Index Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) & Tracking Stocks
- Russell 3000
Stock Market Investing &
Trading System
The Russell 3000 Index was created in 1984 by Frank Russell Company and
was designed to track the performance of small-cap companies. Russell 3000
Index ETF (Exchange Traded Fund), trading exclusively at the
AMEX
Exchange, make it simple to participate in the small-cap market.
The main U.S. index is the Russell 3000®
Index, which is divided into several sub-indexes, including the well-known
small-cap Russell 2000® Index.
The popularity of the Russell 3000 as a small-cap benchmark leads to
four fundamental reasons for using RUT options:
About Russell 3000 Index Funds & ETFs
Investors are able to trade a broad market by making one
Russell
3000 Index ETF (Exchange Traded Fund) trading decision rather than making the
many decisions involved with investing in numerous individual stocks.
Insurance
Russell 3000 Index ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds) offer a convenient and
easy way to help reduce the market risk of a broad market portfolio of
many small-cap stocks, without disrupting the make-up of the portfolio.
Leverage
Purchasing
Russell
3000 Index ETFs, instead of buying or selling thousands
of individual stocks, provides an investor with an additional opportunity
to use investment capital elsewhere. For a relatively small percentage
gain in the underlying index, a Russell 3000 Index ETFs can increase in
value by a multiple of that gain.
Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) & iShares
|
Securities |
Issuer |
Type |
Symbol / Root |
|
Russell 3000 Growth Index Fund |
AMEX |
ETF |
IWZ |
|
Russell 3000 Index Fund |
AMEX |
ETF |
IWV |
|
Russell 3000 Value Index Fund |
AMEX |
ETF |
IWW |
|
| 
