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Russell Midcap® Growth Index
Fact sheet

Definition
The Russell Midcap Growth Index measures the performance of the mid-cap growth segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell Midcap Index companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values.

The Russell Midcap Growth Index is constructed to provide a comprehensive and unbiased barometer of the mid-cap growth market. The Index is completely reconstituted annually to ensure larger stocks do not distort the performance and characteristics of the true mid-cap growth market.

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Monthly data
As of July 31, 2008


Statistics

Capitalization (in billions)                    
Average market cap($-WTD)                   8.062
Median market cap                   4.148
Largest company by market cap                   18.095
Smallest company by market cap                   0.777
Fundamental characteristics                    
Price/Book                   3.70
Dividend yield                   0.85
P/E Ex-Neg earnings                   18.23
Lt growth forecast-IBES                   16.56%
EPS growth 5 years                   24.46

Total returns in percentages

     July     3 month     YTD        1 yr       3 yr        5 yr     10 yr
Russell Midcap Growth   -3.80   -6.14   -10.35   -7.92   4.81   10.67   5.69
Russell 3000   -0.80   -7.12   -11.76   -10.32   3.06   7.71   3.62

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Membership data

Top 10 holdings
Avon Products, Inc.
PPL Corp.
Yum! Brands, Inc.
American Tower Corp.
Allergan, Inc.
St. Jude Medical, Inc.
T Rowe Price Group, Inc.
Northern Trust Corp.
Murphy Oil Corp.
Smith International, Inc.

 


Top 10 performers   Ticker   Return
AMR Corp   AMR   76.37
Philadelphia Cons Hldg   PHLY   72.06
Rohm & Haas Co   ROH   61.50
Imclone Systems Inc   IMCL   58.01
Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc   BRL   46.36
App Pharmaceuticals Inc   APPX   41.51
Apollo Group Inc   APOL   40.74
Delta Air Lines Inc Del   DAL   32.28
Copa Holdings SA   CPA   27.13
Pulte Homes Inc   PHM   26.79


Sectors — Largest five by weight

Russell method
Consumer Discretionary
Technology
Health Care
Other Energy
Producer Durables
GICS method
Information Technology
Industrials
Consumer Discretionary
Energy
Health Care
ICB method
Industrials
Comsumer Services
Technology
Health Care
Oil & Gas






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Returns represent past performance and are not a guarantee of future performance.







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