CUSTOMERS OR COUNTERPARTIES OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FROM THE USE OF THE INDEX OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN IN CONNECTION WITH ANY LICENSED RIGHTS OR FOR ANY OTHER USE OR (D) ANY OTHER MATTER. THE INDEX SPONSOR MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE WITH RESPECT TO THE INDEX OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN.

 

WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE INDEX SPONSOR HAVE ANY LIABILITY (WHETHER IN NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) TO ANY PERSON FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST PROFITS) EVEN IF NOTIFIED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

 

58


AGRICULTURE SECTOR DATA

RELATING TO

DBIQ DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURE INDEX EXCESS RETURN™

(DBIQ DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURE ER™)*

 

59


CLOSING LEVELS TABLES

DBIQ DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURE INDEX EXCESS RETURN™*

 

      CLOSING LEVEL    CHANGES
   High1    Low2    Annual Index Changes3   

Index Changes Since

Inception4

19895

   106.21    93.13    -3.76%    -3.76%

1990

   109.76    93.55    -2.79%    -6.45%

1991

   98.56    87.18    -1.67%    -8.01%

1992

   93.91    84.75    -4.28%    -11.95%

1993

   94.15    84.61    5.93%    -6.73%

1994

   112.01    90.78    12.43%    4.86%

1995

   111.80    99.83    5.05%    10.16%

1996

   127.26    108.40    6.19%    16.98%

1997

   146.63    116.98    10.46%    29.22%

1998

   130.61    94.76    -25.65%    -3.92%

1999

   99.66    77.22    -13.58%    -16.97%

2000

   85.25    75.94    -6.33%    -22.22%

2001

   80.19    66.48    -11.33%    -31.04%

2002

   80.12    64.94    9.63%    -24.40%

2003

   84.27    72.22    5.72%    -20.08%

2004

   92.94    79.92    7.93%    -13.74%

2005

   95.26    81.72    3.68%    -10.56%

2006

   93.91    82.42    3.47%    -7.45%

2007

   102.50    88.80    10.46%    2.23%

2008

   123.53    71.21    -19.22%    -17.42%

2009

   87.40    72.91    4.18%    -13.97%

2010

   105.23    74.69    22.32%    5.23%

20116

   114.93    102.68    5.44%    10.96%

THE FUND WILL TRADE WITH A VIEW TO TRACKING THE

DBIQ DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURE INDEX EXCESS RETURN™ OVER TIME.

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

DBIQ DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURE INDEX TOTAL RETURN™

 

      CLOSING LEVEL    CHANGES
   High1    Low2    Annual Index Changes3    Index Changes Since
Inception4

19895

   107.66    98.26    4.13%    4.13%

1990

   122.64    103.97    4.94%    9.27%

1991

   116.41    105.67    3.86%    13.49%

1992

   116.36    107.38    -0.87%    12.50%

1993

   123.83    108.46    9.21%    22.86%

1994

   150.59    120.79    17.40%    44.24%

1995

   161.94    140.22    11.11%    60.26%

1996

   189.53    158.05    11.77%    79.12%

1997

   229.29    179.14    16.30%    108.31%

1998

   211.30    160.18    -21.94%    62.61%

1999

   168.89    133.88    -9.40%    47.32%

2000

   154.70    141.66    -0.59%    46.45%

2001

   152.05    129.07    -8.20%    34.44%

2002

   158.33    127.33    11.44%    49.82%

2003

   168.63    143.96    6.81%    60.02%

2004

   186.83    160.03    9.43%    75.12%

2005

   194.37    169.54    7.04%    87.45%

2006

   203.52    178.87    8.57%    103.52%

2007

   235.57    196.35    15.48%    135.02%

2008

   285.15    166.00    -18.09%    92.50%

2009

   204.74    177.70    4.91%    101.95%

2010

   245.99    175.42    21.80%    145.99%

20116

   268.73    240.03    5.48%    159.47%

THE FUND WILL NOT TRADE WITH A VIEW TO TRACKING THE

DBIQ DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURE INDEX TOTAL RETURN™ OVER TIME.

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

See accompanying Notes and Legends.

 

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INDEX COMMODITIES WEIGHTS TABLES

 

DBIQ DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURE INDEX EXCESS RETURN™*

 

      C7      S7      W7      KCW7  
   High1     Low2      High1      Low2      High1      Low2      High1      Low2  

19895

     12.0%        11.7%         12.1%         10.7%         6.1%         6.3%         6.3%         6.5%   

1990

     12.8%        12.7%         11.7%         12.6%         5.0%         5.9%         5.1%         5.9%   

1991

     12.8%        12.9%         12.4%         12.1%         5.9%         6.2%         6.0%         6.5%   

1992

     13.1%        11.3%         12.9%         12.7%         8.2%         7.1%         8.0%         7.0%   

1993

     12.7%        12.8%         12.4%         12.9%         6.3%         6.3%         6.4%         6.3%   

1994

     9.0%        12.3%         9.4%         12.4%         5.3%         6.3%         5.5%         6.4%   

1995

     15.3%        13.7%         12.8%         12.5%         7.2%         6.3%         8.0%         6.8%   

