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Fundamental Indexing

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An overview of fundamental indexing of equities with a comparison to traditional equity indexing.

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Source: Research Affiliates, LLC, Top 10 U.S. stocks based on data from 12/31/2005. The fundamental weighting is equally based on book value, sales, dividends and cash flow, with dividends excluded from the weighting for non-dividend paying stocks.

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13 * Weighting is based on fundamental factors such as sales, cash flow, dividends or book value.

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CAP 1000 is the largest 1000 stocks by market cap. The Fundamental Composite is equally weighted based on book value, sales, dividends and cash flow, with dividends excluded from the weighting for non-dividend paying stocks. It does not include trading costs. Returns are from 12/31/1961 to 12/31/2005.

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22 Source: Yahoo! Finance

RUI: Russell 1000 Index PRF: PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000

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RUT: Russell 2000 Index PRFZ: PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500

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27 Source: Research Affiliates, LLC study of 1962-2005 returns.

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