| U.S. Equity ETFs |
| Prospectus | |
December 12, 2024 |
WisdomTree U.S. Equity ETFs*
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Value U.S. Total Dividend Fund () U.S. High Dividend Fund () U.S. AI Enhanced Value Fund () U.S. LargeCap Dividend Fund () U.S. MidCap Dividend Fund () U.S. SmallCap Dividend Fund () U.S. Value Fund ()
Growth U.S. Quality Growth Fund () U.S. MidCap Quality Growth Fund () U.S. SmallCap Quality Growth Fund ()
Core U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund () U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund () U.S. LargeCap Fund () U.S. MidCap Fund () U.S. SmallCap Fund () U.S. Multifactor Fund () |
| * | Principal U.S. Listing Exchange: NYSE Arca, Inc. (except QMID, QSML, DGRW and DGRS are listed on NASDAQ and USMF is listed on Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.) |
THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (“SEC”) HAS NOT APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED THESE SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
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The WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the WisdomTree U.S. Dividend Index (the “Index”).
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and example below. The fees are expressed as a percentage of the Fund’s average net assets.
| Management Fees | |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees | |
| Other Expenses | |
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in
the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The example assumes you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated
and then redeem or hold all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return
each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same.
| 1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years | |
| $ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and
sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and
may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in the Fund’s Annual
Fund Operating Expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio
turnover rate was
The Fund employs a “passive management” – or indexing – investment approach designed to track the performance of the Index. The Fund generally uses a representative sampling strategy to achieve its investment objective, meaning it generally will invest in a sample of the securities in the Index whose risk, return and other characteristics resemble the risk, return and other characteristics of the Index as a whole. Under normal circumstances, at least 95% of the Fund’s total assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) will be invested in constituent securities of the Index and investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the economic characteristics of such constituent securities.
The Index is a modified capitalization-weighted index that is comprised of companies that conduct their Primary Business Activities in the U.S. and are listed on a U.S. stock market that pay regular cash dividends. To be eligible for inclusion in the Index, a company must meet the following key criteria as of the annual Index screening date: (i) pay regular cash dividends on shares of common stock during the preceding 12 months; (ii) have a market capitalization of at least $100 million; and (iii) have a median daily dollar trading volume of at least $100,000 for the preceding three months. The country in which a company conducts its Primary Business Activities is determined based on one or more of the following factors: country of organization or incorporation, country in which a company’s headquarters is located, the country to which a company has the greatest risk exposure, and the country from which a company generates the most significant portion of its revenue or to which it allocates the greatest resources.
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The Index is dividend weighted annually to reflect the proportionate share of the aggregate cash dividends each constituent company is projected to pay in the coming year, based on the most recently declared dividend per share, a measure of fundamental value. Generally, companies projected to pay more dividends are more heavily weighted.
On the Index’s annual screening date, the Index caps the weight of constituents exposed to a single sector (except for the real estate sector) at 25%. The weight of constituents exposed to the real estate sector is capped at 5%. The specified caps and thresholds described above are applied concurrently and in a manner designed to seek to minimize deviation from a constituent’s initial or intended weighting in the Index. The Index also may adjust the weight of individual constituents on the annual screening date based on certain quantitative thresholds or limits tied to key metrics of a constituent security, such as its market capitalization and trading volume. To the extent the Index reduces an individual constituent’s weight, the excess weight will be reallocated pro rata among the other constituents. Similarly, if the Index increases a constituent’s weight, the weight of the other constituents will be reduced on a pro rata basis to contribute the weight needed for such increase. The weight of a sector or individual constituent in the Index may fluctuate above or below specified caps and thresholds, respectively, between screening dates in response to market conditions.
WisdomTree, Inc. (“WisdomTree”), the Index Provider and parent company of WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc. (“WisdomTree Asset Management” or the “Adviser”), currently uses the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®), a widely recognized industry classification methodology developed by MSCI, Inc. and Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, to identify the extent of the Index’s exposure to a particular sector or industry. A GICS sector typically is comprised of multiple industries. Because the Fund seeks to track the Index, it is expected to have the same sector and industry exposure as the Index. While the Index’s and the Fund’s sector exposure may vary from time to time, as of June 30, 2024, the Index, and therefore the Fund, had significant exposure (e.g., approximately 15% or more of the Index’s total weight) to the Information Technology and Financials Sectors.
| ■ | Dividend Paying Securities Risk. Securities that pay dividends, as a group, may be out of favor with the market and underperform the overall equity market or stocks of companies that do not pay dividends. In addition, changes in the dividend policies of the companies held by the Fund or the capital resources available for such company’s dividend payments may adversely affect the Fund. |
| ■ | Investment Risk. As with all investments, an investment in the Fund is subject to loss, including the possible loss of the entire principal amount of an investment, over short or long periods of time. |
| ■ | Market Risk. The trading prices of securities and other instruments fluctuate in response to a variety of factors, such as economic, financial or political events that impact the entire market, market segments, or specific issuers. The Fund’s NAV and market price may fluctuate significantly in response to these and other factors. As a result, an investor could lose money over short or long periods of time. |
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| ■ | Cybersecurity Risk. The Fund and its service providers may be susceptible to operational and information security risks resulting from a breach in cybersecurity, including cyber-attacks. A breach in cybersecurity, intentional or unintentional, may adversely impact the Fund in many ways, including, but not limited to, disruption of the Fund’s operational capacity, loss of proprietary information, theft or corruption of data, denial-of-service attacks on websites or network resources, and the unauthorized release of confidential information. Cyber-attacks affecting the Fund’s third-party service providers, market makers, institutional investors authorized to purchase and redeem shares directly from the Fund (i.e., Authorized Participants), or the issuers of securities in which the Fund invests may subject the Fund to many of the same risks associated with direct cybersecurity breaches. |
| ■ | Financials Sector Risk. The Fund currently invests a significant portion of its assets in the Financials Sector, and therefore, the Fund’s performance could be negatively impacted by events affecting this sector. The Financials Sector includes, for example, companies engaged in banking, financial services, consumer finance, capital markets and insurance activities as well as financial exchanges, financial data providers and mortgage real estate investment trusts. This sector can be significantly affected by, among other things, changes in interest rates, government regulation, the rate of defaults on corporate, consumer and government debt, and the availability and cost of capital. |
| ■ | Geographic Investment Risk. The Fund expects to invest most of its assets in the securities of U.S. companies and is therefore, more likely to be impacted by events or conditions affecting the United States. |
Investments in the United States
The economic, political, regulatory and other events and conditions that affect issuers and investments in the United States differ
significantly from those associated with other countries and regions. For example, routine political events, such as a presidential election,
can have a significant effect on the U.S. markets and lead to periods of increased volatility. U.S. financial markets also have become
increasingly globalized, hosting participants from all over the world and on a more macro level, becoming more tightly integrated with
financial markets around the world. As a result, U.S. financial markets are also increasingly vulnerable to the risks that may affect
non-U.S. financial markets. Any event or condition that affects the U.S. economy, whether originating from within or outside of the United
States, may have an adverse effect on the Fund’s investments in the United States and thus, the Fund’s performance.
| ■ | Geopolitical Risk. The United States has and may continue to experience security concerns, war, threats of war, aggression and/or conflict, terrorism, economic uncertainty, sanctions or the threat of sanctions, natural and environmental disasters, the spread of infectious illness, widespread disease or other public health issues and/or systemic market dislocations that lead to increased short-term market volatility and have adverse long-term effects on the U.S. and world economies and markets generally, each of which may negatively impact the Fund’s investments. |
| ■ | Index and Data Risk. The Fund seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Index. The Index may not perform as intended. The Index Provider has the right to make adjustments to the composition and/or operation of the Index or to cease making the Index available without regard to the particular interests of the Fund or its shareholders. If the computers or other facilities of the Index Provider, Index calculation agent, data providers and/or relevant stock exchange malfunction for any reason, calculation and dissemination of Index values may be delayed and trading in Fund shares may be suspended for a period of time. Errors in Index data, Index calculations and/or the construction of the Index may occur from time to time and may not be identified and/or corrected by the Index Provider, Index calculation agent or other applicable party for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse impact on the Fund and its shareholders. The potential risk of continuing error may be particularly heightened in the case of the Index, which is generally not used as a benchmark by other funds or managers. |
| ■ | Information Technology Sector Risk. The Fund currently invests a significant portion of its assets in the Information Technology Sector, and therefore, the Fund’s performance could be negatively impacted by events affecting this sector. The Information Technology Sector includes, for example, companies that offer software and information technology services, manufacturers and distributors of technology hardware and equipment such as communications equipment, cellular phones, computers and peripherals, electronic equipment and related instruments, and semiconductors and related equipment and materials. This sector can be significantly affected by, among other things, the supply and demand for specific products and services, the pace of technological development, and government regulation. |
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| ■ | Investment Style Risk. The Fund invests in the securities included in, or representative of, the Index regardless of their investment merit. The Fund does not attempt to outperform the Index or take defensive positions in declining markets. As a result, the Fund’s performance may be adversely affected by a general decline in the market segments relating to the Index. |
| ■ | Issuer-Specific Risk. Issuer-specific events, including changes in the actual or perceived financial condition of an issuer, can have a negative impact on the value of the Fund. |
| ■ | Large-Capitalization Investing Risk. The Fund may invest in the securities of large-capitalization companies. As a result, the Fund’s performance may be adversely affected if securities of these companies underperform securities of smaller capitalization companies or the market as a whole. Large-capitalization companies may adapt more slowly to new competitive challenges and be subject to slower growth during times of economic expansion. |
| ■ | Non-Correlation Risk. As with all index funds, the performance of the Fund and that of the Index may differ from each other for a variety of reasons. For example, the Fund incurs operating expenses and portfolio transaction costs, while also managing cash flows and potential operational inefficiencies, not incurred by the Index. In addition, when markets are volatile, the ability to sell securities at fair market prices may be adversely affected and may result in additional trading costs and/or increase the non-correlation risk. The Fund’s use of sampling techniques also may affect its ability to achieve close correlation with the Index. |
| ■ | Non-Diversification Risk. The Fund is considered to be non-diversified, which means that it may invest more of its assets in the securities of a single issuer or a smaller number of issuers than if it were a diversified fund. To the extent the Fund invests a significant percentage of its assets in a limited number of issuers, the Fund is subject to the risks of investing in those few issuers, and may be more susceptible to a single adverse economic or regulatory occurrence. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund. |
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The Fund’s as of was .
Best and Worst Quarter Returns (for the periods reflected in the bar chart above)
| Return | Quarter/Year | |
| 2Q/2020 | ||
| 1Q/2020 |
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| WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years |
| Return Before Taxes Based on NAV | |||
| Return After Taxes on Distributions | |||
| Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares | |||
| WisdomTree U.S. Dividend Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | |||
| Russell 3000 Value Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | |||
| Russell 3000 Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) |
Management
Investment Adviser and Sub-Adviser
WisdomTree Asset Management serves as investment adviser to the Fund. Mellon Investments Corporation (the “Sub-Adviser”) serves as the investment sub-adviser to the Fund.
Portfolio Managers
The Fund is managed by the Sub-Adviser’s Equity Index Strategies Portfolio Management team. The individual members of the team jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio are identified below.
Marlene Walker-Smith, a Senior Director, Head of Equity Index Portfolio Management, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since October 2020.
David France, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Todd Frysinger, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Vlasta Sheremeta, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Michael Stoll, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Buying and Selling Fund Shares
The Fund is an ETF. This means that individual shares of the Fund are listed for trading on a national securities exchange, currently NYSE Arca, and may only be purchased and sold in the secondary market through a broker-dealer at market prices. Because Fund shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV (discount). In addition, an investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares (bid) and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares (ask) when buying and selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid/ask spread”). Recent information regarding the Fund, including its NAV, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid/ask spreads, is available on the Fund’s website at www.wisdomtree.com/investments.
The Fund issues and redeems shares at NAV only in large blocks of shares (“Creation Units”), which only certain institutions or large investors (typically market makers or other broker-dealers) may purchase or redeem. The Fund issues and redeems Creation Units in exchange for a portfolio of securities and/or U.S. cash.
Tax Information
The Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxed as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains.
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Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank) (an “Intermediary”), WisdomTree Asset Management or its affiliates may pay Intermediaries for certain activities related to the Fund, including participation in activities that are designed to make Intermediaries more knowledgeable about exchange-traded products, including the Fund, or for other activities, such as marketing, educational training or other initiatives related to the sale or promotion of Fund shares. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the Intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Any such arrangements do not result in increased Fund expenses. Ask your salesperson or visit the Intermediary’s website for more information.
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The WisdomTree U.S. High Dividend Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the WisdomTree U.S. High Dividend Index (the “Index”).
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and example below. The fees are expressed as a percentage of the Fund’s average net assets.
| Management Fees | |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees | |
| Other Expenses | |
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in
the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The example assumes you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated
and then redeem or hold all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return
each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same.
| 1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years | |
| $ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and
sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and
may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in the Fund’s Annual
Fund Operating Expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio
turnover rate was
The Fund employs a “passive management” – or indexing – investment approach designed to track the performance of the Index. The Fund generally uses a representative sampling strategy to achieve its investment objective, meaning it generally will invest in a sample of the securities in the Index whose risk, return and other characteristics resemble the risk, return and other characteristics of the Index as a whole. Under normal circumstances, at least 95% of the Fund’s total assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) will be invested in constituent securities of the Index and investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the economic characteristics of such constituent securities.
The Index is a modified capitalization-weighted index that is comprised of companies with the highest dividend yields selected from the WisdomTree U.S. Dividend Index, which defines the dividend-paying universe of companies that conduct their Primary Business Activities in the U.S. and are listed on a U.S. stock market. To be eligible for inclusion in the Index, a company must meet the following key criteria as of the annual Index screening date: (i) pay regular cash dividends on shares of common stock during the preceding 12 months; (ii) have a market capitalization of at least $200 million; and (iii) have a median daily dollar trading volume of at least $200,000 for the preceding three months. The country in which a company conducts its Primary Business Activities is determined based on one or more of the following factors: country of organization or incorporation, country in which a company’s headquarters is located, the country to which a company has the greatest risk exposure, and the country from which a company generates the most significant portion of its revenue or to which it allocates the greatest resources. Securities eligible for inclusion in the Index are ranked by dividend yield. Securities ranking in the highest 30% by dividend yield are selected for inclusion. If a company currently in the Index is no longer ranked in the top 30% by dividend yield at the time of the annual Index screening date but remains ranked in the top 35% by dividend yield, the company will remain in the Index.
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The Index is dividend weighted annually to reflect the proportionate share of the aggregate cash dividends each constituent company is projected to pay in the coming year, based on the most recently declared dividend per share, a measure of fundamental value. Generally, companies projected to pay more dividends are more heavily weighted. At the time of the Index’s annual screening date, the maximum weight of any security in the Index is capped at 5%.
On the Index’s annual screening date, the Index caps the weight of constituents exposed to a single sector (except for the real estate sector) at 25%. The weight of constituents exposed to the real estate sector is capped at 5%. The specified caps and thresholds described above are applied concurrently and in a manner designed to seek to minimize deviation from a constituent’s initial or intended weighting in the Index. The Index also may adjust the weight of individual constituents on the annual screening date based on certain quantitative thresholds or limits tied to key metrics of a constituent security, such as its market capitalization and trading volume. To the extent the Index reduces an individual constituent’s weight, the excess weight will be reallocated pro rata among the other constituents. Similarly, if the Index increases a constituent’s weight, the weight of the other constituents will be reduced on a pro rata basis to contribute the weight needed for such increase. The weight of a sector or individual constituent in the Index may fluctuate above or below specified caps and thresholds, respectively, between screening dates in response to market conditions.
WisdomTree, Inc. (“WisdomTree”), the Index Provider and parent company of WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc. (“WisdomTree Asset Management” or the “Adviser”), currently uses the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®), a widely recognized industry classification methodology developed by MSCI, Inc. and Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, to identify the extent of the Index’s exposure to a particular sector or industry. A GICS sector typically is comprised of multiple industries. Because the Fund seeks to track the Index, it is expected to have the same sector and industry exposure as the Index. While the Index’s and the Fund’s sector exposure may vary from time to time, as of June 30, 2024, the Index, and therefore the Fund, had significant exposure (e.g., approximately 15% or more of the Index’s total weight) to the Financials and Energy Sectors.
| ■ | Dividend Paying Securities Risk. Securities that pay dividends, as a group, may be out of favor with the market and underperform the overall equity market or stocks of companies that do not pay dividends. In addition, changes in the dividend policies of the companies held by the Fund or the capital resources available for such company’s dividend payments may adversely affect the Fund. |
| ■ | Investment Risk. As with all investments, an investment in the Fund is subject to loss, including the possible loss of the entire principal amount of an investment, over short or long periods of time. |
| ■ | Market Risk. The trading prices of securities and other instruments fluctuate in response to a variety of factors, such as economic, financial or political events that impact the entire market, market segments, or specific issuers. The Fund’s NAV and market price may fluctuate significantly in response to these and other factors. As a result, an investor could lose money over short or long periods of time. |
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| ■ | Cybersecurity Risk. The Fund and its service providers may be susceptible to operational and information security risks resulting from a breach in cybersecurity, including cyber-attacks. A breach in cybersecurity, intentional or unintentional, may adversely impact the Fund in many ways, including, but not limited to, disruption of the Fund’s operational capacity, loss of proprietary information, theft or corruption of data, denial-of-service attacks on websites or network resources, and the unauthorized release of confidential information. Cyber-attacks affecting the Fund’s third-party service providers, market makers, institutional investors authorized to purchase and redeem shares directly from the Fund (i.e., Authorized Participants), or the issuers of securities in which the Fund invests may subject the Fund to many of the same risks associated with direct cybersecurity breaches. |
| ■ | Energy Sector Risk. The Fund currently invests a significant portion of its assets in the Energy Sector, and therefore, the Fund’s performance could be negatively impacted by events affecting this sector. The Energy Sector includes, for example, companies engaged in exploration, production, refining, marketing, storage, and transportation of oil, gas, coal, and consumable fuels as well as related equipment and services. This sector can be significantly affected by, among other things, worldwide economic growth, worldwide demand, political instability in the Middle East, eastern Europe or other oil or gas producing regions, and volatile oil prices. |
| ■ | Financials Sector Risk. The Fund currently invests a significant portion of its assets in the Financials Sector, and therefore, the Fund’s performance could be negatively impacted by events affecting this sector. The Financials Sector includes, for example, companies engaged in banking, financial services, consumer finance, capital markets and insurance activities as well as financial exchanges, financial data providers and mortgage real estate investment trusts. This sector can be significantly affected by, among other things, changes in interest rates, government regulation, the rate of defaults on corporate, consumer and government debt, and the availability and cost of capital. |
| ■ | Geographic Investment Risk. The Fund expects to invest most of its assets in the securities of U.S. companies and is therefore, more likely to be impacted by events or conditions affecting the United States. |
Investments in the United States
The economic, political, regulatory and other events and conditions that affect issuers and investments in the United States differ
significantly from those associated with other countries and regions. For example, routine political events, such as a presidential election,
can have a significant effect on the U.S. markets and lead to periods of increased volatility. U.S. financial markets also have become
increasingly globalized, hosting participants from all over the world and on a more macro level, becoming more tightly integrated with
financial markets around the world. As a result, U.S. financial markets are also increasingly vulnerable to the risks that may affect
non-U.S. financial markets. Any event or condition that affects the U.S. economy, whether originating from within or outside of the United
States, may have an adverse effect on the Fund’s investments in the United States and thus, the Fund’s performance.
| ■ | Geopolitical Risk. The United States has and may continue to experience security concerns, war, threats of war, aggression and/or conflict, terrorism, economic uncertainty, sanctions or the threat of sanctions, natural and environmental disasters, the spread of infectious illness, widespread disease or other public health issues and/or systemic market dislocations that lead to increased short-term market volatility and have adverse long-term effects on the U.S. and world economies and markets generally, each of which may negatively impact the Fund’s investments. |
| ■ | Index and Data Risk. The Fund seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Index. The Index may not perform as intended. The Index Provider has the right to make adjustments to the composition and/or operation of the Index or to cease making the Index available without regard to the particular interests of the Fund or its shareholders. If the computers or other facilities of the Index Provider, Index calculation agent, data providers and/or relevant stock exchange malfunction for any reason, calculation and dissemination of Index values may be delayed and trading in Fund shares may be suspended for a period of time. Errors in Index data, Index calculations and/or the construction of the Index may occur from time to time and may not be identified and/or corrected by the Index Provider, Index calculation agent or other applicable party for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse impact on the Fund and its shareholders. The potential risk of continuing error may be particularly heightened in the case of the Index, which is generally not used as a benchmark by other funds or managers. |
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| ■ | Investment Style Risk. The Fund invests in the securities included in, or representative of, the Index regardless of their investment merit. The Fund does not attempt to outperform the Index or take defensive positions in declining markets. As a result, the Fund’s performance may be adversely affected by a general decline in the market segments relating to the Index. |
| ■ | Issuer-Specific Risk. Issuer-specific events, including changes in the actual or perceived financial condition of an issuer, can have a negative impact on the value of the Fund. |
| ■ | Large-Capitalization Investing Risk. The Fund may invest in the securities of large-capitalization companies. As a result, the Fund’s performance may be adversely affected if securities of these companies underperform securities of smaller capitalization companies or the market as a whole. Large-capitalization companies may adapt more slowly to new competitive challenges and be subject to slower growth during times of economic expansion. |
| ■ | Non-Correlation Risk. As with all index funds, the performance of the Fund and that of the Index may differ from each other for a variety of reasons. For example, the Fund incurs operating expenses and portfolio transaction costs, while also managing cash flows and potential operational inefficiencies, not incurred by the Index. In addition, when markets are volatile, the ability to sell securities at fair market prices may be adversely affected and may result in additional trading costs and/or increase the non-correlation risk. The Fund’s use of sampling techniques also may affect its ability to achieve close correlation with the Index. |
| ■ | Non-Diversification Risk. The Fund is considered to be non-diversified, which means that it may invest more of its assets in the securities of a single issuer or a smaller number of issuers than if it were a diversified fund. To the extent the Fund invests a significant percentage of its assets in a limited number of issuers, the Fund is subject to the risks of investing in those few issuers, and may be more susceptible to a single adverse economic or regulatory occurrence. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund. |
The Fund’s as of was .
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Best and Worst Quarter Returns (for the periods reflected in the bar chart above)
| Return | Quarter/Year | |
| 4Q/2022 | ||
| 1Q/2020 |
| WisdomTree U.S. High Dividend Fund | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years |
| Return Before Taxes Based on NAV | ( |
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| Return After Taxes on Distributions | ( |
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| Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares | |||
| WisdomTree U.S. High Dividend Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | |||
| Russell 1000 Value Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | |||
| Russell 1000 Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) |
Management
Investment Adviser and Sub-Adviser
WisdomTree Asset Management serves as investment adviser to the Fund. Mellon Investments Corporation (the “Sub-Adviser”) serves as the investment sub-adviser to the Fund.
Portfolio Managers
The Fund is managed by the Sub-Adviser’s Equity Index Strategies Portfolio Management team. The individual members of the team jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio are identified below.
Marlene Walker-Smith, a Senior Director, Head of Equity Index Portfolio Management, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since October 2020.
David France, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Todd Frysinger, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Vlasta Sheremeta, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Michael Stoll, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Buying and Selling Fund Shares
The Fund is an ETF. This means that individual shares of the Fund are listed for trading on a national securities exchange, currently NYSE Arca, and may only be purchased and sold in the secondary market through a broker-dealer at market prices. Because Fund shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV (discount). In addition, an investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares (bid) and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares (ask) when buying and selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid/ask spread”). Recent information regarding the Fund, including its NAV, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid/ask spreads, is available on the Fund’s website at www.wisdomtree.com/investments.
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The Fund issues and redeems shares at NAV only in large blocks of shares (“Creation Units”), which only certain institutions or large investors (typically market makers or other broker-dealers) may purchase or redeem. The Fund issues and redeems Creation Units in exchange for a portfolio of securities and/or U.S. cash.
Tax Information
The Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxed as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank) (an “Intermediary”), WisdomTree Asset Management or its affiliates may pay Intermediaries for certain activities related to the Fund, including participation in activities that are designed to make Intermediaries more knowledgeable about exchange-traded products, including the Fund, or for other activities, such as marketing, educational training or other initiatives related to the sale or promotion of Fund shares. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the Intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Any such arrangements do not result in increased Fund expenses. Ask your salesperson or visit the Intermediary’s website for more information.
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The WisdomTree U.S. AI Enhanced Value Fund (the “Fund”) seeks income and capital appreciation.
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and example below. The fees are expressed as a percentage of the Fund’s average net assets.
| Management Fees | |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees | |
| Other Expenses | |
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in
the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The example assumes you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated
and then redeem or hold all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return
each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same.
| 1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years | |
| $ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and
sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and
may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in the Fund’s Annual
Fund Operating Expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio
turnover rate was
The Fund is actively managed and seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in equity securities selected from a universe of U.S. equities that exhibit value characteristics (the “Parent Universe”) based on the selection results of a proprietary, quantitative artificial intelligence (“AI”) model developed by Voya Investment Management Co. LLC (“Voya IM” or the “Sub-Adviser”). AI refers to the simulation of human intelligence by machines. Machine learning is a subset of AI that refers to a machine’s ability to learn and improve from experience automatically without being explicitly programmed.
To be eligible for inclusion in the Parent Universe, a company must (i) be listed on a U.S.-based stock exchange, (ii) have a market capitalization of at least $100 million, (iii) have an average daily volume of at least $100,000, and (iv) have an average six months aggregate daily trading volume of 250,000 shares.
The AI model enhances the Fund’s value investing strategy by analyzing a variety of inputs, including company fundamentals and market sentiments, to select equity securities within the Parent Universe that exhibit value characteristics. The AI model seeks to self-identify persistent patterns in company data to identify those it expects to outperform, based on current and historical data spanning more than 20 years, including structured (e.g., financials) and unstructured (e.g., press releases, news articles) data.
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The equity securities selected by the AI model typically have a lower price-to-book ratio, a lower price-to-earnings ratio, and greater free cash flow. The AI model is generally updated monthly and typically selects between 60 and 190 equity securities that exhibit strong value characteristics, such as those noted above, and have the greatest potential to achieve income and capital appreciation for inclusion in the Fund. The AI model weights the selected equities based on their overall model scores; however, the AI model limits the weight of any individual company to 6%. The Sub-Adviser oversees the AI model and generally intervenes in limited circumstances to address factors that the Sub-Adviser believes are not incorporated in the AI model, such as responding to corporate actions (e.g., mergers and acquisitions). The Sub-Adviser generally buys and sells equity securities for the Fund on a monthly basis based on the recommendations of the AI model, while also ensuring that the Fund remains in compliance with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) and its rules and regulations. Between AI model updates, the Fund’s portfolio may temporarily include securities of companies that no longer meet the AI model’s investment criteria.
The Fund will normally invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in securities of companies that are organized in the U.S., maintain a principal place of business in the U.S., or are traded principally on a U.S. exchange. As of June 30, 2024, companies in the Financials and Industrials Sectors comprised a significant portion (e.g., approximately 15% or more) of the Fund’s assets; however, the Fund’s sector exposure may change from time to time.
| ■ | Models and Data Risk. The Fund uses an investment model to implement its investment strategy. The Fund is subject to the risk that the investment model may not perform as intended, including because the model may not adequately take into consideration certain factors relevant to the Fund’s investment strategy, investments, or the market environment, contains design flaws or incorporates faulty assumptions, or is informed by inaccurate or incomplete data. In addition, the investment model is AI-based and designed to identify companies expected to deliver outperformance based on its processing of and identification of patterns in an extensive amount of historical market data. The model’s use of AI heightens the aforementioned risks. For example, the success of the investment model is primarily driven by its ability learn from the data input into the model. As a result, the Fund is subject to the risks that the AI element fails to learn and develop as expected, reaches erroneous conclusions, and/or is constrained by human intervention. Any of these circumstances may lead to investment decisions or the inclusion or exclusion of securities that adversely affect the value of the Fund. Errors in the data, assumptions and/or the design of the model may occur from time to time and may not be identified and/or corrected by the Sub-Adviser or the Adviser for a significant period or at all, which may magnify the adverse effect on the Fund of any investment decisions made in reliance on the erroneous model results. |
| ■ | Value Investing Risk. Value stocks, as a group, may be out of favor with the market and underperform growth stocks or the overall equity market. Value investing focuses on companies whose stocks appear undervalued, but value stocks may not realize their perceived intrinsic value for extended periods of time or may never realize their perceived intrinsic value. |
| ■ | Investment Risk. As with all investments, an investment in the Fund is subject to loss, including the possible loss of the entire principal amount of an investment, over short or long periods of time. |
| ■ | Market Risk. The trading prices of securities and other instruments fluctuate in response to a variety of factors, such as economic, financial or political events that impact the entire market, market segments, or specific issuers. The Fund’s NAV and market price may fluctuate significantly in response to these and other factors. As a result, an investor could lose money over short or long periods of time. |
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| ■ | Active Management Risk. The Fund is actively managed using proprietary investment strategies and processes. There can be no guarantee that these strategies and processes will be successful or that the Fund will achieve its investment objective. |
| ■ | Cybersecurity Risk. The Fund and its service providers may be susceptible to operational and information security risks resulting from a breach in cybersecurity, including cyber-attacks. A breach in cybersecurity, intentional or unintentional, may adversely impact the Fund in many ways, including, but not limited to, disruption of the Fund’s operational capacity, loss of proprietary information, theft or corruption of data, denial-of-service attacks on websites or network resources, and the unauthorized release of confidential information. Cyber-attacks affecting the Fund’s third-party service providers, market makers, institutional investors authorized to purchase and redeem shares directly from the Fund (i.e., Authorized Participants), or the issuers of securities in which the Fund invests may subject the Fund to many of the same risks associated with direct cybersecurity breaches. |
| ■ | Financials Sector Risk. The Fund currently invests a significant portion of its assets in the Financials Sector, and therefore, the Fund’s performance could be negatively impacted by events affecting this sector. The Financials Sector includes, for example, companies engaged in banking, financial services, consumer finance, capital markets and insurance activities as well as financial exchanges, financial data providers and mortgage real estate investment trusts. This sector can be significantly affected by, among other things, changes in interest rates, government regulation, the rate of defaults on corporate, consumer and government debt, and the availability and cost of capital. |
| ■ | Geographic Investment Risk. The Fund expects to invest most of its assets in the securities of U.S. companies and is therefore, more likely to be impacted by events or conditions affecting the United States. |
Investments in the United States
The economic, political, regulatory and other events and conditions that affect issuers and investments in the United States differ
significantly from those associated with other countries and regions. For example, routine political events, such as a presidential election,
can have a significant effect on the U.S. markets and lead to periods of increased volatility. U.S. financial markets also have become
increasingly globalized, hosting participants from all over the world and on a more macro level, becoming more tightly integrated with
financial markets around the world. As a result, U.S. financial markets are also increasingly vulnerable to the risks that may affect
non-U.S. financial markets. Any event or condition that affects the U.S. economy, whether originating from within or outside of the United
States, may have an adverse effect on the Fund’s investments in the United States and thus, the Fund’s performance.
| ■ | Geopolitical Risk. The United States has and may continue to experience security concerns, war, threats of war, aggression and/or conflict, terrorism, economic uncertainty, sanctions or the threat of sanctions, natural and environmental disasters, the spread of infectious illness, widespread disease or other public health issues and/or systemic market dislocations that lead to increased short-term market volatility and have adverse long-term effects on the U.S. and world economies and markets generally, each of which may negatively impact the Fund’s investments. |
| ■ | Industrials Sector Risk. The Fund currently invests a significant portion of its assets in the Industrials Sector, and therefore, the Fund’s performance could be negatively impacted by events affecting this sector. The Industrials Sector includes, for example, aerospace and defense, non-residential construction, engineering, machinery, transportation, and commercial and professional services companies. This sector can be significantly affected by, among other things, business cycle fluctuations, worldwide economy growth, international political and economic developments, exchange rates, commodity prices, environmental issues, government and corporate spending, supply and demand for specific products and manufacturing, and government regulation. |
| ■ | Investment Style Risk. The returns from the types of securities in which the Fund invests may underperform returns from the various general securities markets or different asset classes. This may cause the Fund to underperform other investment vehicles that invest in different asset classes. |
| ■ | Issuer-Specific Risk. Issuer-specific events, including changes in the actual or perceived financial condition of an issuer, can have a negative impact on the value of the Fund. |
| ■ | Large-Capitalization Investing Risk. The Fund may invest in the securities of large-capitalization companies. As a result, the Fund’s performance may be adversely affected if securities of these companies underperform securities of smaller capitalization companies or the market as a whole. Large-capitalization companies may adapt more slowly to new competitive challenges and be subject to slower growth during times of economic expansion. |
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| ■ | Non-Diversification Risk. The Fund is considered to be non-diversified, which means that it may invest more of its assets in the securities of a single issuer or a smaller number of issuers than if it were a diversified fund. To the extent the Fund invests a significant percentage of its assets in a limited number of issuers, the Fund is subject to the risks of investing in those few issuers, and may be more susceptible to a single adverse economic or regulatory occurrence. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund. |
| ■ | Portfolio Turnover Risk. The Fund’s investment strategy may result in a high portfolio turnover rate. Higher portfolio turnover may result in the Fund paying higher transaction costs and the distribution of additional capital gains, which may generate greater tax liabilities for shareholders who hold the shares in taxable accounts. Increased transaction costs and distributions of capital gains may negatively affect the Fund’s performance. |
The Fund’s name, investment objective and strategies changed effective January 18, 2022. Fund performance prior to January 18, 2022 reflects the Fund’s investment objective and strategies when it sought to provide returns that corresponded to the performance of the WisdomTree U.S. Dividend ex-Financials Index.
The Fund’s as of was .
Best and Worst Quarter Returns (for the periods reflected in the bar chart above)
| Return | Quarter/Year | |
| 2Q/2020 | ||
| 1Q/2020 |
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| WisdomTree U.S. Al Enhanced Value Fund* | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years |
| Return Before Taxes Based on NAV | |||
| Return After Taxes on Distributions | |||
| Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares | |||
| Russell 1000 Value Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | |||
| Russell 1000 Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) |
| * |
Management
Investment Adviser and Sub-Adviser
WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc. (“WisdomTree Asset Management” or the “Adviser”) serves as investment adviser to the Fund. Voya Investment Management Co. LLC (“Voya IM”) serves as investment sub-adviser to the Fund.
Portfolio Managers
The Fund is managed by Voya IM's Quantitative Equities Team. The individual members of the team jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio are identified below.
Vincent Costa, CFA, Chief Investment Officer, Equities, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since January 2022.
Russell Shtern, CFA, Portfolio Manager, Machine Intelligence, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since August 2023.
Buying and Selling Fund Shares
The Fund is an ETF. This means that individual shares of the Fund are listed for trading on a national securities exchange, currently NYSE Arca, and may only be purchased and sold in the secondary market through a broker-dealer at market prices. Because Fund shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV (discount). In addition, an investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares (bid) and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares (ask) when buying and selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid/ask spread”). Recent information regarding the Fund, including its NAV, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid/ask spreads, is available on the Fund’s website at www.wisdomtree.com/investments.
The Fund issues and redeems shares at NAV only in large blocks of shares (“Creation Units”), which only certain institutions or large investors (typically market makers or other broker-dealers) may purchase or redeem. The Fund issues and redeems Creation Units in exchange for a portfolio of securities and/or U.S. cash.
Tax Information
The Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxed as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank) (an “Intermediary”), WisdomTree Asset Management or its affiliates may pay Intermediaries for certain activities related to the Fund, including participation in activities that are designed to make Intermediaries more knowledgeable about exchange-traded products, including the Fund, or for other activities, such as marketing, educational training or other initiatives related to the sale or promotion of Fund shares. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the Intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Any such arrangements do not result in increased Fund expenses. Ask your salesperson or visit the Intermediary’s website for more information.
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The WisdomTree U.S. LargeCap Dividend Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the WisdomTree U.S. LargeCap Dividend Index (the “Index”).
