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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.

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Monthly data
As of October 31, 2008


Statistics

Capitalization (in billions)                    
Average market cap($-WTD)                   55.061
Median market cap                   0.678
Largest company by market cap                   391.627
Smallest company by market cap                   0.014
Fundamental characteristics                    
Price/Book                   2.77
Dividend yield                   1.72
P/E Ex-Neg earnings                   12.74
Lt growth forecast-IBES                   14.06%
EPS growth 5 years                   22.89

Total returns in percentages

     October     3 month     YTD        1 yr       3 yr        5 yr     10 yr
Russell 3000 Growth   -17.93   -26.56   -34.26   -37.04   -5.85   -1.19   -1.82
Russell 3000   -17.74   -24.31   -33.21   -36.60   -5.46   0.46   1.05

For daily total return details for all Russell indexes, view this page.

Membership data

Top 10 holdings
Microsoft Corp.
International Business Machines Corp.
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Apple, Inc.
Hewlett-Packard Co.
Philip Morris International, Inc.
Abbott Laboratories
Google, Inc.
PepsiCo, Inc.

 


Top 10 performers   Ticker   Return
Airtran Holdings Inc   AAI   68.31
Cheniere Energy Inc   LNG   66.22
UAL Corp   UAUA   65.64
Nektar Therapeutics   NKTR   54.04
ICO Global Comm Hldgs   ICOG   50.46
Delta Air Lines Inc Del   DAL   47.38
Spartan Motors Inc   SPAR   44.34
Emergent Biosolutions   EBS   37.59
NL Industries Inc   NL   34.18
Georesources Inc   GEOI   30.37


Sectors — Largest five by weight

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






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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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