Russell 2000

The Russell 2000 is a worldwide observed stock index for small cap stocks ( small caps ). 2000 smallest weighted by market capitalization U.S. companies in the Russell 3000 are listed in it.

Calculation

The Russell 2000 is a price index and represents ten percent of the market capitalization of the U.S. equity markets. Serve as a base 2000 smallest 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 2000 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 2000 was developed in 1984 by the investment and advisory firm Russell Investment Group and calculated back to 1978. It is defined such that the index would have accepted the value of 135 on December 31, 1986.

Milestones in the development of the Russell 2000, December 31, 1999, when the index trading 504.75 points for the first time ended on the 500 -point mark and March 6, 2000, when he with 601.64 points for the first time closed above the mark of 600 points. Until 9 March 2000, the index rose to a high of 606.05 points, which was an all-time high for half a decade.

Had the bursting of the speculative bubble in the technology sector ( dotcom bubble ) also affect the Russell 2000 He fell to 9 October 2002 to a low of 327.04 points.. That was a decline since March 2000 by 46.0 percent. The October 9, 2002 marks the end of the descent. From autumn 2002, the Russell 2000 started to rise again.

The high of March 2000 overcame the index on May 5, 2004, when he finished with 606.39 points. He also marked in the following years further record highs. On 9 January 2006, the index increased with a final score of 706.24 points for the first time the mark of 700 points. The 800 -point mark for the first time was on 31 January 2007, when the index closed at 800.34 points. On 13 July 2007, the Russell 2000 ended the day at 855.77 points.

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 September 30, 2003, he graduated with 499.20 points for the first time under the limit of 500 points. At its lowest level since 16 October 1998, the Russell 2000 fell on March 9, 2009, when he finished trading with 343.26 points. Since the peak of 13 July 2007, this represents a decrease of 59.9 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 152.1 percent to a closing level of 865.29 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 609.49 points, up by 29.6 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 2000 with a closing level of 890.36 points at an all time high. The profit since the low on October 3, 2011 amounts to 46.1 percent.

Highs

The overview shows the all-time highs in the Russell 2000.

Milestones

The table shows the milestones of the Russell 2000 since 1986.

The best days

The table shows the best days of back-calculated to 1978 Russell 2000.

The worst day

The table shows the worst days of back-calculated to 1978 Russell 2000.

Annual development

The table shows the development of the back-calculated to 1978 Russell 2000.