ETF Performance Guide

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1 AdvisorShares ETF Performance Guide Montgomery Lane, Suite 150 Bethesda, Maryland For more information, call AdvisorShares at or Equity AdvisorShares Focused Equity ETF CWS Domestic AdvisorShares New Tech and Media ETF FNG Global AdvisorShares Madrona Domestic ETF FWDD Domestic AdvisorShares Wilshire Buyback ETF TTFS Domestic AdvisorShares Cornerstone Small Cap ETF SCAP Domestic Income AdvisorShares Pacific Asset Enhanced Floating Rate ETF FLRT Bank Loan AdvisorShares Madrona Global Bond ETF FWDB Global Multi-Sector AdvisorShares Sage Core Reserves ETF HOLD Ultra Low Duration AdvisorShares Peritus High Yield ETF HYLD High Income AdvisorShares Newfleet Multi-Sector Income ETF MINC Short Term Multi-Sector AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright ADR ETF AADR International AdvisorShares Madrona International ETF FWDI International AdvisorShares KIM Korea Equity ETF KOR International AdvisorShares Ranger Equity Bear ETF HDGE Short Domestic Multi-Asset AdvisorShares Meidell Tactical Advantage ETF MATH Quantitative Tactical AdvisorShares STAR Global Buy-Write ETF VEGA Total Return Be sure to on Like us on and get educational insights at AlphaBaskets.com.

2 Equity ETFs Focused Equity (CWS) Domestic S&P 500 Index Madrona Domestic (FWDD) Domestic S&P 500 Index Wilshire Buyback (TTFS) Domestic Wilshire U.S. Large-Cap Index Russell 3000 Index Cornerstone Small Cap (SCAP) Domestic Russell 2000 Index Risk/Return Characteristics vs Benchmark Beta R-Squared Std Deviation Annualized Cumulative Alpha Sharpe Up Capture Down Capture Max Drawdown (%) Focused Equity (CWS) % / 0.75% S&P 500 Index Madrona Domestic (FWDD) % / 1.25% S&P 500 Index Wilshire Buyback (TTFS) % / 0.90% Russell 3000 Index Russell 3000 Index Cornerstone Small Cap (SCAP) % / 0.90% Russell 2000 Index Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than original cost. Returns less than one year are not annualized. For most recent month-end performance, visit *The Advisor has contractually agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse expenses to keep net operating expenses from exceeding the following amounts shown at least through the respective fee waiver expiration dates as shown and for an indefinite period thereafter, subject to annual reapproval of the agreement by the Board of rustees: Focused Equity ETF (0.65% to 0.85%) November 1, 2017; Madrona Domestic ETF (1.25%) November 1, 2017; Wilshire Buyback ETF (0.90%) November 1, 2017; Cornerstone Small Cap ETF (0.90%) November 1, Page 2

3 Equity ETFs (cont d) Ranger Equity Bear (HDGE) Short Domestic S&P 500 Index Dorsey Wright ADR (AADR) International MSCI EAFE Index BNY Mellon Classic ADR Index Madrona International (FWDI) International MSCI EAFE Index BNY Mellon Classic ADR Index KIM Korea Equity (KOR) International MSCI Korea Index New Tech and Media ETF (FNG) Technology S&P 500 Index Risk/Return Characteristics vs Benchmark Beta R-Squared Std Deviation Annualized Cumulative Alpha Sharpe Up Capture Down Capture Max Drawdown (%) Ranger Equity Bear (HDGE) % / 2.80% S&P 500 Index Dorsey Wright ADR (AADR) % / 1.27% MSCI EAFE Index Madrona International (FWDI) % / 1.25% MSCI EAFE Index KIM Korea Equity (KOR) % / 0.99% MSCI Korea Index New Tech and Media ETF (FNG) % S&P 500 Index Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than original cost. Returns less than one year are not annualized. For most recent month-end performance, visit *The Advisor has contractually agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse expenses to keep net operating expenses from exceeding the following amounts shown at least through the respective fee waiver expiration dates as shown and for an indefinite period thereafter, subject to annual reapproval of the agreement by the Board of Trustees: Dorsey Wright ADR ETF (1.25%) November 1, 2017; Madrona International ETF (1.25%) November 1, 2017; KIM Korea Equity ETF (0.99%) November 1, 2017; New Tech and Media ETF (0.85%) June 23, Page 3

