Russell 3000 Index

The Russell 3000 Index is a capitalization-weighted stock market index, maintained by the Russell Investment Group, that seeks to be a benchmark of the entire U.S stock market. It measures the performance of the 3,000 largest publicly held companies incorporated in the U.S. based on total market capitalization, which represents approximately 98% of the investable US equity market.

Annual returns reflected by the Russell 3000

Year Price return Total return
1994 0.19
1995 36.80
1996 21.82
1997 31.78
1998 24.14
1999 20.90
2000 -8.52% −7.46
2001 -12.62% −11.46
2002 -22.81% −21.54
2003 28.73% 31.06
2004 10.08% 11.95
2005 4.28% 6.12
2006 13.66% 15.71
2007 3.30% 5.14
2008 -38.70% −37.31
2009 25.46% 28.34%
2010 14.75% 16.93%
2011 -0.92% 1.03%
2012 13.98% 16.42%
2013 30.95% 33.55%
2014 10.45% 12.56%
2015 -1.47% 0.48%

Investing

The Russell 3000 Index is tracked by several exchange-traded funds, such as the iShares Russell 3000 Index (NYSE Arca: IWV).[1][2]

Top 10 holdings

As of 30 September 2014[3]

Record values

Type Date Value
Closing high December 29, 2014 1242.10
Intraday high December 29, 2014 1243.60

Top sectors by weight

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Vanguard page for Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF".
  2. ↑ "iShares Russell 3000 ETF | IWV".
  3. ↑ "Russell 3000® Index". Russel Investments. Russel Indexes. Retrieved 23 October 2014.

External links

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