The Fund invests in financial instruments that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should produce daily returns consistent with the Daily Target. The Index is designed to measure the performance of financial companies included in the S&P 500 Index. The S&P 500 Index is designed to measure the performance of the largest 500 companies listed and domiciled in the U.S. The Index includes financial companies in the following industries according to the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) as banks, financial services, consumer finance, capital markets, mortgage real estate investment trusts (REITS), and insurance. These companies are then weighted based on market capitalization. The Indexs composition and the assigned weights are reevaluated every September with additional weight adjustments in March, June, and December. The Index is constructed and maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC. More information about the Index can be found using the Bloomberg ticker symbol IXM.