Small-cap stocks have underperformed the large caps in the past year. SPDR Portfolio S&P 600 Small Cap ETF SPSM has gained 9.8% in the past year (as of Jan. 6, 2025) versus 25.4% gains in the SPDR S&P ...

Wall Street was off to a volatile start in 2025, following a steep sell-off in the final weeks of 2024. Notably, the small-cap Russell 2000 Index fell 8.4% in December, marking its worst month since ...

Small-cap stock investors may want to tone down their enthusiasm over the Russell 2000 breaking out. That’s because researchers have found that the so-called small-cap effect — the tendency for ...

The word “rotation” has trended heavily in reference to investment performance in 2025. As I discussed in last week’s column, several long-running market trends have reversed this year. Bonds have ...

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It’s common knowledge that small-cap stocks are generally more volatile than their large-cap counterparts. Some reasons proposed for this include lower liquidity, reduced analyst coverage, and more ...