The move up in small caps is being driven by the higher probability of a rate cut as shown by Fed fund futures. Most portfolios are now heavily concentrated in the Mag 7 stocks. For this reason, it is ...

Small caps have understandably taken the brunt of the broad market selloff, as investors deviate from their risk-on appetite toward growth stocks. But despite current options tren ...

The Russell 2000 Index (NYSEARCA:IWM) is attempting to break out of a seven-month downtrend, potentially signaling a significant shift in market dynamics, according to Jonathan Krinsky, chief market ...

Small-caps stocks may benefit soon from deglobalization, increased defense spending and a new era of tech advancement. We believe active managers are well-situated to capitalize on inefficiencies in ...

Small-cap stocks, via the Russell 2000, have underperformed the S&P 500 by about 5% annually over the past decade. Historically, small caps outperform large caps by 2% to 3% annually since 1927, but ...

Small-cap stocks have dramatically underperformed large caps recently. There could be some excellent tailwinds for small caps in the coming years. Whatever happens, a leveraged ETF is usually a losing ...

Small caps continue to have attractive valuations heading into 2026. Compared to large caps on a relative basis, small caps are significantly cheaper today than they were in most time periods. It is ...

The small-cap Russell 2000 RUT trades at a big discount to the large-cap S&P 500 SPX. Or it fetches a big premium. Everything depends on the data source. Mark Hulbert is a columnist for MarketWatch.

SPDR Portfolio S&P 600 Small Cap (SPSM) returned 14.27% over the past year versus the S&P 500’s 14.31%. SPSM’s five-year gain of 34.21% trails the S&P 500’s 76.23% return by more than half. The fund ...