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An investment in the Fund may be subject to risks which include, but are not limited to, risks related to investments in oil services companies, depositary receipts, special risk considerations of investing in European Issuers, foreign securities, small- and medium-capitalization companies, equity securities, market, operational, index tracking, authorized participant concentration, no guarantee of active trading market, trading issues, passive management, fund shares trading, premium/discount and liquidity of fund shares, issuer-specific changes, non-diversified and index-related concentration risks, all of which may adversely affect the Fund. Small- and medium-capitalization companies may be subject to elevated risks.
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