Asian Defensive & Dynamic Stocks Performed Equally for 2012 Year-to-Date as Measured by the Russell Asia Pacific Defensive & Dynamic Indexes as of 7th May

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SEATTLE, WA--(Korea Newswire)--The Russell Asia Pacific Index returned +7.3% for the year-to-date as of May 7th, with equal performance to the Russell Asia Pacific Dynamic Index (+7.3%) and the Russell Asia Pacific Defensive Index (+7.3%) for the same time period.

Year-to-date performance tells a different story from the first quarter of 2012, in which the Russell Asia Pacific Index returned +9.4%, with the Russell Asia Pacific Dynamic Index (+11.6%) outperforming the Russell Asia Pacific Defensive Index (+6.7%).

“The market seems to have shifted towards more of a risk-off mode as reflected by recent Russell Asia-Pacific Index returns,” said Sarah Lien, Asia-based senior research analyst for Russell Investments. “Dynamic stocks have pulled back quite a bit relative to Defensive stocks when comparing first quarter to 2012 YTD performance. Despite the signs pointing to a risk-off environment, the spread between Dynamic and Defensive stocks is currently non-existent, and it is unclear how the rest of the year will unfold given that factor trends have not been persistent.”

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