Small-cap’s relative strength doesn’t have longer-term significance because it is caused by short-term seasonal factors. Small-cap stocks are having a great start to the year, but that doesn’t mean ...

We believe a new paradigm is emerging with the potential to undercut the stubborn dynamic that weighed on small-cap ...

First, the bad news. The best time to get into aerospace and defense stocks was about nine months ago. That would have positioned investors for the strong growth that occurred in the fourth quarter of ...

Small-cap outperformance in recent years has been a rare thing. The Russell 2000 index has only beaten the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) once since 2017. That was in 2020 and it only outperformed by about ...

Small caps are enjoying a renaissance in 2026. This ETF targets the space better than the others.

State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 600 Small Cap ETF (SPSM 1.88%) and iShares Morningstar Small-Cap ETF (ISCB 2.00%) both target U.S. small-cap stocks, but ISCB offers broader divers ...

Small-cap stocks were taking a hit on Monday as investors dumped cyclical stocks and other beneficiaries of the recent rotation, fleeing for more defensively oriented investments. The small-cap ...

A surge in private capital flows is incentivizing some companies to stay private for longer, intensifying business competition, and causing more public companies to be taken private. The effect: The ...

U.S. stocks rose during the quarter. Large-cap stocks slightly outperformed small-cap stocks, and both outperformed mid-cap ...

If you’re cynical about whether the small-cap rally of 2026 will last, I don’t blame you. The month of January has long been associated with strong returns for the asset class, but overall performance ...