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1 Powered by Artificial Intelligence SUMMARY OF CHANGES IN OUT Snap Inc Altria Group Inc Universal Display Corp JPMorgan Chase & Co Citigroup Inc Albemarle Corp Adobe Systems Inc T-Mobile US Inc Under Armour Inc Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc Kinder Morgan Inc/DE Constellation Brands Inc Boston Scientific Corp Verizon Communications Inc SNAP MO OLED JPM C ALB ADBE TMUS UAA ALNY KMI STZ BSX VZ Walt Disney Co/The Ulta Beauty Inc Lowe s Cos Inc Lam Research Corp Dollar General Corp JetBlue Airways Corp Alaska Air Group Inc Palo Alto Networks Inc General Motors Co Coca-Cola Co/The Schlumberger Ltd McDonald s Corp ebay Inc American Airlines Group Inc DIS ULTA LOW LRCX DG JBLU ALK PANW GM KO SLB MCD EBAY AAL SECTOR COMPARISON SECTOR SEPTEMBER 2017 INDEX WEIGHT (%) OCTOBER 2017 INDEX WEIGHT (%) Consumer Discretionary Consumer Staples Energy Financial Services Health Care Industrials Information Technology Materials Telecommunication Services Utilities /6

2 STOCK SPOTLIGHT SNAP Inc SNAP sentiment was negative following the company s public markets debut, despite the initial post-ipo gap higher. There simply wasn t broad investor buy-in to the IPO hype expressed across traditional media outlets. Investor sentiment appears to have bottomed in early August, just before the stock traded down to a low of below $12/share. Generally speaking, the positive tone of sentiment relating to SNAP s prospects began to build at that time, rising steadily as the stock formed a new base around the $14 level. Perhaps the new technical support gave investors confidence that a bottom was reached and a higher probability of gains lay ahead as opinions of the SNAP shifted to having fallen too far and poised to rebound. Positive sentiment gained further momentum as SNAP s stock trended sideways from late August through late September. SNAP sentiment is now as high as we have seen it since the company went public, a positive sign for potential gains in the months ahead. PayPal Holdings, Inc. Recently we highlighted the increasing investor sentiment in shares of mobile payment solution company Square Inc (NYSE: SQ), which have more than doubled in price so far this year. While Square, led by well-known CEO Jack Dorsey, has captured much of the media attention, fellow payment processing company Paypal (NASDAQ: PYPL) has quietly been having a stellar year of its own. After trading sideways for much of 2016, Paypal s earnings beat in April this year jumpstarted a rally in the stock from $45 to just under $70, representing year-to-date gains of nearly 75%. Although traditional payment processing companies such as Mastercard (NYSE: MA) and Visa (NYSE: V) have also had strong performance this year, it has been the technology-oriented companies such as Square and Paypal that have really shined. While PYPL has been in the Z Index since September 2016, its weight of 1.6% in the October index is at its highest level ever. Coincidentally, the October rebalance date for the Z Index landed on the day Paypal reported its Q3 earnings. Another earnings beat sent shares up 7% while increasing positive investor sentiment suggests the rally still has further to run. INDEX FUNDAMENTALS 1.38% 21.4 Dividend Yield P/E Ratio $169.9B Average Market Cap $5.4B Smallest Market Cap $805.7B Largest Market Cap 2/6

3 INDEX HOLDINGS WEIGHT (%) Advanced Micro Devices Inc 3.00% Apple Inc 3.00% Alphabet Inc 3.00% Micron Technology Inc 3.00% Amazon.com Inc 3.00% Square Inc 3.00% Tesla Inc 3.00% NVIDIA Corp 3.00% Facebook Inc 3.00% Sprint Corp 3.00% Microsoft Corp 3.00% Netflix Inc 2.87% Costco Wholesale Corp 2.52% Gilead Sciences Inc 2.39% Twitter Inc 2.33% Snap Inc 2.25% Intel Corp 2.18% Celgene Corp 2.13% Kroger Co/The 2.05% General Electric Co 1.92% Bank of America Corp 1.69% PayPal Holdings Inc 1.60% AbbVie Inc 1.54% Oracle Corp 1.53% Activision Blizzard Inc 1.44% Applied Materials Inc 1.43% Ford Motor Co 1.36% Boeing Co/The 1.24% Take-Two Interactive Software 1.22% Mastercard Inc 1.17% Wal-Mart Stores Inc 1.14% Raytheon Co 1.13% AT&T Inc 1.12% Broadcom Ltd 1.06% Altria Group Inc 0.98% Universal Display Corp 0.98% JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.98% Wynn Resorts Ltd 0.94% Citigroup Inc 0.93% WEIGHT (%) Lockheed Martin Corp 0.89% Pfizer Inc 0.83% NIKE Inc 0.80% Starbucks Corp 0.79% Viacom Inc 0.78% Home Depot Inc/The 0.77% Biogen Inc 0.76% Freeport-McMoRan Inc 0.75% Johnson & Johnson 0.74% Best Buy Co Inc 0.74% Exelixis Inc 0.73% Target Corp 0.70% CenturyLink Inc 0.68% Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc 0.68% Visa Inc 0.66% Albemarle Corp 0.65% Adobe Systems Inc 0.63% Amgen Inc 0.63% Bristol-Myers Squibb Co 0.62% T-Mobile US Inc 0.62% Mattel Inc 0.59% Under Armour Inc 0.59% Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc 0.59% QUALCOMM Inc 0.58% Kinder Morgan Inc/DE 0.56% Incyte Corp 0.55% Intuitive Surgical Inc 0.55% CVS Health Corp 0.54% Exxon Mobil Corp 0.51% Western Digital Corp 0.51% Merck & Co Inc 0.50% Constellation Brands Inc 0.49% Boston Scientific Corp 0.49% Priceline Group Inc/The 0.47% Verizon Communications Inc 0.46% Electronic Arts Inc 0.46% Total: /6