1996

     14.1%        13.1%         12.8%         13.6%         7.4%         6.2%         8.3%         6.4%   

1997

     9.2%        11.8%         10.2%         12.3%         5.0%         6.3%         5.5%         6.2%   

1998

     12.5%        13.1%         12.0%         12.9%         5.9%         6.1%         6.0%         6.5%   

1999

     12.5%        12.9%         12.2%         11.7%         6.0%         6.0%         6.2%         6.3%   

2000

     13.2%        12.5%         13.6%         12.5%         6.0%         6.2%         6.0%         6.2%   

2001

     11.8%        11.7%         11.4%         12.2%         6.2%         6.2%         6.0%         5.5%   

2002

     11.1%        11.7%         12.7%         13.2%         5.9%         5.8%         6.3%         5.9%   

2003

     12.4%        11.7%         12.9%         13.8%         6.3%         6.6%         6.3%         5.8%   

2004

     14.6%        13.1%         13.9%         14.0%         6.0%         6.6%         6.1%         6.5%   

2005

     11.3%        10.9%         13.2%         13.6%         6.2%         6.2%         5.8%         6.1%   

2006

     12.0%        13.4%         11.6%         11.4%         6.2%         7.1%         6.5%         8.2%   

2007

     12.7%        12.1%         13.5%         14.7%         6.8%         7.4%         6.9%         7.1%   

2008

     12.3%        10.9%         14.0%         11.5%         8.1%         6.1%         8.3%         6.1%   

2009

     11.8%        11.5%         12.6%         11.1%         6.7%         6.2%         6.9%         6.3%   

2010

     12.0%        11.4%         12.7%         12.9%         6.1%         5.4%         6.2%         5.8%   

20116

     12.0%        12.0%         12.1%         12.8%         5.7%         6.2%         6.1%         6.4%   

 

THE FUND WILL TRADE WITH A VIEW TO TRACKING THE

DBIQ DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURE INDEX EXCESS RETURN™ OVER TIME.

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

LEGEND:

 

Symbol   Index Commodity   Symbol   Index Commodity

C

 

Corn

 

KC

 

Coffee

S

 

Soybeans

 

CT

 

Cotton

W

 

Wheat

 

LC

 

Live Cattle

KCW

 

Kansas City Wheat

 

FC

 

Feeder Cattle

SB

 

Sugar

 

LH

 

Lean Hogs

CC

 

Cocoa

       

 

See accompanying Notes and Legends.

 

61


INDEX COMMODITIES WEIGHTS TABLES

 

DBIQ DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURE INDEX EXCESS RETURN™*

 

      SB7      CC7      KC7      CT7  
   High1      Low2      High1      Low2      High1      Low2      High1      Low2  

19895

     14.8%         17.4%         12.2%         10.0%         10.2%         7.7%         2.6%         3.5%   

1990

     11.5%         12.2%         14.1%         10.6%         11.6%         11.1%         2.5%         3.0%   

1991

     11.7%         12.3%         10.3%         8.7%         11.1%         9.8%         3.1%         3.3%   

1992

     11.5%         15.1%         9.7%         7.9%         9.1%         7.0%         2.4%         2.5%   

1993

     12.4%         11.7%         12.0%         9.7%         11.0%         10.1%         2.9%         3.1%   

1994

     11.2%         12.6%         11.1%         10.6%         27.4%         11.4%         2.9%         3.8%   

1995

     12.4%         11.7%         9.6%         10.5%         6.4%         9.8%         4.4%         4.2%   

1996

     13.4%         13.0%         9.5%         10.6%         10.3%         9.6%         2.3%         2.8%   

1997

     10.5%         12.9%         9.1%         11.0%         27.9%         11.5%         2.1%         2.8%   

1998

     11.7%         12.9%         10.8%         11.2%         13.9%         12.3%         2.6%         2.7%   

1999

     13.5%         10.9%         10.7%         8.8%         12.1%         11.7%         2.5%         2.7%   

2000

     13.4%         12.2%         9.9%         10.8%         9.4%         10.8%         3.1%         2.8%   

2001

     13.4%         12.3%         14.0%         16.8%         9.5%         5.7%         2.3%         1.3%   

2002

     11.9%         10.8%         19.8%         15.8%         10.9%         11.2%         2.6%         2.7%   

2003

     12.4%         13.5%         13.1%         10.1%         11.4%         9.2%         2.4%         3.1%   

2004

     12.7%         12.0%         9.7%         12.1%         12.2%         11.8%         1.7%         2.7%   

2005

     12.0%         15.6%         9.8%         8.0%         15.8%         10.7%         2.9%         2.9%   

2006

     18.8%         12.4%         10.8%         11.5%         10.6%         9.7%         2.6%         2.3%   

2007

     12.8%         8.9%         10.9%         12.2%         10.9%         9.8%         2.5%         2.6%   

2008

     13.8%         12.7%         11.8%         13.5%         11.0%         10.9%         2.4%         2.9%   

2009

     14.4%         14.2%         13.5%         13.6%         11.8%         10.7%         3.2%         2.8%   

2010

     11.8%         10.1%         11.3%         11.1%         12.0%         11.3%         2.7%         3.2%   

20116

     11.5%         11.5%         12.6%         10.8%         12.4%         11.9%         3.5%         2.7%   

 

THE FUND WILL TRADE WITH A VIEW TO TRACKING THE

DBIQ DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURE INDEX EXCESS RETURN™ OVER TIME.