4 Income ETFs Pacific Asset Enhanced Floating Rate (FLRT) Bank Loan S&P / LSTA Leveraged Loan 100 Index Madrona Global Bond (FWDB) Global Multi-Sector Bbrg Barclays Capital Aggregate Bond Index Sage Core Reserves (HOLD) Ultra Low Duration Bbrg Barclays US Treasury Bill 1-3 Month Index Peritus High Yield (HYLD) High Income Bbrg Barclays US High Yield Index Newfleet Multi-Sector Income (MINC) Short-Term Multi-Sector Bbrg Barclays Capital Aggregate Bond Index Risk/Return Characteristics vs Benchmark Beta R-Squared Std Deviation Annualized Cumulative Alpha Sharpe Up Capture Down Capture Pacific Asset Enhanced Floating Rate (FLRT) % / 1.12% S&P / LSTA Leveraged Loan 100 Index Madrona Global Bond (FWDB) % / 1.33% Bbrg Barclays Capital Aggregate Bond Index Sage Core Reserves (HOLD) % / 0.37% Bbrg Barclays US Treasury Bill 1-3 Month Index Peritus High Yield (HYLD) % / 1.28% Bbrg Barclays US High Yield Index Newfleet Multi-Sector Income (MINC) % / 0.76% Bbrg Barclays Capital Aggregate Bond Index Max Drawdown (%) Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than original cost. Returns less than one year are not annualized. For most recent month-end performance, visit *The Advisor has contractually agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse expenses to keep net operating expenses from exceeding the following amounts shown at least through the respective fee waiver expiration dates as shown and for an indefinite period thereafter, subject to annual reapproval of the agreement by the Board of rustees: Pacific Asset Enhanced Floating Rate ETF (1.10%) November 1, 2017; Madrona Global Bond ETF (0.95%) November 1, 2017; Sage Core Reserves ETF (0.35%) November 1, 2017; Newfleet Multi-Sector Income ETF (0.75%) November 1, Page 4

5 Multi-Asset ETFs Meidell Tactical Advantage (MATH) Quantitative Tactical S&P 500 Index STAR Global Buy-Write (VEGA) Total Return MSCI World Index Risk/Return Characteristics vs Benchmark Beta R-Squared Std Deviation Annualized Cumulative Alpha Sharpe Up Capture Down Capture Max Drawdown (%) Meidell Tactical Advantage (MATH) % / 1.58% S&P 500 Index STAR Global Buy-Write (VEGA) % / 2.03% MSCI World Index Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than original cost. Returns less than one year are not annualized. For most recent month-end performance, visit *The Advisor has contractually agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse expenses to keep net operating expenses from exceeding the following amounts shown at least through the respective fee waiver expiration dates as shown and for an indefinite period thereafter, subject to annual reapproval of the agreement by the Board of rustees: Meidell Tactical Advantage ETF (1.35%) November 1, 2017; STAR Global Buy-Write ETF (1.85%) November 1, Page 5

