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October 2009
Contents
I. II. Dow Jones Industrial Average S&P 500 a. Not All Market Caps Are Created Equal b. Index Profiles by Market Capitalization c. Differentiating Between Value and Growth IV. MSCI Indexes a. Defining Value and Growth Styles V. Appendix
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To better understand how this translates to the Dow Jones average, imagine a one point change in one of the Dow components. As shown below, a one point change would lead to a more than seven point change to the DJIA: 1 / 0.132319125 = 7.56 Of the 30 stocks currently in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, only General Electric was among the original 12 industrial stocks. The stock moved in and out of the index several times before becoming a seemingly permanent member of the index in 1907. The current DJIA stocks are shown below:
As of June 30, 2009 Stock Alcoa American Express AT&T
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Date Added June 1, 1959 August 30, 1982 November 1, 1999 February 19, 2008 March 12, 1987 May 6, 1991 February 19, 2008 June 8, 2009 March 12, 1987 November 20, 1935 October 1, 1928 November 7, 1907 November 1, 1999 March 17, 1997 June 29, 1979 November 1, 1999 May 6, 1991 March 17, 1997 September 22, 2008 October 30, 1985 June 29, 1979 November 1, 1999 August 9, 1976 April 8, 2004 May 26, 1932 June 8, 2009 March 14, 1939 April 8, 2004 March 17, 1997 May 6, 1991
Replaced National Steel Manville Union Carbide Altria Group Inco Navistar International Honeywell International Citigroup Owens-Illinois Glass Borden Index expansion Tennessee Coal & Iron Sears, Roebuck Texaco Chrysler Goodyear Tire & Rubber Primerica Bethlehem Steel AIG American Brands Esmark Chevron Anaconda Copper Eastman Kodak United Air Transport General Motors Nash Kelvinator International Paper Woolworth USX
Bank of America Boeing Caterpillar Chevron Cisco Systems Coca-Cola DuPont ExxonMobil General Electric Home Depot Hewlett-Packard IBM Intel JPMorganChase Johnson & Johnson Kraft Foods McDonalds Merck Microsoft 3M Pfizer Procter & Gamble Travelers United Technologies Verizon Communications Wal-Mart Stores Walt Disney
Name change from SBC Communications to AT&T Inc. following merger with AT&T on November 21, 2005
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Among recent changes to eligibility: The exclusion of blank-check companies and special purpose acquisition companies became effective the first quarter of 2008. Also of note, while closed-end investment companies are not eligible for inclusion in the Russell indexes, business development companies (BDCs) are eligible. Russell had made a number of changes in recent years designed to lower turnover and avoid frontrunning changes to the index. This was the third year Russell used a banding methodology as part of its annual reconstitution. Simply put, this provides a cushion to borderline stocks from being automatically moved up or down between the larger- and smaller-cap indexes. While new members to the index are assigned a size category along strict capitalization guidelines, more leeway is provided to existing index members. Currently, Russell places a cumulative 5% market-cap range around these breakpoints in most indexes such that a stock can fall within 2.5 percentage points of the break without moving to a new capitalization index. The only differences: The micro-cap index is banded at 1%, or 0.5 points There is no percentile banding around the bottom of the Russell 3000 or Russell 3000E Index
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Index Russell 3000E Index Russell 3000 Index Russell Top 200 Index Russell Midcap Index Russell 1000 Index Russell 2000 Index Russell 2500
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Large Cap Market Cap Segment Definition Upside Buffer Zone Downside Buffer Zone 301-450 1-300
Micro Cap
1851-2500
MSCI reviews its indexes for capitalization appropriateness twice each year, in May and November. After allowing for index migration as established by the above buffer zones, MSCI then fixes each index at its set number such that the large-cap index always contains 300 stocks; the mid-cap index, 450; and 1750 stocks are in its small-cap index. If, for example, following those changes, fewer than 300 names were included in the large-cap index, the largest names in the mid-cap index would migrate up until the number of stocks in the large-cap index reached its specified level of 300. If a security falls in the buffer zone for four consecutive semi-annual reviews, it will be reclassified to the appropriate index at that fourth review.
Style
Value Growth Both Neither
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V. Appendix
Disclosures
OFI Institutional Asset Management ("OFI Institutional") is the marketing name used by each of the members of the OFI Institutional Group that consists of institutional investment advisers affiliated with OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (OFI). The OFI Institutional Group includes the following SEC registered investment advisers: OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. and Trinity Investment Management Corporation. Professionals that provide portfolio management, analysis, trading, and other services for OFI Institutional may be employed by members of the OFI Institutional Group, OFI, or an affiliate of OFI. S&P 500 and S&P are trademarks of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. The S&P 500 Index is a broad-based measure of domestic stock performance that includes the reinvestment of dividends. The index is unmanaged and cannot be purchased directly by investors. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only and does not predict or depict the performance of a particular product. The Russell 3000E Index, Russell 3000 Index, Russell Top 200 Index, Russell Midcap Index, Russell 1000 Index, Russell 2000 Index, Russell 2500 Index, and Russell Microcap Index are trademarks/service marks of the Frank Russell Company. Past performance does not guarantee future results. For Institutional Use Only. This material has been prepared by OFI Institutional Asset Management for institutional investors only. It has not been filed with FINRA and may not be reproduced, shown, quoted to, or used with members of the public. 2009 OFI Institutional Asset Management. All rights reserved.
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