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

LEGEND:

 

Symbol   Index Commodity   Symbol   Index Commodity

C

 

Corn

 

KC

 

Coffee

S

 

Soybeans

 

CT

 

Cotton

W

 

Wheat

 

LC

 

Live Cattle

KCW

 

Kansas City Wheat

 

FC

 

Feeder Cattle

SB

 

Sugar

 

LH

 

Lean Hogs

CC

 

Cocoa

       

 

See accompanying Notes and Legends.

 

62


INDEX COMMODITIES WEIGHTS TABLES

 

DBIQ DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURE INDEX EXCESS RETURN™*

 

     LC7     FC7     LH7  
  High1     Low2     High1     Low2     High1     Low2  

19895

    11.9%        13.4%        3.8%        4.4%        7.8%        8.3%   

1990

    12.1%        13.3%        3.8%        4.4%        9.7%        8.3%   

1991

    13.4%        14.0%        4.4%        4.9%        9.0%        9.4%   

1992

    12.7%        14.6%        4.1%        5.1%        8.3%        9.7%   

1993

    12.0%        14.2%        4.0%        4.5%        7.8%        8.5%   

1994

    9.3%        12.2%        3.3%        4.2%        5.4%        7.9%   

1995

    12.2%        12.3%        3.5%        3.9%        8.2%        8.2%   

1996

    9.8%        12.5%        3.1%        4.0%        9.0%        8.3%   

1997

    10.5%        12.6%        3.6%        4.2%        6.4%        8.5%   

1998

    12.3%        12.1%        4.2%        4.1%        8.3%        6.0%   

1999

    12.3%        15.8%        4.3%        5.6%        7.7%        7.5%   

2000

    12.1%        12.9%        4.0%        4.3%        9.3%        8.8%   

2001

    12.7%        13.3%        4.1%        4.6%        8.5%        10.4%   

2002

    10.5%        12.2%        3.4%        3.9%        4.9%        6.7%   

2003

    11.7%        14.3%        4.0%        4.4%        7.1%        7.6%   

2004

    11.0%        10.0%        4.0%        3.6%        8.0%        7.7%   

2005

    11.7%        13.0%        4.0%        5.0%        7.4%        8.1%   

2006

    10.9%        12.3%        3.6%        4.1%        6.5%        7.5%   

2007

    11.4%        13.0%        3.8%        4.9%        7.9%        7.3%   

2008

    9.1%        12.0%        3.1%        4.0%        6.1%        9.5%   

2009

    9.6%        11.7%        3.7%        4.2%        5.8%        7.9%   

2010

    12.5%        14.1%        4.3%        5.1%        8.5%        9.6%   

20116

    11.6%        12.6%        4.2%        4.4%        8.2%        8.7%   

 

THE FUND WILL TRADE WITH A VIEW TO TRACKING THE

DBIQ DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURE INDEX EXCESS RETURN™ OVER TIME.

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

LEGEND:

 

Symbol   Index Commodity   Symbol   Index Commodity

C

 

Corn

 

KC

 

Coffee

S

 

Soybeans

 

CT

 

Cotton

W

 

Wheat

 

LC

 

Live Cattle

KCW

 

Kansas City Wheat

 

FC

 

Feeder Cattle

SB

 

Sugar

 

LH

 

Lean Hogs

CC

 

Cocoa

       

 

See accompanying Notes and Legends.

 

63


INDEX COMMODITIES WEIGHTS TABLES

 

DBIQ DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURE INDEX TOTAL RETURN™

 

      C7      S7      W7      KCW7  
   High1      Low2      High1      Low2      High1      Low2      High1      Low2  

19895

     12.0%         11.7%         12.1%         10.7%         6.1%         6.3%         6.3%         6.5%   

1990

     12.8%         13.0%         11.7%         13.0%         5.0%         6.3%         5.1%         6.5%   

1991

     12.8%         12.9%         12.4%         12.1%         5.9%         6.2%         6.0%         6.5%   

1992

     13.1%         11.3%         12.9%         12.7%         8.2%         7.1%         8.0%         7.0%   

1993

     12.7%         12.8%         12.4%         12.9%         6.3%         6.3%         6.4%         6.3%   

1994

     9.0%         12.3%         9.4%         12.4%         5.3%         6.3%         5.5%         6.4%   

1995

     12.8%         13.7%         13.1%         12.5%         6.2%         6.3%         6.3%         6.8%   

1996

     15.0%         13.1%         13.3%         13.6%         6.1%         6.2%         7.2%         6.4%   

1997

     9.2%         11.8%         10.2%         12.3%         5.0%         6.3%         5.5%         6.2%   

1998

     12.5%         13.1%         12.0%         12.9%         5.9%         6.1%         6.0%         6.5%   

