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Russell BRIC Growth Index


As of April 30, 2012

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Facts and characteristics

Facts

Bloomberg ticker symbol                  
Weighted average market cap ($B)                   50.232
Median market cap ($B)                   0.982
Largest stock by market cap                   286.808

Characteristics

Price/Book                   2.27    
Dividend Yield                   2.56    
P/E Ex-Neg Earnings                   11.6    
Long-Term Growth Forecast - IBES                   16.59    
EPS Growth - 5 Years                   24.5    


Membership

Top 10 holdings

Holding       Country
China Construction Bank Corp H       China
Vale SA Pref A       Brazil
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China H       China
Baidu.com Inc. (ADR)       China
Itau Unibanco Holding SA Pref       Brazil
CNOOC Ltd       China
Vale SA       Brazil
Cia de Bebidas das Americas Pref       Brazil
Banco Bradesco SA Pref       Brazil
Tencent Holdings Ltd       China

Top 10 performers

Holding   1 Mo Return %   Country
Syswin Inc-Spon ADS   57.3   China
Texhong Textile Group Ltd   49.7   China
China Nepstar Chain Drugstore Ltd (ADR)   40.2   China
Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills   39.5   India
E-House China Holdings Ltd ADR   37.3   China
Prraneta Industries Ltd   32.8   India
VST Industries Ltd   30.2   India
Schneider Electric Infrastructure LTD   30.1   India
Uni-President China Holdings Ltd   29.5   China
China Railway Construction Corp Ltd H   28.3   China

Top countries

China    
Brazil    
India    
Russia    


Russell Global Sectors

Top five by weight

Financial Services    
Materials & Processing    
Energy    
Consumer Staples    
Technology    


Performance

Total returns (based on $US)
Russell BRIC Growth Index returns chart

    April   YTD   1 Yr   3 Yr   5 Yr   10 Yr
BRIC Growth   -1.50   13.01   -16.92   16.91   1.56   17.08

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