Russell Top 50 Index
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The Russell Top 50 Index also known as the Russell Top 50 Mega Cap is a stock market index that measures the performance of the largest companies in the Russell 3000 Index. It includes approximately 50 of the largest securities based on a combination of their market cap and current index membership and represents approximately 40% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000.
The index was launched on January 1, 2005 by Russell Investments and is maintained by FTSE Russell, a subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange Group. Its ticker symbol is ^RU50.
Investing
Prior to January 27, 2016, the index was tracked by an exchange-traded fund, the Guggenheim Russell Top 50 Mega Cap ETF (NYSE Arca: ). The ETF switched to the S&P 500 Top 50 Index.
Top 10 holdings
- Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: )
- Microsoft Corp (Nasdaq: )
- Amazon.com (Nasdaq: )
- Meta Platforms (Nasdaq: )
- Alphabet Inc Class A (Nasdaq: )
- Alphabet Inc Class C (Nasdaq: )
- Berkshire Hathaway Inc (NYSE: )
- Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: )
- Procter & Gamble (NYSE: )
- Visa Inc. (NYSE: )
(as of October 31, 2020)
Top sectors by weight
- Technology
- Consumer Discretionary
- Health Care
- Industrials
- Financials