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and example below. The fees are expressed as a percentage of the Fund’s average net assets.
| Management Fees | |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees | |
| Other Expenses | |
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in
the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The example assumes you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated
and then redeem or hold all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return
each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same.
| 1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years | |
| $ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and
sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and
may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in the Fund’s Annual
Fund Operating Expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio
turnover rate was
The Fund employs a “passive management” – or indexing – investment approach designed to track the performance of the Index. The Fund generally uses a representative sampling strategy to achieve its investment objective, meaning it generally will invest in a sample of the securities in the Index whose risk, return and other characteristics resemble the risk, return and other characteristics of the Index as a whole. Under normal circumstances, at least 95% of the Fund’s total assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) will be invested in constituent securities of the Index and investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the economic characteristics of such constituent securities.
The Index is a modified capitalization-weighted index that is comprised of the large-capitalization segment of the U.S. dividend-paying market. The Index is comprised of the 300 largest companies ranked by market capitalization from the WisdomTree U.S. Dividend Index, which defines the dividend-paying universe of companies that conduct their Primary Business Activities in the U.S. and are listed on a U.S. stock market. As of June 30, 2024, the Index had a market capitalization range from $10.5 billion to $3.4 trillion, with an average market capitalization of $122.5 billion. To be eligible for inclusion in the Index, a company must meet the following key criteria as of the annual Index screening date: (i) pay regular cash dividends on shares of common stock during the preceding 12 months; (ii) have a market capitalization of at least $100 million; and (iii) have a median daily dollar trading volume of at least $100,000 for the preceding three months. The country in which a company conducts its Primary Business Activities is determined based on one or more of the following factors: country of organization or incorporation, country in which a company’s headquarters is located, the country to which a company has the greatest risk exposure, and the country from which a company generates the most significant portion of its revenue or to which it allocates the greatest resources.
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The Index is dividend weighted annually to reflect the proportionate share of the aggregate cash dividends each constituent company is projected to pay in the coming year, based on the most recently declared dividend per share, a measure of fundamental value. Generally, companies projected to pay more dividends are more heavily weighted.
On the Index’s annual screening date, the Index caps the weight of constituents exposed to a single sector (except for the real estate sector) at 25%. The weight of constituents exposed to the real estate sector is capped at 10%. The specified caps and thresholds described above are applied concurrently and in a manner designed to seek to minimize deviation from a constituent’s initial or intended weighting in the Index. The Index also may adjust the weight of individual constituents on the annual screening date based on certain quantitative thresholds or limits tied to key metrics of a constituent security, such as its market capitalization and trading volume. To the extent the Index reduces an individual constituent’s weight, the excess weight will be reallocated pro rata among the other constituents. Similarly, if the Index increases a constituent’s weight, the weight of the other constituents will be reduced on a pro rata basis to contribute the weight needed for such increase. The weight of a sector or individual constituent in the Index may fluctuate above or below specified caps and thresholds, respectively, between screening dates in response to market conditions.
WisdomTree, Inc. (“WisdomTree”), the Index Provider and parent company of WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc. (“WisdomTree Asset Management” or the “Adviser”), currently uses the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®), a widely recognized industry classification methodology developed by MSCI, Inc. and Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, to identify the extent of the Index’s exposure to a particular sector or industry. A GICS sector typically is comprised of multiple industries. Because the Fund seeks to track the Index, it is expected to have the same sector and industry exposure as the Index. While the Index’s and the Fund’s sector exposure may vary from time to time, as of June 30, 2024, the Index, and therefore the Fund, had significant exposure (e.g., approximately 15% or more of the Index’s total weight) to the Information Technology and Financials Sectors.
| ■ | Large-Capitalization Investing Risk. The Fund invests primarily in the securities of large-capitalization companies. As a result, the Fund’s performance may be adversely affected if securities of these companies underperform securities of smaller capitalization companies or the market as a whole. Large-capitalization companies may adapt more slowly to new competitive challenges and be subject to slower growth during times of economic expansion. |
| ■ | Dividend Paying Securities Risk. Securities that pay dividends, as a group, may be out of favor with the market and underperform the overall equity market or stocks of companies that do not pay dividends. In addition, changes in the dividend policies of the companies held by the Fund or the capital resources available for such company’s dividend payments may adversely affect the Fund. |
| ■ | Investment Risk. As with all investments, an investment in the Fund is subject to loss, including the possible loss of the entire principal amount of an investment, over short or long periods of time. |
| ■ | Market Risk. The trading prices of securities and other instruments fluctuate in response to a variety of factors, such as economic, financial or political events that impact the entire market, market segments, or specific issuers. The Fund’s NAV and market price may fluctuate significantly in response to these and other factors. As a result, an investor could lose money over short or long periods of time. |
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| ■ | Cybersecurity Risk. The Fund and its service providers may be susceptible to operational and information security risks resulting from a breach in cybersecurity, including cyber-attacks. A breach in cybersecurity, intentional or unintentional, may adversely impact the Fund in many ways, including, but not limited to, disruption of the Fund’s operational capacity, loss of proprietary information, theft or corruption of data, denial-of-service attacks on websites or network resources, and the unauthorized release of confidential information. Cyber-attacks affecting the Fund’s third-party service providers, market makers, institutional investors authorized to purchase and redeem shares directly from the Fund (i.e., Authorized Participants), or the issuers of securities in which the Fund invests may subject the Fund to many of the same risks associated with direct cybersecurity breaches. |
| ■ | Financials Sector Risk. The Fund currently invests a significant portion of its assets in the Financials Sector, and therefore, the Fund’s performance could be negatively impacted by events affecting this sector. The Financials Sector includes, for example, companies engaged in banking, financial services, consumer finance, capital markets and insurance activities as well as financial exchanges, financial data providers and mortgage real estate investment trusts. This sector can be significantly affected by, among other things, changes in interest rates, government regulation, the rate of defaults on corporate, consumer and government debt, and the availability and cost of capital. |
| ■ | Geographic Investment Risk. The Fund expects to invest most of its assets in the securities of U.S. companies and is therefore, more likely to be impacted by events or conditions affecting the United States. |
Investments in the United States
The economic, political, regulatory and other events and conditions that affect issuers and investments in the United States differ
significantly from those associated with other countries and regions. For example, routine political events, such as a presidential election,
can have a significant effect on the U.S. markets and lead to periods of increased volatility. U.S. financial markets also have become
increasingly globalized, hosting participants from all over the world and on a more macro level, becoming more tightly integrated with
financial markets around the world. As a result, U.S. financial markets are also increasingly vulnerable to the risks that may affect
non-U.S. financial markets. Any event or condition that affects the U.S. economy, whether originating from within or outside of the United
States, may have an adverse effect on the Fund’s investments in the United States and thus, the Fund’s performance.
| ■ | Geopolitical Risk. The United States has and may continue to experience security concerns, war, threats of war, aggression and/or conflict, terrorism, economic uncertainty, sanctions or the threat of sanctions, natural and environmental disasters, the spread of infectious illness, widespread disease or other public health issues and/or systemic market dislocations that lead to increased short-term market volatility and have adverse long-term effects on the U.S. and world economies and markets generally, each of which may negatively impact the Fund’s investments. |
| ■ | Index and Data Risk. The Fund seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Index. The Index may not perform as intended. The Index Provider has the right to make adjustments to the composition and/or operation of the Index or to cease making the Index available without regard to the particular interests of the Fund or its shareholders. If the computers or other facilities of the Index Provider, Index calculation agent, data providers and/or relevant stock exchange malfunction for any reason, calculation and dissemination of Index values may be delayed and trading in Fund shares may be suspended for a period of time. Errors in Index data, Index calculations and/or the construction of the Index may occur from time to time and may not be identified and/or corrected by the Index Provider, Index calculation agent or other applicable party for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse impact on the Fund and its shareholders. The potential risk of continuing error may be particularly heightened in the case of the Index, which is generally not used as a benchmark by other funds or managers. |
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| ■ | Information Technology Sector Risk. The Fund currently invests a significant portion of its assets in the Information Technology Sector, and therefore, the Fund’s performance could be negatively impacted by events affecting this sector. The Information Technology Sector includes, for example, companies that offer software and information technology services, manufacturers and distributors of technology hardware and equipment such as communications equipment, cellular phones, computers and peripherals, electronic equipment and related instruments, and semiconductors and related equipment and materials. This sector can be significantly affected by, among other things, the supply and demand for specific products and services, the pace of technological development, and government regulation. |
| ■ | Investment Style Risk. The Fund invests in the securities included in, or representative of, the Index regardless of their investment merit. The Fund does not attempt to outperform the Index or take defensive positions in declining markets. As a result, the Fund’s performance may be adversely affected by a general decline in the market segments relating to the Index. |
| ■ | Issuer-Specific Risk. Issuer-specific events, including changes in the actual or perceived financial condition of an issuer, can have a negative impact on the value of the Fund. |
| ■ | Non-Correlation Risk. As with all index funds, the performance of the Fund and that of the Index may differ from each other for a variety of reasons. For example, the Fund incurs operating expenses and portfolio transaction costs, while also managing cash flows and potential operational inefficiencies, not incurred by the Index. In addition, when markets are volatile, the ability to sell securities at fair market prices may be adversely affected and may result in additional trading costs and/or increase the non-correlation risk. The Fund’s use of sampling techniques also may affect its ability to achieve close correlation with the Index. |
| ■ | Non-Diversification Risk. The Fund is considered to be non-diversified, which means that it may invest more of its assets in the securities of a single issuer or a smaller number of issuers than if it were a diversified fund. To the extent the Fund invests a significant percentage of its assets in a limited number of issuers, the Fund is subject to the risks of investing in those few issuers, and may be more susceptible to a single adverse economic or regulatory occurrence. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund. |
The Fund’s as of was .
Best and Worst Quarter Returns (for the periods reflected in the bar chart above)
| Return | Quarter/Year | |
| 2Q/2020 |
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| Return | Quarter/Year | |
| 1Q/2020 |
| WisdomTree U.S. LargeCap Dividend Fund | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years |
| Return Before Taxes Based on NAV | |||
| Return After Taxes on Distributions | |||
| Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares | |||
| WisdomTree U.S. LargeCap Dividend Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | |||
| Russell 1000 Value Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | |||
| S&P 500 Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) |
Management
Investment Adviser and Sub-Adviser
WisdomTree Asset Management serves as investment adviser to the Fund. Mellon Investments Corporation (the “Sub-Adviser”) serves as the investment sub-adviser to the Fund.
Portfolio Managers
The Fund is managed by the Sub-Adviser’s Equity Index Strategies Portfolio Management team. The individual members of the team jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio are identified below.
Marlene Walker-Smith, a Senior Director, Head of Equity Index Portfolio Management, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since October 2020.
David France, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Todd Frysinger, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Vlasta Sheremeta, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Michael Stoll, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Buying and Selling Fund Shares
The Fund is an ETF. This means that individual shares of the Fund are listed for trading on a national securities exchange, currently NYSE Arca, and may only be purchased and sold in the secondary market through a broker-dealer at market prices. Because Fund shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV (discount). In addition, an investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares (bid) and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares (ask) when buying and selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid/ask spread”). Recent information regarding the Fund, including its NAV, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid/ask spreads, is available on the Fund’s website at www.wisdomtree.com/investments.
The Fund issues and redeems shares at NAV only in large blocks of shares (“Creation Units”), which only certain institutions or large investors (typically market makers or other broker-dealers) may purchase or redeem. The Fund issues and redeems Creation Units in exchange for a portfolio of securities and/or U.S. cash.
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Tax Information
The Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxed as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank) (an “Intermediary”), WisdomTree Asset Management or its affiliates may pay Intermediaries for certain activities related to the Fund, including participation in activities that are designed to make Intermediaries more knowledgeable about exchange-traded products, including the Fund, or for other activities, such as marketing, educational training or other initiatives related to the sale or promotion of Fund shares. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the Intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Any such arrangements do not result in increased Fund expenses. Ask your salesperson or visit the Intermediary’s website for more information.
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The WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Dividend Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Dividend Index (the “Index”).
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and example below. The fees are expressed as a percentage of the Fund’s average net assets.
| Management Fees | |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees | |
| Other Expenses | |
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in
the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The example assumes you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated
and then redeem or hold all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return
each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same.
| 1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years | |
| $ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and
sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and
may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in the Fund’s Annual
Fund Operating Expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio
turnover rate was
The Fund employs a “passive management” – or indexing – investment approach designed to track the performance of the Index. The Fund generally uses a representative sampling strategy to achieve its investment objective, meaning it generally will invest in a sample of the securities in the Index whose risk, return and other characteristics resemble the risk, return and other characteristics of the Index as a whole. Under normal circumstances, at least 95% of the Fund’s total assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) will be invested in constituent securities of the Index and investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the economic characteristics of such constituent securities.
The Index is a modified capitalization-weighted index that is comprised of the mid-capitalization segment of the U.S. dividend-paying market. The Index is comprised of the companies that compose the top 75% of the market capitalization of the WisdomTree U.S. Dividend Index, which defines the dividend-paying universe of companies that conduct their Primary Business Activities in the U.S. and are listed on a U.S. stock market, after the 300 largest companies have been removed. As of June 30, 2024, the Index had a market capitalization range from $2.8 billion to $30.3 billion, with an average market capitalization of $8.3 billion. To be eligible for inclusion in the Index, a company must meet the following key criteria as of the annual Index screening date: (i) pay regular cash dividends on shares of common stock during the preceding 12 months; (ii) have a market capitalization of at least $100 million; and (iii) have a median daily dollar trading volume of at least $100,000 for the preceding three months. The country in which a company conducts its Primary Business Activities is determined based on one or more of the following factors: country of organization or incorporation, country in which a company’s headquarters is located, the country to which a company has the greatest risk exposure, and the country from which a company generates the most significant portion of its revenue or to which it allocates the greatest resources.
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The Index is dividend weighted annually to reflect the proportionate share of the aggregate cash dividends each constituent company is projected to pay in the coming year, based on the most recently declared dividend per share, a measure of fundamental value. Generally, companies projected to pay more dividends are more heavily weighted.
On the Index’s annual screening date, the Index caps the weight of constituents exposed to a single sector (except for the real estate sector) at 25%. The weight of constituents exposed to the real estate sector is capped at 10%. The specified caps and thresholds described above are applied concurrently and in a manner designed to seek to minimize deviation from a constituent’s initial or intended weighting in the Index. The Index also may adjust the weight of individual constituents on the annual screening date based on certain quantitative thresholds or limits tied to key metrics of a constituent security, such as its market capitalization and trading volume. To the extent the Index reduces an individual constituent’s weight, the excess weight will be reallocated pro rata among the other constituents. Similarly, if the Index increases a constituent’s weight, the weight of the other constituents will be reduced on a pro rata basis to contribute the weight needed for such increase. The weight of a sector or individual constituent in the Index may fluctuate above or below specified caps and thresholds, respectively, between screening dates in response to market conditions.
WisdomTree, Inc. (“WisdomTree”), the Index Provider and parent company of WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc. (“WisdomTree Asset Management” or the “Adviser”), currently uses the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®), a widely recognized industry classification methodology developed by MSCI, Inc. and Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, to identify the extent of the Index’s exposure to a particular sector or industry. A GICS sector typically is comprised of multiple industries. Because the Fund seeks to track the Index, it is expected to have the same sector and industry exposure as the Index. While the Index’s and the Fund’s sector exposure may vary from time to time, as of June 30, 2024, the Index, and therefore the Fund, had significant exposure (e.g., approximately 15% or more of the Index’s total weight) to the Financials and Industrials Sectors.
| ■ | Mid-Capitalization Investing Risk. The Fund invests primarily in the securities of mid-capitalization companies. As a result, the Fund’s performance may be adversely affected if securities of these companies underperform securities of other capitalization ranges or the market as a whole. Securities of mid-capitalization companies are often less stable and more vulnerable to market volatility and adverse economic developments than securities of larger companies, but mid-capitalization companies may also underperform the securities of small-capitalization companies because medium capitalization companies are more mature and are subject to slower growth during economic expansion. |
| ■ | Dividend Paying Securities Risk. Securities that pay dividends, as a group, may be out of favor with the market and underperform the overall equity market or stocks of companies that do not pay dividends. In addition, changes in the dividend policies of the companies held by the Fund or the capital resources available for such company’s dividend payments may adversely affect the Fund. |
| ■ | Investment Risk. As with all investments, an investment in the Fund is subject to loss, including the possible loss of the entire principal amount of an investment, over short or long periods of time. |
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| ■ | Market Risk. The trading prices of securities and other instruments fluctuate in response to a variety of factors, such as economic, financial or political events that impact the entire market, market segments, or specific issuers. The Fund’s NAV and market price may fluctuate significantly in response to these and other factors. As a result, an investor could lose money over short or long periods of time. |
| ■ | Cybersecurity Risk. The Fund and its service providers may be susceptible to operational and information security risks resulting from a breach in cybersecurity, including cyber-attacks. A breach in cybersecurity, intentional or unintentional, may adversely impact the Fund in many ways, including, but not limited to, disruption of the Fund’s operational capacity, loss of proprietary information, theft or corruption of data, denial-of-service attacks on websites or network resources, and the unauthorized release of confidential information. Cyber-attacks affecting the Fund’s third-party service providers, market makers, institutional investors authorized to purchase and redeem shares directly from the Fund (i.e., Authorized Participants), or the issuers of securities in which the Fund invests may subject the Fund to many of the same risks associated with direct cybersecurity breaches. |
| ■ | Financials Sector Risk. The Fund currently invests a significant portion of its assets in the Financials Sector, and therefore, the Fund’s performance could be negatively impacted by events affecting this sector. The Financials Sector includes, for example, companies engaged in banking, financial services, consumer finance, capital markets and insurance activities as well as financial exchanges, financial data providers and mortgage real estate investment trusts. This sector can be significantly affected by, among other things, changes in interest rates, government regulation, the rate of defaults on corporate, consumer and government debt, and the availability and cost of capital. |
| ■ | Geographic Investment Risk. The Fund expects to invest most of its assets in the securities of U.S. companies and is therefore, more likely to be impacted by events or conditions affecting the United States. |
Investments in the United States
The economic, political, regulatory and other events and conditions that affect issuers and investments in the United States differ
significantly from those associated with other countries and regions. For example, routine political events, such as a presidential election,
can have a significant effect on the U.S. markets and lead to periods of increased volatility. U.S. financial markets also have become
increasingly globalized, hosting participants from all over the world and on a more macro level, becoming more tightly integrated with
financial markets around the world. As a result, U.S. financial markets are also increasingly vulnerable to the risks that may affect
non-U.S. financial markets. Any event or condition that affects the U.S. economy, whether originating from within or outside of the United
States, may have an adverse effect on the Fund’s investments in the United States and thus, the Fund’s performance.
| ■ | Geopolitical Risk. The United States has and may continue to experience security concerns, war, threats of war, aggression and/or conflict, terrorism, economic uncertainty, sanctions or the threat of sanctions, natural and environmental disasters, the spread of infectious illness, widespread disease or other public health issues and/or systemic market dislocations that lead to increased short-term market volatility and have adverse long-term effects on the U.S. and world economies and markets generally, each of which may negatively impact the Fund’s investments. |
| ■ | Index and Data Risk. The Fund seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Index. The Index may not perform as intended. The Index Provider has the right to make adjustments to the composition and/or operation of the Index or to cease making the Index available without regard to the particular interests of the Fund or its shareholders. If the computers or other facilities of the Index Provider, Index calculation agent, data providers and/or relevant stock exchange malfunction for any reason, calculation and dissemination of Index values may be delayed and trading in Fund shares may be suspended for a period of time. Errors in Index data, Index calculations and/or the construction of the Index may occur from time to time and may not be identified and/or corrected by the Index Provider, Index calculation agent or other applicable party for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse impact on the Fund and its shareholders. The potential risk of continuing error may be particularly heightened in the case of the Index, which is generally not used as a benchmark by other funds or managers. |
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| ■ | Industrials Sector Risk. The Fund currently invests a significant portion of its assets in the Industrials Sector, and therefore, the Fund’s performance could be negatively impacted by events affecting this sector. The Industrials Sector includes, for example, aerospace and defense, non-residential construction, engineering, machinery, transportation, and commercial and professional services companies. This sector can be significantly affected by, among other things, business cycle fluctuations, worldwide economy growth, international political and economic developments, exchange rates, commodity prices, environmental issues, government and corporate spending, supply and demand for specific products and manufacturing, and government regulation. |
| ■ | Investment Style Risk. The Fund invests in the securities included in, or representative of, the Index regardless of their investment merit. The Fund does not attempt to outperform the Index or take defensive positions in declining markets. As a result, the Fund’s performance may be adversely affected by a general decline in the market segments relating to the Index. |
| ■ | Issuer-Specific Risk. Issuer-specific events, including changes in the actual or perceived financial condition of an issuer, can have a negative impact on the value of the Fund. |
| ■ | Non-Correlation Risk. As with all index funds, the performance of the Fund and that of the Index may differ from each other for a variety of reasons. For example, the Fund incurs operating expenses and portfolio transaction costs, while also managing cash flows and potential operational inefficiencies, not incurred by the Index. In addition, when markets are volatile, the ability to sell securities at fair market prices may be adversely affected and may result in additional trading costs and/or increase the non-correlation risk. The Fund’s use of sampling techniques also may affect its ability to achieve close correlation with the Index. |
| ■ | Non-Diversification Risk. The Fund is considered to be non-diversified, which means that it may invest more of its assets in the securities of a single issuer or a smaller number of issuers than if it were a diversified fund. To the extent the Fund invests a significant percentage of its assets in a limited number of issuers, the Fund is subject to the risks of investing in those few issuers, and may be more susceptible to a single adverse economic or regulatory occurrence. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund. |
The Fund’s as of was .
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Best and Worst Quarter Returns (for the periods reflected in the bar chart above)
| Return | Quarter/Year | |
| 4Q/2020 | ||
| 1Q/2020 |
| WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Dividend Fund | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years |
| Return Before Taxes Based on NAV | |||
| Return After Taxes on Distributions | |||
| Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares | |||
| WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Dividend Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | |||
| Russell Midcap Value Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | |||
| S&P MidCap 400 Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | |||
| Russell 3000 Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) |
Management
Investment Adviser and Sub-Adviser
WisdomTree Asset Management serves as investment adviser to the Fund. Mellon Investments Corporation (the “Sub-Adviser”) serves as the investment sub-adviser to the Fund.
Portfolio Managers
The Fund is managed by the Sub-Adviser’s Equity Index Strategies Portfolio Management team. The individual members of the team jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio are identified below.
Marlene Walker-Smith, a Senior Director, Head of Equity Index Portfolio Management, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since October 2020.
David France, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Todd Frysinger, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Vlasta Sheremeta, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Michael Stoll, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Buying and Selling Fund Shares
The Fund is an ETF. This means that individual shares of the Fund are listed for trading on a national securities exchange, currently NYSE Arca, and may only be purchased and sold in the secondary market through a broker-dealer at market prices. Because Fund shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV (discount). In addition, an investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares (bid) and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares (ask) when buying and selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid/ask spread”). Recent information regarding the Fund, including its NAV, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid/ask spreads, is available on the Fund’s website at www.wisdomtree.com/investments.
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The Fund issues and redeems shares at NAV only in large blocks of shares (“Creation Units”), which only certain institutions or large investors (typically market makers or other broker-dealers) may purchase or redeem. The Fund issues and redeems Creation Units in exchange for a portfolio of securities and/or U.S. cash.
Tax Information
The Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxed as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank) (an “Intermediary”), WisdomTree Asset Management or its affiliates may pay Intermediaries for certain activities related to the Fund, including participation in activities that are designed to make Intermediaries more knowledgeable about exchange-traded products, including the Fund, or for other activities, such as marketing, educational training or other initiatives related to the sale or promotion of Fund shares. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the Intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Any such arrangements do not result in increased Fund expenses. Ask your salesperson or visit the Intermediary’s website for more information.
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The WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Dividend Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Dividend Index (the “Index”).
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and example below. The fees are expressed as a percentage of the Fund’s average net assets.
| Management Fees | |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees | |
| Other Expenses | |
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in
the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The example assumes you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated
and then redeem or hold all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return
each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same.
| 1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years | |
| $ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and
sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and
may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in the Fund’s Annual
Fund Operating Expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio
turnover rate was
The Fund employs a “passive management” – or indexing – investment approach designed to track the performance of the Index. The Fund generally uses a representative sampling strategy to achieve its investment objective, meaning it generally will invest in a sample of the securities in the Index whose risk, return and other characteristics resemble the risk, return and other characteristics of the Index as a whole. Under normal circumstances, at least 95% of the Fund’s total assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) will be invested in constituent securities of the Index and investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the economic characteristics of such constituent securities.
The Index is a modified capitalization-weighted index measuring the performance of the small-capitalization segment of the U.S. dividend-paying market. The Index is comprised of the companies that compose the bottom 25% of the market capitalization of the WisdomTree U.S. Dividend Index, which defines the dividend-paying universe of companies that conduct their Primary Business Activities in the U.S. and are listed on a U.S. stock market, after the 300 largest companies have been removed. As of June 30, 2024, the Index had a market capitalization range from $81.3 million to $5.3 billion, with an average market capitalization of $1.5 billion. To be eligible for inclusion in the Index, a company must meet the following key criteria as of the annual Index screening date: (i) pay regular cash dividends on shares of common stock during the preceding 12 months; (ii) have a market capitalization of at least $100 million; and (iii) have a median daily dollar trading volume of at least $100,000 for the preceding three months. The country in which a company conducts its Primary Business Activities is determined based on one or more of the following factors: country of organization or incorporation, country in which a company’s headquarters is located, the country to which a company has the greatest risk exposure, and the country from which a company generates the most significant portion of its revenue or to which it allocates the greatest resources.
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The Index is dividend weighted annually to reflect the proportionate share of the aggregate cash dividends each constituent company is projected to pay in the coming year, based on the most recently declared dividend per share, a measure of fundamental value. Generally, companies projected to pay more dividends are more heavily weighted.
On the Index’s annual screening date, the Index caps the weight of constituents exposed to a single sector (except for the real estate sector) at 25%. The weight of constituents exposed to the real estate sector is capped at 10%. The specified caps and thresholds described above are applied concurrently and in a manner designed to seek to minimize deviation from a constituent’s initial or intended weighting in the Index. The Index also may adjust the weight of individual constituents on the annual screening date based on certain quantitative thresholds or limits tied to key metrics of a constituent security, such as its market capitalization and trading volume. To the extent the Index reduces an individual constituent’s weight, the excess weight will be reallocated pro rata among the other constituents. Similarly, if the Index increases a constituent’s weight, the weight of the other constituents will be reduced on a pro rata basis to contribute the weight needed for such increase. The weight of a sector or individual constituent in the Index may fluctuate above or below specified caps and thresholds, respectively, between screening dates in response to market conditions.
WisdomTree, Inc. (“WisdomTree”), the Index Provider and parent company of WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc. (“WisdomTree Asset Management” or the “Adviser”), currently uses the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®), a widely recognized industry classification methodology developed by MSCI, Inc. and Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, to identify the extent of the Index’s exposure to a particular sector or industry. A GICS sector typically is comprised of multiple industries. Because the Fund seeks to track the Index, it is expected to have the same sector and industry exposure as the Index. While the Index’s and the Fund’s sector exposure may vary from time to time, as of June 30, 2024, the Index, and therefore the Fund, had significant exposure (e.g., approximately 15% or more of the Index’s total weight) to the Financials and Industrials Sectors.
| ■ | Small-Capitalization Investing Risk. The Fund invests primarily in the securities of small-capitalization companies. As a result, the Fund may be more volatile than funds that invest in larger, more established companies. The securities of small-capitalization companies generally trade in lower volumes and are subject to greater and more unpredictable price changes than larger capitalization stocks or the stock market as a whole. Small-capitalization companies may be particularly sensitive to adverse economic developments as well as changes in interest rates, government regulation, borrowing costs and earnings. |
| ■ | Dividend Paying Securities Risk. Securities that pay dividends, as a group, may be out of favor with the market and underperform the overall equity market or stocks of companies that do not pay dividends. In addition, changes in the dividend policies of the companies held by the Fund or the capital resources available for such company’s dividend payments may adversely affect the Fund. |
| ■ | Investment Risk. As with all investments, an investment in the Fund is subject to loss, including the possible loss of the entire principal amount of an investment, over short or long periods of time. |
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| ■ | Market Risk. The trading prices of securities and other instruments fluctuate in response to a variety of factors, such as economic, financial or political events that impact the entire market, market segments, or specific issuers. The Fund’s NAV and market price may fluctuate significantly in response to these and other factors. As a result, an investor could lose money over short or long periods of time. |
| ■ | Cybersecurity Risk. The Fund and its service providers may be susceptible to operational and information security risks resulting from a breach in cybersecurity, including cyber-attacks. A breach in cybersecurity, intentional or unintentional, may adversely impact the Fund in many ways, including, but not limited to, disruption of the Fund’s operational capacity, loss of proprietary information, theft or corruption of data, denial-of-service attacks on websites or network resources, and the unauthorized release of confidential information. Cyber-attacks affecting the Fund’s third-party service providers, market makers, institutional investors authorized to purchase and redeem shares directly from the Fund (i.e., Authorized Participants), or the issuers of securities in which the Fund invests may subject the Fund to many of the same risks associated with direct cybersecurity breaches. |
| ■ | Financials Sector Risk. The Fund currently invests a significant portion of its assets in the Financials Sector, and therefore, the Fund’s performance could be negatively impacted by events affecting this sector. The Financials Sector includes, for example, companies engaged in banking, financial services, consumer finance, capital markets and insurance activities as well as financial exchanges, financial data providers and mortgage real estate investment trusts. This sector can be significantly affected by, among other things, changes in interest rates, government regulation, the rate of defaults on corporate, consumer and government debt, and the availability and cost of capital. |
| ■ | Geographic Investment Risk. The Fund expects to invest most of its assets in the securities of U.S. companies and is therefore, more likely to be impacted by events or conditions affecting the United States. |
Investments in the United States
The economic, political, regulatory and other events and conditions that affect issuers and investments in the United States differ
significantly from those associated with other countries and regions. For example, routine political events, such as a presidential election,
can have a significant effect on the U.S. markets and lead to periods of increased volatility. U.S. financial markets also have become
increasingly globalized, hosting participants from all over the world and on a more macro level, becoming more tightly integrated with
financial markets around the world. As a result, U.S. financial markets are also increasingly vulnerable to the risks that may affect
non-U.S. financial markets. Any event or condition that affects the U.S. economy, whether originating from within or outside of the United
States, may have an adverse effect on the Fund’s investments in the United States and thus, the Fund’s performance.
| ■ | Geopolitical Risk. The United States has and may continue to experience security concerns, war, threats of war, aggression and/or conflict, terrorism, economic uncertainty, sanctions or the threat of sanctions, natural and environmental disasters, the spread of infectious illness, widespread disease or other public health issues and/or systemic market dislocations that lead to increased short-term market volatility and have adverse long-term effects on the U.S. and world economies and markets generally, each of which may negatively impact the Fund’s investments. |
| ■ | Index and Data Risk. The Fund seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Index. The Index may not perform as intended. The Index Provider has the right to make adjustments to the composition and/or operation of the Index or to cease making the Index available without regard to the particular interests of the Fund or its shareholders. If the computers or other facilities of the Index Provider, Index calculation agent, data providers and/or relevant stock exchange malfunction for any reason, calculation and dissemination of Index values may be delayed and trading in Fund shares may be suspended for a period of time. Errors in Index data, Index calculations and/or the construction of the Index may occur from time to time and may not be identified and/or corrected by the Index Provider, Index calculation agent or other applicable party for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse impact on the Fund and its shareholders. The potential risk of continuing error may be particularly heightened in the case of the Index, which is generally not used as a benchmark by other funds or managers. |
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| ■ | Industrials Sector Risk. The Fund currently invests a significant portion of its assets in the Industrials Sector, and therefore, the Fund’s performance could be negatively impacted by events affecting this sector. The Industrials Sector includes, for example, aerospace and defense, non-residential construction, engineering, machinery, transportation, and commercial and professional services companies. This sector can be significantly affected by, among other things, business cycle fluctuations, worldwide economy growth, international political and economic developments, exchange rates, commodity prices, environmental issues, government and corporate spending, supply and demand for specific products and manufacturing, and government regulation. |
| ■ | Investment Style Risk. The Fund invests in the securities included in, or representative of, the Index regardless of their investment merit. The Fund does not attempt to outperform the Index or take defensive positions in declining markets. As a result, the Fund’s performance may be adversely affected by a general decline in the market segments relating to the Index. |
| ■ | Issuer-Specific Risk. Issuer-specific events, including changes in the actual or perceived financial condition of an issuer, can have a negative impact on the value of the Fund. |
| ■ | Non-Correlation Risk. As with all index funds, the performance of the Fund and that of the Index may differ from each other for a variety of reasons. For example, the Fund incurs operating expenses and portfolio transaction costs, while also managing cash flows and potential operational inefficiencies, not incurred by the Index. In addition, when markets are volatile, the ability to sell securities at fair market prices may be adversely affected and may result in additional trading costs and/or increase the non-correlation risk. The Fund’s use of sampling techniques also may affect its ability to achieve close correlation with the Index. |
| ■ | Non-Diversification Risk. The Fund is considered to be non-diversified, which means that it may invest more of its assets in the securities of a single issuer or a smaller number of issuers than if it were a diversified fund. To the extent the Fund invests a significant percentage of its assets in a limited number of issuers, the Fund is subject to the risks of investing in those few issuers, and may be more susceptible to a single adverse economic or regulatory occurrence. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund. |
The Fund’s as of was .
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Best and Worst Quarter Returns (for the periods reflected in the bar chart above)
| Return | Quarter/Year | |
| 4Q/2020 | ||
| 1Q/2020 |
| WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Dividend Fund | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years |
| Return Before Taxes Based on NAV | |||
| Return After Taxes on Distributions | |||
| Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares | |||
| WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Dividend Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | |||
| Russell 2000 Value Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | |||
| Russell 2000 Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | |||
| Russell 3000 Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) |
Management
Investment Adviser and Sub-Adviser
WisdomTree Asset Management serves as investment adviser to the Fund. Mellon Investments Corporation (the “Sub-Adviser”) serves as the investment sub-adviser to the Fund.
Portfolio Managers
The Fund is managed by the Sub-Adviser’s Equity Index Strategies Portfolio Management team. The individual members of the team jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio are identified below.
Marlene Walker-Smith, a Senior Director, Head of Equity Index Portfolio Management, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since October 2020.
David France, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Todd Frysinger, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Vlasta Sheremeta, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Michael Stoll, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Buying and Selling Fund Shares
The Fund is an ETF. This means that individual shares of the Fund are listed for trading on a national securities exchange, currently NYSE Arca, and may only be purchased and sold in the secondary market through a broker-dealer at market prices. Because Fund shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV (discount). In addition, an investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares (bid) and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares (ask) when buying and selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid/ask spread”). Recent information regarding the Fund, including its NAV, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid/ask spreads, is available on the Fund’s website at www.wisdomtree.com/investments.
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The Fund issues and redeems shares at NAV only in large blocks of shares (“Creation Units”), which only certain institutions or large investors (typically market makers or other broker-dealers) may purchase or redeem. The Fund issues and redeems Creation Units in exchange for a portfolio of securities and/or U.S. cash.
Tax Information
The Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxed as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank) (an “Intermediary”), WisdomTree Asset Management or its affiliates may pay Intermediaries for certain activities related to the Fund, including participation in activities that are designed to make Intermediaries more knowledgeable about exchange-traded products, including the Fund, or for other activities, such as marketing, educational training or other initiatives related to the sale or promotion of Fund shares. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the Intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Any such arrangements do not result in increased Fund expenses. Ask your salesperson or visit the Intermediary’s website for more information.
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The WisdomTree U.S. Value Fund (the “Fund”) seeks income and capital appreciation.
