Have you ever heard of the “Russell 3000”?

This index MAY be the best benchmark of the US stock market

Can you buy it?

Let’s find out

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The Russell 3000 is an index that measures the performance of the 3,000 largest publicly held companies in America

This index represents approximately 98% of the American public equity market

WOW

This index aims to be THE benchmark of the entire US market

A list of 3,000 companies would take quite some time

So I am going to list the TOP 10 holdings (as of Dec 2019)

I’m sure these won’t surprise you, as these are VERY popular companies

$AAPL
$MSFT
$AMZN
$FB
$BRK.B
$JPM
$GOOGL
$GOOG
$JNJ
$V

How many of these do you own?

I own 8 of these

Some in my dividend portfolio!

Others in my index funds!

What about index funds that mimic the Russell 3000?

Here are a couple:

$IWV
$VTHR
$VRTTX

Having diversification among 3000 companies isn’t a bad idea

I’ll show you why....

Take a look at these historical returns

10 year average return: 14.94%

5 year average return: 13.86%

3 year average return: 13.95%

1 year average return: 21.44%

1 month average return: 7.24%

(as of 8/31/2020, from Vanguard’s website)

Remember, past performance does not predict or project future performance!

BUT

That is a strong 10 year return chart for the Russell 3000 index

As the possible benchmark of the entire US stock market, the Russell 3000 is a great index to look at the gauge how the overall market is doing!

Remember, it measures 3000 companies who represent approximately 98% of the American public equity market

Lastly, always make sure to do your research when investing

None of this thread is investing advice!

Just a quick lesson on yet ANOTHER index

I hope you enjoyed and learned something new today!

Much love, as always!

@DecadeInvestor