How American Is Your U.S. Equity Portfolio?

Thai Liang Lim By Indrani De, CFA, PRM, Global Investment Research and Catherine Yoshimoto, Director, Product Management The Russell 1000 and Russell 2000 indexes ('R1' and 'R2') have mapped the US equity market successfully for four decades. But did you know the R1 gives you significant investment exposure to the global economy as well? US vs non-US The large-cap R1 and the mid- and small-cap R2 are widely seen as 'domestic' US equity indexes. They benchmark the largest 1000 US companies by market capitalization, and the next 2000 US companies, respectively. But the amount of exposure to the global economy…