Russell 3000 Index
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The Russell 3000 Index is a stock market index of US stocks.
The ticker symbol is ^RUA.
This index measures the performance of 3,000 publicly held US companies based on total market capitalization, which represents approximately 98% of the investable US market.
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[edit] Annual returns reflected by the Russell 3000
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.19 |
| 1995 | 36.80 |
| 1996 | 21.82 |
| 1997 | 31.78 |
| 1998 | 24.14 |
| 1999 | 20.90 |
| 2000 | −7.46 |
| 2001 | −11.46 |
| 2002 | −21.54 |
| 2003 | 31.06 |
| 2004 | 11.95 |
| 2005 | 6.12 |
| 2006 | 15.71 |
| 2007 | 5.14 |
| 2008 | −37.31 |
[edit] Investing
The Russell 3000 Index is tracked by the iShares ETF (NYSE: IWV).
[edit] Top 10 holdings
- ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM)
- Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL)
- Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT)
- IBM (NYSE: IBM)
- Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC)
- Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG)
- Pfizer (NYSE: PFE)
- Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ)
- General Electric (NYSE: GE)
- Bank of America (NYSE: BAC)
(as of November 2010)
[edit] Top sectors by weight
- Technology
- Financial Services
- Health Care
- Consumer Discretionary
- Energy
[edit] See also
- Russell Investments
- Russell Indexes
- Russell 2500 Index
- Russell 2000 Index
- Russell 1000 Index
- Russell Top 200 Index
- Russell Top 50 Index
- Russell Midcap Index
- Russell Microcap Index
- Russell Small Cap Completeness Index
