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 ...

Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF charges a lower expense ratio, but iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF pays a slightly higher dividend yield. IJR holds fewer stocks and tilts a bit more toward financial services ...

Investing in small- and mid-cap companies is often seen as a high-risk, high-reward proposition. I see it differently. Working for a firm that has more than 30 years’ experience focusing on this space ...

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 small-cap funds lagged their benchmarks by wide margins in 2025 while putting up respectable absolute returns. Strategies that eschew speculative small caps and focus on higher-quality companies, ...

Thanks to inflation, $100 doesn't sound like much these days, but there's another way for investors to look at that amount. Consider it as a seed to be planted and, when tended to, one that will grow ...

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. Are you ahead, ...

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.

Small-cap stocks have trailed large caps for 15 years -- an historical anomaly. Eras of small-cap and large-cap outperformance generally last 6 to 16 years. There are three reasons to believe a ...

For the first time since 2022, “value” has started to outperform “growth,” and it’s started in the small-cap asset class. “Growth” has smoked “value” for the last 12 quarters in terms of total return, ...

Bank of America seems to expect small-cap stocks to outperform in 2026, citing Federal Reserve rate cuts and increased M&A activity. The iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF is down 2% over the past year.