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Russell Global ex-Japan Index
Fact sheet

Monthly data
As of October 31, 2008

Statistics

Capitalization (in billions)                    
Average market cap ($-WTD)                   53.837
Median market cap                   0.516
Largest stock by market cap                   391.627
Smallest stock by market cap                   0.001
Fundamental characteristics                    
Price/Book                   1.57
Dividend yield                   3.74
P/E Ex-Neg earnings                   9.9
Lt growth forecast-IBES                   10.45%
EPS growth 5 years                   21.3

Total returns in percentages

     October        YTD       1 yr       3 yr        5 yr       10 yr  
Russell Global
ex-Japan
  -21.05   -41.55   -44.82   -4.54   2.83   2.28

For daily total return details for all Russell indexes, view this page.

Membership data

Top 10 holdings   Country
Exxon Mobil Corp.
Procter & Gamble Co.
General Electric Co.
Microsoft Corp.
Johnson & Johnson
AT&T Inc.
BP PLC
Chevron Corp.
HSBC Holdings PLC
Nestle S.A.
  United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United Kingdom
United States
United Kingdom
Switzerland


Top 10 performers   Return   Country
Wachovia Corp.
AirTran Holdings Inc.
US Airways Group Inc.
Cheniere Energy Inc.
UAL Corp.
Volkswagen AG
National City Corp.
Nektar Therapeutics
ICO Global Communications Holdings Ltd.
Delta Air Lines Inc.
  83.1
68.3
68.2
66.2
65.6
62.2
55.0
54.0
50.5
47.4
  United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
Germany
United States
United States
United States
United States

Country data

Top 5 countries
United States
United Kingdom
France
Canada
Switzerland

Sectors — Largest five by weight

Russell method       GICS method
Financial Services
Energy
Health Care
Technology
Producer Durables
      Financials
Energy
Health Care
Information Technology
Industrials






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