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Russell Global SMID Growth Index


As of April 30, 2012

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Facts and characteristics

Facts

Bloomberg ticker symbol                  
Weighted average market cap ($B)                   3.930
Median market cap ($B)                   2.024
Largest stock by market cap                   15.899

Characteristics

Price/Book                   2.77    
Dividend Yield                   1.82    
P/E Ex-Neg Earnings                   17.0    
Long-Term Growth Forecast - IBES                   14.70    
EPS Growth - 5 Years                   12.5    


Membership

Top 10 holdings

Holding       Country
Ultrapar Participacoes SA       Brazil
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc       United States
Monster Beverage Corp       United States
Pembina Pipeline       Canada
Herbalife Ltd       United States
Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp       Canada
Family Dollar Stores Inc       United States
Next PLC       United Kingdom
Elan Corp PLC       Ireland
Ametek Inc       United States

Top 10 performers

Holding   1 Mo Return %   Country
Human Genome Sciences Inc   78.5   United States
Bank Gospodarki Zywnosciowej S.A.   55.5   Poland
Statoil Fuel & Retail ASA   45.8   Norway
Rhoen Klinikum AG   40.3   Germany
E-House China Holdings Ltd ADR   37.3   China
Catalyst Health Solutions Inc   35.5   United States
Alimentation Couche Tard Inc B   32.4   Canada
Logitech International SA   31.1   Switzerland
Schneider Electric Infrastructure LTD   30.1   India
Uni-President China Holdings Ltd   29.5   China

Top five countries

United States    
United Kingdom    
Canada    
China    
Australia    


Russell Global Sectors

Top five by weight

Consumer Discretionary    
Producer Durables    
Materials & Processing    
Financial Services    
Technology    


Performance

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

    April   YTD   1 Yr   3 Yr   5 Yr   10 Yr
Global SMID Growth   -0.45   14.48   -7.20   22.74   2.07   9.39

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