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Russell Top 50® Index
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Definition
The Russell Top 50 Index measures the performance of the largest companies in the Russell 3000® Index. It includes approximately 50 of the largest securities based on a combination of their market cap and current index membership and represents approximately 40% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000.

The Russell Top 50 Index is constructed to provide a comprehensive unbiased and stable barometer of the largest U.S. companies. The Index is completely reconstituted annually to ensure new and growing equities are reflected.

Monthly data
As of May 31, 2009


Statistics

Capitalization (in billions)*                    
Average market cap ($-WTD)                   126.411
Median market cap                   70.706
Largest company by market cap                   345.086
Fundamental characteristics                    
Price/Book                   2.25
Dividend yield                   2.61
P/E Ex-Neg earnings                   12.97
Lt growth forecast-IBES                   8.71%
EPS growth 5 years                   17.17

* View market cap ranges as of latest reconstitution

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. Refer to the posted market cap ranges to view the actual breakpoints from the previous reconstitution or 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 Top 50   6.03   22.93   0.03   -28.90   -6.74   -2.55   -3.50
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
Exxon Mobil Corp.
Microsoft Corp.
Procter & Gamble Co.
Johnson & Johnson
AT&T, Inc.
International Business Machines Corp.
General Electric Co.
Chevron Corp.
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Apple, Inc.

 


Top 10 performers   Ticker   Return
Mosaic Company   MOS   35.37
Wells Fargo & Co   WFC   27.67
Bank of America Corp   BAC   26.20
American Intl Group   AIG   22.46
Citigroup Inc   C   21.97
Occidental Pete Corp   OXY   19.22
Philip Morris Intl   PM   17.79
Schlumberger Ltd   SLB   16.82
Pfizer Inc   PFE   15.01
Coca Cola Co   KO   14.19


Sectors — Largest five by weight

Russell method
Technology
Integrated Oils
Health Care
Consumer Staple
Financial Services
GICS method
Information Technology
Energy
Consumer Staples
Health Care
Financials
ICB method
Technology
Oil & gas
Health care
Consumer goods
Financials






Copyright © Russell Investments 2009. All rights reserved. This material is proprietary and may not be reproduced, transferred or distributed in any form without prior written permission from Russell Investments. Russell Investments reserves the right at any time and without notice to change, amend, or cease publication of the information. It has been prepared solely for informative purposes. It is made available on an "as is" basis without warranty. Nothing in this publication is intended to constitute legal, tax, securities or investment advice, not an opinion regarding the appropriateness of any investment, nor a solicitation of any type.

The index is unmanaged and cannot be invested in directly.

Russell Investments is the owner of the trademarks, service marks and copyrights related to its indexes.

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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