6 The S&P 500 Index is a broad-based, unmanaged measurement of changes in stock market conditions based on the average of 500 widely held common stocks. The Russell 2000 Index is an index measuring the performance approximately 2,000 small-cap companies in the Russell 3000 Index, which is made up of 3,000 of the biggest U.S. stocks. The Russell 3000 Index measures the performance of the largest 3000 U.S. companies representing approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market. The MSCI EAFE Index is an unmanaged free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets, excluding the US & Canada. The BNY Mellon Classic ADR Index combines the over the counter (OTC) traded ADRs with exchange-listed ADRs bringing transparency to the available universe of American Depositary Receipts, including those issued by many of the world s premier companies. The MSCI World Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets. The MSCI AC World Index is an unmanaged free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed and emerging markets. The MSCI Korea Index is designed to measure the performance of the large and mid cap segments of the South Korean market. With 107 constituents, the index covers about 85% of the Korean equity universe. The Barclays Capital Aggregate Bond Index measures the performance of the U.S. investment grade bond market. The Barclays 1-3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index includes all publicly issued zero-coupon U.S. Treasury Bills that have a remaining maturity of less than 3 months and more than 1 month, are rated investment grade, and have $250 million or more of outstanding face value. The Barclays U.S. High Yield Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of the universe of U.S. fixed rate, non investment grade debt. One cannot invest directly into an index. A long position is the purchase of an investment with the expectation that it will rise in value. A short position is the sale of a borrowed investment with the expectation that it will decline in value. Duration measures (in years) the sensitivity of the price of a fixed-income investment to a 1% change in interest rates. The Beta is a measure of the volatility, or systematic risk, of a security or a portfolio in comparison to the market as a whole. Beta is used in the capital asset pricing model (CAPM), a model that calculates the expected return of an asset based on its beta and expected market returns. R-Squared is a statistical measure that represents the percentage of a fund or security s movements that can be explained by movements in a benchmark index. Standard Deviation is a measure of the dispersion of a set of data from its mean. The more spread apart the data, the higher the deviation. Standard deviation is calculated as the square root of variance. An Annualized Return is the return an investment provides over a period of time, expressed as a time-weighted annual percentage. Sources of returns can include dividends, returns of capital and capital appreciation. The rate of annual return is measured against the initial amount of the investment and represents a geometric mean rather than a simple arithmetic mean. A Cumulative Return is the aggregate amount that an investment has gained or lost over time, independent of the period of time involved. Presented as a percentage, the cumulative return is the raw mathematical return. The Alpha is a measure of performance on a risk-adjusted basis. Alpha takes the volatility (price risk) of a fund and compares its risk-adjusted performance to a benchmark index. The excess return of the fund relative to the return of the benchmark index is a fund s alpha. The Sharpe is developed by Nobel laureate William F. Sharpe to measure risk-adjusted performance. The Sharpe ratio is calculated by subtracting the risk-free rate - such as that of the 10-year U.S. Treasury bond - from the rate of return for a portfolio and dividing the result by the standard deviation of the portfolio returns. The Up-Market Capture is a statistical measure of an investment manager s overall performance in up-markets. The up-market capture ratio is used to evaluate how well an investment manager performed relative to an index during periods when that index has risen. The ratio is calculated by dividing the manager s returns by the returns of the index during the up-market, and multiplying that factor by 100. The Down-market Capture is a statistical measure of an investment manager s overall performance in down-markets. The down-market capture ratio is used to evaluate how well or poorly an investment manager performed relative to an index during periods when that index has dropped. The ratio is calculated by dividing the manager s returns by the returns of the index during the down-market and multiplying that factor by 100. The Maximum Drawdown is a peak-to-trough decline during a specific record period of an investment, fund or commodity. A drawdown is usually quoted as the percentage between the peak and the trough. An investment in the s is subject to risk, including the possible loss of principal amount invested. Derivatives, as associated with FLRT, QEH, VEGA, may be riskier and more sensitive to changes in economic or market conditions than other types of investments and could result in losses that significantly exceed the s original investment. GIVE, HDGB, HDGE, QEH and VEGA may participate in leveraged transactions to include selling securities short which creates the risk of magnified capital losses. Under certain market conditions, short sales can increase the volatility and decrease the liquidity of certain securities or positions and may lower the s return or result in a loss. Writing and purchasing call and put options are specialized activities and entail greater than ordinary investment risk when considering VEGA. AADR,DIVI and FWDI may use ADRs which are subject to the risk of change in political or economic conditions and exchange rates in foreign currencies. HYLD includes high yield risk, which are lower rated bonds involve a greater degree of risk than investment grade bonds in return for higher yield potential. As it pertains to DIVI, Real Estate Investment Trust Risk ( REITs ) will be subject to the risks associated with the direct ownership or real estate such as fluctuation in value of property and defaults by borrowers or tenants. DIVI may invest in Exchange-Traded Vehicles which subjects the to the risks associated with such vehicle s investments or reference asset in the case of ETNs, including the possibility that value of the securities could decrease. HOLD s investment in fixed income securities will change in value in response to interest rate changes and other factors, such as the perception of the issuer s creditworthiness. The risks associated with each include the risks associated with the underlying ETFs, which can result in higher volatility, and are detailed in each s prospectus. These s may not be suitable for all investors. Shares are bought and sold at market price (closing price) not NAV and are not individually redeemed from the. Market price returns are based on the midpoint of the bid/ask spread at 4:00pm Eastern Time (when NAV is normally determined), and do not represent the return you would receive if you traded at other times. Holdings and allocations are subject to risks and to change. Before investing you should carefully consider the s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. This and other information is in the prospectus, a copy of which may be obtained by visiting the s website at Please read the prospectus carefully before you invest. Foreside Services, LLC, distributor. For more information, call AdvisorShares at or info@advisorshares.com Montgomery Lane, Suite 150 Bethesda, Maryland 20814