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To: TREND1 who wrote (14869)	5/31/2007 11:20:47 PM
From: SI User	Respond to of 29608

According to Hirsch IGW is as close as you can get, but this is not actually true: investorshub.com ishares.com % Net Assets Name Ticker Market Identifier* Market Price Shares Held Market Value Sector Exchange Rate 9.85 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC TXN N/A 882508104 35.01 797,995 27,937,804.95 Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.00 8.97 INTEL CORP INTC N/A 458140100 22.13 1,149,649 25,441,732.37 Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.00 7.14 MOTOROLA INC MOT N/A 620076109 18.28 1,107,271 20,240,913.88 Technology Hardware & Equipment 1.00 6.79 APPLIED MATERIALS INC AMAT N/A 038222105 18.94 1,015,853 19,240,255.82 Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.00 4.55 STMICROELECTRONICS NV-NY SHS STM N/A 861012102 19.36 666,592 12,905,221.12 Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.00 3.71 BROADCOM CORP-CL A BRCM N/A 111320107 30.46 345,096 10,511,624.16 Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.00 3.40 MEMC ELECTRONIC MATERIALS WFR N/A 552715104 58.95 163,647 9,646,990.65 Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.00 3.17 ANALOG DEVICES ADI N/A 032654105 35.70 251,773 8,988,296.10 Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.00 3.12 NVIDIA CORP NVDA N/A 67066G104 34.10 259,487 8,848,506.70 Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.00 3.11 ASML HOLDING NV-NY REG SHS ASML N/A N07059111 24.69 357,093 8,816,626.17 Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.00 2.79 KLA-TENCOR CORPORATION KLAC N/A 482480100 53.91 146,546 7,900,294.86 Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.00 2.75 LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORP LLTC N/A 535678106 35.48 220,043 7,807,125.64 Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.00 2.53 SANDISK CORP SNDK N/A 80004C101 43.15 166,184 7,170,839.60 Technology Hardware & Equipment 1.00 2.52 MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS MXIM N/A 57772K101 30.27 235,951 7,142,236.77 Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.00 2.45 XILINX INC XLNX N/A 983919101 28.12 247,509 6,959,953.08 Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.00 2.37 MARVELL TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD MRVL N/A G5876H105 15.57 430,755 6,706,855.35 N/A 1.00 2.33 MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC MU N/A 595112103 11.90 555,297 6,608,034.30 Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.00 2.25 NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORP NSM N/A 637640103 25.94 246,232 6,387,258.08 Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.00 2.24 MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC MCHP N/A 595017104 39.92 158,850 6,341,292.00 Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.00 2.12 ALTERA CORPORATION ALTR N/A 021441100 22.56 266,427 6,010,593.12 Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.00 2.05 ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES AMD N/A 007903107 14.37 403,802 5,802,634.74 Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.00 1.97 LAM RESEARCH CORP LRCX N/A 512807108 53.29 104,931 5,591,772.99 Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.00 1.66 LSI CORP LSI N/A 502161102 8.35 564,729 4,715,487.13 Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.00 1.07 INTERSIL CORP -CL A ISIL N/A 46069S109 29.72 101,829 3,026,357.88 Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.00 0.96 NOVELLUS SYSTEMS INC NVLS N/A 670008101 29.91 91,107 2,725,010.37 Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.00 0.90 ON SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION ONNN N/A 682189105 10.70 239,462 2,562,243.40 N/A 1.00 0.89 VARIAN SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIP VSEA N/A 922207105 62.23 40,636 2,528,778.28 Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.00 0.82 TERADYNE INC TER N/A 880770102 16.58 140,038 2,321,830.04 Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.00 0.80 CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP CY N/A 232806109 21.42 