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Russell 2000® Index


As of January 31, 2012

The Russell 2000 Index measures the performance of the small-cap segment of the U.S. equity universe. The Russell 2000 is a subset of the Russell 3000® Index representing approximately 10% of the total market capitalization of that index. It includes approximately 2000 of the smallest securities based on a combination of their market cap and current index membership.

The Russell 2000 Index is constructed to provide a comprehensive and unbiased small-cap barometer and is completely reconstituted annually to ensure larger stocks do not distort the performance and characteristics of the true small-cap opportunity set.

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Facts and characteristics

Facts

Bloomberg ticker symbol                   RTY
Reuters ticker symbol                   .TOY
Weighted average market cap ($B)                   1.300
Median market cap ($B)                   0.496
Largest company by market cap ($B)                   3.402

Market capitalization ranges as of latest reconstitution

Characteristics

Price/Book                   1.88
Dividend yield                   1.37
Price/Earnings (ex-negative earnings)                   17.72
IBES long-term growth forecast (%)                   13.41
EPS 5-year growth                   3.49


Membership

Complete membership list (PDF) as of latest reconstitution

Top 10 holdings

NETLOGIC MICROSYSTEMS
SUCCESSFACTORS INC
WORLD FUEL SVCS CORP
PARAMETRIC TECHNOLOGY
CLEAN HARBORS INC
HENRY JACK & ASSOCIATES
AMERICAN CAMPUS COMMUN
HOME PROPERTIES INC
BIOMED REALTY TRUST INC
NATIONAL RETAIL PPTYS

Top 10 performers

Holding   Ticker   Return
INHIBITEX INC   INHX   133.36
AMICUS THERAPEUTICS INC   FOLD   88.95
CELLDEX THERAPEUTICS INC   CLDX   82.69
IDENIX PHARMACEUTICALS   IDIX   79.85
GEORGIA GULF CORP   GGC   79.84
GTX INC   GTXI   74.11
MCEWEN MINING INC   MUX   72.62
FRIENDFINDER NETWORKS   FFN   72.00
OREXIGEN THERAPEUTICS   OREX   70.19
USEC INC   USU   67.54


Russell Global Sectors

Top five by weight

Financial Services
Technology
Consumer Discretionary
Producer Durables
Health Care


Performance

Total returns vs. broad market (based on $US)

Russell 2000 Index returns chart

  January   3 month      YTD        1 yr        3 yr        5 yr       10 yr 
Russell 2000   7.07   7.38   7.07   2.86   23.03   1.19   6.45
Russell 3000   5.05   5.62   5.05   3.86   20.24   0.60   4.16

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