Advisor toolkit Helpful articles, advice and tools Right now your clients need your help in regaining confidence in investing. They need your help to feel in control of their financial future. And you need to be able to focus your energy on what's most important — the planning needs of your clients. Help answer the questions on every investor's mind Ready for more? Download Investor Newsletter Getting started with Russell Interested in building a relationship with Russell?   Already a Russell partner? Interested in more content? RussellLINK is an extensive sales and service resource center for financial professionals who work with Russell. Existing user? Log in now New user? Sign up now What should I do now? Beat the odds by staying invested (PDF) Asset allocation after the crash: When nothing goes as planned, do you change your plan? (PDF) Don't bail out (PDF) The best and worst of times: Perspective and investor behavior Client Analyzer — help your clients get their retirement plans back on track How bad is it out there? Timing the economy, a very dangerous game Learn from bear markets of the past 40 years (PDF) What's the long-term outlook? Read the Investment Manager Outlook for March 2009 (PDF) Economic Recovery Dashboard Focus on your business Our face-to-face approach to practice management has one goal: Help you build your business. We've delivered extensive practice management support—from business analytics to execution—to all types of advisors for nearly two decades. Our suite of tools and concepts is designed to help you improve focus, enhance profitability and tangibly demonstrate value to your clients. You may be wondering: Practice management at a time like this? The following four ideas are actions you can take now that are designed to help you emerge from this most recent market correction with positive momentum. Practice management at a time like this? (PDF) We're here to support you Organizations can say they are here to help - but it's the people on your street who will help you the most. Your Russell sales associates are specialists with the training and experience to help you deliver the best investment options for your clients and also help you build a successful business. Our outside wholesaler team is ranked No. 1 in overall satisfaction in Financial Research Corporation's 2008 Wholesaler Effectiveness survey of 2,042 advisors and branch managers.* In addition to the No. 1 overall ranking, our external wholesalers received top quintile rankings in all of these categories:   product knowledge honesty responsiveness value of face-to-face meetings understanding of advisor businesses impactful value-added programs (practice management) assistance with clients solutions-based approach contact frequency Interested in building a relationship with Russell? Already a Russell Partner? Interested in more content? *Source: Horsesmouth/FRC Wholesaler Effectiveness Survey, July 2008 Copyright © Russell Investments 2008. All rights reserved. Russell Investment Group is a Washington, USA corporation, which operates through subsidiaries worldwide, including Russell Investments, and is a subsidiary of The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. The Russell logo is a registered trademark of Russell Investments. Russell Financial Services, Inc. (formerly Russell Fund Distributors, Inc.), member FINRA, part of Russell Investments. For information on the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, go to www.finra.org. First used May 2009. RFS 09-2009

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