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LifePoints® Balanced Strategy Fund
Aiming for higher return while managing risk

Invest with Russell Fund objective
Seeks to provide above-average capital appreciation and
a moderate level of current income


Investment strategy
  • Seeks to provide above-average capital appreciation and a moderate level of current income.

  • A broadly diversified fund of funds, investing in a combination of underlying funds consisting of approximately 60% stocks and 40% bonds.

  • Exposure to stocks for capital appreciation, while maintaining some exposure to bonds for stability of investment principal.

  • Equity exposure blends growth, market-oriented and value styles with exposure to stocks in both U.S. and non-U.S. markets.
Fund highlights
  • Balances the growth potential of stocks with a moderate bond allocation for stability.

  • Diversifies across 4 broad asset classes, 8 funds and more than 50 manager products.

  • Maintains an optimal target asset allocation for a balanced investor through regular rebalancing.
Characteristics
As of 09/30/2009
Updated quarterly

     
Total market value (all classes)   $4.23 billion
Net asset value (Class S)   $9.34
Beta (Class S)1   0.75
30-day SEC yield (Class S)2   3.23

1 A statistical measure of a stock's volatility compared with the overall market, as measured by the Russell 3000® Index. A beta of less than one indicates lower risk than the market; a beta of more than one indicates higher risk than the market. The Russell 3000 measures the performance of the 3,000 largest U.S. securities based on total market capitalization.

2 The fund's current yield for the 30-day period ending 09/30/2009

    Cusip   Ticker
Class A   782478622   RBLAX
Class C   782493373   RBLCX
Class E   782493530   RBLEX
Class S   782493134   RBLSX
Class R1   782478366   RBLRX
Class R2   782478358   RBLTX
Class R3   782493589   RBLDX





Fund objectives, risks, charges and expenses should be carefully considered before investing. For a prospectus containing this and other important information call Russell at 1-866-676-7680 or go to the prospectus and reports page to download one. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.

not FDIC insured






For more information on Russell LifePoints® Funds or underlying Russell Funds, contact your investment professional or plan administrator for assistance.
Each of the LifePoints® Funds, Target Portfolio Series, invests its assets in shares of a number of underlying Russell Funds. From time to time, the fund’s adviser may modify the target asset allocation for any fund and/or the underlying funds in which a fund invests. In addition, the funds may in the future invest in other funds which are not currently underlying funds.
Diversification and strategic asset allocation do not assure profit or protect against loss in declining markets.
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.
LifePoints® and the Russell logo are registered trademarks and service marks of Russell Investments.


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