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Russell Developed Pacific Basin Index
Fact Sheet

Monthly Data
As of April 30, 2008

Statistics

Capitalization (in billions)                    
Average Market Cap ($-WTD)                   29.631
Median Market Cap                   0.681
Largest Stock by Market Cap                   173.839
Smallest Stock by Market Cap                   0.034
Fundamental Characteristics                    
Price/Book                   1.68
Dividend Yield                   2.40
P/E Ex-Neg Earnings                   14.1
Lt Growth Forecast-IBES                   10.18%
EPS Growth 5 years                   26.1

Total Returns in Percentages

     April       YTD      1 yr       3 yr        5 yr       10 yr  
Russell Developed Pacific Basin   6.89   -2.92   -1.87   12.85   19.79   7.94

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Membership Data

Top 10 Holdings   Country
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Canon Inc.
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.
Nintendo Co. Ltd.
National Australia Bank Ltd.
Sony Corp.
Mizuho Financial Group Inc.
BHP Billiton Ltd.
Toyota Motor Corp.
  Japan
Australia
Japan
Japan
Japan
Australia
Japan
Japan
Australia
Japan


Top 10 Performers   Return   Country
Allco Finance Group Ltd.
Suruga Corp.
Ardepro Co. Ltd.
Sun Frontier Fudousan Co. Ltd.
Rubicon Europe Trust Group
Western Areas N.L.
Rubicon America Trust
J-Rep Co. Ltd.
Compass Resources N.L.
Fubon Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd.
  128.2
101.1
95.4
82.6
77.3
69.2
65.2
63.6
62.1
58.9
  Australia
Japan
Japan
Japan
Australia
Australia
Australia
Japan
Australia
Hong Kong

Country Data

Top 5 Countries
Japan
Australia
Hong Kong
Singapore
New Zealand

Sectors — Largest Five by Weight

Russell Method       GICS Method
Financial Services
Materials and Processing
Consumer Discretionary
Producer Durables
Technology
      Financials
Industrials
Consumer Discretionary
Materials
Information Technology






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