1999

     12.5%         12.9%         12.2%         11.7%         6.0%         6.0%         6.2%         6.3%   

2000

     13.2%         13.5%         13.6%         13.6%         6.0%         6.2%         6.0%         6.2%   

2001

     11.8%         11.7%         11.0%         12.2%         6.0%         6.2%         5.8%         5.5%   

2002

     11.1%         11.7%         12.7%         13.2%         5.9%         5.8%         6.3%         5.9%   

2003

     12.4%         11.7%         12.9%         13.8%         6.3%         6.6%         6.3%         5.8%   

2004

     14.6%         13.1%         13.9%         14.0%         6.0%         6.6%         6.1%         6.5%   

2005

     11.3%         10.9%         13.2%         13.6%         6.2%         6.2%         5.8%         6.1%   

2006

     12.8%         13.4%         12.8%         11.4%         6.3%         7.1%         6.3%         8.2%   

2007

     12.7%         12.7%         13.5%         12.9%         6.8%         6.2%         6.9%         6.2%   

2008

     12.3%         10.9%         14.0%         11.5%         8.1%         6.1%         8.3%         6.1%   

2009

     12.2%         11.5%         12.6%         12.0%         6.0%         5.9%         5.9%         6.2%   

2010

     12.0%         11.4%         12.7%         12.9%         6.1%         5.4%         6.2%         5.8%   

20116

     12.0%         12.0%         12.1%         12.8%         5.7%         6.2%         6.1%         6.4%   

 

THE FUND WILL NOT TRADE WITH A VIEW TO TRACKING THE

DBIQ DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURE INDEX TOTAL RETURN™ OVER TIME.

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

LEGEND:

 

Symbol   Index Commodity   Symbol   Index Commodity

C

 

Corn

 

KC

 

Coffee

S

 

Soybeans

 

CT

 

Cotton

W

 

Wheat

 

LC

 

Live Cattle

KCW

 

Kansas City Wheat

 

FC

 

Feeder Cattle

SB

 

Sugar

 

LH

 

Lean Hogs

CC

 

Cocoa

       

 

See accompanying Notes and Legends.

 

64


INDEX COMMODITIES WEIGHTS TABLES

 

DBIQ DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURE INDEX TOTAL RETURN™

 

      SB7     CC7     KC7     CT7  
   High1     Low2     High1     Low2     High1     Low2     High1     Low2  

19895

     14.8     17.4     12.2     10.0     10.2     7.7     2.6     3.5

1990

     11.5     11.1     14.1     10.4     11.6     11.4     2.5     2.5

1991

     11.7     12.3     10.3     8.7     11.1     9.8     3.1     3.3

1992

     11.5     15.1     9.7     7.9     9.1     7.0     2.4     2.5

1993

     12.4     11.7     12.0     9.7     11.0     10.1     2.9     3.1

1994

     11.2     12.6     11.1     10.6     27.4     11.4     2.9     3.8

1995

     13.3     11.7     10.4     10.5     9.5     9.8     2.8     4.2

1996

     14.8     13.0     9.3     10.6     9.1     9.6     2.2     2.8

1997

     10.5     12.9     9.1     11.0     27.9     11.5     2.1     2.8

1998

     11.7     12.9     10.8     11.2     13.9     12.3     2.6     2.7

1999

     13.5     10.9     10.7     8.8     12.1     11.7     2.5     2.7

2000

     13.4     10.2     9.9     10.1     9.4     10.0     3.1     3.2

2001

     12.8     12.3     15.7     16.8     8.4     5.7     2.2     1.3

2002

     11.9     10.8     19.8     15.8     10.9     11.2     2.6     2.7

2003

     12.4     13.5     13.1     10.1     11.4     9.2     2.4     3.1

2004

     12.7     12.0     9.7     12.1     12.2     11.8     1.7     2.7

2005

     12.0     15.6     9.8     8.0     15.8     10.7     2.9     2.9

2006

     11.6     12.4     11.4     11.5     11.5     9.7     2.9     2.3

2007

     12.8     11.7     10.9     11.5     10.9     11.2     2.5     2.9

2008

     13.8     12.7     11.8     13.5     11.0     10.9     2.4     2.9

2009

     13.6     13.8     11.6     13.9     11.1     10.7     2.8     3.0

2010

     11.8     10.1     11.3     11.1     12.0     11.3     2.7     3.2

20116

     11.5     11.5     12.6     10.8     12.4     11.9     3.5     2.7

 

THE FUND WILL NOT TRADE WITH A VIEW TO TRACKING THE

DBIQ DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURE INDEX TOTAL RETURN™ OVER TIME.

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

LEGEND:

 

Symbol   Index Commodity   Symbol   Index Commodity

C

 

Corn

 

KC

 

Coffee

S

 

Soybeans

 

CT

 

Cotton

W

 

Wheat

 

LC

 

Live Cattle

KCW

 

Kansas City Wheat

 

FC

 

Feeder Cattle

SB

 

Sugar

 

LH

 

Lean Hogs

CC

 

Cocoa

       

 

See accompanying Notes and Legends.

