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Technology Portfolio Series 4

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Investment Objective

The trust seeks to maximize total return primarily through capital appreciation.

Principal Investment Strategy

Selection Criteria

Risks and Other Considerations

Portfolio Information

Deposit Information
Inception Date 4/17/2008
Non-Reoffered Date 11/19/2008
Mandatory Maturity Date 4/28/2010
Ticker Symbol CTECDX
Trust Structure Grantor
Inception Unit Price $10.0000
Maturity Price (as of 4/28/10) $9.5757

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate with changes in market conditions. Investors' units, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

This information does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of any offer to buy: nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state where the offer, solicitation, or sale is not permitted.

Principal Investment Strategy

The trust consists of 44 stocks classified as being in the information technology sector by the Global Industry Classification Standard (“GICS”). The trust is diversified across the information technology sector and includes stocks of companies from the following industries: communications equipment, computers and peripherals, electronic equipment and instruments, internet software and services, IT services, office electronics, semiconductors and semiconductor equipment and software. The sponsor selects stocks for the trust within the sector that it believes have the potential to achieve the trust’s investment objective.

Selection Criteria
The sponsor selects domestic companies that it believes are core holdings of a well-diversified domestic technology portfolio. To select the portfolio the sponsor follows a very disciplined process which includes both quantitative and qualitative analysis. The sponsor begins with the approximately 500 companies that are in the Russell 3000 Index and are classified as being in the information technology sector. The sponsor then reduces the 500 companies to approximately 150 by performing quantitative screening, which may be primarily based on, but not limited to, the following factors:

Valuation. The sponsor may screen for reasonably valued companies based on measures such as price-to-earnings, price-to-book, and price-to-cash flow.

Growth. The sponsor may screen for companies with a history of better than average growth of revenues, earnings and dividends (if applicable).

Profitability. The sponsor may screen for companies with a history of consistent and high profitability as measured by return-on-assets, return-on-equity, gross margin and net margin.

The sponsor then reduces the 150 companies to 44 by performing qualitative analysis, which may be primarily based on, but not limited to, the following factors:

Balance Sheet. The sponsor favors companies that possess overall financial strength and exhibit balance sheet improvements relative to their peers and the marketplace.

Industry Leadership. The sponsor favors companies that possess a strong competitive position among their domestic and global peers.

Valuation. The sponsor favors companies whose valuations appear to be attractive based on measures such as price-to-earnings, price-to-book, and price-to-cash flow.

Growth. The sponsor favors companies with a history of (and prospects for) better than average growth of revenues, earnings and dividends (if applicable).

Profitability. The sponsor favors companies with a history of (and prospects for) consistent and high profitability as measured by return-on-assets, return-on-equity, gross margin and net margin.

The Russell 3000® Index

The Russell 3000® Index measures the performance of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies based on total market capitalization, which represents approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market. As of the latest reconstitution, the average market capitalization was approximately $81.646 billion; the median market  capitalization was approximately $0.941 billion. The index had a total market capitalization range of approximately $476.462 billion to $25 million. It is not possible to invest directly in the Russell 3000® Index.  The Trust will not try to replicate the performance of the Russell 3000® Index and will not necessarily invest any substantial portion of its assets in securities in the Index. There is no guarantee that the perceived intrinsic value of a security will be realized.

Risks and Other Considerations

As with all investments, you can lose money by investing in the trust. The trust also might not perform as well as you expect. This can happen for reasons such as these:

  • Stock prices can be volatile. The value of your investment may fall over time. Market value fluctuates in response to various factors. These can include stock market movements, purchases or sales of securities by the trust, government policies, litigation, and changes in interest rates, inflation, the financial condition of the securities’ issuer or even perceptions of the issuer.
  • The sponsor does not actively manage the portfolio. The trust will generally hold, and may continue to buy, the  same securities even though a security’s outlook, market value or yield may have changed.
  • Share prices or dividend rates on the securities may decline during the life of the trust. There is no guarantee that the issuers of the securities will declare dividends in the future and, if declared, whether they will remain at current levels or increase over time.
  • The trust invests in stocks issued by small-capitalization or mid-capitalization companies. These stocks customarily involve more investment risk than stocks of large-capitalization companies. Small-capitalization and mid-capitalization companies may have limited product lines, markets or financial resources and may be vulnerable to adverse general market or economic developments.
  • The trust includes securities issued by companies in the information technology sector. The trust is diversified across the information technology sector and includes stocks of companies from the following industries: communications equipment, computers and peripherals, electronic equipment and instruments, internet software and services, IT services, office electronics, semiconductors and semiconductor equipment and software. Adverse developments in the sector may affect the value of your investment. Companies involved in this sector must contend with rapid changes in technology, intense competition, government regulation and the rapid obsolescence of products and services. Furthermore, sector predictions may not materialize and the companies selected for the trust may not represent the entire sector and may not participate in the overall sector growth.
  • Inflation may lead to a decrease in the value of assets or income from investments.

Please see the Trust prospectus for more complete risk information.

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