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and example below. The fees are expressed as a percentage of the Fund’s average net assets.
| Management Fees | |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees | |
| Other Expenses | |
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in
the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The example assumes you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated
and then redeem or hold all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return
each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same.
| 1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years | |
| $ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and
sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and
may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in the Fund’s Annual
Fund Operating Expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio
turnover rate was
The Fund is actively managed using a model-based approach and seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in U.S. equity securities that provide a high “total shareholder yield” and exhibit favorable quality characteristics that demonstrate a company's profitability, such as strong returns on equity (ROE) and/or returns on assets (ROA). The Fund’s investment adviser, WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc. (“WisdomTree Asset Management” or the “Adviser”), using a disciplined model-based process focused on a long-term approach to investing, seeks to identify approximately 100-200 companies with a high total shareholder yield, comprising return of capital to shareholders through either dividend distributions or the repurchase of shares (“buybacks”), while also displaying favorable quality characteristics. WisdomTree Asset Management believes screening equity securities by quality measures such as ROE and ROA can improve the Fund returns relative to traditional value oriented investment strategies that focus exclusively on total shareholder yield, while also continuing to provide a source for potential income. At a minimum, the Fund’s portfolio will be reconstituted and rebalanced annually, although a more active approach may be taken depending on such factors as market conditions and investment opportunities, and the number of holdings in the Fund may vary. Between rebalances, the Fund’s portfolio may temporarily include securities of companies that no longer meet the model’s investment criteria.
The Fund invests primarily in equity securities of companies domiciled in the U.S. or listed on a U.S. exchange. The Fund generally expects to invest in large- and mid-capitalization companies and may invest in any sector. As of June 30, 2024, companies in the Financials and Consumer Discretionary Sectors comprised a significant portion (e.g., approximately 15% or more) of the Fund’s assets.
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| ■ | Value Investing Risk. Value stocks, as a group, may be out of favor with the market and underperform growth stocks or the overall equity market. Value investing focuses on companies whose stocks appear undervalued, but value stocks may not realize their perceived intrinsic value for extended periods of time or may never realize their perceived intrinsic value. |
| ■ | Dividend Paying Securities Risk. Securities that pay dividends, as a group, may be out of favor with the market and underperform the overall equity market or stocks of companies that do not pay dividends. In addition, changes in the dividend policies of the companies held by the Fund or the capital resources available for such company’s dividend payments may adversely affect the Fund. |
| ■ | Investment Risk. As with all investments, an investment in the Fund is subject to loss, including the possible loss of the entire principal amount of an investment, over short or long periods of time. |
| ■ | Market Risk. The trading prices of securities and other instruments fluctuate in response to a variety of factors, such as economic, financial or political events that impact the entire market, market segments, or specific issuers. The Fund’s NAV and market price may fluctuate significantly in response to these and other factors. As a result, an investor could lose money over short or long periods of time. |
| ■ | Active Management Risk. The Fund is actively managed using proprietary investment strategies and processes. There can be no guarantee that these strategies and processes will be successful or that the Fund will achieve its investment objective. |
| ■ | Consumer Discretionary Sector Risk. The Fund currently invests a significant portion of its assets in the Consumer Discretionary Sector, and therefore, the Fund’s performance could be negatively impacted by events affecting this sector. The Consumer Discretionary Sector includes, for example, automobile, textile and retail companies, as well as hotels, restaurants and other leisure facilities. This sector can be significantly affected by, among other things, changes in domestic and international economies, exchange and interest rates, economic growth, worldwide demand, supply chain constraints, social trends, consumers’ disposable income levels, and propensity to spend. |
| ■ | Cybersecurity Risk. The Fund and its service providers may be susceptible to operational and information security risks resulting from a breach in cybersecurity, including cyber-attacks. A breach in cybersecurity, intentional or unintentional, may adversely impact the Fund in many ways, including, but not limited to, disruption of the Fund’s operational capacity, loss of proprietary information, theft or corruption of data, denial-of-service attacks on websites or network resources, and the unauthorized release of confidential information. Cyber-attacks affecting the Fund’s third-party service providers, market makers, institutional investors authorized to purchase and redeem shares directly from the Fund (i.e., Authorized Participants), or the issuers of securities in which the Fund invests may subject the Fund to many of the same risks associated with direct cybersecurity breaches. |
| ■ | Financials Sector Risk. The Fund currently invests a significant portion of its assets in the Financials Sector, and therefore, the Fund’s performance could be negatively impacted by events affecting this sector. The Financials Sector includes, for example, companies engaged in banking, financial services, consumer finance, capital markets and insurance activities as well as financial exchanges, financial data providers and mortgage real estate investment trusts. This sector can be significantly affected by, among other things, changes in interest rates, government regulation, the rate of defaults on corporate, consumer and government debt, and the availability and cost of capital. |
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| ■ | Geographic Investment Risk. The Fund expects to invest most of its assets in the securities of U.S. companies and is therefore, more likely to be impacted by events or conditions affecting the United States. |
Investments in the United States
The economic, political, regulatory and other events and conditions that affect issuers and investments in the United States differ
significantly from those associated with other countries and regions. For example, routine political events, such as a presidential election,
can have a significant effect on the U.S. markets and lead to periods of increased volatility. U.S. financial markets also have become
increasingly globalized, hosting participants from all over the world and on a more macro level, becoming more tightly integrated with
financial markets around the world. As a result, U.S. financial markets are also increasingly vulnerable to the risks that may affect
non-U.S. financial markets. Any event or condition that affects the U.S. economy, whether originating from within or outside of the United
States, may have an adverse effect on the Fund’s investments in the United States and thus, the Fund’s performance.
| ■ | Geopolitical Risk. The United States has and may continue to experience security concerns, war, threats of war, aggression and/or conflict, terrorism, economic uncertainty, sanctions or the threat of sanctions, natural and environmental disasters, the spread of infectious illness, widespread disease or other public health issues and/or systemic market dislocations that lead to increased short-term market volatility and have adverse long-term effects on the U.S. and world economies and markets generally, each of which may negatively impact the Fund’s investments. |
| ■ | Issuer-Specific Risk. Issuer-specific events, including changes in the actual or perceived financial condition of an issuer, can have a negative impact on the value of the Fund. |
| ■ | Large-Capitalization Investing Risk. The Fund may invest in the securities of large-capitalization companies. As a result, the Fund’s performance may be adversely affected if securities of these companies underperform securities of smaller capitalization companies or the market as a whole. Large-capitalization companies may adapt more slowly to new competitive challenges and be subject to slower growth during times of economic expansion. |
| ■ | Mid-Capitalization Investing Risk. The Fund may invest in the securities of mid-capitalization companies. As a result, the Fund’s performance may be adversely affected if securities of these companies underperform securities of other capitalization ranges or the market as a whole. Securities of mid-capitalization companies are often less stable and more vulnerable to market volatility and adverse economic developments than securities of larger companies, but mid-capitalization companies may also underperform the securities of small-capitalization companies because medium capitalization companies are more mature and are subject to slower growth during economic expansion. |
| ■ | Models and Data Risk. The Fund uses an investment model to implement its investment strategy. The Fund is subject to the risk that the investment model may not perform as intended, including because the model may not adequately take into consideration certain factors relevant to the Fund’s investment strategy, investments, or the market environment, contains design flaws or incorporates faulty assumptions, or is informed by inaccurate or incomplete data. Any of these circumstances may lead to investment decisions or the inclusion or exclusion of securities that adversely affect the value of the Fund. Errors in the data, assumptions and/or the design of the model may occur from time to time and may not be identified and/or corrected by the Sub-Adviser or the Adviser for a significant period or at all, which may magnify the adverse effect on the Fund of any investment decisions made in reliance on the erroneous model results. |
| ■ | Non-Diversification Risk. The Fund is considered to be non-diversified, which means that it may invest more of its assets in the securities of a single issuer or a smaller number of issuers than if it were a diversified fund. To the extent the Fund invests a significant percentage of its assets in a limited number of issuers, the Fund is subject to the risks of investing in those few issuers, and may be more susceptible to a single adverse economic or regulatory occurrence. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund. |
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The Fund’s objective changed effective December 18, 2017. Prior to December 18, 2017, Fund performance reflects the investment objective of the Fund when it was the WisdomTree U.S. LargeCap Value Fund and tracked the performance, before fees and expenses, of the WisdomTree U.S. LargeCap Value Index.
The Fund’s as of was .
Best and Worst Quarter Returns (for the periods reflected in the bar chart above)
| Return | Quarter/Year | |
| 2Q/2020 | ||
| 1Q/2020 |
| WisdomTree U.S. Value Fund* | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years |
| Return Before Taxes Based on NAV | |||
| Return After Taxes on Distributions | |||
| Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares | |||
| Russell 1000 Value Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | |||
| Russell 1000 Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) |
| * |
Management
Investment Adviser and Sub-Adviser
WisdomTree Asset Management serves as investment adviser to the Fund. Mellon Investments Corporation (the “Sub-Adviser”) serves as the investment sub-adviser to the Fund.
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Portfolio Managers
The Fund is managed by the Sub-Adviser’s Equity Index Strategies Portfolio Management team. The individual members of the team jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio are identified below.
Marlene Walker-Smith, a Senior Director, Head of Equity Index Portfolio Management, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since October 2020.
David France, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Todd Frysinger, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Vlasta Sheremeta, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Michael Stoll, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Buying and Selling Fund Shares
The Fund is an ETF. This means that individual shares of the Fund are listed for trading on a national securities exchange, currently NYSE Arca, and may only be purchased and sold in the secondary market through a broker-dealer at market prices. Because Fund shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV (discount). In addition, an investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares (bid) and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares (ask) when buying and selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid/ask spread”). Recent information regarding the Fund, including its NAV, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid/ask spreads, is available on the Fund’s website at www.wisdomtree.com/investments.
The Fund issues and redeems shares at NAV only in large blocks of shares (“Creation Units”), which only certain institutions or large investors (typically market makers or other broker-dealers) may purchase or redeem. The Fund issues and redeems Creation Units in exchange for a portfolio of securities and/or U.S. cash.
Tax Information
The Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxed as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank) (an “Intermediary”), WisdomTree Asset Management or its affiliates may pay Intermediaries for certain activities related to the Fund, including participation in activities that are designed to make Intermediaries more knowledgeable about exchange-traded products, including the Fund, or for other activities, such as marketing, educational training or other initiatives related to the sale or promotion of Fund shares. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the Intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Any such arrangements do not result in increased Fund expenses. Ask your salesperson or visit the Intermediary’s website for more information.
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The WisdomTree U.S. Quality Growth Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the WisdomTree U.S. Quality Growth Index (the “Index”).
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and example below. The fees are expressed as a percentage of the Fund’s average net assets.
| Management Fees | |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees | |
| Other Expenses | |
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in
the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The example assumes you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated
and then redeem or hold all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return
each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same.
| 1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years | |
| $ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and
sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and
may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in the Fund’s Annual
Fund Operating Expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio
turnover rate was
The Fund employs a “passive management” – or indexing – investment approach designed to track the performance of the Index. The Fund generally uses a representative sampling strategy to achieve its investment objective, meaning it generally will invest in a sample of the securities in the Index whose risk, return and other characteristics resemble the risk, return and other characteristics of the Index as a whole.
The Index is a modified market-capitalization weighted index that is comprised of 100 U.S. large-capitalization and mid-capitalization companies with the highest composite scores based on two fundamental factors: growth and quality, which are equally weighted. The growth factor is determined by a company’s ranking based on a 50% weight in its earnings growth forecast, a 25% weight in its trailing five-year EBITDA (i.e., earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) growth, and a 25% weight in its trailing five-year sales growth. The quality factor is determined by a company’s ranking based on a 50% weight to each of its trailing three-year average return on equity and trailing three-year return on assets. The Index is based on a rules-based methodology overseen and implemented by the Quality Growth Index Committee.
The Index is reconstituted and rebalanced semi-annually. To be eligible for inclusion in the Index, a company must meet the following key criteria as of the Index screening date: (i) be monitored by the Index’s third-party index calculation agent, (ii) list shares on a U.S. stock exchange, (iii) conduct its Primary Business Activities in the United States, (iv) have a market capitalization of at least $100 million, and (v) have a median daily dollar trading volume of at least $1 million for each of the preceding three months. The country in which a company conducts its Primary Business Activities is determined based on one or more of the following factors: country of organization or incorporation, country in which a company’s headquarters is located, the country to which a company has the greatest risk exposure, and the country from which a company generates the most significant portion of its revenue or to which it allocates the greatest resources. At the time of each semi-annual rebalance, the weight of any individual security is capped at 15%.
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WisdomTree, Inc. (“WisdomTree”), the Index Provider and parent company of WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc. (“WisdomTree Asset Management” or the “Adviser”), currently uses the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®), a widely recognized industry classification methodology developed by MSCI, Inc. and Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, to identify the extent of the Index’s exposure to a particular sector or industry. A GICS sector typically is comprised of multiple industries. Because the Fund seeks to track the Index, it is expected to have the same sector and industry exposure as the Index. While the Index’s and the Fund’s sector exposure may vary from time to time, as of June 30, 2024, the Index, and therefore the Fund, had significant exposure (e.g., approximately 15% or more of the Index’s total weight) to the Information Technology Sector.
| ■ | Growth Investing Risk. Growth stocks, as a group, may be out of favor with the market and underperform value stocks or the overall equity market. Growth stocks are generally more sensitive to market movements than other types of stocks primarily because their prices are based heavily on the future expectations of the economy and the stock’s issuing company. |
| ■ | Investment Risk. As with all investments, an investment in the Fund is subject to loss, including the possible loss of the entire principal amount of an investment, over short or long periods of time. |
| ■ | Market Risk. The trading prices of securities and other instruments fluctuate in response to a variety of factors, such as economic, financial or political events that impact the entire market, market segments, or specific issuers. The Fund’s NAV and market price may fluctuate significantly in response to these and other factors. As a result, an investor could lose money over short or long periods of time. |
| ■ | Cybersecurity Risk. The Fund and its service providers may be susceptible to operational and information security risks resulting from a breach in cybersecurity, including cyber-attacks. A breach in cybersecurity, intentional or unintentional, may adversely impact the Fund in many ways, including, but not limited to, disruption of the Fund’s operational capacity, loss of proprietary information, theft or corruption of data, denial-of-service attacks on websites or network resources, and the unauthorized release of confidential information. Cyber-attacks affecting the Fund’s third-party service providers, market makers, institutional investors authorized to purchase and redeem shares directly from the Fund (i.e., Authorized Participants), or the issuers of securities in which the Fund invests may subject the Fund to many of the same risks associated with direct cybersecurity breaches. |
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| ■ | Geographic Investment Risk. The Fund expects to invest most of its assets in the securities of U.S. companies and is therefore, more likely to be impacted by events or conditions affecting the United States. |
Investments in the United States
The economic, political, regulatory and other events and conditions that affect issuers and investments in the United States differ
significantly from those associated with other countries and regions. For example, routine political events, such as a presidential election,
can have a significant effect on the U.S. markets and lead to periods of increased volatility. U.S. financial markets also have become
increasingly globalized, hosting participants from all over the world and on a more macro level, becoming more tightly integrated with
financial markets around the world. As a result, U.S. financial markets are also increasingly vulnerable to the risks that may affect
non-U.S. financial markets. Any event or condition that affects the U.S. economy, whether originating from within or outside of the United
States, may have an adverse effect on the Fund’s investments in the United States and thus, the Fund’s performance.
| ■ | Geopolitical Risk. The United States has and may continue to experience security concerns, war, threats of war, aggression and/or conflict, terrorism, economic uncertainty, sanctions or the threat of sanctions, natural and environmental disasters, the spread of infectious illness, widespread disease or other public health issues and/or systemic market dislocations that lead to increased short-term market volatility and have adverse long-term effects on the U.S. and world economies and markets generally, each of which may negatively impact the Fund’s investments. |
| ■ | Index and Data Risk. The Fund seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Index. The Index may not perform as intended. The Index Provider has the right to make adjustments to the composition and/or operation of the Index or to cease making the Index available without regard to the particular interests of the Fund or its shareholders. If the computers or other facilities of the Index Provider, Index calculation agent, data providers and/or relevant stock exchange malfunction for any reason, calculation and dissemination of Index values may be delayed and trading in Fund shares may be suspended for a period of time. Errors in Index data, Index calculations and/or the construction of the Index may occur from time to time and may not be identified and/or corrected by the Index Provider, Index calculation agent or other applicable party for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse impact on the Fund and its shareholders. The potential risk of continuing error may be particularly heightened in the case of the Index, which is generally not used as a benchmark by other funds or managers. |
| ■ | Information Technology Sector Risk. The Fund currently invests a significant portion of its assets in the Information Technology Sector, and therefore, the Fund’s performance could be negatively impacted by events affecting this sector. The Information Technology Sector includes, for example, companies that offer software and information technology services, manufacturers and distributors of technology hardware and equipment such as communications equipment, cellular phones, computers and peripherals, electronic equipment and related instruments, and semiconductors and related equipment and materials. This sector can be significantly affected by, among other things, the supply and demand for specific products and services, the pace of technological development, and government regulation. |
| ■ | Investment Style Risk. The Fund invests in the securities included in, or representative of, the Index regardless of their investment merit. The Fund does not attempt to outperform the Index or take defensive positions in declining markets. As a result, the Fund’s performance may be adversely affected by a general decline in the market segments relating to the Index. |
| ■ | Issuer-Specific Risk. Issuer-specific events, including changes in the actual or perceived financial condition of an issuer, can have a negative impact on the value of the Fund. |
| ■ | Large-Capitalization Investing Risk. The Fund may invest in the securities of large-capitalization companies. As a result, the Fund’s performance may be adversely affected if securities of these companies underperform securities of smaller capitalization companies or the market as a whole. Large-capitalization companies may adapt more slowly to new competitive challenges and be subject to slower growth during times of economic expansion. |
| ■ | Mid-Capitalization Investing Risk. The Fund may invest in the securities of mid-capitalization companies. As a result, the Fund’s performance may be adversely affected if securities of these companies underperform securities of other capitalization ranges or the market as a whole. Securities of mid-capitalization companies are often less stable and more vulnerable to market volatility and adverse economic developments than securities of larger companies, but mid-capitalization companies may also underperform the securities of small-capitalization companies because medium capitalization companies are more mature and are subject to slower growth during economic expansion. |
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| ■ | Non-Correlation Risk. As with all index funds, the performance of the Fund and that of the Index may differ from each other for a variety of reasons. For example, the Fund incurs operating expenses and portfolio transaction costs, while also managing cash flows and potential operational inefficiencies, not incurred by the Index. In addition, when markets are volatile, the ability to sell securities at fair market prices may be adversely affected and may result in additional trading costs and/or increase the non-correlation risk. The Fund’s use of sampling techniques also may affect its ability to achieve close correlation with the Index. |
| ■ | Non-Diversification Risk. The Fund is considered to be non-diversified, which means that it may invest more of its assets in the securities of a single issuer or a smaller number of issuers than if it were a diversified fund. To the extent the Fund invests a significant percentage of its assets in a limited number of issuers, the Fund is subject to the risks of investing in those few issuers, and may be more susceptible to a single adverse economic or regulatory occurrence. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund. |
The Fund’s as of was .
Best and Worst Quarter Returns (for the periods reflected in the bar chart above)
| Return | Quarter/Year | |
| 1Q/2023 | ||
| 3Q/2023 |
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| WisdomTree U.S. Quality Growth Fund | 1 Year | Since Inception |
| Return Before Taxes Based on NAV | ||
| Return After Taxes on Distributions | ||
| Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares | ||
| WisdomTree U.S. Quality Growth Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | ||
| Russell 1000 Growth Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | ||
| S&P 500 Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) |
Management
Investment Adviser and Sub-Adviser
WisdomTree Asset Management serves as investment adviser to the Fund. Mellon Investments Corporation (the “Sub-Adviser”) serves as the investment sub-adviser to the Fund.
Portfolio Managers
The Fund is managed by the Sub-Adviser’s Equity Index Strategies Portfolio Management team. The individual members of the team jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio are identified below.
Marlene Walker-Smith, a Senior Director, Head of Equity Index Portfolio Management, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since its inception in December 2022.
David France, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since its inception in December 2022.
Todd Frysinger, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since its inception in December 2022.
Vlasta Sheremeta, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since its inception in December 2022.
Michael Stoll, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since its inception in December 2022.
Buying and Selling Fund Shares
The Fund is an ETF. This means that individual shares of the Fund are listed for trading on a national securities exchange, currently NYSE Arca, and may only be purchased and sold in the secondary market through a broker-dealer at market prices. Because Fund shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV (discount). In addition, an investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares (bid) and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares (ask) when buying and selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid/ask spread”). Recent information regarding the Fund, including its NAV, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid/ask spreads, is available on the Fund’s website at www.wisdomtree.com/investments.
The Fund issues and redeems shares at NAV only in large blocks of shares (“Creation Units”), which only certain institutions or large investors (typically market makers or other broker-dealers) may purchase or redeem. The Fund issues and redeems Creation Units in exchange for a portfolio of securities and/or U.S. cash.
Tax Information
The Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxed as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains.
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Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank) (an “Intermediary”), WisdomTree Asset Management or its affiliates may pay Intermediaries for certain activities related to the Fund, including participation in activities that are designed to make Intermediaries more knowledgeable about exchange-traded products, including the Fund, or for other activities, such as marketing, educational training or other initiatives related to the sale or promotion of Fund shares. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the Intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Any such arrangements do not result in increased Fund expenses. Ask your salesperson or visit the Intermediary’s website for more information.
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The WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Quality Growth Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Quality Growth Index (the “Index”).
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and example below. The fees are expressed as a percentage of the Fund’s average net assets.
| Management Fees | |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees | |
| Other Expenses | |
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
| 1 |
This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in
the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The example assumes you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated
and then redeem or hold all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return
each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same.
| 1 Year | 3 Years | |
| $ |
$ |
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and
sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and
may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in the Fund’s Annual
Fund Operating Expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal period, the Fund’s
portfolio turnover rate was
The Fund employs a “passive management” – or indexing – investment approach designed to track the performance of the Index. The Fund generally uses a representative sampling strategy to achieve its investment objective, meaning it generally will invest in a sample of the securities in the Index whose risk, return and other characteristics resemble the risk, return and other characteristics of the Index as a whole. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in the constituent securities of the Index, each of which is a security issued by a mid-cap company, identified in accordance with the Index Provider’s (as defined below) market-capitalization selection parameters, that is incorporated and headquartered in the United States. The Index Provider’s market-capitalization selection parameters generally provide that the Index will be composed of the top scoring 30% of companies that comprise the top 60% of the remaining eligible U.S. Quality Growth Index family constituent universe after the exclusion of the 500 largest companies by market capitalization.
Additional detail about the Index’s constituent eligibility criteria is included under the “Additional Information About the Fund’s Investment Strategies” section of the Prospectus. From the initial selection universe, the Index selects U.S. companies with the highest composite scores based on two fundamental factors, growth and quality, which are equally weighted. The growth factor is determined by a company’s ranking based on a 40% trailing three-year sales growth, 40% trailing three-year earnings growth, and 20% earnings growth forecast. The quality factor is determined by a company’s ranking based on a 50% weight to each of its trailing three-year average return on equity and its trailing three-year return on assets. Companies are ranked based on the Composite Score with the top 30% of companies selected for inclusion in the Index. The selected companies are weighted within the Index using a modified market capitalization weighting. The Index is based on a rules-based methodology overseen and implemented by the Quality Growth Index Committee.
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The Index is reconstituted and rebalanced semi-annually. To be eligible for inclusion in the Index, a company must meet the following key criteria as of the Index screening date: (i) be monitored by the Index’s third-party index calculation agent, (ii) list shares on a U.S. stock exchange, (iii) conduct its Primary Business Activities in the United States, (iv) have a market capitalization of at least $100 million, and (v) have a median daily dollar trading volume of at least $1 million for each of the preceding three months. For the Index, Primary Business Activities generally is determined based on the country of organization or incorporation and the country in which a company’s headquarters is located, but may also consider the country to which a company has the greatest risk exposure and the country from which a company generates the most significant portion of its revenue or to which it allocates the greatest resources. At the time of each semi-annual rebalance, the weight of any individual constituent is capped at 5%. As of June 30, 2024, the Index had a market capitalization range from $4.3 billion to $14.5 billion, with an average market capitalization of $7.9 billion. The Index is expected to consist of between 100 and 200 constituent companies.
WisdomTree, Inc. (“WisdomTree”), the Index Provider and parent company of WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc. (“WisdomTree Asset Management” or the “Adviser”), currently uses the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®), a widely recognized industry classification methodology developed by MSCI, Inc. and Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, to identify the extent of the Index’s exposure to a particular sector or industry. A GICS sector typically is comprised of multiple industries. Because the Fund seeks to track the Index, it is expected to have the same sector and industry exposure as the Index. While the Index’s and the Fund’s sector exposure may vary from time to time, as of June 30, 2024, the Index, and therefore the Fund, had significant exposure (e.g., approximately 15% or more of the Index’s total weight) to the Industrials and Consumer Discretionary Sectors.
| ■ | Growth Investing Risk. Growth stocks, as a group, may be out of favor with the market and underperform value stocks or the overall equity market. Growth stocks are generally more sensitive to market movements than other types of stocks primarily because their prices are based heavily on the future expectations of the economy and the stock’s issuing company. |
| ■ | Mid-Capitalization Investing Risk. The Fund invests primarily in the securities of mid-capitalization companies. As a result, the Fund’s performance may be adversely affected if securities of these companies underperform securities of other capitalization ranges or the market as a whole. Securities of mid-capitalization companies are often less stable and more vulnerable to market volatility and adverse economic developments than securities of larger companies, but mid-capitalization companies may also underperform the securities of small-capitalization companies because medium capitalization companies are more mature and are subject to slower growth during economic expansion. |
| ■ | Investment Risk. As with all investments, an investment in the Fund is subject to loss, including the possible loss of the entire principal amount of an investment, over short or long periods of time. |
| ■ | Market Risk. The trading prices of securities and other instruments fluctuate in response to a variety of factors, such as economic, financial or political events that impact the entire market, market segments, or specific issuers. The Fund’s NAV and market price may fluctuate significantly in response to these and other factors. As a result, an investor could lose money over short or long periods of time. |
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| ■ | Consumer Discretionary Sector Risk. The Fund currently invests a significant portion of its assets in the Consumer Discretionary Sector, and therefore, the Fund’s performance could be negatively impacted by events affecting this sector. The Consumer Discretionary Sector includes, for example, automobile, textile and retail companies, as well as hotels, restaurants and other leisure facilities. This sector can be significantly affected by, among other things, changes in domestic and international economies, exchange and interest rates, economic growth, worldwide demand, supply chain constraints, social trends, consumers’ disposable income levels, and propensity to spend. |
| ■ | Cybersecurity Risk. The Fund and its service providers may be susceptible to operational and information security risks resulting from a breach in cybersecurity, including cyber-attacks. A breach in cybersecurity, intentional or unintentional, may adversely impact the Fund in many ways, including, but not limited to, disruption of the Fund’s operational capacity, loss of proprietary information, theft or corruption of data, denial-of-service attacks on websites or network resources, and the unauthorized release of confidential information. Cyber-attacks affecting the Fund’s third-party service providers, market makers, institutional investors authorized to purchase and redeem shares directly from the Fund (i.e., Authorized Participants), or the issuers of securities in which the Fund invests may subject the Fund to many of the same risks associated with direct cybersecurity breaches. |
| ■ | Geographic Investment Risk. The Fund expects to invest most of its assets in the securities of U.S. companies and is therefore, more likely to be impacted by events or conditions affecting the United States. |
Investments in the United States
The economic, political, regulatory and other events and conditions that affect issuers and investments in the United States differ
significantly from those associated with other countries and regions. For example, routine political events, such as a presidential election,
can have a significant effect on the U.S. markets and lead to periods of increased volatility. U.S. financial markets also have become
increasingly globalized, hosting participants from all over the world and on a more macro level, becoming more tightly integrated with
financial markets around the world. As a result, U.S. financial markets are also increasingly vulnerable to the risks that may affect
non-U.S. financial markets. Any event or condition that affects the U.S. economy, whether originating from within or outside of the United
States, may have an adverse effect on the Fund’s investments in the United States and thus, the Fund’s performance.
| ■ | Geopolitical Risk. The United States has and may continue to experience security concerns, war, threats of war, aggression and/or conflict, terrorism, economic uncertainty, sanctions or the threat of sanctions, natural and environmental disasters, the spread of infectious illness, widespread disease or other public health issues and/or systemic market dislocations that lead to increased short-term market volatility and have adverse long-term effects on the U.S. and world economies and markets generally, each of which may negatively impact the Fund’s investments. |
| ■ | Index and Data Risk. The Fund seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Index. The Index may not perform as intended. The Index Provider has the right to make adjustments to the composition and/or operation of the Index or to cease making the Index available without regard to the particular interests of the Fund or its shareholders. If the computers or other facilities of the Index Provider, Index calculation agent, data providers and/or relevant stock exchange malfunction for any reason, calculation and dissemination of Index values may be delayed and trading in Fund shares may be suspended for a period of time. Errors in Index data, Index calculations and/or the construction of the Index may occur from time to time and may not be identified and/or corrected by the Index Provider, Index calculation agent or other applicable party for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse impact on the Fund and its shareholders. The potential risk of continuing error may be particularly heightened in the case of the Index, which is generally not used as a benchmark by other funds or managers. |
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| ■ | Industrials Sector Risk. The Fund currently invests a significant portion of its assets in the Industrials Sector, and therefore, the Fund’s performance could be negatively impacted by events affecting this sector. The Industrials Sector includes, for example, aerospace and defense, non-residential construction, engineering, machinery, transportation, and commercial and professional services companies. This sector can be significantly affected by, among other things, business cycle fluctuations, worldwide economy growth, international political and economic developments, exchange rates, commodity prices, environmental issues, government and corporate spending, supply and demand for specific products and manufacturing, and government regulation. |
| ■ | Investment Style Risk. The Fund invests in the securities included in, or representative of, the Index regardless of their investment merit. The Fund does not attempt to outperform the Index or take defensive positions in declining markets. As a result, the Fund’s performance may be adversely affected by a general decline in the market segments relating to the Index. |
| ■ | Issuer-Specific Risk. Issuer-specific events, including changes in the actual or perceived financial condition of an issuer, can have a negative impact on the value of the Fund. |
| ■ | Non-Correlation Risk. As with all index funds, the performance of the Fund and that of the Index may differ from each other for a variety of reasons. For example, the Fund incurs operating expenses and portfolio transaction costs, while also managing cash flows and potential operational inefficiencies, not incurred by the Index. In addition, when markets are volatile, the ability to sell securities at fair market prices may be adversely affected and may result in additional trading costs and/or increase the non-correlation risk. The Fund’s use of sampling techniques also may affect its ability to achieve close correlation with the Index. |
| ■ | Non-Diversification Risk. The Fund is considered to be non-diversified, which means that it may invest more of its assets in the securities of a single issuer or a smaller number of issuers than if it were a diversified fund. To the extent the Fund invests a significant percentage of its assets in a limited number of issuers, the Fund is subject to the risks of investing in those few issuers, and may be more susceptible to a single adverse economic or regulatory occurrence. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund. |
Management
Investment Adviser and Sub-Adviser
WisdomTree Asset Management serves as investment adviser to the Fund. Mellon Investments Corporation (the “Sub-Adviser”) serves as the investment sub-adviser to the Fund.
Portfolio Managers
The Fund is managed by the Sub-Adviser’s Equity Index Strategies Portfolio Management team. The individual members of the team jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio are identified below.
Marlene Walker-Smith, a Senior Director, Head of Equity Index Portfolio Management, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since its inception in January 2024.
David France, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since its inception in January 2024.
Todd Frysinger, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since its inception in January 2024.
Vlasta Sheremeta, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since its inception in January 2024.
Michael Stoll, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since its inception in January 2024.
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Buying and Selling Fund Shares
The Fund is an ETF. This means that individual shares of the Fund are listed for trading on a national securities exchange, currently NASDAQ, and may only be purchased and sold in the secondary market through a broker-dealer at market prices. Because Fund shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV (discount). In addition, an investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares (bid) and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares (ask) when buying and selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid/ask spread”). Recent information regarding the Fund, including its NAV, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid/ask spreads, is available on the Fund’s website at www.wisdomtree.com/investments.
The Fund issues and redeems shares at NAV only in large blocks of shares (“Creation Units”), which only certain institutions or large investors (typically market makers or other broker-dealers) may purchase or redeem. The Fund issues and redeems Creation Units in exchange for a portfolio of securities and/or U.S. cash.
Tax Information
The Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxed as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank) (an “Intermediary”), WisdomTree Asset Management or its affiliates may pay Intermediaries for certain activities related to the Fund, including participation in activities that are designed to make Intermediaries more knowledgeable about exchange-traded products, including the Fund, or for other activities, such as marketing, educational training or other initiatives related to the sale or promotion of Fund shares. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the Intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Any such arrangements do not result in increased Fund expenses. Ask your salesperson or visit the Intermediary’s website for more information.
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The WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Growth Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Growth Index (the “Index”).
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and example below. The fees are expressed as a percentage of the Fund’s average net assets.
| Management Fees | |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees | |
| Other Expenses | |
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
| 1 |
This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in
the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The example assumes you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated
and then redeem or hold all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return
each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same.
| 1 Year | 3 Years | |
| $ |
$ |
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and
sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and
may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in the Fund’s Annual
Fund Operating Expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal period, the Fund’s
portfolio turnover rate was
The Fund employs a “passive management” – or indexing – investment approach designed to track the performance of the Index. The Fund generally uses a representative sampling strategy to achieve its investment objective, meaning it generally will invest in a sample of the securities in the Index whose risk, return and other characteristics resemble the risk, return and other characteristics of the Index as a whole. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in the constituent securities of the Index, each of which is a security issued by a small-cap company, identified in accordance with the Index Provider’s (as defined below) market-capitalization selection parameters, that is incorporated and headquartered in the United States. The Index Provider’s market-capitalization selection parameters generally provide that the Index will be composed of the top scoring 30% of companies that comprise the bottom 40% of the remaining eligible U.S. Quality Growth Index family constituent universe after the exclusion of the 500 largest companies by market capitalization.
Additional detail about the Index’s constituent eligibility criteria is included under the “Additional Information About the Fund’s Investment Strategies” section of the Prospectus. From the initial selection universe, the Index selects U.S. companies with the highest composite scores based on two fundamental factors, growth and quality, which are equally weighted. The growth factor is determined by a company’s ranking based on a 40% trailing three-year sales growth, 40% trailing three-year earnings growth, and 20% earnings growth forecast. The quality factor is determined by a company’s ranking based on a 50% weight to each of its trailing three-year average return on equity and its trailing three-year return on assets. Companies are ranked based on the Composite Score with the top 30% of companies selected for inclusion in the Index. The selected companies are weighted within the Index using a modified market capitalization weighting. The Index is based on a rules-based methodology overseen and implemented by the Quality Growth Index Committee.
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The Index is reconstituted and rebalanced semi-annually. To be eligible for inclusion in the Index, a company must meet the following key criteria as of the Index screening date: (i) be monitored by the Index’s third-party index calculation agent, (ii) list shares on a U.S. stock exchange, (iii) conduct its Primary Business Activities in the United States, (iv) have a market capitalization of at least $100 million, and (v) have a median daily dollar trading volume of at least $1 million for each of the preceding three months. For the Index, Primary Business Activities generally is determined based on the country of organization or incorporation and the country in which a company’s headquarters is located, but may also consider the country to which a company has the greatest risk exposure and the country from which a company generates the most significant portion of its revenue or to which it allocates the greatest resources. At the time of each semi-annual rebalance, the weight of any individual constituent is capped at 5%. As of June 30, 2024, the Index had a market capitalization range from $118.8 million to $4.9 billion, with an average market capitalization of $1.8 billion. The Index is expected to consist of between 300 and 500 constituent companies.