4 TOP U.S. STOCKS DISCUSSED ACROSS ONLINE PLATFORMS TOP FIVE POSITIVELY TRENDING STOCKS IN THE INDEX Gilead Sciences Inc GILD Home Depot Inc/The HD Exelixis Inc EXEL Apple Inc AAPL Freeport-McMoRan Inc FCX BOTTOM FIVE NEGATIVELY TRENDING STOCKS NOT IN THE INDEX Seagate Technology PLC STX Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc CMG Wells Fargo & Co WFC L Brands Inc LB Herbalife Ltd HLF 4/6

5 The Z NextGen AI US Sentiment Leaders Index identifies the 75 most bullish U.S. stocks based on investment insights derived from the vast content generated across online platforms. Millions of unique stock-specific data points aggregated from online sources including social media, news articles and blog posts are processed on a monthly basis. The data is filtered through an analytics model which utilizes Natural Language Processing Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence applications. HOW IT WORKS: 1. Where s the Z? First, from a defined investment universe of U.S. stocks, the Z Index targets the most mentioned stocks discussed across online platforms. 2. What s the Z? The Z Index looks at what the online community is saying about these most-mentioned stocks and whether the Z is positive, negative or neutral on a collective basis. 3. Who is creating the Z? The Z Index pinpoints influencers within the online community and identifies whose tweets and posts are most likely to impact collective opinion. It also identifies and scores which members of the online community have historically been the most successful in their forecasting accuracy. 5/6

6 IMPORTANT DISCLOSURES & DEFINITIONS An investor should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. To obtain a prospectus, which contain this and other information please contact your financial professional or call Read the prospectus carefully before investing. Z US Sentiment Leaders ETF shares are not individually redeemable. Investors buy and sell shares of the Z US Sentiment Leaders ETF on a secondary market. Only market makers or authorized participants may trade directly with the Fund, typically in blocks of 50,000 shares. The ability to invest based on artificial intelligence analytics is relatively new and untested. The Fund may invest a significant portion of its assets in securities issued by companies in the information technology sector in order to track the Underlying index s allocation to that sector. These types of funds typically have a high portfolio turnover that could increase transaction costs and cause short-term capital gains to be realized. The Fund is not suitable for all investors. There are risks involved with investing in ETFs including the loss of money. The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single investment could cause greater fluctuations in share price than would occur in a diversified fund. Funds that emphasize investment in small/mid cap companies will generally experience grater price volatility. Diversification does not eliminate the risk of experiencing investment losses. ETFs are considered to have continuous liquidity because they allow for an individual to trade throughout the day. Defined investment universe of US stocks in order to be eligible for inclusion in the Underlying Index, a company s stock must be traded on one or more major U.S. exchanges, have a minimum market capitalization of at least $5 billion, and have a 3 month minimum average daily trading volume of $1 million. Investing in companies based on artificial intelligence analytics involves the potential for market manipulation because online posts may be made with an intent to inflate, or otherwise manipulate, the public perception of a stock or other investment. Text and sentiment analysis of online postings may prove inaccurate; that is, high positive sentiment may not correlate with positive change in the value of a company s stock. Natural language processing (NLP) deals with the application of computational models to text or speech data. NLP algorithms can be used in Sentiment analysis to identify and extract subjective information in source materials. Sentiment analysis is widely applied to reviews and other online content for a variety of applications, ranging from marketing to customer service. Artificial intelligence (AI) is the intelligence exhibited by machines or software. One of the central problems (or goals) of AI research include natural language processing (communication). Online Platforms, as it relates to the ETF, refers to social media, news articles and blog posts. Some examples of social media sites may include, but are not limited to, the following: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, StockTwits, blogs, Investopedia, stock forums, etc. Online community refers to the users of the online sites. Fundamental Analysis is a method of evaluating a security that entails attempting to measure its intrinsic value by examining related economic, financial and other qualitative and quantitative factors ALPS Portfolio Solutions Distributor, Inc. is the Distributor for the Z US Sentiment Leaders ETF. 6/ /30/2018