105,877 2,267,885.34 Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.00 0.75 INTEGRATED DEVICE TECH INC IDTI N/A 458118106 14.61 146,165 2,135,470.64 Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.00 0.68 ATMEL CORP ATML N/A 049513104 5.39 357,686 1,927,927.54 Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.00 0.66 AMKOR TECHNOLOGY INC AMKR N/A 031652100 14.26 131,128 1,869,885.28 N/A 1.00 0.65 INTL RECTIFIER CORP IRF N/A 460254105 34.53 53,163 1,835,718.39 Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.00 0.58 FAIRCHILD SEMICON INTERNATIO FCS N/A 303726103 18.14 90,185 1,635,955.90 Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.00 0.50 RAMBUS INC RMBS N/A 750917106 18.66 75,514 1,409,091.24 N/A 1.00 0.49 SILICON LABORATORIES INC SLAB N/A 826919102 34.17 40,517 1,384,465.89 Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.00 0.49 FORMFACTOR INC FORM N/A 346375108 40.04 34,406 1,377,616.24 N/A 1.00 0.45 CREE INC CREE N/A 225447101 22.70 56,741 1,288,020.70 Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.00 0.42 MICROSEMI CORP MSCC N/A 595137100 23.01 52,296 1,203,330.96 Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.00 0.41 PMC - SIERRA INC PMCS N/A 69344F106 7.59 154,101 1,169,626.59 Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.00 0.40 ATHEROS COMMUNICATIONS ATHR N/A 04743P108 29.14 38,718 1,128,242.52 N/A 1.00 0.40 ENTEGRIS INC ENTG N/A 29362U104 11.45 97,833 1,120,187.85 N/A 1.00 0.39 MKS INSTRUMENTS INC MKSI N/A 55306N104 26.92 41,581 1,119,360.52 Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.00 0.39 CYMER INC CYMI N/A 232572107 40.02 27,459 1,098,909.18 Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.00 0.35 SPANSION INC-CLASS A SPSN N/A 84649R101 10.60 94,824 1,005,134.40 N/A 1.00 0.33 ASE TEST LIMITED ASTSF N/A Y02516105 12.87 73,573 946,884.51 N/A 1.00 0.32 RF MICRO DEVICES INC RFMD N/A 749941100 6.45 141,684 913,861.80 Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.00 0.30 TRIDENT MICROSYSTEMS INC TRID N/A 895919108 20.14 41,966 845,195.24 N/A 1.00 0.30 SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS INC SWKS N/A 83088M102 7.10 118,471 841,144.10 Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.00 0.29 AMIS HOLDINGS INC AMIS N/A 031538101 12.75 64,750 825,562.50 N/A 1.00 0.29 SEMTECH CORP SMTC N/A 816850101 15.25 53,028 808,677.00 Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.00 0.25 MICREL INC MCRL N/A 594793101 12.19 58,248 710,043.12 Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.00 0.21 APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORP AMCC N/A 03822W109 2.80 216,977 607,535.60 N/A 1.00 0.18 SILICON IMAGE INC SIMG N/A 82705T102 8.10 63,356 513,183.60 N/A 1.00 0.16 CONEXANT SYSTEMS INC CNXT N/A 207142100 1.26 355,085 447,407.09 N/A 1.00 0.16 BGIF Institutional Money Market Institutional Share Class BGIXX N/A 066922790 1.00 441,551 441,550.96 S-T Securities SOX Component List: phlx.com Altera Corp. ALTR 0.00 22.56 4.71% Applied Materials, Inc. AMAT 0.00 18.94 3.95% Advanced Micro Devices AMD 0.00 14.37 3.00% Broadcom Corporation BRCM 0.00 30.46 6.35% Infineon Technologies AG IFX 0.00 15.08 3.15% Intel Corp. INTC 0.00 22.13 4.62% KLA-Tencor Corp. KLAC 0.00 53.91 11.25% Linear Technology Corp. LLTC 0.00 35.48 7.40% Marvell Technology Group MRVL 0.00 15.57 3.25% Micron Technology, Inc. MU 0.00 11.90 2.48% Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. MXIM 0.00 30.27 6.31% National Semiconductor Corp. NSM 0.00 25.94 5.41% Novellus Systems, Inc. NVLS 0.00 29.91 6.24% SanDisk Corporation SNDK 0.00 43.15 9.00% STMicroelectronics NV STM 0.00 19.36 4.04% Teradyne, Inc. TER 0.00 16.58 3.46% Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing TSM 0.00 10.66 2.22% 6/8/2007 0.09 Texas Instruments, Inc. TXN 0.00 35.01 7.30% Xilinx, Inc. XLNX 0.00 28.12 5.87% Totals 0.00 479.40 100% SOX Divisor - 0.9958079 SOX Value - 481.4182

To: TREND1 who wrote (14869)	5/31/2007 11:43:30 PM
From: SI User	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29608