WisdomTree, Inc. (“WisdomTree”), the Index Provider and parent company of WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc. (“WisdomTree Asset Management” or the “Adviser”), currently uses the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®), a widely recognized industry classification methodology developed by MSCI, Inc. and Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, to identify the extent of the Index’s exposure to a particular sector or industry. A GICS sector typically is comprised of multiple industries. Because the Fund seeks to track the Index, it is expected to have the same sector and industry exposure as the Index. While the Index’s and the Fund’s sector exposure may vary from time to time, as of June 30, 2024, the Index, and therefore the Fund, had significant exposure (e.g., approximately 15% or more of the Index’s total weight) to the Consumer Discretionary and Industrials Sectors.
| ■ | Growth Investing Risk. Growth stocks, as a group, may be out of favor with the market and underperform value stocks or the overall equity market. Growth stocks are generally more sensitive to market movements than other types of stocks primarily because their prices are based heavily on the future expectations of the economy and the stock’s issuing company. |
| ■ | Small-Capitalization Investing Risk. The Fund invests primarily in the securities of small-capitalization companies. As a result, the Fund may be more volatile than funds that invest in larger, more established companies. The securities of small-capitalization companies generally trade in lower volumes and are subject to greater and more unpredictable price changes than larger capitalization stocks or the stock market as a whole. Small-capitalization companies may be particularly sensitive to adverse economic developments as well as changes in interest rates, government regulation, borrowing costs and earnings. |
| ■ | Investment Risk. As with all investments, an investment in the Fund is subject to loss, including the possible loss of the entire principal amount of an investment, over short or long periods of time. |
| ■ | Market Risk. The trading prices of securities and other instruments fluctuate in response to a variety of factors, such as economic, financial or political events that impact the entire market, market segments, or specific issuers. The Fund’s NAV and market price may fluctuate significantly in response to these and other factors. As a result, an investor could lose money over short or long periods of time. |
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| ■ | Consumer Discretionary Sector Risk. The Fund currently invests a significant portion of its assets in the Consumer Discretionary Sector, and therefore, the Fund’s performance could be negatively impacted by events affecting this sector. The Consumer Discretionary Sector includes, for example, automobile, textile and retail companies, as well as hotels, restaurants and other leisure facilities. This sector can be significantly affected by, among other things, changes in domestic and international economies, exchange and interest rates, economic growth, worldwide demand, supply chain constraints, social trends, consumers’ disposable income levels, and propensity to spend. |
| ■ | Cybersecurity Risk. The Fund and its service providers may be susceptible to operational and information security risks resulting from a breach in cybersecurity, including cyber-attacks. A breach in cybersecurity, intentional or unintentional, may adversely impact the Fund in many ways, including, but not limited to, disruption of the Fund’s operational capacity, loss of proprietary information, theft or corruption of data, denial-of-service attacks on websites or network resources, and the unauthorized release of confidential information. Cyber-attacks affecting the Fund’s third-party service providers, market makers, institutional investors authorized to purchase and redeem shares directly from the Fund (i.e., Authorized Participants), or the issuers of securities in which the Fund invests may subject the Fund to many of the same risks associated with direct cybersecurity breaches. |
| ■ | Geographic Investment Risk. The Fund expects to invest most of its assets in the securities of U.S. companies and is therefore, more likely to be impacted by events or conditions affecting the United States. |
Investments in the United States
The economic, political, regulatory and other events and conditions that affect issuers and investments in the United States differ
significantly from those associated with other countries and regions. For example, routine political events, such as a presidential election,
can have a significant effect on the U.S. markets and lead to periods of increased volatility. U.S. financial markets also have become
increasingly globalized, hosting participants from all over the world and on a more macro level, becoming more tightly integrated with
financial markets around the world. As a result, U.S. financial markets are also increasingly vulnerable to the risks that may affect
non-U.S. financial markets. Any event or condition that affects the U.S. economy, whether originating from within or outside of the United
States, may have an adverse effect on the Fund’s investments in the United States and thus, the Fund’s performance.
| ■ | Geopolitical Risk. The United States has and may continue to experience security concerns, war, threats of war, aggression and/or conflict, terrorism, economic uncertainty, sanctions or the threat of sanctions, natural and environmental disasters, the spread of infectious illness, widespread disease or other public health issues and/or systemic market dislocations that lead to increased short-term market volatility and have adverse long-term effects on the U.S. and world economies and markets generally, each of which may negatively impact the Fund’s investments. |
| ■ | Index and Data Risk. The Fund seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Index. The Index may not perform as intended. The Index Provider has the right to make adjustments to the composition and/or operation of the Index or to cease making the Index available without regard to the particular interests of the Fund or its shareholders. If the computers or other facilities of the Index Provider, Index calculation agent, data providers and/or relevant stock exchange malfunction for any reason, calculation and dissemination of Index values may be delayed and trading in Fund shares may be suspended for a period of time. Errors in Index data, Index calculations and/or the construction of the Index may occur from time to time and may not be identified and/or corrected by the Index Provider, Index calculation agent or other applicable party for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse impact on the Fund and its shareholders. The potential risk of continuing error may be particularly heightened in the case of the Index, which is generally not used as a benchmark by other funds or managers. |
| ■ | Industrials Sector Risk. The Fund currently invests a significant portion of its assets in the Industrials Sector, and therefore, the Fund’s performance could be negatively impacted by events affecting this sector. The Industrials Sector includes, for example, aerospace and defense, non-residential construction, engineering, machinery, transportation, and commercial and professional services companies. This sector can be significantly affected by, among other things, business cycle fluctuations, worldwide economy growth, international political and economic developments, exchange rates, commodity prices, environmental issues, government and corporate spending, supply and demand for specific products and manufacturing, and government regulation. |
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| ■ | Investment Style Risk. The Fund invests in the securities included in, or representative of, the Index regardless of their investment merit. The Fund does not attempt to outperform the Index or take defensive positions in declining markets. As a result, the Fund’s performance may be adversely affected by a general decline in the market segments relating to the Index. |
| ■ | Issuer-Specific Risk. Issuer-specific events, including changes in the actual or perceived financial condition of an issuer, can have a negative impact on the value of the Fund. |
| ■ | Non-Correlation Risk. As with all index funds, the performance of the Fund and that of the Index may differ from each other for a variety of reasons. For example, the Fund incurs operating expenses and portfolio transaction costs, while also managing cash flows and potential operational inefficiencies, not incurred by the Index. In addition, when markets are volatile, the ability to sell securities at fair market prices may be adversely affected and may result in additional trading costs and/or increase the non-correlation risk. The Fund’s use of sampling techniques also may affect its ability to achieve close correlation with the Index. |
| ■ | Non-Diversification Risk. The Fund is considered to be non-diversified, which means that it may invest more of its assets in the securities of a single issuer or a smaller number of issuers than if it were a diversified fund. To the extent the Fund invests a significant percentage of its assets in a limited number of issuers, the Fund is subject to the risks of investing in those few issuers, and may be more susceptible to a single adverse economic or regulatory occurrence. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund. |
Management
Investment Adviser and Sub-Adviser
WisdomTree Asset Management serves as investment adviser to the Fund. Mellon Investments Corporation (the “Sub-Adviser”) serves as the investment sub-adviser to the Fund.
Portfolio Managers
The Fund is managed by the Sub-Adviser’s Equity Index Strategies Portfolio Management team. The individual members of the team jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio are identified below.
Marlene Walker-Smith, a Senior Director, Head of Equity Index Portfolio Management, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since its inception in January 2024.
David France, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since its inception in January 2024.
Todd Frysinger, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since its inception in January 2024.
Vlasta Sheremeta, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since its inception in January 2024.
Michael Stoll, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since its inception in January 2024.
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Buying and Selling Fund Shares
The Fund is an ETF. This means that individual shares of the Fund are listed for trading on a national securities exchange, currently NASDAQ, and may only be purchased and sold in the secondary market through a broker-dealer at market prices. Because Fund shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV (discount). In addition, an investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares (bid) and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares (ask) when buying and selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid/ask spread”). Recent information regarding the Fund, including its NAV, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid/ask spreads, is available on the Fund’s website at www.wisdomtree.com/investments.
The Fund issues and redeems shares at NAV only in large blocks of shares (“Creation Units”), which only certain institutions or large investors (typically market makers or other broker-dealers) may purchase or redeem. The Fund issues and redeems Creation Units in exchange for a portfolio of securities and/or U.S. cash.
Tax Information
The Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxed as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank) (an “Intermediary”), WisdomTree Asset Management or its affiliates may pay Intermediaries for certain activities related to the Fund, including participation in activities that are designed to make Intermediaries more knowledgeable about exchange-traded products, including the Fund, or for other activities, such as marketing, educational training or other initiatives related to the sale or promotion of Fund shares. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the Intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Any such arrangements do not result in increased Fund expenses. Ask your salesperson or visit the Intermediary’s website for more information.
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The WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Index (the “Index”).
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and example below. The fees are expressed as a percentage of the Fund’s average net assets.
| Management Fees | |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees | |
| Other Expenses | |
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in
the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The example assumes you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated
and then redeem or hold all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return
each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same.
| 1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years | |
| $ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and
sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and
may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in the Fund’s Annual
Fund Operating Expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio
turnover rate was
The Fund employs a “passive management” – or indexing – investment approach designed to track the performance of the Index. The Fund generally uses a representative sampling strategy to achieve its investment objective, meaning it generally will invest in a sample of the securities in the Index whose risk, return and other characteristics resemble the risk, return and other characteristics of the Index as a whole. Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the Fund’s total assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) will be invested in constituent securities of the Index and investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the economic characteristics of such constituent securities.
The Index is a modified capitalization-weighted index that consists of dividend-paying U.S. common stocks with growth characteristics. The Index is comprised of the 300 companies in the WisdomTree U.S. Dividend Index, which defines the dividend-paying universe of companies that conduct their Primary Business Activities in the U.S. and are listed on a U.S. stock market, with the best combined rank of growth and quality factors, specifically: medium-term earnings growth expectations, return on equity, and return on assets. To be eligible for inclusion in the Index, a company must meet the following key criteria as of the annual Index screening date: (i) pay regular cash dividends on shares of common stock during the preceding 12 months; (ii) have a market capitalization of at least $2 billion; (iii) have a median daily dollar trading volume of at least $100,000 for the preceding three months; and (iv) an earnings yield greater than the dividend yield. The country in which a company conducts its Primary Business Activities is determined based on one or more of the following factors: country of organization or incorporation, country in which a company’s headquarters is located, the country to which a company has the greatest risk exposure, and the country from which a company generates the most significant portion of its revenue or to which it allocates the greatest resources.
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The Index is dividend weighted annually to reflect the proportionate share of the aggregate cash dividends each constituent company is projected to pay in the coming year, based on the most recently declared dividend per share, a measure of fundamental value. Generally, companies projected to pay more dividends are more heavily weighted.
On the Index’s annual screening date, the maximum weight of any security in the Index is capped at 8% and the Index caps the weight of constituents exposed to a single sector (except for the information technology and real estate sectors) at 20%. The weight of constituents exposed to each of the information technology and real estate sectors is capped at 30% and 10%, respectively. The specified caps and thresholds described above are applied concurrently and in a manner designed to seek to minimize deviation from a constituent’s initial or intended weighting in the Index. The Index also may adjust the weight of individual constituents on the annual screening date based on certain quantitative thresholds or limits tied to key metrics of a constituent security, such as its market capitalization and trading volume. To the extent the Index reduces an individual constituent’s weight, the excess weight will be reallocated pro rata among the other constituents. Similarly, if the Index increases a constituent’s weight, the weight of the other constituents will be reduced on a pro rata basis to contribute the weight needed for such increase. The weight of a sector or individual constituent in the Index may fluctuate above or below specified caps and thresholds, respectively, between screening dates in response to market conditions.
WisdomTree, Inc. (“WisdomTree”), the Index Provider and parent company of WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc. (“WisdomTree Asset Management” or the “Adviser”), currently uses the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®), a widely recognized industry classification methodology developed by MSCI, Inc. and Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, to identify the extent of the Index’s exposure to a particular sector or industry. A GICS sector typically is comprised of multiple industries. Because the Fund seeks to track the Index, it is expected to have the same sector and industry exposure as the Index. While the Index’s and the Fund’s sector exposure may vary from time to time, as of June 30, 2024, the Index, and therefore the Fund, had significant exposure (e.g., approximately 15% or more of the Index’s total weight) to the Information Technology and Health Care Sectors.
| ■ | Dividend Paying Securities Risk. Securities that pay dividends, as a group, may be out of favor with the market and underperform the overall equity market or stocks of companies that do not pay dividends. In addition, changes in the dividend policies of the companies held by the Fund or the capital resources available for such company’s dividend payments may adversely affect the Fund. |
| ■ | Growth Investing Risk. Growth stocks, as a group, may be out of favor with the market and underperform value stocks or the overall equity market. Growth stocks are generally more sensitive to market movements than other types of stocks primarily because their prices are based heavily on the future expectations of the economy and the stock’s issuing company. |
| ■ | Investment Risk. As with all investments, an investment in the Fund is subject to loss, including the possible loss of the entire principal amount of an investment, over short or long periods of time. |
| ■ | Market Risk. The trading prices of securities and other instruments fluctuate in response to a variety of factors, such as economic, financial or political events that impact the entire market, market segments, or specific issuers. The Fund’s NAV and market price may fluctuate significantly in response to these and other factors. As a result, an investor could lose money over short or long periods of time. |
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| ■ | Cybersecurity Risk. The Fund and its service providers may be susceptible to operational and information security risks resulting from a breach in cybersecurity, including cyber-attacks. A breach in cybersecurity, intentional or unintentional, may adversely impact the Fund in many ways, including, but not limited to, disruption of the Fund’s operational capacity, loss of proprietary information, theft or corruption of data, denial-of-service attacks on websites or network resources, and the unauthorized release of confidential information. Cyber-attacks affecting the Fund’s third-party service providers, market makers, institutional investors authorized to purchase and redeem shares directly from the Fund (i.e., Authorized Participants), or the issuers of securities in which the Fund invests may subject the Fund to many of the same risks associated with direct cybersecurity breaches. |
| ■ | Geographic Investment Risk. The Fund expects to invest most of its assets in the securities of U.S. companies and is therefore, more likely to be impacted by events or conditions affecting the United States. |
Investments in the United States
The economic, political, regulatory and other events and conditions that affect issuers and investments in the United States differ
significantly from those associated with other countries and regions. For example, routine political events, such as a presidential election,
can have a significant effect on the U.S. markets and lead to periods of increased volatility. U.S. financial markets also have become
increasingly globalized, hosting participants from all over the world and on a more macro level, becoming more tightly integrated with
financial markets around the world. As a result, U.S. financial markets are also increasingly vulnerable to the risks that may affect
non-U.S. financial markets. Any event or condition that affects the U.S. economy, whether originating from within or outside of the United
States, may have an adverse effect on the Fund’s investments in the United States and thus, the Fund’s performance.
| ■ | Geopolitical Risk. The United States has and may continue to experience security concerns, war, threats of war, aggression and/or conflict, terrorism, economic uncertainty, sanctions or the threat of sanctions, natural and environmental disasters, the spread of infectious illness, widespread disease or other public health issues and/or systemic market dislocations that lead to increased short-term market volatility and have adverse long-term effects on the U.S. and world economies and markets generally, each of which may negatively impact the Fund’s investments. |
| ■ | Health Care Sector Risk. The Fund currently invests a significant portion of its assets in the Health Care Sector, and therefore, the Fund’s performance could be negatively impacted by events affecting this sector. The Health Care Sector includes, for example, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, health care facilities, and health care equipment and supply companies. This sector can be significantly affected by, among other things, lapsing patent protection, technological developments that make drugs obsolete, government regulation, price controls, and approvals for drugs. |
| ■ | Index and Data Risk. The Fund seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Index. The Index may not perform as intended. The Index Provider has the right to make adjustments to the composition and/or operation of the Index or to cease making the Index available without regard to the particular interests of the Fund or its shareholders. If the computers or other facilities of the Index Provider, Index calculation agent, data providers and/or relevant stock exchange malfunction for any reason, calculation and dissemination of Index values may be delayed and trading in Fund shares may be suspended for a period of time. Errors in Index data, Index calculations and/or the construction of the Index may occur from time to time and may not be identified and/or corrected by the Index Provider, Index calculation agent or other applicable party for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse impact on the Fund and its shareholders. The potential risk of continuing error may be particularly heightened in the case of the Index, which is generally not used as a benchmark by other funds or managers. |
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| ■ | Information Technology Sector Risk. The Fund currently invests a significant portion of its assets in the Information Technology Sector, and therefore, the Fund’s performance could be negatively impacted by events affecting this sector. The Information Technology Sector includes, for example, companies that offer software and information technology services, manufacturers and distributors of technology hardware and equipment such as communications equipment, cellular phones, computers and peripherals, electronic equipment and related instruments, and semiconductors and related equipment and materials. This sector can be significantly affected by, among other things, the supply and demand for specific products and services, the pace of technological development, and government regulation. |
| ■ | Investment Style Risk. The Fund invests in the securities included in, or representative of, the Index regardless of their investment merit. The Fund does not attempt to outperform the Index or take defensive positions in declining markets. As a result, the Fund’s performance may be adversely affected by a general decline in the market segments relating to the Index. |
| ■ | Issuer-Specific Risk. Issuer-specific events, including changes in the actual or perceived financial condition of an issuer, can have a negative impact on the value of the Fund. |
| ■ | Large-Capitalization Investing Risk. The Fund may invest in the securities of large-capitalization companies. As a result, the Fund’s performance may be adversely affected if securities of these companies underperform securities of smaller capitalization companies or the market as a whole. Large-capitalization companies may adapt more slowly to new competitive challenges and be subject to slower growth during times of economic expansion. |
| ■ | Non-Correlation Risk. As with all index funds, the performance of the Fund and that of the Index may differ from each other for a variety of reasons. For example, the Fund incurs operating expenses and portfolio transaction costs, while also managing cash flows and potential operational inefficiencies, not incurred by the Index. In addition, when markets are volatile, the ability to sell securities at fair market prices may be adversely affected and may result in additional trading costs and/or increase the non-correlation risk. The Fund’s use of sampling techniques also may affect its ability to achieve close correlation with the Index. |
| ■ | Non-Diversification Risk. The Fund is considered to be non-diversified, which means that it may invest more of its assets in the securities of a single issuer or a smaller number of issuers than if it were a diversified fund. To the extent the Fund invests a significant percentage of its assets in a limited number of issuers, the Fund is subject to the risks of investing in those few issuers, and may be more susceptible to a single adverse economic or regulatory occurrence. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund. |
The Fund’s as of was .
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Best and Worst Quarter Returns (for the periods reflected in the bar chart above)
| Return | Quarter/Year | |
| 2Q/2020 | ||
| 1Q/2020 |
| WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years |
| Return Before Taxes Based on NAV | |||
| Return After Taxes on Distributions | |||
| Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares | |||
| WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | |||
| Russell 3000 Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | |||
| S&P 500 Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) |
Management
Investment Adviser and Sub-Adviser
WisdomTree Asset Management serves as investment adviser to the Fund. Mellon Investments Corporation (the “Sub-Adviser”) serves as the investment sub-adviser to the Fund.
Portfolio Managers
The Fund is managed by the Sub-Adviser’s Equity Index Strategies Portfolio Management team. The individual members of the team jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio are identified below.
Marlene Walker-Smith, a Senior Director, Head of Equity Index Portfolio Management, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since October 2020.
David France, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Todd Frysinger, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Vlasta Sheremeta, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Michael Stoll, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Buying and Selling Fund Shares
The Fund is an ETF. This means that individual shares of the Fund are listed for trading on a national securities exchange, currently NASDAQ, and may only be purchased and sold in the secondary market through a broker-dealer at market prices. Because Fund shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV (discount). In addition, an investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares (bid) and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares (ask) when buying and selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid/ask spread”). Recent information regarding the Fund, including its NAV, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid/ask spreads, is available on the Fund’s website at www.wisdomtree.com/investments.
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The Fund issues and redeems shares at NAV only in large blocks of shares (“Creation Units”), which only certain institutions or large investors (typically market makers or other broker-dealers) may purchase or redeem. The Fund issues and redeems Creation Units in exchange for a portfolio of securities and/or U.S. cash.
Tax Information
The Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxed as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank) (an “Intermediary”), WisdomTree Asset Management or its affiliates may pay Intermediaries for certain activities related to the Fund, including participation in activities that are designed to make Intermediaries more knowledgeable about exchange-traded products, including the Fund, or for other activities, such as marketing, educational training or other initiatives related to the sale or promotion of Fund shares. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the Intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Any such arrangements do not result in increased Fund expenses. Ask your salesperson or visit the Intermediary’s website for more information.
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The WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Index (the “Index”).
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and example below. The fees are expressed as a percentage of the Fund’s average net assets.
| Management Fees | |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees | |
| Other Expenses | |
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in
the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The example assumes you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated
and then redeem or hold all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return
each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same.
| 1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years | |
| $ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and
sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and
may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in the Fund’s Annual
Fund Operating Expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio
turnover rate was
The Fund employs a “passive management” – or indexing – investment approach designed to track the performance of the Index. The Fund generally uses a representative sampling strategy to achieve its investment objective, meaning it generally will invest in a sample of the securities in the Index whose risk, return and other characteristics resemble the risk, return and other characteristics of the Index as a whole. Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the Fund’s total assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) will be invested in constituent securities of the Index and investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the economic characteristics of such constituent securities.
The Index is a modified capitalization-weighted index that consists of the small-capitalization segment of dividend-paying U.S. common stocks with growth characteristics. The starting screening universe for the Index is the constituents of the WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Dividend Index, which consists of the bottom 25% of the market capitalization of the WisdomTree U.S. Dividend Index, which defines the dividend-paying universe of companies that conduct their Primary Business Activities in the U.S. and are listed on a U.S. stock market, after the 300 largest companies have been removed. As of June 30, 2024, the Index had a market capitalization range from $81.3 million to $4.6 billion, with an average market capitalization of $1.5 billion. To be eligible for inclusion in the Index, a company must meet the following key criteria as of the annual Index screening date: (i) pay regular cash dividends on shares of common stock during the preceding 12 months; (ii) have a market capitalization of at least $100 million; (iii) have a median daily dollar trading volume of at least $100,000 for the preceding three months; and (iv) an earnings yield greater than the dividend yield. The country in which a company conducts its Primary Business Activities is determined based on one or more of the following factors: country of organization or incorporation, country in which a company’s headquarters is located, the country to which a company has the greatest risk exposure, and the country from which a company generates the most significant portion of its revenue or to which it allocates the greatest resources. From this starting universe, the Index is comprised of the top 50% of companies with the best combined rank of certain growth and quality factors, specifically: medium-term earnings growth expectations, return on equity, and return on assets.
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The Index is dividend weighted annually to reflect the proportionate share of the aggregate cash dividends each constituent company is projected to pay in the coming year, based on the most recently declared dividend per share, a measure of fundamental value. Generally, companies projected to pay more dividends are more heavily weighted.
On the Index’s annual screening date, the maximum weight of any security in the Index is capped at 2% and the Index caps the weight of constituents exposed to a single sector (except for the real estate sector) at 25%. The weight of constituents exposed to the real estate sector is capped at 10%. The specified caps and thresholds described above are applied concurrently and in a manner designed to seek to minimize deviation from a constituent’s initial or intended weighting in the Index. The Index also may adjust the weight of individual constituents on the annual screening date based on certain quantitative thresholds or limits tied to key metrics of a constituent security, such as its market capitalization and trading volume. To the extent the Index reduces an individual constituent’s weight, the excess weight will be reallocated pro rata among the other constituents. Similarly, if the Index increases a constituent’s weight, the weight of the other constituents will be reduced on a pro rata basis to contribute the weight needed for such increase. The weight of a sector or individual constituent in the Index may fluctuate above or below specified caps and thresholds, respectively, between screening dates in response to market conditions.
WisdomTree, Inc. (“WisdomTree”), the Index Provider and parent company of WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc. (“WisdomTree Asset Management” or the “Adviser”), currently uses the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®), a widely recognized industry classification methodology developed by MSCI, Inc. and Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, to identify the extent of the Index’s exposure to a particular sector or industry. A GICS sector typically is comprised of multiple industries. Because the Fund seeks to track the Index, it is expected to have the same sector and industry exposure as the Index. While the Index’s and the Fund’s sector exposure may vary from time to time, as of June 30, 2024, the Index, and therefore the Fund, had significant exposure (e.g., approximately 15% or more of the Index’s total weight) to the Industrials, Consumer Discretionary and Financials Sectors.
| ■ | Small-Capitalization Investing Risk. The Fund invests primarily in the securities of small-capitalization companies. As a result, the Fund may be more volatile than funds that invest in larger, more established companies. The securities of small-capitalization companies generally trade in lower volumes and are subject to greater and more unpredictable price changes than larger capitalization stocks or the stock market as a whole. Small-capitalization companies may be particularly sensitive to adverse economic developments as well as changes in interest rates, government regulation, borrowing costs and earnings. |
| ■ | Dividend Paying Securities Risk. Securities that pay dividends, as a group, may be out of favor with the market and underperform the overall equity market or stocks of companies that do not pay dividends. In addition, changes in the dividend policies of the companies held by the Fund or the capital resources available for such company’s dividend payments may adversely affect the Fund. |
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| ■ | Growth Investing Risk. Growth stocks, as a group, may be out of favor with the market and underperform value stocks or the overall equity market. Growth stocks are generally more sensitive to market movements than other types of stocks primarily because their prices are based heavily on the future expectations of the economy and the stock’s issuing company. |
| ■ | Investment Risk. As with all investments, an investment in the Fund is subject to loss, including the possible loss of the entire principal amount of an investment, over short or long periods of time. |
| ■ | Market Risk. The trading prices of securities and other instruments fluctuate in response to a variety of factors, such as economic, financial or political events that impact the entire market, market segments, or specific issuers. The Fund’s NAV and market price may fluctuate significantly in response to these and other factors. As a result, an investor could lose money over short or long periods of time. |
| ■ | Consumer Discretionary Sector Risk. The Fund currently invests a significant portion of its assets in the Consumer Discretionary Sector, and therefore, the Fund’s performance could be negatively impacted by events affecting this sector. The Consumer Discretionary Sector includes, for example, automobile, textile and retail companies, as well as hotels, restaurants and other leisure facilities. This sector can be significantly affected by, among other things, changes in domestic and international economies, exchange and interest rates, economic growth, worldwide demand, supply chain constraints, social trends, consumers’ disposable income levels, and propensity to spend. |
| ■ | Cybersecurity Risk. The Fund and its service providers may be susceptible to operational and information security risks resulting from a breach in cybersecurity, including cyber-attacks. A breach in cybersecurity, intentional or unintentional, may adversely impact the Fund in many ways, including, but not limited to, disruption of the Fund’s operational capacity, loss of proprietary information, theft or corruption of data, denial-of-service attacks on websites or network resources, and the unauthorized release of confidential information. Cyber-attacks affecting the Fund’s third-party service providers, market makers, institutional investors authorized to purchase and redeem shares directly from the Fund (i.e., Authorized Participants), or the issuers of securities in which the Fund invests may subject the Fund to many of the same risks associated with direct cybersecurity breaches. |
| ■ | Financials Sector Risk. The Fund currently invests a significant portion of its assets in the Financials Sector, and therefore, the Fund’s performance could be negatively impacted by events affecting this sector. The Financials Sector includes, for example, companies engaged in banking, financial services, consumer finance, capital markets and insurance activities as well as financial exchanges, financial data providers and mortgage real estate investment trusts. This sector can be significantly affected by, among other things, changes in interest rates, government regulation, the rate of defaults on corporate, consumer and government debt, and the availability and cost of capital. |
| ■ | Geographic Investment Risk. The Fund expects to invest most of its assets in the securities of U.S. companies and is therefore, more likely to be impacted by events or conditions affecting the United States. |
Investments in the United States
The economic, political, regulatory and other events and conditions that affect issuers and investments in the United States differ
significantly from those associated with other countries and regions. For example, routine political events, such as a presidential election,
can have a significant effect on the U.S. markets and lead to periods of increased volatility. U.S. financial markets also have become
increasingly globalized, hosting participants from all over the world and on a more macro level, becoming more tightly integrated with
financial markets around the world. As a result, U.S. financial markets are also increasingly vulnerable to the risks that may affect
non-U.S. financial markets. Any event or condition that affects the U.S. economy, whether originating from within or outside of the United
States, may have an adverse effect on the Fund’s investments in the United States and thus, the Fund’s performance.
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| ■ | Geopolitical Risk. The United States has and may continue to experience security concerns, war, threats of war, aggression and/or conflict, terrorism, economic uncertainty, sanctions or the threat of sanctions, natural and environmental disasters, the spread of infectious illness, widespread disease or other public health issues and/or systemic market dislocations that lead to increased short-term market volatility and have adverse long-term effects on the U.S. and world economies and markets generally, each of which may negatively impact the Fund’s investments. |
| ■ | Index and Data Risk. The Fund seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Index. The Index may not perform as intended. The Index Provider has the right to make adjustments to the composition and/or operation of the Index or to cease making the Index available without regard to the particular interests of the Fund or its shareholders. If the computers or other facilities of the Index Provider, Index calculation agent, data providers and/or relevant stock exchange malfunction for any reason, calculation and dissemination of Index values may be delayed and trading in Fund shares may be suspended for a period of time. Errors in Index data, Index calculations and/or the construction of the Index may occur from time to time and may not be identified and/or corrected by the Index Provider, Index calculation agent or other applicable party for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse impact on the Fund and its shareholders. The potential risk of continuing error may be particularly heightened in the case of the Index, which is generally not used as a benchmark by other funds or managers. |
| ■ | Industrials Sector Risk. The Fund currently invests a significant portion of its assets in the Industrials Sector, and therefore, the Fund’s performance could be negatively impacted by events affecting this sector. The Industrials Sector includes, for example, aerospace and defense, non-residential construction, engineering, machinery, transportation, and commercial and professional services companies. This sector can be significantly affected by, among other things, business cycle fluctuations, worldwide economy growth, international political and economic developments, exchange rates, commodity prices, environmental issues, government and corporate spending, supply and demand for specific products and manufacturing, and government regulation. |
| ■ | Investment Style Risk. The Fund invests in the securities included in, or representative of, the Index regardless of their investment merit. The Fund does not attempt to outperform the Index or take defensive positions in declining markets. As a result, the Fund’s performance may be adversely affected by a general decline in the market segments relating to the Index. |
| ■ | Issuer-Specific Risk. Issuer-specific events, including changes in the actual or perceived financial condition of an issuer, can have a negative impact on the value of the Fund. |
| ■ | Non-Correlation Risk. As with all index funds, the performance of the Fund and that of the Index may differ from each other for a variety of reasons. For example, the Fund incurs operating expenses and portfolio transaction costs, while also managing cash flows and potential operational inefficiencies, not incurred by the Index. In addition, when markets are volatile, the ability to sell securities at fair market prices may be adversely affected and may result in additional trading costs and/or increase the non-correlation risk. The Fund’s use of sampling techniques also may affect its ability to achieve close correlation with the Index. |
| ■ | Non-Diversification Risk. The Fund is considered to be non-diversified, which means that it may invest more of its assets in the securities of a single issuer or a smaller number of issuers than if it were a diversified fund. To the extent the Fund invests a significant percentage of its assets in a limited number of issuers, the Fund is subject to the risks of investing in those few issuers, and may be more susceptible to a single adverse economic or regulatory occurrence. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund. |
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The Fund’s as of was .
Best and Worst Quarter Returns (for the periods reflected in the bar chart above)
| Return | Quarter/Year | |
| 4Q/2020 | ||
| 1Q/2020 |
| WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years |
| Return Before Taxes Based on NAV | |||
| Return After Taxes on Distributions | |||
| Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares | |||
| WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | |||
| Russell 2000 Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | |||
| Russell 3000 Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) |
Management
Investment Adviser and Sub-Adviser
WisdomTree Asset Management serves as investment adviser to the Fund. Mellon Investments Corporation (the “Sub-Adviser”) serves as the investment sub-adviser to the Fund.
Portfolio Managers
The Fund is managed by the Sub-Adviser’s Equity Index Strategies Portfolio Management team. The individual members of the team jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio are identified below.
Marlene Walker-Smith, a Senior Director, Head of Equity Index Portfolio Management, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since October 2020.
David France, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Todd Frysinger, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Vlasta Sheremeta, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
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Michael Stoll, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Buying and Selling Fund Shares
The Fund is an ETF. This means that individual shares of the Fund are listed for trading on a national securities exchange, currently NASDAQ, and may only be purchased and sold in the secondary market through a broker-dealer at market prices. Because Fund shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV (discount). In addition, an investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares (bid) and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares (ask) when buying and selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid/ask spread”). Recent information regarding the Fund, including its NAV, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid/ask spreads, is available on the Fund’s website at www.wisdomtree.com/investments.
The Fund issues and redeems shares at NAV only in large blocks of shares (“Creation Units”), which only certain institutions or large investors (typically market makers or other broker-dealers) may purchase or redeem. The Fund issues and redeems Creation Units in exchange for a portfolio of securities and/or U.S. cash.
Tax Information
The Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxed as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank) (an “Intermediary”), WisdomTree Asset Management or its affiliates may pay Intermediaries for certain activities related to the Fund, including participation in activities that are designed to make Intermediaries more knowledgeable about exchange-traded products, including the Fund, or for other activities, such as marketing, educational training or other initiatives related to the sale or promotion of Fund shares. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the Intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Any such arrangements do not result in increased Fund expenses. Ask your salesperson or visit the Intermediary’s website for more information.
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The WisdomTree U.S. LargeCap Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the WisdomTree U.S. LargeCap Index (the “Index”).
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and example below. The fees are expressed as a percentage of the Fund’s average net assets.
| Management Fees | |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees | |
| Other Expenses | |
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in
the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The example assumes you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated
and then redeem or hold all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return
each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same.
| 1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years | |
| $ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and
sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and
may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in the Fund’s Annual
Fund Operating Expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio
turnover rate was
The Fund employs a “passive management” – or indexing – investment approach designed to track the performance of the Index. The Fund generally uses a representative sampling strategy to achieve its investment objective, meaning it generally will invest in a sample of the securities in the Index whose risk, return and other characteristics resemble the risk, return and other characteristics of the Index as a whole. Under normal circumstances, at least 95% of the Fund’s total assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) will be invested in constituent securities of the Index and investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the economic characteristics of such constituent securities.
The Index is a fundamentally weighted index that consists of the 500 largest companies ranked by market capitalization in the WisdomTree U.S. Total Market Index, which is comprised of earnings-generating companies within the large-capitalization segment of the U.S. stock market. The Index is based on a rules-based methodology overseen and implemented by the WisdomTree Core Equity Index Committee. Companies in the Index must conduct their Primary Business Activities and list their shares on a stock exchange in the U.S. and have generated positive cumulative earnings over their most recent four fiscal quarters prior to the annual Index screening date. To be eligible for inclusion in the Index, a company must meet the following key criteria as of the annual Index screening date: (i) be monitored by the Index’s third-party index calculation agent; (ii) have a market capitalization of at least $100 million; (iii) have a median daily trading dollar volume of at least $200,000 for each of the preceding six months; and (iv) have a price to earnings ratio of at least two. The country in which a company conducts its Primary Business Activities is determined based on one or more of the following factors: country of organization or incorporation, country in which a company’s headquarters is located, the country to which a company has the greatest risk exposure, and the country from which a company generates the most significant portion of its revenue or to which it allocates the greatest resources.
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The Index is earnings weighted annually to reflect the proportionate share of the aggregate earnings each constituent company has generated. Generally, companies with greater earnings typically have larger weights in the Index. The Index also may adjust the weight of individual constituents on the annual screening date based on certain quantitative thresholds or limits tied to key metrics of a constituent security, such as its market capitalization and trading volume. To the extent the Index reduces an individual constituent’s weight, the excess weight will be reallocated pro rata among the other constituents. Similarly, if the Index increases a constituent’s weight, the weight of the other constituents will be reduced on a pro rata basis to contribute the weight needed for such increase.