 

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INDEX COMMODITIES WEIGHTS TABLES

 

DBIQ DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURE INDEX TOTAL RETURN™

 

      LC7     FC7     LH7  
   High1     Low2     High1     Low2     High1     Low2  

19895

     11.9     13.4     3.8     4.4     7.8     8.3

1990

     12.1     13.1     3.8     4.3     9.7     8.6

1991

     13.4     14.0     4.4     4.9     9.0     9.4

1992

     12.7     14.6     4.1     5.1     8.3     9.7

1993

     12.0     14.2     4.0     4.5     7.8     8.5

1994

     9.3     12.2     3.3     4.2     5.4     7.9

1995

     12.5     12.3     4.1     3.9     8.9     8.2

1996

     10.7     12.5     3.4     4.0     9.0     8.3

1997

     10.5     12.6     3.6     4.2     6.4     8.5

1998

     12.3     12.1     4.2     4.1     8.3     6.0

1999

     12.3     15.8     4.3     5.6     7.7     7.5

2000

     12.1     13.1     4.0     4.4     9.3     9.5

2001

     13.1     13.3     4.1     4.6     9.3     10.4

2002

     10.5     12.2     3.4     3.9     4.9     6.7

2003

     11.7     14.3     4.0     4.4     7.1     7.6

2004

     11.0     10.0     4.0     3.6     8.0     7.7

2005

     11.7     13.0     4.0     5.0     7.4     8.1

2006

     12.7     12.3     4.3     4.1     7.4     7.5

2007

     11.4     13.2     3.8     4.4     7.9     7.3

2008

     9.1     12.0     3.1     4.0     6.1     9.5

2009

     11.8     11.1     3.9     4.2     8.5     7.6

2010

     12.5     14.1     4.3     5.1     8.5     9.6

20116

     11.6     12.6     4.2     4.4     8.2     8.7

 

THE FUND WILL NOT TRADE WITH A VIEW TO TRACKING THE

DBIQ DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURE INDEX TOTAL RETURN™ OVER TIME.

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

LEGEND:

 

Symbol   Index Commodity   Symbol   Index Commodity

C

 

Corn

 

KC

 

Coffee

S

 

Soybeans

 

CT

 

Cotton

W

 

Wheat

 

LC

 

Live Cattle

KCW

 

Kansas City Wheat

 

FC

 

Feeder Cattle

SB

 

Sugar

 

LH

 

Lean Hogs

CC

 

Cocoa

       

 

See accompanying Notes and Legends.

 

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All statistics based on data from January 18, 1989 to April 30, 2011.

 

VARIOUS STATISTICAL MEASURES

       DBIQ Diversified
Agriculture ER™8*
     DBIQ Diversified
Agriculture TR™9
     S&P Agriculture
Total Return10
 

Annualized Changes to Index Level11

       0.5%         4.4%         0.2%   

Average rolling 3 month daily volatility12

       9.9%         9.7%         13.6%   

Sharpe Ratio13

       -0.33         0.07         -0.26   

% of months with positive change14

       48%         53%         49%   

Average monthly positive change15

       2.9%         2.9%         4.1%   

Average monthly negative change16

       -2.5%         -2.4%         -3.6%   

ANNUALIZED INDEX LEVELS17

       DBIQ Diversified
Agriculture ER™8*
     DBIQ Diversified
Agriculture TR™9
     S&P Agriculture
Total Return10
 

1 year

       37.2%         36.6%         63.0%   

3 year

       0.4%         0.7%         -0.3%   

5 year

       4.3%         6.3%         7.5%   

7 year

       3.1%         5.4%         1.7%   

10 year

       4.0%         6.1%         2.3%   

15 year

       -0.5%         2.5%         -3.5%   

 

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

WHILE THE FUND’S OBJECTIVE IS NOT TO GENERATE PROFIT THROUGH ACTIVE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, BUT IS TO TRACK THE INDEX, BECAUSE THE INDEX WAS ESTABLISHED IN OCTOBER 2010, CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO INDEX CLOSING LEVELS MAY BE CONSIDERED TO BE “HYPOTHETICAL.” HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION MAY HAVE CERTAIN INHERENT LIMITATIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE DESCRIBED BELOW.

 

NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE INDEX WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CLOSING LEVELS CONSISTENT WITH OR SIMILAR TO THOSE SET FORTH HEREIN. SIMILARLY, NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE FUND WILL GENERATE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THE FUND’S PAST PERFORMANCE, WHEN AVAILABLE, OR THE HISTORICAL ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CHANGES IN THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS. IN FACT, THERE ARE FREQUENTLY SHARP DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HYPOTHETICAL RESULTS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS SUBSEQUENTLY ACHIEVED BY INVESTMENT METHODOLOGIES, WHETHER ACTIVE OR PASSIVE.

 

ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION IS THAT IT IS GENERALLY PREPARED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. TO THE EXTENT THAT INFORMATION PRESENTED HEREIN RELATES TO THE PERIOD JANUARY 1989 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2010, THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS REFLECT THE APPLICATION OF THE INDEX’S METHODOLOGY, AND SELECTION OF INDEX COMMODITIES, IN HINDSIGHT.

