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Russell Fundamental Developed ex-U.S. Small Company Index


As of April 30, 2013

The Russell Fundamental Developed ex-U.S. Small Company Index measures the performance of the small company size segment by fundamental scores. The fundamental overall company scores are created using as the universe the members of the Russell Developed ex-U.S. Index. Securities are grouped in order of decreasing company score for each index and each company receives a weight as a percentage of the sum of the weights of the individual securities within each index. Companies are split at the 87.5% point based on fundamental weights. Companies below this breakpoint make up the Small Company Index.

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Facts and characteristics

Facts

Bloomberg ticker symbol                   RUFDXUSU
Weighted average market cap ($B)                   3.519
Median market cap ($B)                   1.772
Largest stock by market cap                   43.684

Characteristics

Price/Book                   1.30    
Dividend Yield                   2.60    
P/E Ex-Neg Earnings                   16.1    
Price/Cash Flow                   8.2    
Price/Sales                   0.7    



Membership

Top 10 holdings

Holding   Weight   Country
Aiful Corp   0.32   Japan
Tokyu Land Corp   0.28   Japan
Hino Motors Ltd   0.26   Japan
Gamesa Corp Tecnologica SA   0.25   Spain
SBI Holdings Inc   0.24   Japan
Shinsei Bank Ltd   0.22   Japan
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc   0.22   Japan
Intl Consolidated Airlines Group SA   0.22   United Kingdom
Bellway PLC   0.21   United Kingdom
Tokyo Tatemono Co Ltd   0.21   Japan

Top 10 performers

Holding   1 Mo Return %   Country
SBI Holdings Inc   119.1   Japan
Aiful Corp   71.6   Japan
Haseko Corp   59.4   Japan
Oki Electric Industry Co Ltd   54.3   Japan
Acom Co Ltd   42.3   Japan
Hino Motors Ltd   42.1   Japan
Renewable Energy Corp ASA   40.8   Norway
Nippon Road Co Ltd   38.7   Japan
IREN SpA   37.1   Italy
Sankyo-Tateyama Inc   36.8   Japan

Top five countries

Country   Weight
Japan   38.61
United Kingdom   12.93
Canada   7.81
France   5.09
Australia   4.98


Russell Global Sectors

Top five by weight

Sector   Weight
Producer Durables   21.81
Consumer Discretionary   19.49
Financial Services   19.06
Materials & Processing   12.22
Technology   7.48


Performance

Total returns (based on $US)
Russell Fundamental Developed ex-U.S. Small Company Index returns chart

    April   YTD   1 Yr   3 Yr   5 Yr   10 Yr
Fundamental Dev xUS SC   4.58   12.93   19.13   9.65   5.45   14.91

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