WisdomTree, Inc. (“WisdomTree”), the Index Provider and parent company of WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc. (“WisdomTree Asset Management” or the “Adviser”), currently uses the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®), a widely recognized industry classification methodology developed by MSCI, Inc. and Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, to identify the extent of the Index’s exposure to a particular sector or industry. A GICS sector typically is comprised of multiple industries. Because the Fund seeks to track the Index, it is expected to have the same sector and industry exposure as the Index. While the Index’s and the Fund’s sector exposure may vary from time to time, as of June 30, 2024, the Index, and therefore the Fund, had significant exposure (e.g., approximately 15% or more of the Index’s total weight) to the Information Technology and Financials Sectors.
| ■ | Large-Capitalization Investing Risk. The Fund invests primarily in the securities of large-capitalization companies. As a result, the Fund’s performance may be adversely affected if securities of these companies underperform securities of smaller capitalization companies or the market as a whole. Large-capitalization companies may adapt more slowly to new competitive challenges and be subject to slower growth during times of economic expansion. |
| ■ | Investment Risk. As with all investments, an investment in the Fund is subject to loss, including the possible loss of the entire principal amount of an investment, over short or long periods of time. |
| ■ | Market Risk. The trading prices of securities and other instruments fluctuate in response to a variety of factors, such as economic, financial or political events that impact the entire market, market segments, or specific issuers. The Fund’s NAV and market price may fluctuate significantly in response to these and other factors. As a result, an investor could lose money over short or long periods of time. |
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| ■ | Cybersecurity Risk. The Fund and its service providers may be susceptible to operational and information security risks resulting from a breach in cybersecurity, including cyber-attacks. A breach in cybersecurity, intentional or unintentional, may adversely impact the Fund in many ways, including, but not limited to, disruption of the Fund’s operational capacity, loss of proprietary information, theft or corruption of data, denial-of-service attacks on websites or network resources, and the unauthorized release of confidential information. Cyber-attacks affecting the Fund’s third-party service providers, market makers, institutional investors authorized to purchase and redeem shares directly from the Fund (i.e., Authorized Participants), or the issuers of securities in which the Fund invests may subject the Fund to many of the same risks associated with direct cybersecurity breaches. |
| ■ | Financials Sector Risk. The Fund currently invests a significant portion of its assets in the Financials Sector, and therefore, the Fund’s performance could be negatively impacted by events affecting this sector. The Financials Sector includes, for example, companies engaged in banking, financial services, consumer finance, capital markets and insurance activities as well as financial exchanges, financial data providers and mortgage real estate investment trusts. This sector can be significantly affected by, among other things, changes in interest rates, government regulation, the rate of defaults on corporate, consumer and government debt, and the availability and cost of capital. |
| ■ | Geographic Investment Risk. The Fund expects to invest most of its assets in the securities of U.S. companies and is therefore, more likely to be impacted by events or conditions affecting the United States. |
Investments in the United States
The economic, political, regulatory and other events and conditions that affect issuers and investments in the United States differ
significantly from those associated with other countries and regions. For example, routine political events, such as a presidential election,
can have a significant effect on the U.S. markets and lead to periods of increased volatility. U.S. financial markets also have become
increasingly globalized, hosting participants from all over the world and on a more macro level, becoming more tightly integrated with
financial markets around the world. As a result, U.S. financial markets are also increasingly vulnerable to the risks that may affect
non-U.S. financial markets. Any event or condition that affects the U.S. economy, whether originating from within or outside of the United
States, may have an adverse effect on the Fund’s investments in the United States and thus, the Fund’s performance.
| ■ | Geopolitical Risk. The United States has and may continue to experience security concerns, war, threats of war, aggression and/or conflict, terrorism, economic uncertainty, sanctions or the threat of sanctions, natural and environmental disasters, the spread of infectious illness, widespread disease or other public health issues and/or systemic market dislocations that lead to increased short-term market volatility and have adverse long-term effects on the U.S. and world economies and markets generally, each of which may negatively impact the Fund’s investments. |
| ■ | Index and Data Risk. The Fund seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Index. The Index may not perform as intended. The Index Provider has the right to make adjustments to the composition and/or operation of the Index or to cease making the Index available without regard to the particular interests of the Fund or its shareholders. If the computers or other facilities of the Index Provider, Index calculation agent, data providers and/or relevant stock exchange malfunction for any reason, calculation and dissemination of Index values may be delayed and trading in Fund shares may be suspended for a period of time. Errors in Index data, Index calculations and/or the construction of the Index may occur from time to time and may not be identified and/or corrected by the Index Provider, Index calculation agent or other applicable party for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse impact on the Fund and its shareholders. The potential risk of continuing error may be particularly heightened in the case of the Index, which is generally not used as a benchmark by other funds or managers. |
| ■ | Information Technology Sector Risk. The Fund currently invests a significant portion of its assets in the Information Technology Sector, and therefore, the Fund’s performance could be negatively impacted by events affecting this sector. The Information Technology Sector includes, for example, companies that offer software and information technology services, manufacturers and distributors of technology hardware and equipment such as communications equipment, cellular phones, computers and peripherals, electronic equipment and related instruments, and semiconductors and related equipment and materials. This sector can be significantly affected by, among other things, the supply and demand for specific products and services, the pace of technological development, and government regulation. |
| ■ | Investment Style Risk. The Fund invests in the securities included in, or representative of, the Index regardless of their investment merit. The Fund does not attempt to outperform the Index or take defensive positions in declining markets. As a result, the Fund’s performance may be adversely affected by a general decline in the market segments relating to the Index. |
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| ■ | Issuer-Specific Risk. Issuer-specific events, including changes in the actual or perceived financial condition of an issuer, can have a negative impact on the value of the Fund. |
| ■ | Non-Correlation Risk. As with all index funds, the performance of the Fund and that of the Index may differ from each other for a variety of reasons. For example, the Fund incurs operating expenses and portfolio transaction costs, while also managing cash flows and potential operational inefficiencies, not incurred by the Index. In addition, when markets are volatile, the ability to sell securities at fair market prices may be adversely affected and may result in additional trading costs and/or increase the non-correlation risk. The Fund’s use of sampling techniques also may affect its ability to achieve close correlation with the Index. |
| ■ | Non-Diversification Risk. The Fund is considered to be non-diversified, which means that it may invest more of its assets in the securities of a single issuer or a smaller number of issuers than if it were a diversified fund. To the extent the Fund invests a significant percentage of its assets in a limited number of issuers, the Fund is subject to the risks of investing in those few issuers, and may be more susceptible to a single adverse economic or regulatory occurrence. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund. |
The Fund’s as of was .
Best and Worst Quarter Returns (for the periods reflected in the bar chart above)
| Return | Quarter/Year | |
| 2Q/2020 | ||
| 1Q/2020 |
| WisdomTree U.S. LargeCap Fund | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years |
| Return Before Taxes Based on NAV | |||
| Return After Taxes on Distributions |
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| WisdomTree U.S. LargeCap Fund | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years |
| Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares | |||
| WisdomTree U.S. LargeCap Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | |||
| S&P 500 Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) |
Management
Investment Adviser and Sub-Adviser
WisdomTree Asset Management serves as investment adviser to the Fund. Mellon Investments Corporation (the “Sub-Adviser”) serves as the investment sub-adviser to the Fund.
Portfolio Managers
The Fund is managed by the Sub-Adviser’s Equity Index Strategies Portfolio Management team. The individual members of the team jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio are identified below.
Marlene Walker-Smith, a Senior Director, Head of Equity Index Portfolio Management, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since October 2020.
David France, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Todd Frysinger, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Vlasta Sheremeta, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Michael Stoll, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Buying and Selling Fund Shares
The Fund is an ETF. This means that individual shares of the Fund are listed for trading on a national securities exchange, currently NYSE Arca, and may only be purchased and sold in the secondary market through a broker-dealer at market prices. Because Fund shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV (discount). In addition, an investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares (bid) and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares (ask) when buying and selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid/ask spread”). Recent information regarding the Fund, including its NAV, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid/ask spreads, is available on the Fund’s website at www.wisdomtree.com/investments.
The Fund issues and redeems shares at NAV only in large blocks of shares (“Creation Units”), which only certain institutions or large investors (typically market makers or other broker-dealers) may purchase or redeem. The Fund issues and redeems Creation Units in exchange for a portfolio of securities and/or U.S. cash.
Tax Information
The Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxed as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank) (an “Intermediary”), WisdomTree Asset Management or its affiliates may pay Intermediaries for certain activities related to the Fund, including participation in activities that are designed to make Intermediaries more knowledgeable about exchange-traded products, including the Fund, or for other activities, such as marketing, educational training or other initiatives related to the sale or promotion of Fund shares. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the Intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Any such arrangements do not result in increased Fund expenses. Ask your salesperson or visit the Intermediary’s website for more information.
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The WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Index (the “Index”).
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and example below. The fees are expressed as a percentage of the Fund’s average net assets.
| Management Fees | |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees | |
| Other Expenses | |
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in
the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The example assumes you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated
and then redeem or hold all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return
each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same.
| 1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years | |
| $ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and
sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and
may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in the Fund’s Annual
Fund Operating Expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio
turnover rate was
The Fund employs a “passive management” – or indexing – investment approach designed to track the performance of the Index. The Fund generally uses a representative sampling strategy to achieve its investment objective, meaning it generally will invest in a sample of the securities in the Index whose risk, return and other characteristics resemble the risk, return and other characteristics of the Index as a whole. Under normal circumstances, at least 95% of the Fund’s total assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) will be invested in constituent securities of the Index and investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the economic characteristics of such constituent securities.
The Index is a fundamentally weighted index that is comprised of earnings-generating companies within the mid-capitalization segment of the U.S. stock market. The Index is comprised of the companies in the top 75% of the market capitalization of the WisdomTree U.S. Total Market Index, which defines the earnings-generating universe of companies in the U.S. stock market, after the 500 largest companies have been removed. As of June 30, 2024, the Index had a market capitalization range from $498.8 million to $27.1 billion, with an average market capitalization of $5.5 billion. The Index is based on a rules-based methodology overseen and implemented by the WisdomTree Core Equity Index Committee. Companies in the Index must conduct their Primary Business Activities and list their shares on a stock exchange in the U.S. and have generated positive cumulative earnings over their most recent four fiscal quarters prior to the annual Index screening date. To be eligible for inclusion in the Index, a company must meet the following key criteria as of the annual Index screening date: (i) be monitored by the Index’s third-party index calculation agent; (ii) have a market capitalization of at least $100 million; (iii) have a median daily trading dollar volume of at least $200,000 for each of the preceding six months; and (iv) have a price to earnings ratio of at least two. The country in which a company conducts its Primary Business Activities is determined based on one or more of the following factors: country of organization or incorporation, country in which a company’s headquarters is located, the country to which a company has the greatest risk exposure, and the country from which a company generates the most significant portion of its revenue or to which it allocates the greatest resources.
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The Index is earnings weighted annually to reflect the proportionate share of the aggregate earnings each constituent company has generated. Generally, companies with greater earnings typically have larger weights in the Index. The Index also may adjust the weight of individual constituents on the annual screening date based on certain quantitative thresholds or limits tied to key metrics of a constituent security, such as its market capitalization and trading volume. To the extent the Index reduces an individual constituent’s weight, the excess weight will be reallocated pro rata among the other constituents. Similarly, if the Index increases a constituent’s weight, the weight of the other constituents will be reduced on a pro rata basis to contribute the weight needed for such increase.
WisdomTree, Inc. (“WisdomTree”), the Index Provider and parent company of WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc. (“WisdomTree Asset Management” or the “Adviser”), currently uses the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®), a widely recognized industry classification methodology developed by MSCI, Inc. and Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, to identify the extent of the Index’s exposure to a particular sector or industry. A GICS sector typically is comprised of multiple industries. Because the Fund seeks to track the Index, it is expected to have the same sector and industry exposure as the Index. While the Index’s and the Fund’s sector exposure may vary from time to time, as of June 30, 2024, the Index, and therefore the Fund, had significant exposure (e.g., approximately 15% or more of the Index’s total weight) to the Financials, Industrials and Consumer Discretionary Sectors.
| ■ | Mid-Capitalization Investing Risk. The Fund invests primarily in the securities of mid-capitalization companies. As a result, the Fund’s performance may be adversely affected if securities of these companies underperform securities of other capitalization ranges or the market as a whole. Securities of mid-capitalization companies are often less stable and more vulnerable to market volatility and adverse economic developments than securities of larger companies, but mid-capitalization companies may also underperform the securities of small-capitalization companies because medium capitalization companies are more mature and are subject to slower growth during economic expansion. |
| ■ | Investment Risk. As with all investments, an investment in the Fund is subject to loss, including the possible loss of the entire principal amount of an investment, over short or long periods of time. |
| ■ | Market Risk. The trading prices of securities and other instruments fluctuate in response to a variety of factors, such as economic, financial or political events that impact the entire market, market segments, or specific issuers. The Fund’s NAV and market price may fluctuate significantly in response to these and other factors. As a result, an investor could lose money over short or long periods of time. |
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| ■ | Consumer Discretionary Sector Risk. The Fund currently invests a significant portion of its assets in the Consumer Discretionary Sector, and therefore, the Fund’s performance could be negatively impacted by events affecting this sector. The Consumer Discretionary Sector includes, for example, automobile, textile and retail companies, as well as hotels, restaurants and other leisure facilities. This sector can be significantly affected by, among other things, changes in domestic and international economies, exchange and interest rates, economic growth, worldwide demand, supply chain constraints, social trends, consumers’ disposable income levels, and propensity to spend. |
| ■ | Cybersecurity Risk. The Fund and its service providers may be susceptible to operational and information security risks resulting from a breach in cybersecurity, including cyber-attacks. A breach in cybersecurity, intentional or unintentional, may adversely impact the Fund in many ways, including, but not limited to, disruption of the Fund’s operational capacity, loss of proprietary information, theft or corruption of data, denial-of-service attacks on websites or network resources, and the unauthorized release of confidential information. Cyber-attacks affecting the Fund’s third-party service providers, market makers, institutional investors authorized to purchase and redeem shares directly from the Fund (i.e., Authorized Participants), or the issuers of securities in which the Fund invests may subject the Fund to many of the same risks associated with direct cybersecurity breaches. |
| ■ | Financials Sector Risk. The Fund currently invests a significant portion of its assets in the Financials Sector, and therefore, the Fund’s performance could be negatively impacted by events affecting this sector. The Financials Sector includes, for example, companies engaged in banking, financial services, consumer finance, capital markets and insurance activities as well as financial exchanges, financial data providers and mortgage real estate investment trusts. This sector can be significantly affected by, among other things, changes in interest rates, government regulation, the rate of defaults on corporate, consumer and government debt, and the availability and cost of capital. |
| ■ | Geographic Investment Risk. The Fund expects to invest most of its assets in the securities of U.S. companies and is therefore, more likely to be impacted by events or conditions affecting the United States. |
Investments in the United States
The economic, political, regulatory and other events and conditions that affect issuers and investments in the United States differ
significantly from those associated with other countries and regions. For example, routine political events, such as a presidential election,
can have a significant effect on the U.S. markets and lead to periods of increased volatility. U.S. financial markets also have become
increasingly globalized, hosting participants from all over the world and on a more macro level, becoming more tightly integrated with
financial markets around the world. As a result, U.S. financial markets are also increasingly vulnerable to the risks that may affect
non-U.S. financial markets. Any event or condition that affects the U.S. economy, whether originating from within or outside of the United
States, may have an adverse effect on the Fund’s investments in the United States and thus, the Fund’s performance.
| ■ | Geopolitical Risk. The United States has and may continue to experience security concerns, war, threats of war, aggression and/or conflict, terrorism, economic uncertainty, sanctions or the threat of sanctions, natural and environmental disasters, the spread of infectious illness, widespread disease or other public health issues and/or systemic market dislocations that lead to increased short-term market volatility and have adverse long-term effects on the U.S. and world economies and markets generally, each of which may negatively impact the Fund’s investments. |
| ■ | Index and Data Risk. The Fund seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Index. The Index may not perform as intended. The Index Provider has the right to make adjustments to the composition and/or operation of the Index or to cease making the Index available without regard to the particular interests of the Fund or its shareholders. If the computers or other facilities of the Index Provider, Index calculation agent, data providers and/or relevant stock exchange malfunction for any reason, calculation and dissemination of Index values may be delayed and trading in Fund shares may be suspended for a period of time. Errors in Index data, Index calculations and/or the construction of the Index may occur from time to time and may not be identified and/or corrected by the Index Provider, Index calculation agent or other applicable party for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse impact on the Fund and its shareholders. The potential risk of continuing error may be particularly heightened in the case of the Index, which is generally not used as a benchmark by other funds or managers. |
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| ■ | Industrials Sector Risk. The Fund currently invests a significant portion of its assets in the Industrials Sector, and therefore, the Fund’s performance could be negatively impacted by events affecting this sector. The Industrials Sector includes, for example, aerospace and defense, non-residential construction, engineering, machinery, transportation, and commercial and professional services companies. This sector can be significantly affected by, among other things, business cycle fluctuations, worldwide economy growth, international political and economic developments, exchange rates, commodity prices, environmental issues, government and corporate spending, supply and demand for specific products and manufacturing, and government regulation. |
| ■ | Investment Style Risk. The Fund invests in the securities included in, or representative of, the Index regardless of their investment merit. The Fund does not attempt to outperform the Index or take defensive positions in declining markets. As a result, the Fund’s performance may be adversely affected by a general decline in the market segments relating to the Index. |
| ■ | Issuer-Specific Risk. Issuer-specific events, including changes in the actual or perceived financial condition of an issuer, can have a negative impact on the value of the Fund. |
| ■ | Non-Correlation Risk. As with all index funds, the performance of the Fund and that of the Index may differ from each other for a variety of reasons. For example, the Fund incurs operating expenses and portfolio transaction costs, while also managing cash flows and potential operational inefficiencies, not incurred by the Index. In addition, when markets are volatile, the ability to sell securities at fair market prices may be adversely affected and may result in additional trading costs and/or increase the non-correlation risk. The Fund’s use of sampling techniques also may affect its ability to achieve close correlation with the Index. |
| ■ | Non-Diversification Risk. The Fund is considered to be non-diversified, which means that it may invest more of its assets in the securities of a single issuer or a smaller number of issuers than if it were a diversified fund. To the extent the Fund invests a significant percentage of its assets in a limited number of issuers, the Fund is subject to the risks of investing in those few issuers, and may be more susceptible to a single adverse economic or regulatory occurrence. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund. |
The Fund’s as of was .
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Best and Worst Quarter Returns (for the periods reflected in the bar chart above)
| Return | Quarter/Year | |
| 4Q/2020 | ||
| 1Q/2020 |
| WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Fund | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years |
| Return Before Taxes Based on NAV | |||
| Return After Taxes on Distributions | |||
| Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares | |||
| WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | |||
| S&P MidCap 400 Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | |||
| Russell Midcap Value Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | |||
| Russell 3000 Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) |
Management
Investment Adviser and Sub-Adviser
WisdomTree Asset Management serves as investment adviser to the Fund. Mellon Investments Corporation (the “Sub-Adviser”) serves as the investment sub-adviser to the Fund.
Portfolio Managers
The Fund is managed by the Sub-Adviser’s Equity Index Strategies Portfolio Management team. The individual members of the team jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio are identified below.
Marlene Walker-Smith, a Senior Director, Head of Equity Index Portfolio Management, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since October 2020.
David France, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Todd Frysinger, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Vlasta Sheremeta, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Michael Stoll, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Buying and Selling Fund Shares
The Fund is an ETF. This means that individual shares of the Fund are listed for trading on a national securities exchange, currently NYSE Arca, and may only be purchased and sold in the secondary market through a broker-dealer at market prices. Because Fund shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV (discount). In addition, an investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares (bid) and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares (ask) when buying and selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid/ask spread”). Recent information regarding the Fund, including its NAV, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid/ask spreads, is available on the Fund’s website at www.wisdomtree.com/investments.
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The Fund issues and redeems shares at NAV only in large blocks of shares (“Creation Units”), which only certain institutions or large investors (typically market makers or other broker-dealers) may purchase or redeem. The Fund issues and redeems Creation Units in exchange for a portfolio of securities and/or U.S. cash.
Tax Information
The Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxed as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank) (an “Intermediary”), WisdomTree Asset Management or its affiliates may pay Intermediaries for certain activities related to the Fund, including participation in activities that are designed to make Intermediaries more knowledgeable about exchange-traded products, including the Fund, or for other activities, such as marketing, educational training or other initiatives related to the sale or promotion of Fund shares. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the Intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Any such arrangements do not result in increased Fund expenses. Ask your salesperson or visit the Intermediary’s website for more information.
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The WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Index (the “Index”).
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and example below. The fees are expressed as a percentage of the Fund’s average net assets.
| Management Fees | |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees | |
| Other Expenses | |
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in
the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The example assumes you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated
and then redeem or hold all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return
each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same.
| 1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years | |
| $ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and
sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and
may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in the Fund’s Annual
Fund Operating Expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio
turnover rate was
The Fund employs a “passive management” – or indexing – investment approach designed to track the performance of the Index. The Fund generally uses a representative sampling strategy to achieve its investment objective, meaning it generally will invest in a sample of the securities in the Index whose risk, return and other characteristics resemble the risk, return and other characteristics of the Index as a whole. Under normal circumstances, at least 95% of the Fund’s total assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) will be invested in constituent securities of the Index and investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the economic characteristics of such constituent securities.
The Index is a fundamentally weighted index that is comprised of earnings-generating companies within the small-capitalization segment of the U.S. stock market. The Index is comprised of the companies in the bottom 25% of the market capitalization of the WisdomTree U.S. Total Market Index, which defines the earnings-generating universe of companies in the U.S. stock market, after the 500 largest companies have been removed. As of June 30, 2024, the Index had a market capitalization range from $55.0 million to $12.7 billion, with an average market capitalization of $1.1 billion. The Index is based on a rules-based methodology overseen and implemented by the WisdomTree Core Equity Index Committee. Companies must conduct their Primary Business Activities and list their shares on a stock exchange in the U.S. and have generated positive cumulative earnings over their most recent four fiscal quarters prior to the annual Index screening date. To be eligible for inclusion in the Index, a company must meet the following key criteria as of the annual Index screening date: (i) be monitored by the Index’s third-party index calculation agent; (ii) have a market capitalization of at least $100 million; (iii) have a median daily trading dollar volume of at least $200,000 for each of the preceding six months; and (iv) have a price to earnings ratio of at least two. The country in which a company conducts its Primary Business Activities is determined based on one or more of the following factors: country of organization or incorporation, country in which a company’s headquarters is located, the country to which a company has the greatest risk exposure, and the country from which a company generates the most significant portion of its revenue or to which it allocates the greatest resources.
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The Index is earnings weighted annually to reflect the proportionate share of the aggregate earnings each constituent company has generated. Generally, companies with greater earnings typically have larger weights in the Index. The Index also may adjust the weight of individual constituents on the annual screening date based on certain quantitative thresholds or limits tied to key metrics of a constituent security, such as its market capitalization and trading volume. To the extent the Index reduces an individual constituent’s weight, the excess weight will be reallocated pro rata among the other constituents. Similarly, if the Index increases a constituent’s weight, the weight of the other constituents will be reduced on a pro rata basis to contribute the weight needed for such increase.
WisdomTree, Inc. (“WisdomTree”), the Index Provider and parent company of WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc. (“WisdomTree Asset Management” or the “Adviser”), currently uses the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®), a widely recognized industry classification methodology developed by MSCI, Inc. and Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, to identify the extent of the Index’s exposure to a particular sector or industry. A GICS sector typically is comprised of multiple industries. Because the Fund seeks to track the Index, it is expected to have the same sector and industry exposure as the Index. While the Index’s and the Fund’s sector exposure may vary from time to time, as of June 30, 2024, the Index, and therefore the Fund, had significant exposure (e.g., approximately 15% or more of the Index’s total weight) to the Financials, Consumer Discretionary and Industrials Sectors.
| ■ | Small-Capitalization Investing Risk. The Fund invests primarily in the securities of small-capitalization companies. As a result, the Fund may be more volatile than funds that invest in larger, more established companies. The securities of small-capitalization companies generally trade in lower volumes and are subject to greater and more unpredictable price changes than larger capitalization stocks or the stock market as a whole. Small-capitalization companies may be particularly sensitive to adverse economic developments as well as changes in interest rates, government regulation, borrowing costs and earnings. |
| ■ | Investment Risk. As with all investments, an investment in the Fund is subject to loss, including the possible loss of the entire principal amount of an investment, over short or long periods of time. |
| ■ | Market Risk. The trading prices of securities and other instruments fluctuate in response to a variety of factors, such as economic, financial or political events that impact the entire market, market segments, or specific issuers. The Fund’s NAV and market price may fluctuate significantly in response to these and other factors. As a result, an investor could lose money over short or long periods of time. |
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| ■ | Consumer Discretionary Sector Risk. The Fund currently invests a significant portion of its assets in the Consumer Discretionary Sector, and therefore, the Fund’s performance could be negatively impacted by events affecting this sector. The Consumer Discretionary Sector includes, for example, automobile, textile and retail companies, as well as hotels, restaurants and other leisure facilities. This sector can be significantly affected by, among other things, changes in domestic and international economies, exchange and interest rates, economic growth, worldwide demand, supply chain constraints, social trends, consumers’ disposable income levels, and propensity to spend. |
| ■ | Cybersecurity Risk. The Fund and its service providers may be susceptible to operational and information security risks resulting from a breach in cybersecurity, including cyber-attacks. A breach in cybersecurity, intentional or unintentional, may adversely impact the Fund in many ways, including, but not limited to, disruption of the Fund’s operational capacity, loss of proprietary information, theft or corruption of data, denial-of-service attacks on websites or network resources, and the unauthorized release of confidential information. Cyber-attacks affecting the Fund’s third-party service providers, market makers, institutional investors authorized to purchase and redeem shares directly from the Fund (i.e., Authorized Participants), or the issuers of securities in which the Fund invests may subject the Fund to many of the same risks associated with direct cybersecurity breaches. |
| ■ | Financials Sector Risk. The Fund currently invests a significant portion of its assets in the Financials Sector, and therefore, the Fund’s performance could be negatively impacted by events affecting this sector. The Financials Sector includes, for example, companies engaged in banking, financial services, consumer finance, capital markets and insurance activities as well as financial exchanges, financial data providers and mortgage real estate investment trusts. This sector can be significantly affected by, among other things, changes in interest rates, government regulation, the rate of defaults on corporate, consumer and government debt, and the availability and cost of capital. |
| ■ | Geographic Investment Risk. The Fund expects to invest most of its assets in the securities of U.S. companies and is therefore, more likely to be impacted by events or conditions affecting the United States. |
Investments in the United States
The economic, political, regulatory and other events and conditions that affect issuers and investments in the United States differ
significantly from those associated with other countries and regions. For example, routine political events, such as a presidential election,
can have a significant effect on the U.S. markets and lead to periods of increased volatility. U.S. financial markets also have become
increasingly globalized, hosting participants from all over the world and on a more macro level, becoming more tightly integrated with
financial markets around the world. As a result, U.S. financial markets are also increasingly vulnerable to the risks that may affect
non-U.S. financial markets. Any event or condition that affects the U.S. economy, whether originating from within or outside of the United
States, may have an adverse effect on the Fund’s investments in the United States and thus, the Fund’s performance.
| ■ | Geopolitical Risk. The United States has and may continue to experience security concerns, war, threats of war, aggression and/or conflict, terrorism, economic uncertainty, sanctions or the threat of sanctions, natural and environmental disasters, the spread of infectious illness, widespread disease or other public health issues and/or systemic market dislocations that lead to increased short-term market volatility and have adverse long-term effects on the U.S. and world economies and markets generally, each of which may negatively impact the Fund’s investments. |
| ■ | Index and Data Risk. The Fund seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Index. The Index may not perform as intended. The Index Provider has the right to make adjustments to the composition and/or operation of the Index or to cease making the Index available without regard to the particular interests of the Fund or its shareholders. If the computers or other facilities of the Index Provider, Index calculation agent, data providers and/or relevant stock exchange malfunction for any reason, calculation and dissemination of Index values may be delayed and trading in Fund shares may be suspended for a period of time. Errors in Index data, Index calculations and/or the construction of the Index may occur from time to time and may not be identified and/or corrected by the Index Provider, Index calculation agent or other applicable party for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse impact on the Fund and its shareholders. The potential risk of continuing error may be particularly heightened in the case of the Index, which is generally not used as a benchmark by other funds or managers. |
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| ■ | Industrials Sector Risk. The Fund currently invests a significant portion of its assets in the Industrials Sector, and therefore, the Fund’s performance could be negatively impacted by events affecting this sector. The Industrials Sector includes, for example, aerospace and defense, non-residential construction, engineering, machinery, transportation, and commercial and professional services companies. This sector can be significantly affected by, among other things, business cycle fluctuations, worldwide economy growth, international political and economic developments, exchange rates, commodity prices, environmental issues, government and corporate spending, supply and demand for specific products and manufacturing, and government regulation. |
| ■ | Investment Style Risk. The Fund invests in the securities included in, or representative of, the Index regardless of their investment merit. The Fund does not attempt to outperform the Index or take defensive positions in declining markets. As a result, the Fund’s performance may be adversely affected by a general decline in the market segments relating to the Index. |
| ■ | Issuer-Specific Risk. Issuer-specific events, including changes in the actual or perceived financial condition of an issuer, can have a negative impact on the value of the Fund. |
| ■ | Non-Correlation Risk. As with all index funds, the performance of the Fund and that of the Index may differ from each other for a variety of reasons. For example, the Fund incurs operating expenses and portfolio transaction costs, while also managing cash flows and potential operational inefficiencies, not incurred by the Index. In addition, when markets are volatile, the ability to sell securities at fair market prices may be adversely affected and may result in additional trading costs and/or increase the non-correlation risk. The Fund’s use of sampling techniques also may affect its ability to achieve close correlation with the Index. |
| ■ | Non-Diversification Risk. The Fund is considered to be non-diversified, which means that it may invest more of its assets in the securities of a single issuer or a smaller number of issuers than if it were a diversified fund. To the extent the Fund invests a significant percentage of its assets in a limited number of issuers, the Fund is subject to the risks of investing in those few issuers, and may be more susceptible to a single adverse economic or regulatory occurrence. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund. |
The Fund’s as of was .
Best and Worst Quarter Returns (for the periods reflected in the bar chart above)
| Return | Quarter/Year | |
| 4Q/2020 | ||
| 1Q/2020 |
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| Return Before Taxes Based on NAV | |||
| Return After Taxes on Distributions | |||
| Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares | |||
| WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | |||
| Russell 2000 Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | |||
| Russell 2000 Value Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | |||
| Russell 3000 Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) |
Management
Investment Adviser and Sub-Adviser
WisdomTree Asset Management serves as investment adviser to the Fund. Mellon Investments Corporation (the “Sub-Adviser”) serves as the investment sub-adviser to the Fund.
Portfolio Managers
The Fund is managed by the Sub-Adviser’s Equity Index Strategies Portfolio Management team. The individual members of the team jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio are identified below.
Marlene Walker-Smith, a Senior Director, Head of Equity Index Portfolio Management, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since October 2020.
David France, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Todd Frysinger, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Vlasta Sheremeta, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Michael Stoll, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Buying and Selling Fund Shares
The Fund is an ETF. This means that individual shares of the Fund are listed for trading on a national securities exchange, currently NYSE Arca, and may only be purchased and sold in the secondary market through a broker-dealer at market prices. Because Fund shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV (discount). In addition, an investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares (bid) and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares (ask) when buying and selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid/ask spread”). Recent information regarding the Fund, including its NAV, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid/ask spreads, is available on the Fund’s website at www.wisdomtree.com/investments.
The Fund issues and redeems shares at NAV only in large blocks of shares (“Creation Units”), which only certain institutions or large investors (typically market makers or other broker-dealers) may purchase or redeem. The Fund issues and redeems Creation Units in exchange for a portfolio of securities and/or U.S. cash.
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Tax Information
The Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxed as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank) (an “Intermediary”), WisdomTree Asset Management or its affiliates may pay Intermediaries for certain activities related to the Fund, including participation in activities that are designed to make Intermediaries more knowledgeable about exchange-traded products, including the Fund, or for other activities, such as marketing, educational training or other initiatives related to the sale or promotion of Fund shares. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the Intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Any such arrangements do not result in increased Fund expenses. Ask your salesperson or visit the Intermediary’s website for more information.
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The WisdomTree U.S. Multifactor Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the WisdomTree U.S. Multifactor Index (the “Index”).
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and example below. The fees are expressed as a percentage of the Fund’s average net assets.
| Management Fees | |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees | |
| Other Expenses | |
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in
the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The example assumes you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated
and then redeem or hold all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return
each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same.
| 1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years | |
| $ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and
sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and
may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in the Fund’s Annual
Fund Operating Expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio
turnover rate was
The Fund employs a “passive management” – or indexing – investment approach designed to track the performance of the Index. The Fund generally uses a representative sampling strategy to achieve its investment objective, meaning it generally will invest in a sample of the securities in the Index whose risk, return and other characteristics resemble the risk, return and other characteristics of the Index as a whole. Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the Fund’s total assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) will be invested in constituent securities of the Index and investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the economic characteristics of such constituent securities.
The Index is generally comprised of 200 U.S. companies with the highest composite scores based on two fundamental factors (value and quality measures) and two technical factors (momentum and correlation). To be eligible for inclusion in the Index, a company must meet the following key criteria as of the quarterly Index screening date: (i) be monitored by the Index’s third-party index calculation agent; (ii) list shares on a U.S. stock exchange and conduct its Primary Business Activities in the United States; and (iii) have a median daily dollar trading volume of at least $1,000,000 for each of the preceding three months. Only common stocks, real estate investment trusts (“REITs”), tracking stocks and holding companies are eligible for inclusion in the Index. The country in which a company conducts its Primary Business Activities is determined based on one or more of the following factors: country of organization or incorporation, country in which a company’s headquarters is located, the country to which a company has the greatest risk exposure, and the country from which a company generates the most significant portion of its revenue or to which it allocates the greatest resources.
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The top 800 companies by market capitalization that meet the foregoing criteria (the “Starting Universe”) are assigned a score for each of the following, equally-weighted factors:
| ■ | Value – determined by fundamental valuation ratios, e.g., price-to-book, price-to-sales, price-to-earnings |
| ■ | Quality – determined by static observations and trends of these ratios over time, e.g., return on equity, return on assets |
| ■ | Momentum – determined by a stock’s risk adjusted returns over multiple periods of time |
| ■ | Low Correlation – incorporates diversification potential of stocks that are less correlated to the market over historical periods |
The score for each factor is used to calculate a company’s overall factor score. Companies from the Starting Universe are ranked by their overall factor score, and the top twenty-five percent (25%) (i.e., 200 out of 800 companies) are selected for inclusion in the Index. Companies are weighted in the Index by a combination of their overall factor score and their inverse volatility over the prior 12 months, subject to certain weighting considerations set forth below. For the inverse volatility weighting constituent, the Index methodology determines each company’s volatility (or risk) as measured by standard deviation over the past 12 months, which reflects the average amount a company’s stock price has differed from the mean over that period. Companies with higher overall factor scores and lower volatility (or risk) receive higher weights in the Index and companies with lower overall factor scores and higher volatility (or risk) receive lower weights in the Index.
The Index is reconstituted and rebalanced quarterly. On the Index’s quarterly rebalance date, the maximum weight of any security in the Index is capped at 4% and the sectors are weighted the same as the sector weights in the Starting Universe (i.e., sector neutral). The Index also may adjust the weight of individual constituents on the quarterly screening date based on certain quantitative thresholds or limits tied to key metrics of a constituent security, such as its trading volume. To the extent the Index reduces an individual constituent’s weight, the excess weight will be reallocated pro rata among the other constituents. Similarly, if the Index increases a constituent’s weight, the weight of the other constituents will be reduced on a pro rata basis to contribute the weight needed for such increase. The weight of a sector in the Index may fluctuate from the sector neutral weighting, and the weight of an individual constituent in the Index may fluctuate above or below specified caps and thresholds, respectively, between screening dates in response to market conditions.