 

NO HYPOTHETICAL RECORD CAN COMPLETELY ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL RISK IN ACTUAL TRADING. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE NUMEROUS FACTORS, INCLUDING THOSE DESCRIBED UNDER “THE RISKS YOU FACE” HEREIN, RELATED TO THE COMMODITIES MARKETS IN GENERAL OR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FUND’S EFFORTS TO TRACK ITS INDEX OVER TIME WHICH CANNOT BE, AND HAVE NOT BEEN, ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PREPARATION OF SUCH INDEX INFORMATION SET FORTH ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES, ALL OF WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS FOR THE FUND. FURTHERMORE, THE INDEX INFORMATION DOES NOT INVOLVE FINANCIAL RISK OR ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FEES AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUND.

 

THE MANAGING OWNER COMMENCED OPERATIONS IN JANUARY 2006. AS MANAGING OWNER, THE MANAGING OWNER AND ITS TRADING PRINCIPALS HAVE BEEN MANAGING THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS FOR THE FUNDS AND RELATED PRODUCTS AND MANAGING FUTURES TRADING ACCOUNTS. BECAUSE THERE ARE LIMITED ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS TO COMPARE TO THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS SET FORTH HEREIN, PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY WARY OF PLACING UNDUE RELIANCE ON THE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE INDEX RESULTS.

 

See accompanying Notes and Legends.

 

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DBIQ DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURE ER, DBIQ DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURE TR AND GOLDMAN SACHS US AGRICULTURE

TOTAL RETURN INDEX

 

LOGO

 

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

Each of DBIQ Diversified Agriculture ER, DBIQ Diversified Agriculture TR and Goldman Sachs US Agriculture Total Return Index are indices and do not reflect actual trading. DBIQ Diversified Agriculture TR and Goldman Sachs US Agriculture Total Return Index are calculated on a total return basis and do not reflect any fees or expenses.

WHILE THE FUND’S OBJECTIVE IS NOT TO GENERATE PROFIT THROUGH ACTIVE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, BUT IS TO TRACK THE INDEX, BECAUSE THE INDEX WAS ESTABLISHED IN OCTOBER 2010, CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO INDEX CLOSING LEVELS MAY BE CONSIDERED TO BE “HYPOTHETICAL.” HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION MAY HAVE CERTAIN INHERENT LIMITATIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE DESCRIBED BELOW.

NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE INDEX WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CLOSING LEVELS CONSISTENT WITH OR SIMILAR TO THOSE SET FORTH HEREIN. SIMILARLY, NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE FUND WILL GENERATE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THE FUND’S PAST PERFORMANCE, WHEN AVAILABLE, OR THE HISTORICAL ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CHANGES IN THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS. IN FACT, THERE ARE FREQUENTLY SHARP DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HYPOTHETICAL RESULTS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS SUBSEQUENTLY ACHIEVED BY INVESTMENT METHODOLOGIES, WHETHER ACTIVE OR PASSIVE.

ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION IS THAT IT IS GENERALLY PREPARED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. TO THE EXTENT THAT INFORMATION PRESENTED HEREIN RELATES TO THE PERIOD JANUARY 1989 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2010, THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS REFLECT THE APPLICATION OF THE INDEX’S METHODOLOGY, AND SELECTION OF INDEX COMMODITIES, IN HINDSIGHT.

NO HYPOTHETICAL RECORD CAN COMPLETELY ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL RISK IN ACTUAL TRADING. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE NUMEROUS FACTORS, INCLUDING THOSE DESCRIBED UNDER “THE RISKS YOU FACE” HEREIN, RELATED TO THE COMMODITIES MARKETS IN GENERAL OR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FUND’S EFFORTS TO TRACK ITS INDEX OVER TIME WHICH CANNOT BE, AND HAVE NOT BEEN, ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PREPARATION OF SUCH INDEX INFORMATION SET FORTH ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES, ALL OF WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS FOR THE FUND. FURTHERMORE, THE INDEX INFORMATION DOES NOT INVOLVE FINANCIAL RISK OR ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FEES AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUND.

THE MANAGING OWNER COMMENCED OPERATIONS IN JANUARY 2006. AS MANAGING OWNER, THE MANAGING OWNER AND ITS TRADING PRINCIPALS HAVE BEEN MANAGING THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS FOR THE FUNDS AND RELATED PRODUCTS AND MANAGING FUTURES TRADING ACCOUNTS. BECAUSE THERE ARE LIMITED ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS TO COMPARE TO THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS SET FORTH HEREIN, PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY WARY OF PLACING UNDUE RELIANCE ON THE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE INDEX RESULTS.

 

See accompanying Notes and Legends.

 

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COMPARISON OF DBIQ DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURE TR AND GOLDMAN SACHS US AGRICULTURE TOTAL RETURN INDEX

 

LOGO

 

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

 

DBIQ Diversified Agriculture TR and Goldman Sachs US Agriculture Total Return Index are indices and do not reflect actual trading. DBIQ Diversified Agriculture TR and Goldman Sachs US Agriculture Total Return Index are calculated on a total return basis and do not reflect any fees or expenses.

