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Russell 3000® Growth Index
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Definition
The Russell 3000 Growth Index measures the performance of the broad growth segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 3000 companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values.

The Russell 3000 Growth Index is constructed to provide a comprehensive, unbiased, and stable barometer of the broad growth market. The Index is completely reconstituted annually to ensure new and growing equities are included and that the represented companies continue to reflect growth characteristics.

Monthly data
As of May 31, 2009


Statistics

Capitalization (in billions)                    
Average market cap($-WTD)                   52.675
Median market cap                   0.698
Largest company by market cap                   345.086
Fundamental characteristics                    
Price/Book                   2.95
Dividend yield                   1.72
P/E Ex-Neg earnings                   14.57
Lt growth forecast-IBES                   11.97%
EPS growth 5 years                   21.18

The smallest company in each index has been removed from the public website to avoid any confusion. The smallest company could distort the actual distribution in the corresponding index due to corporate action methodology. Use the $wtd average market capitalization for a true measure of the capitalization distribution.

Total returns in percentages

     May     3 month     YTD        1 yr        3 yr        5 yr      10 yr
Russell 3000 Growth   4.88   25.64   10.12   -30.77   -6.16   -1.75   -3.42
Russell 3000   5.34   26.62   3.84   -32.85   -8.40   -1.52   -1.00

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Membership data

Top 10 holdings
Microsoft Corp.
International Business Machines Corp.
Apple, Inc.
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Google, Inc.
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Hewlett-Packard Co.
Philip Morris International, Inc.
The Coca-Cola Company
Intel Corp.

 


Top 10 performers   Ticker   Return
Map Pharmaceuticals Inc   MAPP   328.72
Geokinetics Inc   GOK   180.68
Virgin Mobile USA Inc   VM   134.63
American Dairy Inc   ADY   129.92
Immunomedics Inc   IMMU   114.66
Cytori Therapeutics Inc   CYTX   111.73
Gulfport Energy Corp   GPOR   109.43
Acadia Pharmaceuticals   ACAD   97.98
BMB Munai Inc   KAZ   97.50
Stone Energy Corp   SGY   96.06


Sectors — Largest five by weight

Russell method
Technology
Consumer Discretionary
Health Care
Consumer Staple
Producer Durables
GICS method
Information Technology
Health Care
Industrials
Consumer Staples
Consumer Discretionary
ICB method
Technology
Industrials
Consumer Services
Health Care
Consumer Goods






Copyright © Russell Investments 2009. All rights reserved. This material is proprietary and may not be reproduced, transferred or distributed in any form without prior written permission from Russell Investments. Russell Investments reserves the right at any time and without notice to change, amend, or cease publication of the information. It has been prepared solely for informative purposes. It is made available on an "as is" basis without warranty. Nothing in this publication is intended to constitute legal, tax, securities or investment advice, not an opinion regarding the appropriateness of any investment, nor a solicitation of any type.

The index is unmanaged and cannot be invested in directly.

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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.

Returns represent past performance and are not a guarantee of future performance.

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