WisdomTree, Inc. (“WisdomTree”), the Index Provider and parent company of WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc. (“WisdomTree Asset Management” or the “Adviser”), currently uses the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®), a widely recognized industry classification methodology developed by MSCI, Inc. and Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, to identify the extent of the Index’s exposure to a particular sector or industry. A GICS sector typically is comprised of multiple industries. Because the Fund seeks to track the Index, it is expected to have the same sector and industry exposure as the Index. While the Index’s and the Fund’s sector exposure may vary from time to time, as of June 30, 2024, the Index, and therefore the Fund, had significant exposure (e.g., approximately 15% or more of the Index’s total weight) to the Information Technology Sector.
| ■ | Investment Risk. As with all investments, an investment in the Fund is subject to loss, including the possible loss of the entire principal amount of an investment, over short or long periods of time. |
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| ■ | Market Risk. The trading prices of securities and other instruments fluctuate in response to a variety of factors, such as economic, financial or political events that impact the entire market, market segments, or specific issuers. The Fund’s NAV and market price may fluctuate significantly in response to these and other factors. As a result, an investor could lose money over short or long periods of time. |
| ■ | Cybersecurity Risk. The Fund and its service providers may be susceptible to operational and information security risks resulting from a breach in cybersecurity, including cyber-attacks. A breach in cybersecurity, intentional or unintentional, may adversely impact the Fund in many ways, including, but not limited to, disruption of the Fund’s operational capacity, loss of proprietary information, theft or corruption of data, denial-of-service attacks on websites or network resources, and the unauthorized release of confidential information. Cyber-attacks affecting the Fund’s third-party service providers, market makers, institutional investors authorized to purchase and redeem shares directly from the Fund (i.e., Authorized Participants), or the issuers of securities in which the Fund invests may subject the Fund to many of the same risks associated with direct cybersecurity breaches. |
| ■ | Geographic Investment Risk. The Fund expects to invest most of its assets in the securities of U.S. companies and is therefore, more likely to be impacted by events or conditions affecting the United States. |
Investments in the United States
The economic, political, regulatory and other events and conditions that affect issuers and investments in the United States differ
significantly from those associated with other countries and regions. For example, routine political events, such as a presidential election,
can have a significant effect on the U.S. markets and lead to periods of increased volatility. U.S. financial markets also have become
increasingly globalized, hosting participants from all over the world and on a more macro level, becoming more tightly integrated with
financial markets around the world. As a result, U.S. financial markets are also increasingly vulnerable to the risks that may affect
non-U.S. financial markets. Any event or condition that affects the U.S. economy, whether originating from within or outside of the United
States, may have an adverse effect on the Fund’s investments in the United States and thus, the Fund’s performance.
| ■ | Geopolitical Risk. The United States has and may continue to experience security concerns, war, threats of war, aggression and/or conflict, terrorism, economic uncertainty, sanctions or the threat of sanctions, natural and environmental disasters, the spread of infectious illness, widespread disease or other public health issues and/or systemic market dislocations that lead to increased short-term market volatility and have adverse long-term effects on the U.S. and world economies and markets generally, each of which may negatively impact the Fund’s investments. |
| ■ | Index and Data Risk. The Fund seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Index. The Index may not perform as intended. The Index Provider has the right to make adjustments to the composition and/or operation of the Index or to cease making the Index available without regard to the particular interests of the Fund or its shareholders. If the computers or other facilities of the Index Provider, Index calculation agent, data providers and/or relevant stock exchange malfunction for any reason, calculation and dissemination of Index values may be delayed and trading in Fund shares may be suspended for a period of time. Errors in Index data, Index calculations and/or the construction of the Index may occur from time to time and may not be identified and/or corrected by the Index Provider, Index calculation agent or other applicable party for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse impact on the Fund and its shareholders. The potential risk of continuing error may be particularly heightened in the case of the Index, which is generally not used as a benchmark by other funds or managers. |
| ■ | Information Technology Sector Risk. The Fund currently invests a significant portion of its assets in the Information Technology Sector, and therefore, the Fund’s performance could be negatively impacted by events affecting this sector. The Information Technology Sector includes, for example, companies that offer software and information technology services, manufacturers and distributors of technology hardware and equipment such as communications equipment, cellular phones, computers and peripherals, electronic equipment and related instruments, and semiconductors and related equipment and materials. This sector can be significantly affected by, among other things, the supply and demand for specific products and services, the pace of technological development, and government regulation. |
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| ■ | Investment Style Risk. The Fund invests in the securities included in, or representative of, the Index regardless of their investment merit. The Fund does not attempt to outperform the Index or take defensive positions in declining markets. As a result, the Fund’s performance may be adversely affected by a general decline in the market segments relating to the Index. |
| ■ | Issuer-Specific Risk. Issuer-specific events, including changes in the actual or perceived financial condition of an issuer, can have a negative impact on the value of the Fund. |
| ■ | Large-Capitalization Investing Risk. The Fund may invest in the securities of large-capitalization companies. As a result, the Fund’s performance may be adversely affected if securities of these companies underperform securities of smaller capitalization companies or the market as a whole. Large-capitalization companies may adapt more slowly to new competitive challenges and be subject to slower growth during times of economic expansion. |
| ■ | Mid-Capitalization Investing Risk. The Fund may invest in the securities of mid-capitalization companies. As a result, the Fund’s performance may be adversely affected if securities of these companies underperform securities of other capitalization ranges or the market as a whole. Securities of mid-capitalization companies are often less stable and more vulnerable to market volatility and adverse economic developments than securities of larger companies, but mid-capitalization companies may also underperform the securities of small-capitalization companies because medium capitalization companies are more mature and are subject to slower growth during economic expansion. |
| ■ | Non-Correlation Risk. As with all index funds, the performance of the Fund and that of the Index may differ from each other for a variety of reasons. For example, the Fund incurs operating expenses and portfolio transaction costs, while also managing cash flows and potential operational inefficiencies, not incurred by the Index. In addition, when markets are volatile, the ability to sell securities at fair market prices may be adversely affected and may result in additional trading costs and/or increase the non-correlation risk. The Fund’s use of sampling techniques also may affect its ability to achieve close correlation with the Index. |
| ■ | Non-Diversification Risk. The Fund is considered to be non-diversified, which means that it may invest more of its assets in the securities of a single issuer or a smaller number of issuers than if it were a diversified fund. To the extent the Fund invests a significant percentage of its assets in a limited number of issuers, the Fund is subject to the risks of investing in those few issuers, and may be more susceptible to a single adverse economic or regulatory occurrence. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund. |
| ■ | Portfolio Turnover Risk. The Fund’s investment strategy may result in a high portfolio turnover rate. Higher portfolio turnover may result in the Fund paying higher transaction costs and the distribution of additional capital gains, which may generate greater tax liabilities for shareholders who hold the shares in taxable accounts. Increased transaction costs and distributions of capital gains may negatively affect the Fund’s performance. |
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The Fund’s as of was .
Best and Worst Quarter Returns (for the periods reflected in the bar chart above)
| Return | Quarter/Year | |
| 2Q/2020 | ||
| 1Q/2020 |
| WisdomTree U.S. Multifactor Fund | 1 Year | 5 Years | Since Inception |
| Return Before Taxes Based on NAV | |||
| Return After Taxes on Distributions | |||
| Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares | |||
| WisdomTree U.S. Multifactor Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | |||
| S&P 500 Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | |||
| Russell 3000 Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | |||
| S&P 500 Equal Weight Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) |
Management
Investment Adviser and Sub-Adviser
WisdomTree Asset Management serves as investment adviser to the Fund. Mellon Investments Corporation (the “Sub-Adviser”) serves as the investment sub-adviser to the Fund.
Portfolio Managers
The Fund is managed by the Sub-Adviser’s Equity Index Strategies Portfolio Management team. The individual members of the team jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio are identified below.
Marlene Walker-Smith, a Senior Director, Head of Equity Index Portfolio Management, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since October 2020.
David France, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
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Todd Frysinger, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Vlasta Sheremeta, CFA, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Michael Stoll, a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Manager, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since June 2021.
Buying and Selling Fund Shares
The Fund is an ETF. This means that individual shares of the Fund are listed for trading on a national securities exchange, currently Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc., and may only be purchased and sold in the secondary market through a broker-dealer at market prices. Because Fund shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV (discount). In addition, an investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares (bid) and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares (ask) when buying and selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid/ask spread”). Recent information regarding the Fund, including its NAV, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid/ask spreads, is available on the Fund’s website at www.wisdomtree.com/investments.
The Fund issues and redeems shares at NAV only in large blocks of shares (“Creation Units”), which only certain institutions or large investors (typically market makers or other broker-dealers) may purchase or redeem. The Fund issues and redeems Creation Units in exchange for a portfolio of securities and/or U.S. cash.
Tax Information
The Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxed as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank) (an “Intermediary”), WisdomTree Asset Management or its affiliates may pay Intermediaries for certain activities related to the Fund, including participation in activities that are designed to make Intermediaries more knowledgeable about exchange-traded products, including the Fund, or for other activities, such as marketing, educational training or other initiatives related to the sale or promotion of Fund shares. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the Intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Any such arrangements do not result in increased Fund expenses. Ask your salesperson or visit the Intermediary’s website for more information.
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Additional Information About the Funds
Additional Information About the Funds’ Investment Objectives
Each Fund, except the U.S. Value Fund and U.S. AI Enhanced Value Fund (collectively, the “Active Funds”), seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of a particular index (an “Index”) (collectively, the “Index Funds”). Each Index was developed and is maintained by WisdomTree, Inc. (“WisdomTree”), the parent company of WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc. (“WisdomTree Asset Management” or the “Adviser”), which may give rise to potential conflicts of interest. For example, a potential conflict could arise between an affiliated person of WisdomTree Asset Management and a Fund if that entity attempted to use information regarding changes to, and the composition of, its Index to the detriment of the Fund. Additionally, potential conflicts could arise with respect to the personal trading activity of personnel of the affiliated person who may have access to, or knowledge of, pending changes to an Index’s composition methodology or the constituent securities in an Index prior to the time that information is made publicly available. If shared, such knowledge could facilitate “front-running” (which describes an instance in which other persons trade ahead of a Fund). Although the Adviser and WisdomTree have taken steps designed to ensure that these potential conflicts are mitigated (e.g., via the adoption of policies and procedures that are designed to minimize potential conflicts of interest and the implementation of informational barriers designed to minimize the potential for the misuse of information about an Index), there can be no assurance that such measures will be successful.
Each Fund’s investment objective may be changed without a vote of shareholders upon 60 days’ written notice to shareholders.
Additional Information About the Funds’ Investment Strategies
All Funds (except the Active Funds). Each Fund generally uses a representative sampling strategy to achieve its investment objective, meaning it will invest in a sample of the securities in the Index whose risk, return and other characteristics resemble the risk, return and other characteristics of the Index as a whole.
The quantity of holdings in a Fund will be based on a number of factors, including asset size of the Fund. In addition, from time to time, securities are added to or removed from a Fund’s Index and consequently the attributes of the Index, such as sectors, industries or countries represented in the Index and weightings, may change. Each Fund may sell securities that are represented in the Index, or purchase securities that are not yet represented in the Index, in anticipation of their removal from or addition to the Index or to reflect various corporate actions or other changes to the Index. Between rebalances, an Index (and the Fund seeking to track the Index) may temporarily include constituents that no longer meet the Index’s eligibility criteria. Further, each Fund may overweight or underweight securities in the Index, purchase or sell securities not in the Index, or utilize various combinations of other available techniques, in seeking to track the Index.
Indexes. Each Index, except the U.S. Quality Growth Index, U.S. MidCap Quality Growth Index, and U.S. SmallCap Quality Growth Index (each, a “Quality Growth Index”), is “fundamentally weighted” and differs from most traditional indexes in that the proportion, or “weighting,” of the securities in each Index is based on a measure of fundamental value, such as dividends, earnings, or a combination of technical and fundamental factors. Most traditional indexes and index funds weight their securities based on their market capitalization.
Each Quality Growth Index is constructed using a modified market capitalization weighting scheme, which is described in more detail below. The Quality Growth Index Committee considers both qualitative and quantitative characteristics of eligible companies when selecting the constituents of each Quality Growth Index. The Quality Growth Index Committee may exercise discretion in its implementation of the Index methodology from time to time and under certain circumstances. For example, the Index Committee may determine to rebalance an Index more frequently in response to volatility in the market, shifts in underlying constituent market capitalization, or other similar circumstances.
Each modified dividend weighted Index is generally weighted based on either the amount of cash dividends that companies in the Index pay, or are expected to pay, or the dividend yield of the companies in the Index. This means that securities of companies that pay, or are expected to pay, higher amounts of cash dividends or have higher dividend yields generally will be more heavily weighted in each Index and Fund. Only regular dividends (i.e., established or quarterly dividends as opposed to non-recurring or special dividends) are included in the determination of cash dividends or dividend yield.
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Each modified earnings weighted Index is generally weighted based on either the amount of earnings of the companies in the Index or the earnings yields of such companies. This means that securities of companies that have higher earnings or earnings yields generally will be more heavily weighted in each of these Indexes and Funds. The Index constituents of the modified earnings weighted Indexes are determined by the WisdomTree Core Equity Index Committee based on the specific screening criteria of each Index and weighted in accordance with the Index methodology on an annual basis. The WisdomTree Core Equity Index Committee, which considers both qualitative and quantitative characteristics of eligible companies when selecting the constituents of each Index, may exercise discretion in its implementation of the Index methodology from time to time and under certain circumstances. For example, the Index Committee may determine to rebalance an Index more frequently in response to volatility in the market, shifts in exposure away from underlying earnings, or other similar circumstances.
U.S. Quality Growth Index. Securities in the Index are weighted based on a modified market capitalization weighting scheme. The initial weight of a constituent in the Index as of the semi-annual reconstitution date is equal to the dollar value of the company’s market capitalization, divided by the sum of the market capitalizations of all Index constituents on the same date. The maximum weight of any Index constituent is capped at 15% as of the semi-annual rebalance date and the weights of all other Index constituents are adjusted proportionally. In addition, the Index methodology applies a volume factor adjustment to reduce a constituent security’s weight in the Index and reallocates the reduction in weight pro rata among the other securities if, as of the semi-annual reconstitution date, a constituent security no longer meets certain trading volume thresholds.
U.S. MidCap Quality Growth Index and U.S. SmallCap Quality Growth Index. Generally, common stocks, tracking stocks, and holding companies are eligible for inclusion in each Index. American Depository Receipts, Global Depository Receipts, European Depository Receipts, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, royalty trusts, business development companies, real estate investment trusts, preferred stocks, closed-end funds, ETFs, derivatives, companies that have pending acquisitions or mergers, and companies assigned to the Real Estate Sector, Utilities Sector, and Banks Industry, each as defined by GICS. Each Index is calculated on a total return basis to capture price appreciation and assumes the reinvestment of dividends. Securities in each Index are weighted based on a modified market capitalization weighting scheme. This means constituent securities are weighted first based on company size and then adjusted for the amount of shares that are publicly traded. The maximum weight of any Index constituent is capped at 5% as of the semi-annual rebalance date and the weights of all other Index constituents are adjusted proportionally. In addition, each Index methodology applies a volume factor adjustment to reduce a constituent security’s weight in each Index and reallocates the reduction in weight pro rata among the other securities if, as of the semi-annual reconstitution date, a constituent security no longer meets certain trading volume thresholds.
U.S. AI Enhanced Value Fund. The Fund uses an AI model developed by the Fund's Sub-Adviser to select equity securities that exhibit value characteristics. Equities that exhibit value characteristics typically have a lower price-to-book ratio, which measures the value of a company’s assets relative to its stock price; a lower price-to-earnings ratio, which measures a company’s earnings relative to its stock price; and greater free cash flow, which is the cash generated from a company’s revenue or operations after the costs of expenditures have been subtracted.
Non-Principal Information About the Funds’ Investment Strategies
Each Fund may invest in other investments that the Fund believes will help it achieve its investment objective, consistent with the Fund's principal investment strategy, including shares of other investment companies, certain of which may be affiliated investment companies.
Temporary Defensive Strategies. Each Active Fund’s investment process is heavily dependent on quantitative models, which do not adjust to take temporary defensive positions. However, each Active Fund reserves the right to invest in U.S. government securities, money market instruments, and cash, without limitation, as determined by the Adviser or Sub-Adviser in response to adverse market, economic, political or other conditions. In the event an Active Fund engages in temporary defensive strategies that are inconsistent with its investment strategies, the Active Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective may be limited.
Securities Lending. Each Fund participates in a securities lending program administered by a third-party securities lending agent pursuant to which it may lend its portfolio securities in an amount not to exceed one-third (33 1/3%) of the value of its total assets to brokers, dealers and other financial institutions desiring to borrow those securities for a variety of reasons, including to facilitate the pursuit of certain investment strategies or to complete transactions to which the borrower may be committed. To protect a Fund, in part, from the risk of borrower default, the borrowing party provides collateral in an amount at least equal to the value of the borrowed securities that will be maintained and marked to market daily by the Fund’s securities lending agent, who will request any shortfall from the borrower. Each Fund has permitted the securities lending agent to invest any collateral received in an investment vehicle sponsored by the securities lending agent that invests in short-term, highly liquid investments. The terms of the securities lending program provide that a Fund will receive a portion of the income generated from the loan of its securities and the investment of the collateral received in connection with such loan. In exchange for its services, the securities lending agent also receives a portion of the revenue generated by the securities lending program. While a Fund’s portfolio securities are on loan, the borrower has the right to exercise any voting rights associated with those securities and the right to receive dividends and other distributions on those securities. However, each Fund has the right to recall loaned securities in time to vote on any matter of importance to it, and a borrower is obligated to repay to the Fund the amount of any dividends or distributions received on the loaned securities. Generally, a Fund would recall a loaned security to vote a proxy only if the matter to be voted on could potentially affect the Fund’s economic interests to a material extent.
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Additional Principal Risk Information About the Funds
This section provides additional information regarding the principal risks described under “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund” in the Fund Summaries. Risk information may not be applicable to each Fund. Please consult each Fund's Summary section to determine which risks are applicable to that Fund. Each of the factors below could have a negative impact on Fund performance and trading prices.
Active Management Risk
The Active Funds are actively managed using proprietary investment strategies and processes. The Active Funds are subject to active management or security-selection risk and its performance, therefore, will reflect, in part, the ability of the Sub-Adviser to select investments and to make investment decisions that are suited to achieving the Fund’s investment objective. The Sub-Adviser’s assessment of a particular investment, company, sector or country and/or assessment of broader economic, financial or other macro views, may prove incorrect, including because of factors that were not adequately foreseen, and the selection of investments may not perform as well as expected when those investments were purchased or as well as the markets generally, resulting in Fund losses or underperformance. There can be no guarantee that these strategies and processes will produce the intended results and no guarantee that the Active Funds will achieve their investment objectives or outperform other investment strategies over the short- or long-term market cycles. This risk is exacerbated when an investment or multiple investments made as a result of such decisions are significant relative to an Active Fund’s net assets.
Cybersecurity Risk
The Funds and their service providers may be susceptible to operational and information security risks resulting from a breach in cybersecurity, including cyber-attacks. A breach in cybersecurity, intentional or unintentional, may adversely impact the Funds in many ways, including, but not limited to, disruption of a Fund’s operational capacity, loss of proprietary information, theft or corruption of data maintained online or digitally, denial-of-service attacks on websites or network resources, and the unauthorized release of confidential information. Cyber-attacks affecting a Fund’s third-party service providers, including the Adviser, Sub-Adviser, administrator, custodian, and transfer agent, may subject a Fund to many of the same risks associated with direct cybersecurity breaches and adversely impact the Fund. For instance, cyber-attacks may impact a Fund’s ability to calculate its NAV, cause the release of confidential business information, impede trading, cause a Fund to incur additional compliance costs associated with corrective measures, subject a Fund to regulatory fines or other financial losses, and/or cause reputational damage to a Fund. Cybersecurity breaches of market makers, Authorized Participants, or the issuers of securities in which a Fund invests also could have material adverse consequences on a Fund’s business operations and cause financial losses for a Fund and its shareholders. While the Funds and their service providers have established business continuity plans and risk management systems designed to address cybersecurity risks, prevent cyber-attacks and mitigate the impact of cybersecurity breaches, there are inherent limitations on such plans and systems. In addition, the Funds have no control over the cybersecurity protections put in place by their service providers or any other third parties whose operations may affect the Funds or their shareholders.
Geographic Investment Risk
Each Fund expects to invest most of its assets in the securities of U.S. companies and is therefore, more likely to be impacted by events or conditions affecting the United States.
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Investments in the United States
The economic, political, regulatory and other events and conditions that affect issuers and investments in the United States differ significantly from those associated with other countries and regions. For example, routine political events, such as a presidential election, can have a significant effect on the U.S. markets and lead to periods of increased volatility. U.S. financial markets also have become increasingly globalized, hosting participants from all over the world and on a more macro level, becoming more integrated with financial markets around the world. As a result, U.S. financial markets are also increasingly vulnerable to the risks that may affect non-U.S. financial markets. Each Fund’s investments in the United States are particularly subject to the risk that they, and the U.S. economy more generally, will be adversely affected by a decrease in imports or exports, changes in trade regulations, inflation and/or an economic recession in the United States. Relatedly, the extensive economic sanctions levied against Russia by a multilateral coalition, including the United States, in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, have adversely affected and may continue to adversely affect specific U.S. companies and sectors that previously engaged with Russia, such as certain financial institutions with exposure to Russia and companies dependent on raw materials previously sourced from Russia. There also remains a concern that reduced energy supplies from Russia could lead to higher gas prices and exacerbate inflation in the United States. In addition, proposed and adopted policy and legislative changes in the United States have changed and may continue to change many aspects of financial, public health, environmental, and other regulation. Certain of these changes may have a significant effect, either positive or negative, on U.S. markets and issuers, including issuers in which a Fund may invest. Each Fund’s investments in the United States also may be adversely affected by any one of several geopolitical risks to which the United States is subject, including its precarious strategic competitive relationship with China, increasing environmental and climate risk, and the ever-increasing threat of damaging cyberattacks. The United States has also experienced elevated debt levels and increased internal political discord, as well as significant challenges in managing and containing the outbreak of COVID-19. If these trends were to continue or any of the other risks were to manifest, whether due to conditions or an event originating from within or outside of the United States, it may have an adverse effect on a Fund’s investments in the United States and thus, the Fund’s performance.
Geopolitical Risk
The United States has and may continue to experience security concerns, war, threats of war, aggression and/or conflict, terrorism, economic uncertainty, sanctions or the threat of sanctions, natural and environmental disasters, the spread of infectious illness, widespread disease or other public health issues and/or systemic market dislocations (including due to events outside of the United States) that lead to increased short-term market volatility and have adverse long-term effects on the U.S. and world economies and markets generally. Such geopolitical and other events also may disrupt securities markets and, during such market disruptions, a Fund’s exposure to the other risks described herein will likely increase. For example, a market disruption may adversely affect the orderly functioning of the securities markets. Each of the foregoing may negatively impact the Fund’s investments.
Index and Data Risk
The Index Funds, which employ a “passive management” - or indexing - investment approach, seek to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the applicable Index. The Index Provider has developed an index methodology that describes both the objective of the Index and the rules pursuant to which the Index is constructed and maintained to seek to achieve its objective. Each Index, however, may not achieve its objective or perform as intended for a variety of reasons, even when constructed and maintained consistently with its rules-based index methodology. As a result, none of the Index Provider, its affiliates, agents or any contributor of data considered in determining the composition or price of an Index, including the independent Index calculation agent, provide any warranty or accept any liability with regard to the quality, accuracy or completeness of an Index, its calculation, its valuation, or any related data, nor does any such entity guarantee that an Index will achieve its objective. The Index Provider is not obligated to consider a Fund’s interests or those of its shareholders when administering an Index. In addition, the Index Provider may make adjustments to an Index or cease making an Index available without regard to the particular interests of a Fund or its shareholders. Any such decision by the Index Provider may be disruptive to the management of a Fund and adversely affect its performance. The structure and composition of an Index will affect the performance, volatility, and risk of the Index, but also the applicable Fund. Errors in Index data, Index computations, or the construction or adjustment of an Index in accordance with its index methodology may occur from time to time and may not be identified and/or corrected by the Index Provider, Index calculation agent or other appropriate party for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse impact on an Index Fund and its shareholders. Each Index may be particularly vulnerable to the risk of an ongoing or sustained error because it generally is not used as a benchmark by other funds or managers. An Index error may result in the inclusion or exclusion of constituent securities in the Index or the weighting of constituent securities in the Index that would have been different had data or other information been correct or complete, which may lead to a different investment outcome than would have been the case had such error not occurred. Index errors, as well as the length of time between an Index’s and a Fund’s regular rebalance and/or reconstitution events, may result in the Fund holding for a period of time, securities or other investments that have become inconsistent with its investment strategies and/or investment criteria. The Adviser and Sub-Adviser seek to manage each Index Fund to track the performance of its Index even in circumstances where it may be determined that the Index composition was not accurate. Consequently, losses or costs associated with an Index error and other related risks may be borne by the applicable Fund and its shareholders, and neither the Adviser nor its affiliates or agents make any representations or warranties regarding the performance or administration of an Index. The management of each Index Fund is dependent on the operation of its Index. If the computers or other facilities of the Index Provider, Index calculation agent, Index data providers, if any, and/or other Index-related service provider malfunction for any reason, calculation and dissemination of Index values and any scheduled adjustments to the composition of the Index may be delayed. Depending on the duration of the delay, such event may necessitate suspending trading in an Index Fund’s shares until normal operation of the Index resumes.
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Investment Risk
As with all investments, an investment in a Fund is subject to loss. Investors in a Fund could lose money, including the possible loss of the entire principal amount of an investment, over short or long periods of time. An investment in a Fund is not a bank deposit and it is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
Investment Style Risk
Each Index Fund invests in the securities included in, or representative of, its Index regardless of their investment merit. An Index Fund does not attempt to outperform its Index or take defensive positions in declining markets unless the Index is taking similar positions. As a result, each Index Fund’s performance may be adversely affected by a general decline in the market segments relating to its Index. The returns from the types of securities in which an Index Fund invests may underperform returns from the various general securities markets or different asset classes. This may cause an Index Fund to underperform other investment vehicles that invest in different asset classes. Different types of securities (e.g., large-, mid- and small-capitalization stocks) tend to go through cycles of doing better – or worse – than the general securities markets. In the past, these periods have lasted for as long as several years.
Dividend Paying Securities Risk
Securities that pay dividends, as a group, may be out of favor with the market and underperform the overall equity market or stocks of companies that do not pay dividends. In addition, changes in the dividend policies of the companies held by a Fund (which may be due to forces outside of a company’s control, such as political, social or other pressures) or the capital resources available for such company’s dividend payments may adversely affect the Fund. In the event a company reduces or eliminates its dividend, a Fund may not only lose the dividend payout but the stock price of the company may also fall.
Growth Investing Risk
Growth stocks, as a group, may be out of favor with the market and underperform value stocks or the overall equity market. Growth stocks generally are priced higher than non-growth stocks, in relation to the issuer’s earnings and other measures, because investors believe they have greater growth potential, but there is no guarantee that their growth potential will be realized. Growth stocks are generally more sensitive to market movements than other types of stocks primarily because their prices are based heavily on future expectations. If investors believe an issuing company’s future earnings expectations will not be met, growth stock prices can decline rapidly and significantly. An investment in growth stocks may also be susceptible to rapid price swings during periods of economic uncertainty.
Value Investing Risk
Value stocks, as a group, may be out of favor with the market and underperform growth stocks or the overall equity market. Value stocks tend to be inexpensive relative to their earnings or assets compared to other types of stocks. Value investing focuses on companies whose stocks appear undervalued, but value stocks may not realize their perceived intrinsic value for extended periods of time or may never realize their perceived intrinsic value.
Issuer-Specific Risk
Changes in the actual or perceived financial condition of an issuer or counterparty, changes in specific economic or political conditions that affect a particular type of security or issuer, and changes in general economic or political conditions can affect a security’s or instrument’s value. The value of securities of smaller, less well-known issuers can be more volatile than that of larger issuers. Issuer-specific events can have a negative impact on the value of a Fund.
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Market Capitalization Risk
Large-Capitalization Investing
The securities of large-capitalization companies may underperform securities of smaller companies or the market as a whole. The securities of large-capitalization companies may be relatively mature compared to smaller companies and therefore subject to slower growth during times of economic expansion. Large-capitalization companies may also be unable to respond quickly to new competitive challenges, such as changes in technology and consumer tastes.
Mid-Capitalization Investing
The securities of mid-capitalization companies may be more vulnerable to adverse issuer, market, political, or economic developments than securities of large-capitalization companies, but mid-capitalization companies may also underperform the securities of small-capitalization companies because medium capitalization companies are more mature and are subject to slower growth during economic expansion. The securities of mid-capitalization companies generally trade in lower volumes and are subject to greater and more unpredictable price changes than large capitalization stocks or the stock market as a whole. Some medium capitalization companies have limited product lines, markets, financial resources, and management personnel and tend to concentrate on fewer geographical markets relative to large-capitalization companies.
Small-Capitalization Investing
The securities of small-capitalization companies may be more vulnerable to adverse issuer, market, political, or economic developments than securities of larger-capitalization companies. The securities of small-capitalization companies generally trade in lower volumes and are subject to greater and more unpredictable price changes than larger capitalization stocks or the stock market as a whole. Some small-capitalization companies have limited product lines, markets, and financial and managerial resources and tend to concentrate on fewer geographical markets relative to larger capitalization companies. There is typically less publicly available information concerning smaller-capitalization companies than for larger, more established companies. Small-capitalization companies also may be particularly sensitive to changes in interest rates, government regulation, borrowing costs and earnings.
Market Risk
The trading prices of securities, including shares of a Fund, and other instruments may fluctuate, at times significantly, in response to a variety of factors. These factors include events impacting the entire market or specific market segments, such as political, market and economic developments, including, but not limited to, changes in interest rates, government regulation, and the outlook for economic growth or recession, as well as events that impact specific issuers, such as changes to an issuer’s actual or perceived creditworthiness. As a result of these and other factors, investors could lose money on their investment in a Fund.
Recent Events
The value of a Fund’s investments may be adversely affected by recent and current events occurring outside of the United States, including those affecting foreign markets (including extreme volatility, depressed valuations, and decreased liquidity), significant geopolitical events (including armed conflicts, terror attacks, and disruptions to foreign economic and trade relationships), and public health emergencies (including pandemics such as the COVID-19 pandemic), among other events. For example, ongoing armed conflicts between Russia and Ukraine in Europe and among Israel, Hamas and other militant groups in the Middle East, and related sanctions and trading restrictions have caused significant market disruptions and volatility within the markets in Russia, Europe, the Middle East and the United States. Similarly, escalating economic and political tensions between the United States and China continue to produce trading restrictions that adversely affect institutional investment in China. The extent and duration of these conflicts and tensions are impossible to predict, and they could continue to result in significant market disruptions, including with respect to certain industries or sectors, such as the oil and natural gas markets, and may negatively affect global supply chains, inflation and global growth. These conflicts and tensions could adversely affect the value of certain Fund investments, as well as a Fund’s performance and liquidity, even if the Fund does not have direct investment exposure to a country involved in a particular conflict.
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Models and Data Risk
In implementing the Active Funds’ investment strategies, the Adviser utilizes investment models that may be proprietary or developed by third parties. These models are used to help select each Fund’s investments. A Fund is subject to the risk that its investment model may not perform as intended, including because the model may not adequately take into consideration certain factors relevant to the Fund’s investment strategy, investments, or the market environment, contains design flaws or incorporates faulty assumptions, or is informed by inaccurate or incomplete data, any of which may adversely affect the value of the Fund. Models rely on accurate market data inputs among other inputs. If inaccurate or incomplete market data is entered into a model, the results produced by the models will be incorrect. Inaccurate or incomplete data could be attributable to a variety of causes, including lack of publicly available data, data entry errors or incorrect calculations, the application of erroneous or incomplete criteria screens to collect and compile model data, or an interruption in a third party’s ability to provide such data for use by a model. Errors in the data, assumptions and/or the design of the model may occur from time to time and may not be identified and/or corrected by the Sub-Adviser or the Adviser for a significant period or at all, which may magnify the adverse effect on the Fund of any investment decisions made in reliance on the erroneous model results. In addition, those models that include a predictive element may incorrectly assess future events or market conditions, and models that seek to evaluate securities or securities markets based on certain market-related assumptions may not be able to precisely evaluate a particular security affected by events unforeseen or not assumed by the model.
In addition, the U.S. AI Enhanced Value Fund uses an investment model that is AI-based and designed to identify companies expected to deliver outperformance based on its processing of and identification of patterns in an extensive amount of historical market data. The model’s use of AI heightens the aforementioned risks. For example, the success of the investment model is primarily driven by its ability learn from the data input into the model. As a result, the Fund is subject to the risks that the AI element fails to learn and develop as expected, reaches erroneous conclusions, and/or is constrained by human intervention. Any of these circumstances may lead to investment decisions or the inclusion or exclusion of securities that adversely affect the value of the Fund.
Non-Correlation Risk
As with all index funds, the performance of an Index Fund and the Index may vary somewhat for a variety of reasons. For example, each Index Fund incurs operating expenses and portfolio transaction costs, while also managing cash flows and potential operational inefficiencies, not incurred by the Index. In addition, an Index Fund may not be fully invested in the securities of the Index at all times or may hold securities not included in the Index or may be subject to pricing differences, differences in the timing of dividend accruals, operational inefficiencies and the need to meet various new or existing regulatory requirements. For example, it may take several business days for additions and deletions to an Index to be reflected in the portfolio composition of an Index Fund. The use of sampling techniques may affect an Index Fund’s ability to achieve close correlation with the Index. By using a representative sampling strategy, an Index Fund generally can be expected to have a greater non-correlation risk and this risk may be heightened during times of market volatility or other unusual market conditions. In addition, when markets are volatile, the ability to sell securities at fair value prices may be adversely impacted and may result in additional trading costs and/or increase the Index tracking risk.
Non-Diversification Risk
Each Fund is considered to be non-diversified. This means that each Fund may invest more of its assets in the securities of a single issuer or a smaller number of issuers than if it was a diversified fund. As a result, a Fund may be more exposed to the risks associated with and developments affecting an individual issuer or a smaller number of issuers than a fund that invests more widely. This may increase a Fund’s volatility and cause the performance of a relatively smaller number of issuers to have a greater impact on a Fund’s performance. However, each Fund intends to satisfy the asset diversification requirements under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), for qualification as a regulated investment company (“RIC”). See the “Taxes – Qualification as a Regulated Investment Company” section of the Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”) for detail regarding the asset diversification requirements.
Portfolio Turnover Risk
The U.S. AI Enhanced Value Fund’s and U.S. Multifactor Fund’s investment strategy may result in a high portfolio turnover rate. Higher portfolio turnover may result in a Fund paying higher levels of transaction costs and the distribution of additional capital gains, which generate greater tax liabilities for shareholders. These factors may negatively affect a Fund’s performance.
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Sector Risks
Consumer Discretionary Sector Risk
The Consumer Discretionary Sector includes, for example, automobile, textile and retail companies, as well as hotels, restaurants and other leisure facilities. This sector can be significantly affected by, among other things, changes in domestic and international economies, exchange and interest rates, worldwide demand, supply chain constraints, competition, consumers’ disposable income levels, propensity to spend and consumer preferences, social trends, and marketing campaigns. Companies in the Consumer Discretionary Sector have historically been characterized as relatively cyclical and therefore more volatile in times of change.
Energy Sector Risk
The Energy Sector includes, for example, companies engaged in exploration, production, refining, marketing, storage, and transportation of oil, gas, coal, and consumable fuels, as well as related equipment and services. The Energy Sector can be significantly affected by, among other things, worldwide economic growth, worldwide demand, political instability in the Middle East, eastern Europe or other oil or gas producing regions, and volatile oil prices. Securities’ prices for these types of companies are affected by supply and demand, exploration and production spending, world events and economic conditions, swift price and supply fluctuations, energy conservation, the success of exploration projects, exchange rates, interest rates, increased competition and technological advances, liabilities for environmental damage and general civil liabilities and tax and other governmental regulatory policies. Companies in this sector may be subject to substantial government regulation and contractual fixed pricing, which may increase the cost of doing business and limit these companies’ earnings. A significant portion of revenues of these companies depends on a relatively small number of customers, including governmental entities and utilities. As a result, governmental budget constraints may have a material adverse effect on the stock prices of companies in this sector. Energy companies may also operate in or engage in transactions involving countries with less developed regulatory regimes or a history of expropriation, nationalization or other adverse policies. As the demand for, or prices of, energy increase, the value of the Fund’s investments generally would be expected to also increase. Conversely, declines in the demand for, or prices of, energy generally would be expected to contribute to declines in the value of such securities. Such declines may occur quickly and without warning and may negatively impact the value of a Fund and your investment.
