Russell 1000 Index

The Russell 1000 is a worldwide observed stock index. The 1,000 companies listed in the U.S. with the highest market capitalization in him. The Russell 1000 is in competition with the S & P 500 Index company Standard & Poor's.

Calculation

The Russell 1000 is a price index and represents 90 percent of the market capitalization of the U.S. equity markets. Serve as a base 1000 largest public companies in the Russell 3,000., The index is calculated according to the value of index formula that specifies that the measurement number, the total change in value. The Russell 1000 is not adjusted for dividend payments. Corporate actions such as stock splits have no ( distorting ) influence on the index.

The investment universe consists of all companies based in the U.S. that are listed on the New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE), NYSE Amex (formerly the American Stock Exchange) and NASDAQ. They are weighted by market capitalization. About inclusion in the index determines the investment and advisory firm Russell Investment Group. The index composition is reviewed annually. The calculation is during NYSE trading hours 9:30 to 16:00 local time ( 15:30 to 22:00 CET) updated every second.

History

Historical Overview

The Russell 1000 was developed in 1984 by the investment and advisory firm Russell Investment Group and back-calculated on a monthly basis until 1978. It is defined so that the index would have accepted the value of 130 on December 31, 1986.

A milestone in the development of the Russell 1000 was August 6, 1997, when it was first finished trading above the 500 -point mark with 503.65 points. The index also marked in the following years further record highs. On July 6, 1998 he finished with 604.61 points for the first time surpassed the mark of 600 points. The mark of 700 points overcame the index for the first time on 12 April 1999 with a final score of 702.89 points.

On 22 March 2000 he graduated with 800.06 points for the first time on the 800 -point mark. Until 1 September 2000, the index rose to 813.71 points, which was an all-time high for six and a half years. After the bursting of the speculative bubble in the technology sector ( dot-com bubble ), the price barometer fell to a low of 410.52 points to 9 October 2002. That was a decline since September 1, 2000 at 49.5 percent.

The October 9, 2002 marked the end of the descent. From autumn 2002, the Russell 1000 was back on the way up. The high from 1 September 2000 overcame the index on April 25, 2007, when he finished with 815.43 points. On 9 October 2007, the Russell 1000 with a closing level of 852.32 points at an all time high.

In the course of the international financial crisis in the U.S. real estate crisis originated in the summer of 2007, the index began to fall again. On October 9, 2008 since 23 May 2003, he finished with 492.13 points for the first time under the limit of 500 points. At the lowest level since October 1, 1996, the Russell 1000 fell on March 9, 2009, when he finished trading with 367.55 points. Since the all-time high on 9 October 2007, this represents a decrease of 56.9 percent.

The March 9, 2009 marked the end of the descent. From the spring of 2009, the market index was back on the way up. Until 29 April 2011, he rose by 106.0 percent to a closing level of 758.45 points. The slowdown in the global economy and the intensification of the euro crisis led to a fall in the stock index. On 3 October 2011, the price barometer ended trading at 604.42 points, up by 20.3 per cent lower than five months earlier.

The announcement of new bond purchase programs of the European Central Bank and the U.S. Federal Reserve in principle unlimited extent led to a recovery of prices in the stock market. The monetary stimulus played a greater role in price formation, as the global economic slowdown and the position of the company. On January 17, 2013, the Russell 1000 closed at 821.61 points, up by 35.9 per cent as on October 3, 2011.

Highs

The overview shows the all-time highs of the Russell 1000 companies.

Milestones

The table shows the milestones of the Russell 1000 since 1986.

Annual development

The table shows the development of the back-calculated to 1978 Russell 1000 companies.