WHILE THE FUND’S OBJECTIVE IS NOT TO GENERATE PROFIT THROUGH ACTIVE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, BUT IS TO TRACK THE INDEX, BECAUSE THE INDEX WAS ESTABLISHED IN OCTOBER 2010, CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO INDEX CLOSING LEVELS MAY BE CONSIDERED TO BE “HYPOTHETICAL.” HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION MAY HAVE CERTAIN INHERENT LIMITATIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE DESCRIBED BELOW.

NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE INDEX WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CLOSING LEVELS CONSISTENT WITH OR SIMILAR TO THOSE SET FORTH HEREIN. SIMILARLY, NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE FUND WILL GENERATE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THE FUND’S PAST PERFORMANCE, WHEN AVAILABLE, OR THE HISTORICAL ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CHANGES IN THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS. IN FACT, THERE ARE FREQUENTLY SHARP DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HYPOTHETICAL RESULTS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS SUBSEQUENTLY ACHIEVED BY INVESTMENT METHODOLOGIES, WHETHER ACTIVE OR PASSIVE.

ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION IS THAT IT IS GENERALLY PREPARED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. TO THE EXTENT THAT INFORMATION PRESENTED HEREIN RELATES TO THE PERIOD JANUARY 1989 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2010, THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS REFLECT THE APPLICATION OF THE INDEX’S METHODOLOGY, AND SELECTION OF INDEX COMMODITIES, IN HINDSIGHT.

NO HYPOTHETICAL RECORD CAN COMPLETELY ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL RISK IN ACTUAL TRADING. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE NUMEROUS FACTORS, INCLUDING THOSE DESCRIBED UNDER “THE RISKS YOU FACE” HEREIN, RELATED TO THE COMMODITIES MARKETS IN GENERAL OR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FUND’S EFFORTS TO TRACK ITS INDEX OVER TIME WHICH CANNOT BE, AND HAVE NOT BEEN, ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PREPARATION OF SUCH INDEX INFORMATION SET FORTH ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES, ALL OF WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS FOR THE FUND. FURTHERMORE, THE INDEX INFORMATION DOES NOT INVOLVE FINANCIAL RISK OR ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FEES AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUND.

THE MANAGING OWNER COMMENCED OPERATIONS IN JANUARY 2006. AS MANAGING OWNER, THE MANAGING OWNER AND ITS TRADING PRINCIPALS HAVE BEEN MANAGING THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS FOR THE FUNDS AND RELATED PRODUCTS AND MANAGING FUTURES TRADING ACCOUNTS. BECAUSE THERE ARE LIMITED ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS TO COMPARE TO THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS SET FORTH HEREIN, PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY WARY OF PLACING UNDUE RELIANCE ON THE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE INDEX RESULTS.

 

See accompanying Notes and Legends.

 

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NOTES AND LEGENDS:

 

1.    “High” reflects the highest closing level of the Index during the applicable year.

2.    “Low” reflects the lowest closing level of the Index during the applicable year.

3.    “Annual Index Changes” reflect the change to the Index level on an annual basis as of December 31 of each applicable year.

4.    “Index Changes Since Inception” reflects the change of the Index level since inception on a compounded annual basis as of December 31 of each applicable year.

5.    Closing levels as of inception on January 18, 1989.

6.    Closing levels as of April 30, 2011.

7.    The DBIQ Diversified Agriculture Index Excess Return™ and DBIQ Diversified Agriculture Index Total Return™ reflect the change in market value of C (Corn), S (Soybeans), W (Wheat), KW (Kansas City Wheat), SB (Sugar) and CT (Cotton), on an optimum yield basis, and CC (Cocoa), KC (Coffee), LC (Live Cattle), FC (Feeder Cattle), and LH (Lean Hogs) on a non-optimum yield basis.

8.    “DBIQ Diversified Agriculture ER™” is DBIQ Diversified Agriculture Index Excess Return™.

9.    “DBIQ Diversified Agriculture TR™” is DBIQ Diversified Agriculture Index Total Return™.

10. “S&P Agriculture Total Return” is S&P GSCI Agriculture Index Total Return.

11. “Annualized Changes to Index Level” reflect the change to the applicable index level on an annual basis as of December 31 of each applicable year.

12. “Average rolling 3 month daily volatility.” The daily volatility reflects the relative rate at which the price of the applicable index moves up and down, which is found by calculating the annualized standard deviation of the daily change in price. In turn, an average of this value is calculated on a 3 month rolling basis.

13. “Sharpe Ratio” compares the annualized rate of return minus the annualized risk-free rate of return to the annualized variability — often referred to as the “standard deviation” — of the monthly rates of return. A Sharpe Ratio of 1:1 or higher indicates that, according to the measures used in calculating the ratio, the rate of return achieved by a particular strategy has equaled or exceeded the risks assumed by such strategy. The risk-free rate of return that was used in these calculations was assumed to be 3.73%.

14. “% of months with positive change” during the period from inception to April 30, 2011.

15. “Average monthly positive change” during the period from inception to April 30, 2011.

16. “Average monthly negative change” during the period from inception to April 30, 2011.

