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Russell Top 200® Growth Index
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Definition
The Russell Top 200 Growth Index offers measures the performance of the especially large cap segment of the U.S. equity universe represented by stocks in the largest 200 by market cap that exhibit growth characteristics. It includes Russell Top 200 Index companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecast growth values. The companies also are members of the Russell 1000® Growth Index.

The Russell Top 200 Growth Index is constructed to provide a comprehensive and unbiased barometer of this larger cap 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)                   76.591
Median market cap                   22.576
Largest company by market cap                   345.086
Fundamental characteristics                    
Price/Book                   3.18
Dividend yield                   2.06
P/E Ex-Neg earnings                   14.32
Lt growth forecast-IBES                   11.13%
EPS growth 5 years                   22.17

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 Top 200 Growth   4.87   23.01   8.19   -28.57   -4.96   -2.25   -4.62
Russell 3000   5.34   26.62   3.84   -32.85   -8.40   -1.52   -1.00

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

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
CME Group Inc   CME   45.31
Prudential Financial Inc   PRU   38.19
State Street Corp   STT   36.10
Mosaic Company   MOS   35.37
NYSE Euronext   NYX   29.48
Peabody Energy Corp   BTU   28.76
United States Steel Corp   X   28.58
Morgan Stanley   MS   28.26
National Oilwell Varco   NOV   27.54
Las Vegas Sands Corp   LVS   26.73


Sectors — Largest five by weight

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






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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