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Russell Midcap® Growth Index
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Definition
The Russell Midcap Growth Index measures the performance of the mid-cap growth segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell Midcap Index companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values.

The Russell Midcap Growth Index is constructed to provide a comprehensive and unbiased barometer of the mid-cap growth market. The Index is completely reconstituted annually to ensure larger stocks do not distort the performance and characteristics of the true mid-cap growth market.

Monthly data
As of May 31, 2009


Statistics

Capitalization (in billions)                    
Average market cap($-WTD)                   6.242
Median market cap                   2.839
Largest company by market cap                   16.405
Fundamental characteristics                    
Price/Book                   2.66
Dividend yield                   1.16
P/E Ex-Neg earnings                   15.00
Lt growth forecast-IBES                   13.13%
EPS growth 5 years                   18.91

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 Midcap Growth   5.17   31.56   16.07   -35.72   -8.19   -0.22   0.65
Russell 3000   5.34   26.62   3.84   -32.85   -8.40   -1.52   -1.00

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Membership data

Top 10 holdings
Yum! Brands, Inc.
Southwestern Energy Co.
Express Scripts, Inc.
Allergan, Inc.
St. Jude Medical, Inc.
Broadcom Corp.
Juniper Networks, Inc.
American Tower Corp.
TJX Cos., Inc.
Liberty Media Corp.

 


Top 10 performers   Ticker   Return
Foundation Coal Holdings   FCL   80.73
Walter Inv Mgmt Corp   WAC   68.75
Calpine Corp   CPN   67.08
HSN Inc   HSNI   63.53
Tenet Healthcare Corp   THC   61.33
Tree.com Inc   TREE   60.12
GLG Partners Inc   GLG   52.72
Tetra Technologies   TTI   52.10
Plains Exploration & Pro   PXP   49.87
Century Aluminum Co   CENX   48.76


Sectors — Largest five by weight

Russell method
Consumer Discretionary
Technology
Health Care
Producer Durables
Other Energy
GICS method
Information Technology
Consumer Discretionary
Industrials
Health Care
Energy
ICB method
Industrials
Comsumer Services
Technology
Health Care
Oil & Gas






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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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