17. “Annualized Index Levels” reflect the change to the level of the applicable index on an annual basis as of December 31 of each the applicable time period (e.g., 1 year, 3, 5 or 7, 10 or 15 years, as applicable).

*  As of October 19, 2009, the Fund commenced tracking the DBIQ Diversified Agriculture Index Excess Return™. Prior to October 19, 2009, the Fund tracked the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index-Optimum Yield Agriculture Excess Return.

 

WHILE THE FUND’S OBJECTIVE IS NOT TO GENERATE PROFIT THROUGH ACTIVE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, BUT IS TO TRACK THE INDEX, BECAUSE THE INDEX WAS ESTABLISHED IN OCTOBER 2010, CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO INDEX CLOSING LEVELS MAY BE CONSIDERED TO BE “HYPOTHETICAL.” HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION MAY HAVE CERTAIN INHERENT LIMITATIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE DESCRIBED BELOW.

 

NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE INDEX WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CLOSING LEVELS CONSISTENT WITH OR SIMILAR TO THOSE SET FORTH HEREIN. SIMILARLY, NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE FUND WILL GENERATE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THE FUND’S PAST PERFORMANCE, WHEN AVAILABLE, OR THE HISTORICAL ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CHANGES IN THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS. IN FACT, THERE ARE FREQUENTLY SHARP DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HYPOTHETICAL RESULTS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS SUBSEQUENTLY ACHIEVED BY INVESTMENT METHODOLOGIES, WHETHER ACTIVE OR PASSIVE.

 

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ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION IS THAT IT IS GENERALLY PREPARED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. TO THE EXTENT THAT INFORMATION PRESENTED HEREIN RELATES TO THE PERIOD JANUARY 1989 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2010, THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS REFLECT THE APPLICATION OF THE INDEX’S METHODOLOGY, AND SELECTION OF INDEX COMMODITIES, IN HINDSIGHT.

 

NO HYPOTHETICAL RECORD CAN COMPLETELY ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL RISK IN ACTUAL TRADING. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE NUMEROUS FACTORS, INCLUDING THOSE DESCRIBED UNDER “THE RISKS YOU FACE” HEREIN, RELATED TO THE COMMODITIES MARKETS IN GENERAL OR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FUND’S EFFORTS TO TRACK ITS INDEX OVER TIME WHICH CANNOT BE, AND HAVE NOT BEEN, ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PREPARATION OF SUCH INDEX INFORMATION SET FORTH ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES, ALL OF WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS FOR THE FUND. FURTHERMORE, THE INDEX INFORMATION DOES NOT INVOLVE FINANCIAL RISK OR ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FEES AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUND.

 

THE MANAGING OWNER COMMENCED OPERATIONS IN JANUARY 2006. AS MANAGING OWNER, THE MANAGING OWNER AND ITS TRADING PRINCIPALS HAVE BEEN MANAGING THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS FOR THE FUNDS AND RELATED PRODUCTS AND MANAGING FUTURES TRADING ACCOUNTS. BECAUSE THERE ARE LIMITED ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS TO COMPARE TO THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS SET FORTH HEREIN, PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY WARY OF PLACING UNDUE RELIANCE ON THE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE INDEX RESULTS.

 

ALTHOUGH THE INDEX SPONSOR WILL OBTAIN INFORMATION FOR INCLUSION IN OR FOR USE IN THE CALCULATION OF THE INDEX FROM SOURCE(S) WHICH THE INDEX SPONSOR CONSIDERS RELIABLE, THE INDEX SPONSOR WILL NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY SUCH INFORMATION AND DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY AND/OR THE COMPLETENESS OF THE INDEX OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. THE INDEX SPONSOR SHALL NOT BE LIABLE (WHETHER IN NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) TO ANY PERSON FOR ANY ERROR IN THE INDEX AND THE INDEX SPONSOR IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO ADVISE ANY PERSON OF ANY ERROR THEREIN.

 

UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED, NO TRANSACTION RELATING TO THE INDEX IS SPONSORED, ENDORSED, SOLD OR PROMOTED BY THE INDEX SPONSOR AND THE INDEX SPONSOR MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AS TO (A) THE ADVISABILITY OF PURCHASING OR ASSUMING ANY RISK IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SUCH TRANSACTION (B) THE LEVELS AT WHICH THE INDEX STANDS AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME ON ANY PARTICULAR DATE (C) THE RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED BY THE ISSUER OF ANY SECURITY OR ANY COUNTERPARTY OR ANY SUCH ISSUER’S SECURITY HOLDERS OR CUSTOMERS OR ANY SUCH COUNTERPARTY’S CUSTOMERS OR COUNTERPARTIES OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FROM THE USE OF THE INDEX OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN IN CONNECTION WITH ANY LICENSED RIGHTS OR FOR ANY OTHER USE OR (D) ANY OTHER MATTER. THE INDEX SPONSOR MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE WITH RESPECT TO THE INDEX OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN.

 

WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE INDEX SPONSOR HAVE ANY LIABILITY (WHETHER IN NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) TO ANY PERSON FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST PROFITS) EVEN IF NOTIFIED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

 

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