Financials Sector Risk
To the extent a Fund invests significantly in securities of, or financial instruments tied to the performance of, companies in the Financials Sector, it is subject to the risk that the Financials Sector will underperform the market as a whole due to adverse regulatory developments, market conditions or similar events affecting the Financials Sector. The Financials Sector includes companies involved in a wide variety of financial activities, including, for example, banking, consumer finance, asset management, investment banking and brokerage, insurance brokerage, reinsurance, residential and commercial mortgage servicing, and the operation of financial exchanges. Companies in the Financials Sector are subject to extensive government regulation and intervention, adverse market conditions, and increased competition, all of which may adversely affect the scope of their activities, the fees and interest rates they can charge, the amount of capital and liquid assets they must maintain, the financial commitments that they can make, profitability, and, potentially, their size. Adverse regulation or market conditions may affect the Financials Sector as a whole or specific industries or sub-industries within the Financials Sector. For example, companies in the Banks Industry, a separate industry within the Financials Sector, were particularly affected by recent market conditions that contributed to the failure of multiple regional banks. In addition, the deterioration of particular segments of the market, such as the credit market, may have particularly far-reaching and adverse effects across the Financials Sector. Events affecting the Financials Sector in the recent past resulted in an unusually high degree of volatility in the financial markets, both domestic and foreign, and caused certain companies within the sector to incur large losses further exacerbating the adverse performance of the sector as a whole. The Financials Sector is also a target for cyberattacks. Cybersecurity incidents and technology malfunctions and failures have become increasingly frequent and have caused significant losses to companies in the Financials Sector.
Health Care Sector Risk
The Health Care Sector includes, for example, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, health care facilities, and health care equipment and supply companies. This sector can be significantly affected by, among other things, lapsing patent protection, technological developments that make drugs obsolete, government regulation, price controls, and approvals for drugs.
Industrials Sector Risk
The Industrials Sector includes, for example, aerospace and defense, non-residential construction, engineering, machinery, transportation, and commercial and professional services companies. This sector can be significantly affected by, among other things, business cycle fluctuations, worldwide economic growth, exchange rates, commodity prices, government and corporate spending, supply and demand for specific products and manufacturing, rapid technological developments, international political and economic developments, environmental issues, and tax and governmental regulatory policies. As the demand for, or prices of, industrials increase, the value of a Fund’s investments generally would be expected to also increase. Conversely, declines in the demand for, or prices of, industrials generally would be expected to contribute to declines in the value of such securities. Such declines may occur quickly and without warning and may negatively impact the value of a Fund and your investment.
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Information Technology Sector Risk
The Information Technology Sector includes, for example, companies that offer software and information technology services, manufacturers and distributors of technology hardware and equipment such as communications equipment, cellular phones, computers and peripherals, electronic equipment and related instruments, and semiconductors and related equipment and materials. This sector can be significantly affected by, among other things, the supply and demand for specific products and services, the pace of technological development, and government regulation. Challenges facing companies in the Information Technology Sector include distressed cash flows due to the need to commit substantial capital to meet increasing competition, particularly in formulating new products and services using new technology, technological innovations that make existing products and services obsolete, and satisfying consumer demand.
Shares of the Funds May Trade at Prices Other Than NAV
As with all ETFs, Fund shares may be bought and sold in the secondary market at market prices. Although it is expected that the market price of the shares of a Fund will not materially differ from a Fund’s NAV, there may be times when the market price and the NAV vary significantly, including due to timing reasons, perceptions about the NAV, supply and demand of a Fund’s shares (including disruptions in the creation/redemption process), during periods of market volatility and/or other factors. Thus, you may pay more (or less) than NAV when you buy shares of a Fund in the secondary market, and you may receive more (or less) than NAV when you sell those shares in the secondary market. If an investor purchases Fund shares at a time when the market price is at a premium to the NAV of the Fund’s shares or sells at a time when the market price is at a discount to the NAV of the Fund’s shares, an investor may sustain losses. Additionally, in stressed market conditions, the market for the Fund’s shares may become less liquid in response to deteriorating liquidity in the markets for the Fund’s underlying portfolio holdings.
Additional Non-Principal Risk Information
Trading. Although each Fund’s shares are listed for trading on NYSE Arca, Inc., NASDAQ or Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (each a “Listing Exchange”) and may be listed or traded on U.S. and non-U.S. stock exchanges other than the Listing Exchange, there can be no assurance that an active trading market for such shares will develop or be maintained. The trading market in a Fund’s shares may become less liquid in response to deteriorating liquidity in the markets for a Fund’s holdings or due to irregular trading activity in the markets. Trading in shares may be halted due to market conditions or for reasons that, in the view of the Listing Exchange, make trading in shares inadvisable. In addition, trading in shares on the Listing Exchange is subject to trading halts caused by extraordinary market volatility pursuant to Listing Exchange “circuit breaker” rules. There can be no assurance that the requirements of the Listing Exchange necessary to maintain the listing of a Fund will continue to be met or will remain unchanged or that Fund shares will trade with any volume, or at all, on any stock exchange.
Costs of Buying or Selling Shares. Investors buying or selling a Fund’s shares in the secondary market will pay brokerage commissions or other charges imposed by brokers, as determined by that broker. Brokerage commissions are often a fixed amount and may be a significant proportional cost for investors seeking to buy or sell relatively small amounts of a Fund’s shares. In addition, secondary market investors also will incur the cost of the difference between the price that an investor is willing to buy shares (the “bid” price) and the price at which an investor is willing to sell shares (the “ask” price). This difference in bid and ask prices is often referred to as the “spread” or “bid/ask spread.” The bid/ask spread for a Fund’s shares varies over time based on the trading volume and market liquidity of a Fund’s shares and in some cases, the trading volume and market liquidity of a Fund’s holdings. Increased trading volume and market liquidity generally have the effect of reducing a fund’s bid/ask spread. Further, a relatively small investor base, asset swings and/or increased market volatility may increase a fund’s bid/ask spread. Shares of the Funds, similar to shares of other issuers listed on a securities exchange, may be sold short and are therefore subject to the risk of increased volatility associated with short selling. Due to the costs of buying or selling a Fund’s shares, including bid/ask spreads, frequent trading of a Fund’s shares may significantly reduce investment results and an investment in shares may not be advisable for investors who anticipate regularly trading small investments.
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Securities Lending. Securities lending subjects the Funds to the risk that the borrower of its securities may fail to return the loaned securities or deliver the proper amount of collateral, which may result in a loss to the Funds. In addition, in the event of the bankruptcy of or other default by the borrower, the Funds could experience losses or delays in recovering the loaned securities or foreclosing on collateral. In some cases, these risks may be mitigated by the indemnification provided by a Fund’s securities lending agent. It also is possible that a Fund’s securities lending agent could experience financial difficulties or bankruptcy. Should such circumstances arise, the Funds may not receive the fees it has earned and is owed under the securities lending program, and may have difficulty and confront delays in retrieving its loaned securities and/or collateral. In addition, although a Fund receives and invests cash collateral in a conservative manner, it is possible that it could lose money from such an investment or fail to earn sufficient income from its investment to cover the fee or rebate that it has agreed to pay the borrower.
Authorized Participants, Market Makers and Liquidity Providers Concentration Risk. The Funds have a limited number of financial institutions that may serve as Authorized Participants. In addition, there may be a limited number of market makers and/or liquidity providers in the marketplace. A Fund’s shares may trade at a prolonged and material premium or discount to NAV (or not trade at all) and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting if either of the following events occur: (i) Authorized Participants exit the business, experience a significant business disruption (including through the types of disruptions described under “Cybersecurity Risk” and “Operational Risk”), or otherwise become unable or unwilling to process creation and/or redemption orders and no other Authorized Participants step forward to perform these services, or (ii) market makers and/or liquidity providers exit the business, experience a significant business disruption (including through the types of disruptions described under “Cybersecurity Risk” and “Operational Risk”), or significantly reduce their business activities and no other entities step forward to make and support markets in a Fund’s shares or otherwise facilitate liquidity in the markets.
This risk may be heightened to the extent that a Fund invests in derivatives or securities that trade on foreign exchanges or in markets that require foreign securities settlement and/or because Authorized Participants may be required to post collateral in relation to securities settlement, which only certain Authorized Participants may be able to do or are interested in doing.
Operational Risk. The Funds and their service providers, including the Adviser, Sub-Adviser, administrator, custodian, and transfer agent, may experience disruptions that arise from human error, processing and communications errors, counterparty or third-party errors, and technology or systems failures, any of which may have an adverse effect on the management or operations of the Funds, including its ability to create and redeem shares. Although the Funds and their service providers seek to mitigate these operational risks through their internal controls and operational risk management processes, these measures may not identify or may be inadequate to address all such risks.
Portfolio Holdings Information
Information about each Fund’s daily portfolio holdings, including their identities and quantities, is available at www.wisdomtree.com/investments. Each Fund also discloses its complete portfolio holdings as of the end of its fiscal year (March 31) and its second fiscal quarter (September 30) in its reports to shareholders. Each Fund files its complete portfolio holdings as of the end of its first and third fiscal quarters (June 30 and December 31, respectively) with the SEC in Part F of Form N-PORT no later than 60 days after the relevant fiscal period. You can find the SEC filings on the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov, or by calling WisdomTree Trust at 1-866-909-WISE (9473). A summary of the Funds’ portfolio holdings disclosure policies and procedures is included in the SAI.
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Management
Investment Adviser
As the Adviser, WisdomTree Asset Management has overall responsibility for the general management and administration of the WisdomTree Trust (the “Trust”), including each of its separate investment portfolios called “Funds.” WisdomTree Asset Management is a registered investment adviser with offices located at 250 West 34th Street, 3rd Floor, New York, New York 10119, and is a leader in ETF management. As of June 30, 2024, WisdomTree Asset Management had assets under management totaling approximately $79.7 billion. WisdomTree, Inc. (“WisdomTree”)* is the parent company of WisdomTree Asset Management.
WisdomTree Asset Management provides and oversees the implementation of an investment program for each Fund. WisdomTree Asset Management also provides proactive oversight of the Sub-Adviser, defined below, including daily monitoring of the Sub-Adviser’s purchase and sale of Fund holdings, and regular review of the Sub-Adviser’s investment performance. In addition, WisdomTree Asset Management arranges for sub-advisory, transfer agency, custody, fund administration, securities lending, and all other non-distribution-related services necessary for the Funds to operate.
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For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024, the Funds paid advisory fees to the Adviser, as a percentage of average daily net assets, in the amounts listed below.
| Name of Fund | Management Fee |
| U.S. Total Dividend Fund | 0.28% |
| U.S. High Dividend Fund | 0.38% |
| U.S. AI Enhanced Value Fund | 0.38% |
| U.S. LargeCap Dividend Fund | 0.28% |
| U.S. MidCap Dividend Fund | 0.38% |
| U.S. SmallCap Dividend Fund | 0.38% |
| U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund | 0.28% |
| U.S. Quality Growth Fund | 0.28% |
| U.S. MidCap Quality Growth Fund | 0.38% |
| U.S. SmallCap Quality Growth Fund | 0.38% |
| U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund | 0.38% |
| U.S. Value Fund | 0.12% |
| U.S. LargeCap Fund | 0.08% |
| U.S. MidCap Fund | 0.38% |
| U.S. SmallCap Fund | 0.38% |
| U.S. Multifactor Fund | 0.28% |
Under the Investment Advisory Agreement for each Fund, WisdomTree Asset Management has agreed to pay generally all expenses of each Fund, subject to certain exceptions. For a detailed description of the Investment Advisory Agreement for each Fund, please see the “Management of the Trust” section of the SAI. Pursuant to a separate contractual arrangement, WisdomTree Asset Management arranges for the provision of chief compliance officer (“CCO”) services with respect to each Fund, and is liable and responsible for, and administers, payments to the CCO, the Independent Trustees and counsel to the Independent Trustees. WisdomTree Asset Management receives a fee of up to 0.0044% of each Fund’s average daily net assets for providing such services and paying such expenses. WisdomTree Asset Management provides CCO services to the Trust.
The basis for the Board of Trustees’ (the “Board”) approval of the Funds’ Investment Advisory Agreements is available in the Trust’s Semi-Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal period ended September 30, 2023 (with the exception of the U.S. MidCap Quality Growth Fund and the U.S. SmallCap Quality Growth Fund). The basis for the Board's approval of the U.S. MidCap Quality Growth Fund's and the U.S. SmallCap Quality Growth Fund's Investment Advisory Agreements is available in the Trust's Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024.
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Sub-Advisers
Mellon Investments Corporation (“Mellon”): Mellon is responsible for the day-to-day management of each Fund, except for the U.S. AI Enhanced Value Fund. Mellon, a registered investment adviser, is a leading innovator in the investment industry and manages global quantitative-based investment strategies for institutional and private investors. Its principal office is located at One Boston Place, 201 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02108. As of June 30, 2024, Mellon had assets under management totaling approximately $874 billion. Mellon is an independently operated indirect subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, a publicly traded financial holding company. Mellon chooses each Fund’s portfolio investments and places orders to buy and sell the portfolio investments. WisdomTree Asset Management pays Mellon for providing sub-advisory services to each of the Funds sub-advised by Mellon.
Voya Investment Management Co. LLC (“Voya IM”): Voya IM is responsible for the day-to-day management of the U.S. AI Enhanced Value Fund. Voya IM, a registered investment adviser, is a leading innovator in the investment industry and manages global quantitative-based investment strategies for institutional and private investors. Its principal office is located at 230 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10169. As of March 31, 2024, Voya IM had assets under management totaling approximately $328.1 billion.1 The Sub-Adviser is a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Voya Financial, Inc., a publicly traded financial holding company. Voya IM chooses the portfolio investments of the Fund and places orders to buy and sell the portfolio investments. WisdomTree Asset Management pays Voya IM for providing sub-advisory services to the Fund.
All Funds. The basis for the Board’s approval of the Funds’ Investment Sub-Advisory Agreements is available in the Trust’s Semi-Annual Report to Shareholders for the period ended September 30, 2023 (with the exception of the U.S. MidCap Quality Growth Fund and the U.S. SmallCap Quality Growth Fund). The basis for the Board’s approval of the Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between Mellon and the Trust, on behalf of the U.S. MidCap Quality Growth Fund and U.S. SmallCap Quality Growth Fund, is available in the Trust’s Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024.
WisdomTree Asset Management may hire one or more sub-advisers to perform the day-to-day portfolio management activities for the Funds, subject to its oversight. WisdomTree Asset Management and the Trust have received an exemptive order from the SEC that permits, among other things, WisdomTree Asset Management, with the approval of the Independent Trustees of the Trust, to hire unaffiliated investment sub-advisers for each Fund without submitting the sub-advisory agreement to a vote of the Fund’s shareholders. The Trust, however, would notify shareholders in the event a new sub-adviser is hired or an existing sub-adviser is terminated and/or replaced. WisdomTree Asset Management has ultimate responsibility for the investment performance of the Funds due to its responsibility to oversee any sub-adviser and recommend its hiring, termination and replacement.
| 1 | “Voya IM assets of $328.1 billion are calculated on a market value basis for all accounts. Voya IM assets of $331.3 billion, as reported in Voya Financial SEC filings, represent revenue generating assets for which Voya IM has full discretionary investment management responsibility. |
Portfolio Managers
Mellon
Each Mellon Fund is managed by Mellon’s Equity Index Strategies portfolio management team. The individual members of the team jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Funds’ portfolios are described below.
Marlene Walker-Smith, a Senior Director, Head of Equity Index Portfolio Management, has been with Mellon since 1995. Ms. Walker-Smith leads a team of portfolio managers covering domestic and international index portfolios, as well as corporate actions. Previously, she served as an equity index portfolio manager and equity trader for Mellon. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Walker-Smith was a trader for Banc One Investment Advisors Corporation and a brokerage services manager for Mid Atlantic Capital Corporation. She has been in the investment industry since 1990. Ms. Walker-Smith earned an MBA in finance from the University of Pittsburgh and a BA in history and Russian from Washington & Jefferson College.
David France, CFA, a Senior Vice President, has been with Mellon since 2009. Mr. France is a senior portfolio manager and team manager in the equity index portfolio management group. He manages and leads a team of portfolio managers responsible for US and non-US equity index portfolios. Prior to joining the firm, he was an investment advisor with PNC Wealth Management. Previously, he worked as an investment analyst with Greycourt, an independent advisory firm serving wealthy families and foundations, and before that he held various fixed income and equity support positions at T. Rowe Price. He has been in the investment industry since 1995. Mr. France earned an MS in finance from Loyola University Maryland and a BSBA in accounting from Duquesne University. He holds the CFA® designation and is a member of CFA Institute and CFA Society Pittsburgh.
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Todd Frysinger, CFA, a Senior Vice President, has been with Mellon since 2007. Mr. Frysinger is a senior portfolio manager and team manager in the equity index portfolio management group. He manages and leads a team of portfolio managers responsible for US and non-US equity index portfolios. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Frysinger served as assistant portfolio manager for Mellon Financial Corporation’s Corporate Treasury group, managing fixed income investment portfolios. He has been in the investment industry since 1996. Mr. Frysinger earned an MS in finance from Boston College and a BS in finance and management from Elizabethtown College. He holds the CFA® designation and is a member of CFA Institute and CFA Society Pittsburgh.
Vlasta Sheremeta, CFA, a Senior Vice President, has been with Mellon since 2011. Ms. Sheremeta is a senior portfolio manager and team manager in the equity index portfolio management group. She manages and leads a team of portfolio managers responsible for US and non-US equity index portfolios. Prior to joining the firm, she provided trade execution support to the FX trading desk at BNY Mellon. She has been in the investment industry since 2010. Ms. Sheremeta earned an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University and a BS in business administration from the University of Pittsburgh. She holds the CFA® designation and is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of Pittsburgh.
Michael Stoll, a Senior Vice President, has been with Mellon since 2005. Mr. Stoll is a senior portfolio manager and team manager in equity index portfolio management group. He manages and leads a team of portfolio managers responsible for US and non-US equity index portfolios. Prior to joining the firm, he was a senior manager in consulting engineering at Northgate Environmental Management. He has been in the investment industry since 2005. Mr. Stoll earned an MBA and an MS in geotechnical engineering from the University of California at Berkeley and a BS in civil engineering from the University of California at Irvine.
Voya IM
U.S. AI Enhanced Value Fund
The Fund is managed by Voya IM’s Quantitative Equities Portfolio Management team. The individual members of the team jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio are described below.
Vincent Costa is Chief Investment Officer, Equities, at Voya IM. He is also the Head of the Global Quantitative Equity Team and serves as a portfolio manager for the active quantitative and fundamental large cap value strategies. Previously at Voya IM, he was the Head of Portfolio Management for Quantitative Equity. Prior to joining Voya IM, he managed quantitative equity investments at both Merrill Lynch Investment Management and Bankers Trust Company. Mr. Costa earned an MBA in finance from New York University’s Stern School of Business and a BS in quantitative business analysis from Pennsylvania State University, and he is a CFA® Charterholder.
Russell Shtern is a Portfolio Manager – Machine Intelligence at Voya IM. Prior to joining Voya IM, he was a senior portfolio manager for Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions group from October of 2020. Mr. Shtern was responsible for managing smart beta and active multi-factor equity strategies. Prior to Franklin Templeton, he was head of equity portfolio management and trading and a member of the global equity management team for QS Investors (Legg Mason affiliate), a quantitative multi-asset and equity manager. Before joining QS Investors in 2010, Mr. Shtern was a member of its predecessor, Deutsche Asset Management Quantitative Strategies group, where he served as a lead portfolio manager for Diversification Based Investing Equity and Tax Managed Equity strategies. Prior to this, he spent 3 years at Deutsche Bank Securities supporting equity derivatives and global program trading efforts. Mr. Shtern holds a bachelor of business administration with honors from Pace University, with a concentration in finance and a minor in economics. He also holds the CFA® designation.
The Funds’ SAI provides additional information about the Portfolio Managers’ compensation, other accounts managed by the Portfolio Managers, and the Portfolio Managers’ ownership of shares in the Funds.
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Additional Information on Buying and Selling Fund Shares
Most investors will buy and sell shares of the Funds in secondary market transactions through broker-dealers at market prices, which may be greater than (premium) or less than (discount) the NAV of the Funds' shares. Shares of the Funds trade on the Listing Exchange and elsewhere during the trading day and can be bought and sold throughout the trading day like other shares of publicly traded securities. When buying or selling shares through a broker, most investors will incur customary brokerage commissions and charges and you may pay some or all of the spread between the bid and the offered prices in the secondary market for shares. Shares of the Funds trade under the trading symbols listed on the cover of this Prospectus. Recent information regarding a Fund’s NAV, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid/ask spreads is available on the Fund’s website at www.wisdomtree.com/investments.
Share Trading Prices
Transactions in Fund shares will be priced at NAV only if you are an institutional investor (e.g., broker-dealer) that has signed an agreement with the Distributor (as defined below) and you thereafter purchase or redeem shares directly from a Fund in Creation Units. As with other types of securities, the trading prices of shares in the secondary market can be affected by market forces such as supply and demand, economic conditions and other factors. The price you pay or receive when you buy or sell your shares in the secondary market may be more or less than the NAV of such shares.
Determination of Net Asset Value
The NAV of each Fund’s shares is calculated each day the national securities exchanges are open for trading as of the close of regular trading on the Listing Exchange, generally 4:00 p.m., New York Time (the “NAV Calculation Time”). NAV per share is calculated by dividing a Fund’s net assets by the number of Fund shares outstanding.
In calculating its NAV, a Fund generally values: (i) equity securities (including preferred stock) traded on any recognized U.S. or non-U.S. exchange at the last sale price or official closing price on the exchange or system on which they are principally traded; (ii) unlisted equity securities (including preferred stock) at the last quoted sale price or, if no sale price is available, at the mean between the highest bid and lowest ask price; and (iii) fixed income securities at current market quotations or mean prices obtained from broker-dealers or independent pricing service providers. In addition, a Fund may invest in money market funds which are valued at their NAV per share and affiliated ETFs which are valued at their last sale or official closing price on the exchange on which they are principally traded or at their NAV per share in instances where the affiliated ETF has not traded on its principal exchange.
Pursuant to Board-approved valuation procedures established by the Trust and the Adviser, the Board has appointed the Adviser as each Fund’s valuation designee (the “Valuation Designee”) to perform all fair valuations of the Funds’ portfolio investments, subject to the Board’s oversight. As the Valuation Designee, the Adviser has established procedures for its fair valuation of each Fund’s portfolio investments. These procedures address, among other things, determining when market quotations are not readily available or reliable and the methodologies to be used for determining the fair value of investments, as well as the use and oversight of third-party pricing services for fair valuation.
Fair value pricing is used by the Valuation Designee when reliable market quotations are not readily available or are not deemed to reflect current market values and when the instrument to be priced is not a security. Securities that may be valued using “fair value” pricing may include, but are not limited to, securities for which there are no current market quotations or whose issuer is in default or bankruptcy, securities subject to corporate actions (such as mergers or reorganizations), securities subject to non-U.S. investment limits or currency controls, and securities affected by “significant events.” An example of a significant event is an event occurring after the close of the market in which a security trades but before a Fund’s next NAV Calculation Time that may materially affect the value of the Fund’s investment (e.g., government action, natural disaster, or significant market fluctuation). When fair value pricing is employed by the Valuation Designee, the prices of securities used by a Fund to calculate its NAV may differ from quoted or published prices for the same securities.
Dividends and Distributions
The U.S. Total Dividend Fund, U.S. High Dividend Fund, U.S. LargeCap Dividend Fund, U.S. MidCap Dividend Fund, U.S. SmallCap Dividend Fund, U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund and U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund intend to pay out dividends on a monthly basis. The remaining Funds, except the U.S. Quality Growth Fund, U.S. MidCap Quality Growth Fund and U.S. SmallCap Quality Growth Fund, intend to pay out dividends on a quarterly basis. The U.S. Quality Growth Fund, U.S. MidCap Quality Growth Fund and U.S. SmallCap Quality Growth Fund intend to pay out dividends on an annual basis. Nonetheless, a Fund may not make a dividend payment every month, quarter or year, as applicable.
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Each Fund intends to distribute any net realized capital gains to investors annually. On occasion, a Fund may be required or determine to make one or more supplemental distributions of its net realized capital gains during the year. Distributions in cash may be reinvested automatically in additional whole shares of a Fund only if the broker through whom you purchased shares makes such option available. Your broker is responsible for distributing any income and capital gain distributions to you.
Book Entry
Shares of the Funds are held in book-entry form, which means that no stock certificates are issued. The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) or its nominee is the record owner of all outstanding shares of each Fund.
Investors owning shares of the Funds are beneficial owners as shown on the records of DTC or its participants. DTC serves as the securities depository for all shares of the Funds. Participants include DTC, securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations, and other institutions that directly or indirectly maintain a custodial relationship with DTC. As a beneficial owner of shares, you are not entitled to receive physical delivery of stock certificates or to have shares registered in your name, and you are not considered a registered owner of shares. Therefore, to exercise any right as an owner of shares, you must rely upon the procedures of DTC and its participants. These procedures are the same as those that apply to any securities that you hold in book-entry or “street name” form. Your broker will provide you with account statements, confirmations of your purchases and sales, and tax information.
Delivery of Shareholder Documents – Householding
Householding is an option available to certain investors of the Funds. Householding is a method of delivery, based on the preference of the individual investor, in which a single copy of certain shareholder documents can be delivered to investors who share the same address, even if their accounts are registered under different names. Householding for the Funds is available through certain broker-dealers. If you are interested in enrolling in householding and receiving a single copy of prospectuses and other shareholder documents, please contact your broker-dealer. If you are currently enrolled in householding and wish to change your householding status, please contact your broker-dealer.
Frequent Purchases and Redemptions of Fund Shares
The Funds have adopted policies and procedures with respect to frequent purchases and redemptions of Creation Units of Fund shares. Only Authorized Participants are authorized to purchase and redeem shares directly from the Funds, and their purchase and redemption transactions are essential to the operation of the Funds. In addition to helping to ensure there is an adequate supply of Fund shares to meet secondary market trading demand, Authorized Participants’ purchase and redemption transactions also generally help to keep the trading prices of the Fund shares in line with their NAV per share. Moreover, the Funds generally transact with Authorized Participants on an in-kind basis. In-kind purchase and redemption transactions generally do not give rise to the adverse consequences commonly associated with frequent purchases and redemptions of fund shares because they do not require a fund to sell portfolio holdings to raise cash to meet redemptions, which may increase portfolio transaction costs and potentially result in adverse tax consequences, such as the realization of capital gains, or to hold a significant amount of cash to meet redemptions or while awaiting investment opportunities to invest share purchase proceeds, which can lead to increased tracking error or reduced returns. Accordingly, it is the policy of each Fund to accommodate frequent purchases and redemptions of Fund shares by Authorized Participants. To mitigate any adverse consequences of frequent purchases and redemptions, particularly for those Funds that transact with Authorized Participants on a cash-basis, the Funds employ fair value pricing and impose transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of Creation Units to cover the costs incurred by the Funds in executing such trades. In addition, each Fund reserves the right to impose restrictions on disruptive, excessive, or short-term trading as well as to reject any purchase order at any time.
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Investments by Investment Companies
Section 12(d)(1) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) restricts investments by investment companies in the securities of other registered investment companies, including shares of the Funds. Registered investment companies are permitted to invest in a Fund beyond the limits set forth in Section 12(d)(1) of the 1940 Act subject to certain terms and conditions set forth in Rule 12d1-4 under the 1940 Act, including that such investment companies enter into an agreement with the Fund. However, a Fund may not be permitted to accept such an investment by another investment company if the Fund is currently invested in the securities of other investment companies beyond the limits set forth in Section 12(d)(1)(A). Any investment company interested in purchasing shares of a Fund in amounts that would cause it to exceed the restrictions of Section 12(d)(1) should first contact the Trust to determine if the Fund may accept such investment.
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Additional Tax Information
The following discussion is a summary of certain important U.S. federal income tax considerations generally applicable to investments in the Funds. Your investment in a Fund may have other tax implications. Please consult your tax advisor about the tax consequences of an investment in Fund shares, including the possible application of foreign, state, and local tax laws.
Each Fund has elected or intends to elect to qualify each year for treatment as a RIC. If it meets certain minimum distribution requirements, a RIC is not subject to tax at the Fund level on income and gains from investments that are timely distributed to shareholders. However, a Fund’s failure to qualify as a RIC or to meet minimum distribution requirements would result (if certain relief provisions were not available) in Fund-level taxation and consequently a reduction in income available for distribution to shareholders.
Unless you are a tax-exempt entity or your investment in Fund shares is made through a tax-deferred retirement account, such as an individual retirement account, you need to be aware of the possible tax consequences when:
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Taxes on Distributions
For federal income tax purposes, distributions of investment income are generally taxable as ordinary income or qualified dividend income. Taxes on distributions of capital gains (if any) are determined by how long a Fund owned the assets that generated them, rather than how long a shareholder has owned Fund shares. Sales of assets held by a Fund for more than one year generally result in long-term capital gains and losses, and sales of assets held by a Fund for one year or less generally result in short-term capital gains and losses. Distributions of a Fund’s net capital gain (the excess of net long-term capital gains over net short-term capital losses) that are properly reported by the Fund as capital gain dividends (“Capital Gain Dividends”) will be taxable as long-term capital gains. For non-corporate shareholders, long-term capital gains are generally subject to tax at reduced rates. Distributions of short-term capital gains will generally be taxable as ordinary income. Distributions reported by a Fund as “qualified dividend income” are generally taxed to non-corporate shareholders at rates applicable to long-term capital gains, provided holding period and other requirements are met. “Qualified dividend income” generally is income derived from dividends paid by U.S. corporations or certain foreign corporations that are either incorporated in a U.S. possession or eligible for tax benefits under certain U.S. income tax treaties.
In the case of corporate shareholders, Fund distributions (other than Capital Gain Dividends) generally qualify for the dividends received deduction to the extent such distributions are so reported and do not exceed the gross amount of qualifying dividends received by such Fund for the year. Generally, and subject to certain limitations (including certain holding period limitations), a dividend will be treated as a qualifying dividend if it has been received from a domestic corporation.
To the extent a Fund lends its securities and receives substitute dividend payments, such payments are not expected to generate qualified dividend income when distributed to individual shareholders and will not be eligible for the dividends received deduction for corporate shareholders.
A RIC that receives business interest income may pass through its net business interest income for purposes of the tax rules applicable to the interest expense limitations under Section 163(j) of the Code. A RIC’s total “Section 163(j) Interest Dividend” for a tax year is limited to the excess of the RIC’s business interest income over the sum of its business interest expense and its other deductions properly allocable to its business interest income. A RIC may, in its discretion, designate all or a portion of ordinary dividends as Section 163(j) Interest Dividends, which would allow the recipient shareholder to treat the designated portion of such dividends as interest income for purposes of determining such shareholder’s interest expense deduction limitation under Section 163(j). This can potentially increase the amount of a shareholder’s interest expense deductible under Section 163(j). In general, to be eligible to treat a Section 163(j) Interest Dividend as interest income, you must have held your shares in a Fund for more than 180 days during the 361-day period beginning on the date that is 180 days before the date on which the share becomes ex-dividend with respect to such dividend. Section 163(j) Interest Dividends, if so designated by a Fund, will be reported to your financial intermediary or otherwise in accordance with the requirements specified by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”).
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In general, your distributions are subject to federal income tax for the year in which they are paid. Certain distributions paid in January, but declared by a Fund in October, November or December of the previous year, may be treated as paid on December 31 of the prior year. Distributions are generally taxable even if they are paid from income or gains earned by a Fund before your investment (and thus were included in the price you paid for your shares).
Dividends and distributions from the Funds and capital gain on the sale of Fund shares are generally taken into account in determining a shareholder’s “net investment income” for purposes of the 3.8% tax on net investment income applicable to certain individuals, estates and trusts.
Distributions (other than Capital Gain Dividends) paid to shareholders that are neither citizens nor residents of the U.S. or to foreign entities will generally be subject to a U.S. withholding tax at the rate of 30%, unless a lower treaty rate applies, but Capital Gain Dividends generally are not subject to U.S. taxation, unless you are a nonresident alien individual who is physically present in the United States for 183 days or more per year. A Fund may, under certain circumstances, report all or a portion of a dividend as an “interest related dividend” or a “short term capital gain dividend,” which would generally be exempt from this 30% U.S. withholding tax, provided certain other requirements are met. Different tax consequences may result if you are a non-U.S. shareholder engaged in a trade or business within the United States.
You should note that if you purchase shares just before a distribution, the purchase price would reflect the amount of the upcoming distribution. In this case, you would be taxed on the entire amount of the distribution received, even though, as an economic matter, the distribution simply constitutes a return of your investment. This is known as “buying a dividend” and generally should be avoided by taxable investors.
Certain Funds may invest in U.S. REITs. “Qualified REIT dividends” (i.e., ordinary REIT dividends other than capital gain dividends and portions of REIT dividends designated as qualified dividend income eligible for capital gain tax rates) are eligible for a 20% deduction by non-corporate taxpayers. This deduction, if allowed in full, equates to a maximum effective tax rate of 29.6% (37% top rate applied to income after 20% deduction). Distributions by a Fund to its shareholders that are attributable to qualified REIT dividends received by such Fund and which such Fund properly reports as “section 199A dividends,” are treated as “qualified REIT dividends” in the hands of non-corporate shareholders. A section 199A dividend is treated as a qualified REIT dividend only if the shareholder receiving such dividend holds the dividend-paying RIC shares for at least 46 days of the 91-day period beginning 45 days before the shares become ex-dividend, and is not under an obligation to make related payments with respect to a position in substantially similar or related property. A Fund is permitted to report such part of its dividends as section 199A dividends as are eligible but is not required to do so. Unless later extended or made permanent, this 20% deduction will no longer be available for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025.
REITs in which a Fund invests often do not provide complete and final tax information to the Fund until after the time that the Fund issues a tax reporting statement. As a result, a Fund may at times find it necessary to reclassify the amount and character of its distributions to you after it issues your tax reporting statement. When such reclassification is necessary, the Fund (or a financial intermediary, such as a broker, through which a shareholder owns shares) will send you a corrected, final Form 1099-DIV to reflect the reclassified information. If you receive a corrected Form 1099-DIV, use the information on this corrected form, and not the information on the previously issued tax reporting statement, in completing your tax returns.
The Funds (or financial intermediaries, such as brokers, through which shareholders own Fund shares) generally are required to withhold and to remit to the U.S. Treasury a percentage of the taxable distributions and the sale or redemption proceeds paid to any shareholder who fails to properly furnish a correct taxpayer identification number, who has under-reported dividend or interest income, or who fails to certify that he, she or it is not subject to such withholding.
Taxes When You Sell Fund Shares
Assuming you hold Fund shares as capital assets, any capital gain or loss realized upon a sale of Fund shares is generally treated as a long-term gain or loss if you held the shares you sold for more than one year. Any capital gain or loss realized upon a sale of Fund shares held for one year or less is generally treated as a short-term gain or loss, except that any capital loss on a sale of shares held for six months or less is treated as a long-term capital loss to the extent of Capital Gain Dividends paid with respect to such shares. The ability to deduct capital losses may be limited depending on your circumstances.
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Taxes on Creation and Redemption of Creation Units
An Authorized Participant having the U.S. dollar as its functional currency for U.S. federal income tax purposes that exchanges securities for Creation Units generally will recognize a gain or loss equal to the difference between (i) the sum of the market value of the Creation Units at the time of the exchange and any amount of cash received by the Authorized Participant in the exchange and (ii) the sum of the exchanger’s aggregate basis in the securities surrendered and any amount of cash paid for such Creation Units. A person who redeems Creation Units will generally recognize a gain or loss equal to the difference between the exchanger’s basis in the Creation Units and the sum of the aggregate U.S. dollar market value of the securities plus the amount of any cash received for such Creation Units. The IRS, however, may assert that a loss that is realized upon an exchange of securities for Creation Units may not be permitted to be currently deducted under the rules governing “wash sales” (for a person who does not mark-to-market their holdings), or on the basis that there has been no significant change in economic position.