Also, Proshares "Ultra Semiconductor" ETF (USD) -- not close to SOX but an interesting, new offering -- see companion "Ultra Short Semiconductors" ETF (SSG) -- and look at what it holds (at bottom) -- what are these "Swaps" anyway?? proshares.com Security Description Close Price Shares/Contracts Market/Notional Value Proshares Ultra Semiconductors 74347R669 DJUSSC SWAPS 1,272.42 10,021.97 12,752,161.05 ACTEL CORP COM STK 14 607 8,498.00 ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 14.37 12,789.00 183,777.93 ALTERA CORP COM STK 22.56 8,311.00 187,496.16 AMKOR TECHNOLOGIES COM 14.26 2,407.00 34,323.82 ANALOG DEVICES USD0.16 2/ 35.7 7,822.00 279,245.40 APPLIED MICROCIRCUITS 2.8 6,572.00 18,401.60 APPLIED MTRLS USD0.01 18.94 32,169.00 609,280.86 ASYST TECHNOLOGIES INC 6.97 1,143.00 7,966.71 ATMEL CORP COM STK 5.39 10,457.00 56,363.23 ATMI INC COM STK USD0.01 29.69 814 24,167.66 AXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES INC 6.42 2,354.00 15,112.68 BROADCOM CORP CLASS'A'COM 30.46 11,038.00 336,217.48 BROOKS AUTOMATION INC 16.91 1,654.00 27,969.14 CABOT MICROELECTRONICS 32.99 558 18,408.42 CIRRUS LOGIC INC COM STK 7.44 1,827.00 13,592.88 COHU INC COM STK USD1 20.61 492 10,140.12 CONEXANT SYSTEMS INC COM 1.26 11,366.00 14,321.16 CREE INC COM STK USD0.005 22.7 1,796.00 40,769.20 CYMER INC COM STK 40.02 887 35,497.74 CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR 21.42 3,354.00 71,842.68 DSP GROUP INC COM STK 21.49 677 14,548.73 ENTEGRIS INC COM STK 11.45 2,758.00 31,579.10 EXAR CORP COM STK NPV 13.57 839 11,385.23 FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR 18.14 2,833.00 51,390.62 FORMFACTOR INC COM STK 40.04 1,011.00 40,480.44 INTEGRATED DEVICE 14.61 4,581.00 66,928.41 INTEL CORP COM STK 22.13 135,595.00 3,000,717.35 INTERDIGITAL 32.77 1,227.00 40,208.79 INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER 34.53 1,667.00 57,561.51 INTERSIL CORP CLASS'A' 29.72 3,219.00 95,668.68 KLA TENCOR CORP COM STK 53.91 4,651.00 250,735.41 KULICKE & SOFFA 9.59 1,330.00 12,754.70 LAM RESEARCH CORP COM STK 53.29 3,315.00 176,656.35 LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR COM 5.23 2,488.00 13,012.24 LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORP 35.48 6,969.00 247,260.12 LSI CORP. COM STK USD0.01 8.35 17,842.00 148,980.70 LTX CORP COM STK USD0.05 5.72 1,445.00 8,265.40 MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS 30.27 7,476.00 226,298.52 MEMC ELECTRONICS 58.95 3,976.00 234,385.20 MICREL INC COM STK NPV 12.19 1,326.00 16,163.94 MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY COM 39.92 4,968.00 198,322.56 MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC COM 11.9 17,586.00 209,273.40 MICROSEMI COM STK USD0.20 23.01 1,574.00 36,217.74 NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR 25.94 7,429.00 192,708.26 NOVELLUS SYSTEMS INC COM 29.91 2,873.00 85,931.43 NVIDIA USD0.001 34.1 8,211.00 279,995.10 OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES 14.93 1,272.00 18,990.96 ON SEMICONDUCTOR CORP COM 10.7 6,876.00 73,573.20 PHOTRONICS INC COM STK 14.6 910 13,286.00 PMC SIERRA INC COM STK 7.59 4,872.00 36,978.48 RAMBUS INC COM STK 18.66 2,246.00 41,910.36 RF MICRO DEVICES INC COM 6.45 4,462.00 28,779.90 SANDISK CORP COM STK 43.15 5,263.00 227,098.45 SEMTECH CORP COM STK 15.25 1,698.00 25,894.50 SILICON IMAGE INC COM STK 8.1 1,991.00 16,127.10 SILICON LABORATORIES COM 34.17 1,179.00 40,286.43 SILICON STORAGE 3.82 2,111.00 8,064.02 SIRF TECHNOLOGY INC COM 21.67 1,115.00 24,162.05 SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS INCCOM 7.1 3,804.00 27,008.40 TERADYNE INC COM STK 16.58 4,424.00 73,349.92 TESSERA TECHNOLOGIES INC 43.02 1,094.00 47,063.88 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS USD1.00 35.01 34,593.00 1,211,100.93 TRIDENT MICROSYSTEMS INC 20.14 1,331.00 26,806.34 TRIQUINT SEMI CONDUCTOR 5.28 3,201.00 16,901.28 VARIAN SEMICONDUCT EQUIP 62.23 1,307.00 81,334.61 XILINX USD0.01 28.12 7,736.00 217,536.32 ZORAN CORP COM STK 19.34 1,143.00 22,105.62 MARVELL TECH GROUP COM 15.57 10,738.00 167,190.66 Net Other Assets / Cash 1,339,211.77 1,339,211.77 ---------------------------------------------------- Security Description Close Price Shares/Contracts Market/Notional Value Proshares UltraShort Semiconductors 74347R545 DJUSSC SWAPS 1,272.42 -14,961.26 -19,037,011.20 Net Other Assets / Cash 9,452,440.80 9,452,440.80