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The Russell 3,000 is currently up 4.97% year to date, yet the average stock
in the index is up 3.98% so far in 2012. This means that the bigger stocks in the market cap weighted index have been doing better than the smaller stocks. Below is a list of the 35 best performing Russell 3,000 stocks year to date, which are all up more than 75%. There are 16 stocks in the index that are up more than 100% year to date. Words: 278
So says the Bespoke Investment Group (www.bespokeinvest.com) in an article* posted on their site.
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The article goes on to say, in part:
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