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Russell Fundamental Emerging Markets Large
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About the index
(as of 6/30/2014)
Russell Fundamental
Emerging Markets
Large Company
Russell Emerging
Markets Large Cap
Average Market Cap ($-WTD) $54.671 $45.285
Median Market Cap $12.646 $6.005
Largest Stock by Market Cap $223.411 $223.411
Index characteristics
(as of 6/30/2014)
Russell Fundamental
Emerging Markets
Large Company
Russell Emerging
Markets Large Cap
Number of Holdings 297 917
Dividend Yield 3.22 2.58
P/E Ex-Neg Earnings 9.63 12.83
Price/Cash Flow 5.00 7.57
Return on Equity - 5 Year Avg 0.16 0.18
The Russell Fundamental Emerging Markets Large Company Index
ranks and weights emerging markets companies by three
fundamental measures of company sizeAdjusted sales, Retained
operating cash flow and Dividends plus buybacksrather than by
market capitalization. Fundamental scores are created based on
these metrics by ranking companies by each fundamental factor.
Individual factor weights are averaged to determine overall
fundamental weights. The Russell Fundamental Emerging Markets
Large Company Index is comprised of emering market companies in
the top 87.5% when ranked by fundamental weight. Once the index
has been created it is rebalanced quarterly using a tranche
methodology.
The Russell Fundamental Index Series was built in collaboration
with Research Affiliates. The index series is based on the RAFI
Fundamental Index methodology of selecting and weighting
constituents by fundamental measures of company size rather than
by market capitalization.
Market capitalization (in billions USD)
RUSSELL FUNDAMENTAL
EMERGING MARKETS
LARGE COMPANY INDEX
RUSSELL INDEXES
PERFORMANCE
1 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Russell Fundamental Emerging Markets Large Company 17.95 0.46 11.15 15.59 73.76 23.28 -15.23 18.24 -1.01 5.18
Russell Emerging Markets Large Cap 16.26 0.45 10.28 12.56 81.64 20.72 -18.06 18.17 -0.65 6.55
Performance (as of 6/30/2014)
Annualized returns (%) Calendar year returns (%)
Annualized risk -
Standard Dev (%) (as of 6/30/2014)
1 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
Russell Fundamental
Emerging Markets
Large Company
12.28 19.76 19.36 23.68
Russell Emerging
Markets Large Cap
11.93 19.25 19.02 23.91
Sharpe ratio (as of 6/30/2014)
1 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
Russell Fundamental
Emerging Markets
Large Company
0.71 0.08 0.63 0.66
Russell Emerging
Markets Large Cap
0.65 0.08 0.60 0.54
Total return - growth of $100 (as of 6/30/2014)
Company Weight
Gazprom OAO 4.37%
Lukoil OAO 3.76%
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 3.59%
Petroleo Brasileiro SA Pref 2.37%
China Construction Bank Corp H 1.84%
Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg Co Ltd 1.73%
China Mobile Ltd 1.72%
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp H 1.52%
Petroleo Brasileiro SA 1.50%
HON HAI Precision Industry Co Ltd 1.49%
Total* 23.89%
*May not equal due to rounding
Top ten index constituents
(as of 6/30/2014)
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The inception date of the Russell Fundamental Emerging Markets Large Company Index is February 24, 2011. The inception date of the Russell Emerging Markets Large Cap Index is January 17, 2007.
Returns provided for each Russell Index may include data for periods prior to when each Russell Index was in live production. Historical returns for these Russell Indexes prior to the live production date are
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Sectors by weight* (as of 6/30/2014)
*May not equal 100% due to rounding
RUSSELL FUNDAMENTAL EMERGING MARKETS LARGE COMPANY
INDEX

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