Gain or loss recognized by an Authorized Participant upon an issuance of Creation Units in exchange for non-U.S. currency will generally be treated as ordinary income or loss. Gain or loss recognized by an Authorized Participant upon an issuance of Creation Units in exchange for securities, or upon a redemption of Creation Units, may be capital or ordinary gain or loss depending on the circumstances. Any capital gain or loss realized upon an issuance of Creation Units in exchange for securities will generally be treated as long-term capital gain or loss if the securities have been held for more than one year. Any capital gain or loss realized upon the redemption of a Creation Unit will generally be treated as long-term capital gain or loss if the Fund shares comprising the Creation Unit have been held for more than one year. Otherwise, such capital gains or losses are treated as short-term capital gains or losses.
A Fund may include cash when paying the redemption price for Creation Units in addition to, or in place of, the delivery of a basket of securities. A Fund may be required to sell portfolio securities in order to obtain the cash needed to distribute redemption proceeds. This may cause such Funds to recognize investment income and/or capital gains or losses that it might not have recognized if it had completely satisfied the redemption in-kind. As a result, such Funds may be less tax efficient if it includes such a cash payment than if the in-kind redemption process was used.
Persons exchanging securities or non-U.S. currency for Creation Units should consult their own tax advisors with respect to the tax treatment of any creation or redemption transaction and whether the wash sales rules apply and when a loss might be deductible. If you purchase or redeem Creation Units, you will be sent a confirmation statement showing how many Fund shares you purchased or redeemed and at what price.
More information about taxes related to each Fund and its investments is included in the SAI.
The foregoing discussion summarizes some of the consequences under current U.S. federal income tax law of an investment in a Fund. It is not a substitute for personal tax advice, and we encourage you to consult your personal tax advisor about the potential tax consequences of an investment in a Fund under all applicable tax laws.
Distribution
Foreside Fund Services, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Foreside Financial Group (dba ACA Group) (the “Distributor”) serves as the distributor of Creation Units for each Fund on an agency basis. The Distributor does not maintain a secondary market in shares of the Funds. The Distributor’s principal address is Three Canal Plaza, Suite 100, Portland, Maine 04101. The Distributor has no role in determining the policies of any Fund or the securities that are purchased or sold by any Fund.
Premium/Discount and NAV Information
Information regarding a Fund’s NAV and how often shares of each Fund traded on the Listing Exchange at a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV of the Fund during the past calendar year and most recent calendar quarter is available at www.wisdomtree.com/investments.
Additional Notices
Listing Exchange
Shares of the Funds are not sponsored, endorsed, or promoted by the Listing Exchange. The Listing Exchange makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, to the owners of the shares of any Fund or any member of the public regarding the ability of a Fund to track the total return performance of any Index or the ability of any Index identified herein to track stock market performance. The Listing Exchange is not responsible for, nor has it participated in, the determination of the compilation or the calculation of any Index, nor in the determination of the timing of, prices of, or quantities of the shares of any Fund to be issued, nor in the determination or calculation of the equation by which the shares are redeemable. The Listing Exchange has no obligation or liability to owners of the shares of any Fund in connection with the administration, marketing, or trading of the shares of the Fund.
The Listing Exchange does not guarantee the accuracy and/or the completeness of any Index or any data included therein. The Listing Exchange makes no warranty, express or implied, as to results to be obtained by the Trust on behalf of the Funds, owners of the shares, or any other person or entity from the use of the subject Indexes or any data included therein. The Listing Exchange makes no express or implied warranties, and hereby expressly disclaims all warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose with respect to any Index or any data included therein. Without limiting any of the foregoing, in no event shall the Listing Exchange have any liability for any lost profits or indirect, punitive, special, or consequential damages even if notified of the possibility thereof.
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WisdomTree and the Funds
WisdomTree and WisdomTree Asset Management (together, “WT”) and the Funds make no representation or warranty, express or implied, to the owners of shares of the Funds or any member of the public regarding the advisability of investing in securities generally or in shares of the Funds particularly or, with respect to the Index Funds, the ability of any Index to track general stock market performance. WisdomTree is the licensor of certain Indexes, trademarks, service marks, and trade names of the Funds. WisdomTree has no obligation to take the needs of the Index Funds or the owners of shares of the Index Funds into consideration in determining, composing, or calculating the Indexes. WisdomTree is not responsible for, and has not participated in, the determination of the timing, prices, or quantities of shares of the Funds to be issued, or the determination or calculation of the equation by which shares of the Funds are redeemable. Neither WT nor any of the Index Funds guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or performance of any Index or the data included therein or related thereto and neither shall have any liability in connection with any Index, including its calculation. Without limiting any of the foregoing, in no event shall WT have any liability for any special, punitive, indirect, or consequential damages (including but not limited to, lost profits), even if notified of the possibility of such damages. WisdomTree has contracted with an independent calculation agent to calculate each Index.
Financial Highlights
The financial highlights table is intended to help you understand each Fund’s financial performance for the past five fiscal years or, if shorter, the period since a Fund’s inception. The total return in the table represents the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the respective Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). This information has been derived from the financial statements audited by Ernst & Young LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, whose report, along with the Funds’ financial statements, are included in the Funds’ Annual Report, which is available upon request.
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Financial Highlights
Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the period is presented below:
| WisdomTree U.S. AI Enhanced Value Fund | For
the Year Ended March 31, 2024 | For
the Year Ended March 31, 2023 | For
the Year Ended March 31, 20221 | For
the Year Ended March 31, 20211 | For
the Year Ended March 31, 20201 | |||||||||||||||
| Net asset value, beginning of year | $ | 91.65 | $ | 99.02 | $ | 94.15 | $ | 64.64 | $ | 85.52 | ||||||||||
| Investment operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net investment income2 | 2.35 | 2.01 | 2.70 | 2.67 | 3.11 | |||||||||||||||
| Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 10.19 | (7.31 | ) | 4.95 | 29.49 | (20.83 | ) | |||||||||||||
| Total from investment operations | 12.54 | (5.30 | ) | 7.65 | 32.16 | (17.72 | ) | |||||||||||||
| Dividends to shareholders: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net investment income | (2.40 | ) | (2.07 | ) | (2.78 | ) | (2.65 | ) | (3.16 | ) | ||||||||||
| Net asset value, end of year | $ | 101.79 | $ | 91.65 | $ | 99.02 | $ | 94.15 | $ | 64.64 | ||||||||||
| TOTAL RETURN3 | 13.93 | % | (5.25 | )% | 8.19 | % | 50.69 | % | (21.49 | )% | ||||||||||
| RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net assets, end of year (000’s omitted) | $ | 379,175 | $ | 396,367 | $ | 492,636 | $ | 555,491 | $ | 543,010 | ||||||||||
| Ratios to average net assets of: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Expenses4,5 | 0.38 | % | 0.38 | % | 0.38 | % | 0.38 | % | 0.38 | % | ||||||||||
| Net investment income | 2.53 | % | 2.17 | % | 2.76 | % | 3.40 | % | 3.61 | % | ||||||||||
| Portfolio turnover rate6 | 127 | % | 150 | % | 96 | %7,8 | 47 | % | 46 | % | ||||||||||
| WisdomTree U.S. High Dividend Fund | For the Year Ended March 31, 2024 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2023 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2022 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2021 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2020 | |||||||||||||||
| Net asset value, beginning of year | $ | 82.28 | $ | 87.98 | $ | 76.26 | $ | 56.58 | $ | 72.49 | ||||||||||
| Investment operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net investment income2 | 3.40 | 3.26 | 2.88 | 2.71 | 2.65 | |||||||||||||||
| Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 4.23 | (5.45 | ) | 11.30 | 19.94 | (15.81 | ) | |||||||||||||
| Total from investment operations | 7.63 | (2.19 | ) | 14.18 | 22.65 | (13.16 | ) | |||||||||||||
| Dividends to shareholders: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net investment income | (3.28 | ) | (3.51 | ) | (2.46 | ) | (2.97 | ) | (2.75 | ) | ||||||||||
| Net asset value, end of year | $ | 86.63 | $ | 82.28 | $ | 87.98 | $ | 76.26 | $ | 56.58 | ||||||||||
| TOTAL RETURN3 | 9.68 | % | (2.49 | )% | 18.96 | % | 40.97 | % | (18.99 | )% | ||||||||||
| RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net assets, end of year (000’s omitted) | $ | 1,100,207 | $ | 1,337,100 | $ | 1,024,960 | $ | 774,034 | $ | 678,935 | ||||||||||
| Ratios to average net assets of: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Expenses4,5 | 0.38 | % | 0.38 | % | 0.38 | % | 0.38 | % | 0.38 | % | ||||||||||
| Net investment income | 4.23 | % | 3.84 | % | 3.56 | % | 4.13 | % | 3.63 | % | ||||||||||
| Portfolio turnover rate6 | 30 | % | 47 | % | 38 | % | 43 | % | 39 | % | ||||||||||
| 1 | The information reflects the investment objective and strategy of the WisdomTree U.S. Dividend ex-Financials Fund through January 17, 2022 and the investment objective and strategy of the WisdomTree U.S. AI Enhanced Value Fund thereafter. |
| 2 | Based on average shares outstanding. |
| 3 | Total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period and redemption on the last day of the period. For the periods in which the investment adviser waived advisory fees, the total return would have been lower if certain expenses had not been waived. |
| 4 | Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests. |
| 5 | The expense ratio includes investment advisory fee waivers. Without these investment advisory fee waivers, the expense ratio would have been unchanged. |
| 6 | Portfolio turnover rate excludes the value of the portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s capital shares. Short-term securities with maturities less than or equal to 365 days are excluded from the portfolio turnover calculation. |
| 7 | The increase in the portfolio turnover rate was primarily a result of the change in investment objective and strategy on January 18, 2022. |
| 8 | On January 7, 2022, Voya Investment Management Co. LLC replaced Mellon Investments Corporation as sub-adviser to the Fund. |
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Financial Highlights (continued)
Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the period is presented below:
| WisdomTree U.S. LargeCap Dividend Fund | For the Year Ended March 31, 2024 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2023 | For
the Year Ended March 31, 20221 | For
the Year Ended March 31, 20211 | For
the Year Ended March 31, 20201 | |||||||||||||||
| Net asset value, beginning of year | $ | 61.86 | $ | 65.66 | $ | 57.27 | $ | 40.47 | $ | 47.11 | ||||||||||
| Investment operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net investment income2 | 1.60 | 1.59 | 1.42 | 1.36 | 1.36 | |||||||||||||||
| Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 10.30 | (3.74 | ) | 8.33 | 16.79 | (6.64 | ) | |||||||||||||
| Total from investment operations | 11.90 | (2.15 | ) | 9.75 | 18.15 | (5.28 | ) | |||||||||||||
| Dividends to shareholders: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net investment income | (1.57 | ) | (1.65 | ) | (1.36 | ) | (1.35 | ) | (1.36 | ) | ||||||||||
| Net asset value, end of year | $ | 72.19 | $ | 61.86 | $ | 65.66 | $ | 57.27 | $ | 40.47 | ||||||||||
| TOTAL RETURN3 | 19.57 | % | (3.22 | )% | 17.16 | % | 45.40 | % | (11.62 | )% | ||||||||||
| RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net assets, end of year (000’s omitted) | $ | 4,013,662 | $ | 3,470,408 | $ | 3,427,240 | $ | 2,823,467 | $ | 1,849,693 | ||||||||||
| Ratios to average net assets of: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Expenses4,5 | 0.28 | % | 0.28 | % | 0.28 | % | 0.28 | % | 0.28 | % | ||||||||||
| Net investment income | 2.49 | % | 2.58 | % | 2.28 | % | 2.73 | % | 2.76 | % | ||||||||||
| Portfolio turnover rate6 | 15 | % | 20 | % | 19 | % | 20 | % | 13 | % | ||||||||||
| WisdomTree U.S. LargeCap Fund | For the Year Ended March 31, 2024 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2023 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2022 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2021 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2020 | |||||||||||||||
| Net asset value, beginning of year | $ | 43.76 | $ | 48.23 | $ | 43.29 | $ | 28.10 | $ | 31.77 | ||||||||||
| Investment operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net investment income2 | 0.87 | 0.84 | 0.78 | 0.73 | 0.73 | |||||||||||||||
| Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 11.67 | (4.48 | ) | 4.92 | 15.19 | (3.72 | ) | |||||||||||||
| Total from investment operations | 12.54 | (3.64 | ) | 5.70 | 15.92 | (2.99 | ) | |||||||||||||
| Dividends to shareholders: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net investment income | (0.88 | ) | (0.83 | ) | (0.76 | ) | (0.73 | ) | (0.68 | ) | ||||||||||
| Net asset value, end of year | $ | 55.42 | $ | 43.76 | $ | 48.23 | $ | 43.29 | $ | 28.10 | ||||||||||
| TOTAL RETURN3 | 28.94 | % | (7.42 | )% | 13.19 | % | 57.11 | % | (9.65 | )% | ||||||||||
| RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net assets, end of year (000’s omitted) | $ | 850,748 | $ | 658,635 | $ | 696,953 | $ | 510,794 | $ | 341,423 | ||||||||||
| Ratios to average net assets of: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Expenses4 | 0.08 | % | 0.08 | % | 0.08 | % | 0.08 | % | 0.08 | %5 | ||||||||||
| Net investment income | 1.83 | % | 1.95 | % | 1.65 | % | 2.00 | % | 2.16 | % | ||||||||||
| Portfolio turnover rate6 | 14 | % | 22 | % | 22 | % | 21 | % | 22 | % | ||||||||||
| 1 | Per share amounts were adjusted to reflect a 2:1 share split effective December 23, 2021. |
| 2 | Based on average shares outstanding. |
| 3 | Total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period and redemption on the last day of the period. For the periods in which the investment adviser waived advisory fees, the total return would have been lower if certain expenses had not been waived. |
| 4 | Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests. |
| 5 | The expense ratio includes investment advisory fee waivers. Without these investment advisory fee waivers, the expense ratio would have been unchanged. |
| 6 | Portfolio turnover rate excludes the value of the portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s capital shares. Short-term securities with maturities less than or equal to 365 days are excluded from the portfolio turnover calculation. |
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Financial Highlights (continued)
Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the period is presented below:
| WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Dividend Fund | For the Year Ended March 31, 2024 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2023 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2022 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2021 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2020 | |||||||||||||||
| Net asset value, beginning of year | $ | 41.02 | $ | 44.31 | $ | 40.40 | $ | 24.19 | $ | 35.76 | ||||||||||
| Investment operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net investment income1 | 1.14 | 1.19 | 0.99 | 0.80 | 1.01 | |||||||||||||||
| Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 7.78 | (3.27 | ) | 3.89 | 16.24 | (11.56 | ) | |||||||||||||
| Total from investment operations | 8.92 | (2.08 | ) | 4.88 | 17.04 | (10.55 | ) | |||||||||||||
| Dividends to shareholders: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net investment income | (1.13 | ) | (1.21 | ) | (0.97 | ) | (0.83 | ) | (1.02 | ) | ||||||||||
| Net asset value, end of year | $ | 48.81 | $ | 41.02 | $ | 44.31 | $ | 40.40 | $ | 24.19 | ||||||||||
| TOTAL RETURN2 | 22.17 | % | (4.65 | )% | 12.17 | % | 71.52 | % | (30.28 | )% | ||||||||||
| RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net assets, end of year (000’s omitted) | $ | 3,658,118 | $ | 3,220,003 | $ | 3,210,599 | $ | 2,904,494 | $ | 2,485,261 | ||||||||||
| Ratios to average net assets of: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Expenses3,4 | 0.38 | % | 0.38 | % | 0.38 | % | 0.38 | % | 0.38 | % | ||||||||||
| Net investment income | 2.67 | % | 2.85 | % | 2.31 | % | 2.55 | % | 2.84 | % | ||||||||||
| Portfolio turnover rate5 | 26 | % | 40 | % | 38 | % | 57 | % | 33 | % | ||||||||||
| WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Fund | For the Year Ended March 31, 2024 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2023 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2022 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2021 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2020 | |||||||||||||||
| Net asset value, beginning of year | $ | 49.77 | $ | 54.66 | $ | 50.86 | $ | 26.44 | $ | 39.30 | ||||||||||
| Investment operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net investment income1 | 0.76 | 0.75 | 0.72 | 0.56 | 0.62 | |||||||||||||||
| Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 11.32 | (4.90 | ) | 3.81 | 24.45 | (12.83 | ) | |||||||||||||
| Total from investment operations | 12.08 | (4.15 | ) | 4.53 | 25.01 | (12.21 | ) | |||||||||||||
| Dividends to shareholders: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net investment income | (0.77 | ) | (0.74 | ) | (0.73 | ) | (0.59 | ) | (0.65 | ) | ||||||||||
| Net asset value, end of year | $ | 61.08 | $ | 49.77 | $ | 54.66 | $ | 50.86 | $ | 26.44 | ||||||||||
| TOTAL RETURN2 | 24.47 | % | (7.50 | )% | 8.93 | % | 95.30 | % | (31.45 | )% | ||||||||||
| RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net assets, end of year (000’s omitted) | $ | 827,692 | $ | 716,692 | $ | 811,672 | $ | 706,997 | $ | 560,609 | ||||||||||
| Ratios to average net assets of: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Expenses3,4 | 0.38 | % | 0.38 | % | 0.38 | % | 0.38 | % | 0.38 | % | ||||||||||
| Net investment income | 1.42 | % | 1.50 | % | 1.34 | % | 1.49 | % | 1.58 | % | ||||||||||
| Portfolio turnover rate5 | 32 | % | 40 | % | 50 | % | 50 | % | 41 | % | ||||||||||
| 1 | Based on average shares outstanding. |
| 2 | Total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period and redemption on the last day of the period. For the periods in which the investment adviser waived advisory fees, the total return would have been lower if certain expenses had not been waived. |
| 3 | Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests. |
| 4 | The expense ratio includes investment advisory fee waivers. Without these investment advisory fee waivers, the expense ratio would have been unchanged. |
| 5 | Portfolio turnover rate excludes the value of the portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s capital shares. Short-term securities with maturities less than or equal to 365 days are excluded from the portfolio turnover calculation. |
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Financial Highlights (continued)
Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the period is presented below:
| WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Quality Growth Fund | For the
Period January 25, 2024* through March 31, 2024 | |||
| Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 24.84 | ||
| Investment operations: | ||||
| Net investment income1 | 0.04 | |||
| Net realized and unrealized gain | 3.04 | |||
| Total from investment operations | 3.08 | |||
| Net asset value, end of period | $ | 27.92 | ||
| TOTAL RETURN2 | 12.40 | % | ||
| RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA: | ||||
| Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted) | $ | 4,187 | ||
| Ratios to average net assets of: | ||||
| Expenses | 0.38 | %3 | ||
| Net investment income | 0.74 | %3 | ||
| Portfolio turnover rate4 | 0 | %5 | ||
| WisdomTree U.S. Multifactor Fund | For the Year Ended March 31, 2024 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2023 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2022 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2021 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2020 | |||||||||||||||
| Net asset value, beginning of year | $ | 37.51 | $ | 40.90 | $ | 37.83 | $ | 24.58 | $ | 28.98 | ||||||||||
| Investment operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net investment income1 | 0.59 | 0.65 | 0.63 | 0.39 | 0.59 | |||||||||||||||
| Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 9.02 | (3.40 | ) | 3.03 | 13.26 | (4.43 | ) | |||||||||||||
| Total from investment operations | 9.61 | (2.75 | ) | 3.66 | 13.65 | (3.84 | ) | |||||||||||||
| Dividends to shareholders: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net investment income | (0.60 | ) | (0.64 | ) | (0.59 | ) | (0.40 | ) | (0.56 | ) | ||||||||||
| Net asset value, end of year | $ | 46.52 | $ | 37.51 | $ | 40.90 | $ | 37.83 | $ | 24.58 | ||||||||||
| TOTAL RETURN2 | 25.84 | % | (6.68 | )% | 9.68 | % | 55.76 | % | (13.43 | )% | ||||||||||
| RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net assets, end of year (000’s omitted) | $ | 291,930 | $ | 262,564 | $ | 223,949 | $ | 148,490 | $ | 141,308 | ||||||||||
| Ratios to average net assets of: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Expenses | 0.28 | % | 0.28 | % | 0.28 | % | 0.28 | % | 0.28 | %6,7 | ||||||||||
| Net investment income | 1.46 | % | 1.72 | % | 1.58 | % | 1.21 | % | 1.94 | % | ||||||||||
| Portfolio turnover rate4 | 115 | % | 102 | % | 152 | % | 147 | % | 145 | % | ||||||||||
| * | Commencement of operations. The commencement of operations date is considered to be the date that the Fund began trading in the secondary market. |
| 1 | Based on average shares outstanding. |
| 2 | Total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period and redemption on the last day of the period. For the periods in which the investment adviser waived advisory fees for the WisdomTree U.S. Multifactor Fund, the total return would have been lower if certain expenses had not been waived. |
| 3 | Annualized. |
| 4 | Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized for fiscal periods less than one year and excludes the value of the portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s capital shares. Short-term securities with maturities less than or equal to 365 days are excluded from the portfolio turnover calculation. |
| 5 | Amount represents less than 1%. |
| 6 | Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests. |
| 7 | The expense ratio includes investment advisory fee waivers. Without these investment advisory fee waivers, the expense ratio would have been unchanged. |
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Financial Highlights (continued)
Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the period is presented below:
| WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund | For the Year Ended March 31, 2024 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2023 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2022 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2021 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2020 | |||||||||||||||
| Net asset value, beginning of year | $ | 62.35 | $ | 63.56 | $ | 57.14 | $ | 38.85 | $ | 43.04 | ||||||||||
| Investment operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net investment income1 | 1.24 | 1.28 | 1.22 | 1.07 | 1.09 | |||||||||||||||
| Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 13.86 | (1.17 | ) | 6.37 | 18.27 | (4.21 | ) | |||||||||||||
| Total from investment operations | 15.10 | 0.11 | 7.59 | 19.34 | (3.12 | ) | ||||||||||||||
| Dividends to shareholders: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net investment income | (1.23 | ) | (1.32 | ) | (1.17 | ) | (1.05 | ) | (1.07 | ) | ||||||||||
| Net asset value, end of year | $ | 76.22 | $ | 62.35 | $ | 63.56 | $ | 57.14 | $ | 38.85 | ||||||||||
| TOTAL RETURN2 | 24.48 | % | 0.29 | % | 13.36 | % | 50.24 | % | (7.52 | )% | ||||||||||
| RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net assets, end of year (000’s omitted) | $ | 12,701,587 | $ | 8,126,909 | $ | 7,033,318 | $ | 5,576,647 | $ | 2,723,483 | ||||||||||
| Ratios to average net assets of: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Expenses | 0.28 | % | 0.28 | % | 0.28 | % | 0.28 | % | 0.28 | % | ||||||||||
| Net investment income | 1.84 | % | 2.12 | % | 1.98 | % | 2.15 | % | 2.43 | % | ||||||||||
| Portfolio turnover rate3 | 25 | % | 28 | % | 30 | % | 30 | % | 41 | % | ||||||||||
| WisdomTree U.S. Quality Growth Fund | For the Year Ended March 31, 2024 | For the
Period December 15, 2022* through March 31, 2023 | ||||||
| Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 28.39 | $ | 25.11 | ||||
| Investment operations: | ||||||||
| Net investment income1 | 0.10 | 0.03 | ||||||
| Net realized and unrealized gain | 12.65 | 3.25 | ||||||
| Total from investment operations | 12.75 | 3.28 | ||||||
| Dividends to shareholders: | ||||||||
| Net investment income | (0.04 | ) | – | |||||
| Net asset value, end of period | $ | 41.10 | $ | 28.39 | ||||
| TOTAL RETURN2 | 44.93 | % | 13.06 | % | ||||
| RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA: | ||||||||
| Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted) | $ | 349,333 | $ | 2,839 | ||||
| Ratios to average net assets of: | ||||||||
| Expenses | 0.28 | % | 0.28 | %4 | ||||
| Net investment income | 0.29 | % | 0.45 | %4 | ||||
| Portfolio turnover rate3 | 27 | % | 1 | % | ||||
| * | Commencement of operations. The commencement of operations date is considered to be the date that the Fund began trading in the secondary market. |
| 1 | Based on average shares outstanding. |
| 2 | Total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period and redemption on the last day of the period. Total return calculated for a period of less than one year is not annualized. |
| 3 | Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized for fiscal periods less than one year and excludes the value of the portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s capital shares. Short-term securities with maturities less than or equal to 365 days are excluded from the portfolio turnover calculation. |
| 4 | Annualized. |
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Financial Highlights (continued)
Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the period is presented below:
| WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Dividend Fund | For the Year Ended March 31, 2024 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2023 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2022 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2021 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2020 | |||||||||||||||
| Net asset value, beginning of year | $ | 28.56 | $ | 31.86 | $ | 31.09 | $ | 18.11 | $ | 27.54 | ||||||||||
| Investment operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net investment income1 | 0.86 | 0.88 | 0.85 | 0.66 | 0.79 | |||||||||||||||
| Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 4.12 | (3.31 | ) | 0.76 | 12.99 | (9.40 | ) | |||||||||||||
| Total from investment operations | 4.98 | (2.43 | ) | 1.61 | 13.65 | (8.61 | ) | |||||||||||||
| Dividends to shareholders: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net investment income | (0.84 | ) | (0.87 | ) | (0.84 | ) | (0.67 | ) | (0.82 | ) | ||||||||||
| Net asset value, end of year | $ | 32.70 | $ | 28.56 | $ | 31.86 | $ | 31.09 | $ | 18.11 | ||||||||||
| TOTAL RETURN2 | 17.79 | % | (7.59 | )% | 5.18 | % | 76.76 | % | (32.22 | )% | ||||||||||
| RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net assets, end of year (000’s omitted) | $ | 1,996,438 | $ | 1,856,681 | $ | 1,881,545 | $ | 1,829,823 | $ | 1,316,919 | ||||||||||
| Ratios to average net assets of: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Expenses3,4 | 0.38 | % | 0.38 | % | 0.38 | % | 0.38 | % | 0.38 | % | ||||||||||
| Net investment income | 2.93 | % | 2.98 | % | 2.66 | % | 2.78 | % | 2.94 | % | ||||||||||
| Portfolio turnover rate5 | 33 | % | 38 | % | 39 | % | 53 | % | 50 | % | ||||||||||
| WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Fund | For the Year Ended March 31, 2024 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2023 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2022 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2021 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2020 | |||||||||||||||
| Net asset value, beginning of year | $ | 43.24 | $ | 47.94 | $ | 47.23 | $ | 22.38 | $ | 36.08 | ||||||||||
| Investment operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net investment income1 | 0.62 | 0.62 | 0.73 | 0.44 | 0.51 | |||||||||||||||
| Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 6.86 | (4.73 | ) | 0.78 | 24.85 | (13.66 | ) | |||||||||||||
| Total from investment operations | 7.48 | (4.11 | ) | 1.51 | 25.29 | (13.15 | ) | |||||||||||||
| Dividends to shareholders: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net investment income | (0.62 | ) | (0.59 | ) | (0.80 | ) | (0.44 | ) | (0.55 | ) | ||||||||||
| Net asset value, end of year | $ | 50.10 | $ | 43.24 | $ | 47.94 | $ | 47.23 | $ | 22.38 | ||||||||||
| TOTAL RETURN2 | 17.43 | % | (8.51 | )% | 3.11 | % | 113.74 | % | (36.87 | )% | ||||||||||
| RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net assets, end of year (000’s omitted) | $ | 648,815 | $ | 570,765 | $ | 692,732 | $ | 609,327 | $ | 419,676 | ||||||||||
| Ratios to average net assets of: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Expenses3,4 | 0.38 | % | 0.38 | % | 0.38 | % | 0.38 | % | 0.38 | % | ||||||||||
| Net investment income | 1.36 | % | 1.40 | % | 1.47 | % | 1.33 | % | 1.45 | % | ||||||||||
| Portfolio turnover rate5 | 47 | % | 51 | % | 54 | % | 56 | % | 55 | % | ||||||||||
| 1 | Based on average shares outstanding. |
| 2 | Total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period and redemption on the last day of the period. For the periods in which the investment adviser waived advisory fees, the total return would have been lower if certain expenses had not been waived. |
| 3 | Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests. |
| 4 | The expense ratio includes investment advisory fee waivers. Without these investment advisory fee waivers, the expense ratio would have been unchanged. |
| 5 | Portfolio turnover rate excludes the value of the portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s capital shares. Short-term securities with maturities less than or equal to 365 days are excluded from the portfolio turnover calculation. |
118 WisdomTree Trust Prospectus |
Financial Highlights (continued)
Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the period is presented below:
| WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund | For the Year Ended March 31, 2024 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2023 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2022 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2021 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2020 | |||||||||||||||
| Net asset value, beginning of year | $ | 41.59 | $ | 44.65 | $ | 45.96 | $ | 25.02 | $ | 34.70 | ||||||||||
| Investment operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net investment income1 | 1.08 | 1.17 | 1.14 | 0.94 | 0.80 | |||||||||||||||
| Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 8.06 | (3.06 | ) | (1.32 | ) | 20.92 | (9.68 | ) | ||||||||||||
| Total from investment operations | 9.14 | (1.89 | ) | (0.18 | ) | 21.86 | (8.88 | ) | ||||||||||||
| Dividends to shareholders: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net investment income | (1.08 | ) | (1.17 | ) | (1.13 | ) | (0.92 | ) | (0.80 | ) | ||||||||||
| Net asset value, end of year | $ | 49.65 | $ | 41.59 | $ | 44.65 | $ | 45.96 | $ | 25.02 | ||||||||||
| TOTAL RETURN2 | 22.40 | % | (4.14 | )% | (0.45 | )% | 88.65 | % | (26.22 | )% | ||||||||||
| RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net assets, end of year (000’s omitted) | $ | 347,821 | $ | 225,625 | $ | 224,833 | $ | 187,733 | $ | 73,802 | ||||||||||
| Ratios to average net assets of: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Expenses | 0.38 | % | 0.38 | % | 0.38 | % | 0.38 | % | 0.38 | % | ||||||||||
| Net investment income | 2.49 | % | 2.81 | % | 2.49 | % | 2.67 | % | 2.29 | % | ||||||||||
| Portfolio turnover rate3 | 51 | % | 51 | % | 60 | % | 83 | % | 51 | % | ||||||||||
| WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Growth Fund | For the
Period January 25, 2024* through March 31, 2024 | |||
| Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 24.79 | ||
| Investment operations: | ||||
| Net investment income1 | 0.04 | |||
| Net realized and unrealized gain | 1.41 | |||
| Total from investment operations | 1.45 | |||
| Net asset value, end of period | $ | 26.24 | ||
| TOTAL RETURN2 | 5.85 | % | ||
| RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA: | ||||
| Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted) | $ | 1,312 | ||
| Ratios to average net assets of: | ||||
| Expenses | 0.38 | %4 | ||
| Net investment income | 0.84 | %4 | ||
| Portfolio turnover rate3 | 1 | % | ||
| * | Commencement of operations. The commencement of operations date is considered to be the date that the Fund began trading in the secondary market. |
| 1 | Based on average shares outstanding. |
| 2 | Total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period and redemption on the last day of the period. Total return calculated for a period of less than one year is not annualized. |
| 3 | Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized for fiscal periods less than one year and excludes the value of the portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s capital shares. Short-term securities with maturities less than or equal to 365 days are excluded from the portfolio turnover calculation. |
| 4 | Annualized. |
WisdomTree Trust Prospectus 119 |
Financial Highlights (continued)
Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the period is presented below:
| WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund | For the Year Ended March 31, 2024 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2023 | For
the Year Ended March 31, 20221 | For
the Year Ended March 31, 20211 | For
the Year Ended March 31, 20201 | |||||||||||||||
| Net asset value, beginning of year | $ | 60.55 | $ | 64.52 | $ | 56.49 | $ | 39.19 | $ | 47.31 | ||||||||||
| Investment operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net investment income2 | 1.60 | 1.60 | 1.43 | 1.33 | 1.38 | |||||||||||||||
| Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 10.15 | (3.86 | ) | 7.94 | 17.30 | (8.13 | ) | |||||||||||||
| Total from investment operations | 11.75 | (2.26 | ) | 9.37 | 18.63 | (6.75 | ) | |||||||||||||
| Dividends to shareholders: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net investment income | (1.55 | ) | (1.71 | ) | (1.34 | ) | (1.33 | ) | (1.37 | ) | ||||||||||
| Net asset value, end of year | $ | 70.75 | $ | 60.55 | $ | 64.52 | $ | 56.49 | $ | 39.19 | ||||||||||
| TOTAL RETURN3 | 19.75 | % | (3.44 | )% | 16.73 | % | 48.15 | % | (14.75 | )% | ||||||||||
| RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net assets, end of year (000’s omitted) | $ | 1,223,973 | $ | 1,077,788 | $ | 1,080,629 | $ | 875,531 | $ | 634,956 | ||||||||||
| Ratios to average net assets of: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Expenses | 0.28 | % | 0.28 | % | 0.28 | % | 0.28 | % | 0.28 | %4,5 | ||||||||||
| Net investment income | 2.54 | % | 2.64 | % | 2.33 | % | 2.73 | % | 2.82 | % | ||||||||||
| Portfolio turnover rate6 | 15 | % | 19 | % | 22 | % | 22 | % | 16 | % | ||||||||||
| WisdomTree U.S. Value Fund | For the Year Ended March 31, 2024 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2023 | For
the Year Ended March 31, 20227 | For
the Year Ended March 31, 20217 | For
the Year Ended March 31, 20207 | |||||||||||||||
| Net asset value, beginning of year | $ | 58.65 | $ | 61.47 | $ | 56.19 | $ | 32.52 | $ | 42.35 | ||||||||||
| Investment operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net investment income2 | 1.27 | 1.17 | 1.08 | 0.76 | 0.76 | |||||||||||||||
| Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 16.79 | (2.83 | ) | 5.19 | 23.79 | (9.88 | ) | |||||||||||||
| Total from investment operations | 18.06 | (1.66 | ) | 6.27 | 24.55 | (9.12 | ) | |||||||||||||
| Dividends to shareholders: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net investment income | (1.19 | ) | (1.16 | ) | (0.99 | ) | (0.88 | ) | (0.71 | ) | ||||||||||
| Net asset value, end of year | $ | 75.52 | $ | 58.65 | $ | 61.47 | $ | 56.19 | $ | 32.52 | ||||||||||
| TOTAL RETURN3 | 31.10 | % | (2.54 | )% | 11.16 | % | 76.07 | % | (21.86 | )% | ||||||||||
| RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net assets, end of year (000’s omitted) | $ | 277,146 | $ | 147,214 | $ | 113,714 | $ | 58,441 | $ | 61,795 | ||||||||||
| Ratios to average net assets of: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Expenses | 0.12 | % | 0.12 | %4,5 | 0.30 | %8 | 0.38 | % | 0.38 | % | ||||||||||
| Net investment income | 1.97 | % | 2.02 | % | 1.77 | % | 1.76 | % | 1.75 | % | ||||||||||
| Portfolio turnover rate6 | 64 | % | 66 | % | 62 | % | 59 | % | 101 | % | ||||||||||
| 1 | Per share amounts were adjusted to reflect a 2:1 share split effective December 23, 2021. |
| 2 | Based on average shares outstanding. |
| 3 | Total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period and redemption on the last day of the period. For the periods in which the investment adviser waived advisory fees, the total return would have been lower if certain expenses had not been waived. |
| 4 | Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests. |
| 5 | The expense ratio includes investment advisory fee waivers. Without these investment advisory fee waivers, the expense ratio would have been unchanged. |
| 6 | Portfolio turnover rate excludes the value of the portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s capital shares. Short-term securities with maturities less than or equal to 365 days are excluded from the portfolio turnover calculation. |
| 7 | Per share amounts were adjusted to reflect a 2:1 share split effective June 10, 2021. |
| 8 | Prior to January 3, 2022, the Fund’s annual advisory fee rate was 0.38% and, thereafter, was reduced to 0.12% per annum. |
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