Small-cap exchange-traded funds (ETFs) can be an appealing option for investors looking to potentially outperform the market over the long run. There are many ways investors attempt to beat the market ...

Rate cuts to 3.50%-3.75%, steady economic growth, and a 13.6% jump in Q4 2025 corporate profits have triggered a rotation out of mega-cap tech into small-cap value ...

One day the market rallies on confident talk about a “deal” to end the war. The next the gap between President Trump and Iran looks wide enough to sail a supertanker through. Today is shaping up to be ...

The Russell 2000 has fallen more than 10% off its recent high, becoming the first of the major U.S. benchmarks to fall into correction territory this year. A correction is defined as a decline of more ...

Zachary Evens: Small-cap stocks have spent the last few years in the market’s shadow, but 2026 could shape up to be a different story. With interest rates falling, economic growth broadening, and ...

The adage that “elephants don’t gallop” – as the late investor Jim Slater put it – has become accepted wisdom. Yet for many years, large-cap stocks have comfortably outstripped small-cap stocks. The ...

Junk is beating quality on Wall Street — another sign of how dangerous the U.S. stock market has become. Take the Russell Microcap Index, which has been leading the market higher in recent months. It ...

Many exchange-traded funds (ETFs) carry the "small-cap" name, but their approaches can be very different. Within this category, the biggest differentiator could be whether the fund tracks the Russell ...

Small-cap ETFs are goldmines that contain some of the most promising opportunities. Instead of digging through small-cap ETFs, you can buy shares in the funds for diversified exposure. The analyst who ...

Small-cap stocks are on a tear: The Morningstar US Small Cap Index is outperforming both the Morningstar US Large Cap Index and the broad-based Morningstar US Market Index by a healthy margin over the ...

It's true. Good things come in small packages. Just take a look at the Russell 2000 . The benchmark index for small-cap stocks is up a whopping 9.5% to start the year, hitting an all-time on Thursday.

US small cap stocks (Russell 2000) enter 2026 at deep valuation discounts to large caps, with rotation underway and rates as the pivotal catalyst. Despite high absolute P/E, forward earnings growth ...