For 1Q26, both the Russell Microcap and Russell 2000 were positive, with the Russell 2000 gaining 0.9% and the Russell ...

After several years of market leadership by speculative growth stocks, early signals suggest the balance may be shifting within small-cap equities. Growth investing maintained an unusually persistent ...

In this article, we will look at the 10 Overlooked Small Cap Stocks to Buy Now. On January 2, Royce Investment released its Small-Cap Recap Q4 2025 report, highlighting that the last quarter of 2025 ...

Small cap mutual funds that invest in the stocks of very small companies have given among the worst performers in 2025 with a negative average return of 5%. In December 2025, the small cap funds again ...

VUG offers exposure to large-cap industry leaders, while IWO focuses on small-cap growth names with higher volatility. VUG delivered stronger 1-year and 5-year total returns, but IWO excels in periods ...

For more than a decade, large caps have consistently outperformed small caps. The early performance of equities in 2026 demonstrates why small caps should be held as part of a diversified portfolio ...

Small-cap funds on average have lagged their benchmarks by wide margins this year while putting up respectable absolute returns. Strategies that avoid speculative small caps and focus on higher ...

Wall Street had a wobbly start to 2026, with major stock indices ending the year’s first trading day with a mixed note. While the S&P 500 inched up 0.2% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.7 ...

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 ...

Avantis Small Cap Value ETF (AVUV) returned 81.3% over five years versus 20.5% for iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM). AVUV beat Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (VBR) by 20 percentage points via its ...

Small cap mutual funds that invest in the stocks of very small companies have given among the worst performers in 2025 with a negative average return of 5%. In January 2026, the small cap funds again ...