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Russell Microcap® Index
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Definition
The Russell Microcap Index measures the performance of the microcap segment of the U.S. equity market. It makes up less than 3% of the U.S. equity market. It includes 1000 of the smallest securities in the small-cap Russell 2000® Index based on a combination of their market cap and current index membership and it includes the next 1,000 securities.

Russell Microcap Index is constructed to provide a comprehensive and unbiased barometer for the microcap segment trading on national exchanges, while excluding lesser-regulated OTC bulletin board securities and pink-sheet stocks due to their failure to meet national exchange listing requirements. The Russell Microcap Index is completely reconstituted annually to ensure larger stocks do not distort performance and characteristics of the true microcap opportunity set.

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Monthly data
As of July 31, 2008


Statistics

Capitalization (in billions)*                    
Average market cap($-WTD)                   0.311
Median market cap                   0.148
Largest company by market cap                   0.970
Smallest company by market cap                   0.016
Fundamental characteristics                    
Price/Book                   1.60
Dividend yield                   1.34
P/E Ex-Neg earnings                   16.68
Lt growth forecast-IBES                   16.22%
EPS growth 5 years                   11.00

* View market cap ranges as of latest reconstitution

Total returns in percentages


     July     3 month     YTD         1 yr       3 yr        5 yr     10 yr
Russell Microcap   4.65   -1.15   -11.59   -16.11   -1.68   6.46   --
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
Sequenom, Inc.
Invacare Corp.
EZCORP INC
TEAM, Inc.
Cyberonics, Inc.
Gentiva Health Services, Inc.
Interwoven, Inc.
Natus Medical, Inc.
American States Water Co.
HMS Holdings Corp.

   


Top 10 performers   Ticker   Return
U S Airways Group Inc   LCC   102.40
Bluegreen Corp   BXG   90.91
Geoglobal Resources Inc   GGR   88.26
Pinnacle Airl Corp   PNCL   87.97
Decode Genetics Inc   DCGN   73.91
Farmers Capital Bk Corp   FFKT   71.34
Midway Games Inc   MWY   70.45
Medivation Inc   MDVN   69.06
Tower Financial Corp   TOFC   69.05
Cadence Pharmaceuticals   CADX   68.97


Alphabetical membership list

Sectors — Largest five by weight

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Industrials
Technology
Consumer Services






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







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