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Russell 3000® Index


As of April 30, 2013

The Russell 3000 Index measures the performance of the largest 3000 U.S. companies representing approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market.

The Russell 3000 Index is constructed to provide a comprehensive, unbiased, and stable barometer of the broad market and is completely reconstituted annually to ensure new and growing equities are reflected.

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Facts and characteristics

Facts

Bloomberg ticker symbol                   RAY
Reuters ticker symbol                   .THY
Weighted average market cap ($B)                   90.057
Median market cap ($B)                   1.161
Largest company by market cap ($B)                   416.132

Market capitalization ranges as of latest reconstitution

Characteristics

Price/Book                   2.36
Dividend yield                   2.02
Price/Earnings (ex-negative earnings)                   16.88
IBES long-term growth forecast (%)                   11.24
EPS 5-year growth                   9.75


Membership

Complete membership list (PDF) as of latest reconstitution

Top 10 holdings

EXXON MOBIL CORP
APPLE INC
MICROSOFT CORP
CHEVRON CORP
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO
JOHNSON & JOHNSON
INTL BUSINESS MACHINES
PFIZER INC
GOOGLE INC
PROCTER & GAMBLE CO

Top 10 performers

Holding   Ticker   Return
NII HOLDINGS INC   NIHD   100.92
FIRST SOLAR INC   FSLR   72.70
BIOCRYST PHARMACEUTICALS   BCRX   68.91
OVERSTOCK COM INC   OSTK   68.83
GASTAR EXPL LTD   GST   59.09
EDUCATION MGMT CORP   EDMC   54.50
ASTEX PHARMACEUTICALS   ASTX   54.26
POWER-ONE INC   PWER   52.29
GLOBAL GEOPHYSICAL SVCS   GGS   48.57
SUCAMPO PHARMA   SCMP   45.41


Russell Global Sectors

Top five by weight

Financial Services
Technology
Consumer Discretionary
Health Care
Producer Durables


Performance

Total returns (based on $US)

Russell 3000 Index returns chart

  April   3 month      YTD        1 yr        3 yr        5 yr       10 yr 
Russell 3000   1.64   7.02   12.89   17.21   12.78   5.63   8.48

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