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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.

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Monthly data
As of August 31, 2008


Statistics

Capitalization (in billions)                    
Average market cap($-WTD)                   92.323
Median market cap                   30.511
Largest company by market cap                   422.748
Smallest company by market cap                   2.917
Fundamental characteristics                    
Price/Book                   4.02
Dividend yield                   1.47
P/E Ex-Neg earnings                   17.44
Lt growth forecast-IBES                   14.43%
EPS growth 5 years                   22.27

Total returns in percentages

     August     3 month      YTD       1 yr       3 yr        5 yr      10 yr 
Russell Top 200 Growth   1.15   -7.11   -10.04   -6.45   4.08   4.97   1.26
Russell 3000   1.55   -7.57   -10.39   -10.22   3.92   7.57   5.52

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Membership data

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

 


Top 10 performers   Ticker   Return
Lowes Cos Inc   LOW   21.26
Target Corp   TGT   17.60
Time Warner Inc   TWX   14.77
Best Buy   BBY   12.71
Sysco Corp   SYY   12.24
Lockheed Martin Corp   LMT   12.00
Vmware Inc   VMW   10.74
Cisco Systems Inc   CSCO   9.37
Unitedhealth Group Inc   UNH   8.44
Merck & Co Inc   MRK   8.42


Sectors — Largest five by weight

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






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







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